Suggest New Bands and Artists - Lokomotive Kreuzberg

From the Cosmic Egg book:

An inventive Berlin polit-rock band, who were launched onto the scene in early 1972 with enthusiastic help from Floh De Cologne, to whom Lokomotive Kreuzberg were comparable in many ways. Amazingly creative, even on their debut, Lokomotive Kreuzberg blended hard-rock and blues together with more progressive sounds, with socio-political lyric and elements of satirical theatre. KOLLEGE KLATT was remarkable for its invention, accomplishing a sound that pre-dated Floh De Cologne's TILT!, witty and creative, with original use of synthesizer and theatrics. Their third album FETTE JAHRE was much more tongue-in-cheek, being a parody of various musical styles from doo-wop through to psychedelic and experimental, feeling very much like a German Mothers Of Invention. Latterly the nucleus of Lokomotive Kreuzberg (without Andreas Brauer, who went on to release a couple of solo albums) ended up as being the backing musicians for Nina Hagen, and eventually transmuted into the pop-satire group Spliff.

Andi Brauer (vocals, clavinet, violin, synthesizer), Volker Hiemann (vocals, guitars), Uwe Holz (vocals, drums, harmonica), Franz Powalla (vocals, bass), Kalle Scherfling (vocals)

KOLLEGE KLATT (9/72)
LP Pläne S 99101 (1972)

JAMES BLOND
LP Pläne S 99103 (1973)

FETTE JAHRE
LP Pläne S 99104 (1975)

MOUNTAIN TOWN
LP Pläne S 99105 (1977)

And from Cosmic Dreams:

LOKOMOTIVE KREUZBERG

Personnel:

ANDREAS BAUER v, kb, vln
KARL-HEINZ SCHERFLING v
(VOLKER HIEMANN v, g) A
(UWE MULLRICH g) B
BERNHARD POTSCHKA g C
(FRANZ POWALLA (v, b) A
MANFRED PRAEKER v, b B
UWE HOLZ v, d, harm

ALBUMS (up to '76):

(A)"Kollege Klatt" (Plane S99101) 1972
(B)"James Blond" (Plane S99103) 1973
(B)"Fette Jahre" (Plane S99104) 1975

Along with http://tmachine.chat.ru/germ/T2.htm#Ton - Ton Steine Scherben , Lokomotive Kreuzberg were the most important political rock band to emerge from Berlin. Five left-wing ex-students formed the band at the beginning of 1972. Powalla was replaced by Manfred Praeker in the Spring of 1973. Uwe Mullrich replaced Volker Hiemann for six months, then he moved on to Munich and http://tmachine.chat.ru/germ/E1.htm#Embr - Embryo being replaced by Bernhard Potschka in Lokomotive Kreuzberg in the Summer of 1974. Like http://tmachine.chat.ru/germ/F1.htm#Floh - Floh De Cologne , Lokomotive Kreuzberg had theatrical live shows, where the music only served as a texture and background for their 'cabaret performances'. Kollege Klatt (1972), and all subsequent albums, contained a full variety of musical styles. The liner notes for the album were written by none other than http://tmachine.chat.ru/germ/F1.htm#Floh - Floh De Cologne ! In addition to their four albums, two singles were issued on Plane: "Chile '73" coupled with "Hey Mr. America" (1974) and "Arbeitslos" coupled with "Teddy Tex" (1976). Fette Jahre (1975) is usually considered to he their best achievement musically.