GROBSCHNITT

The last months I have played all my Grobschnitt LP's in order to make reviews for this site. I have to admit that some of them disappointed me a bit, like "Merry-Go-Round", "Jumbo" and "Rockpommel's land". They deserve at least 3 stars but in my memory they were more fascinating. This first eponymous album from Grobschnitt delighted me more, I was very pleased with the strong electric guitar work, the creative drums and the powerful organ waves. Most of the compositions sound like a pleasant blend of blues, rock and classic, a kind of embryonal "Solar music" but more bluesrock-based, later Grobschnitt sounded more symphonic featuring more varied keyboard work like on the 2-LP "Ballermann" and their highlight "Solar music live" (I hope that once the 1,5 hour Rockpalast tv show will be on DVD!). Anyway, this first album is one of their better works.