College formation
| College formation | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Genre (s) | soul |
| founding | 1972 |
| resolution | 1976 |
| Last occupation | |
| Klaus-Peter "Bee" Albrecht | |
| Jürgen Kratzenberg (from 1974) | |
| Mathias Pflugbeil | |
| Miko Nagel | |
| Bernd Schimmler | |
Trumpet |
Signor Rothbart |
saxophone |
Ulli Tewes |
| Toni Andonow (from 1974) | |
| Isa Kaufner | |
singing |
Juliane Kaufner (now Albrecht) |
Band leader, management, percussion
|
Eberhard A. Henke |
| former members | |
singing |
Hans Joachim "Neumi" Neumann (until 1973) |
singing |
Toni Krahl (1973–1975) |
bass |
Mathias Schramm (until 1974) |
Keyboard |
Wolfgang Schober (until 1974) |
| Hannes Bauer | |
The College Formation , short CFB for College Formation Berlin , was a German soul and rock band. It was founded in East Berlin in 1972 and was considered one of the GDR's talent forges - rock music . The group's mentor was Konrad “Conny” Bauer .
Band history
The members were primarily music students and music school graduates from the "Hanns Eisler" University of Music in Berlin , hence the name. The band's role models were Otis Redding , Wilson Pickett and James Brown , among others . At first they played after the titles of their role models.
From the spring of 1973, the College Formation was a professional orchestra, under the direction and management of Eberhard A. Henke, who also provided the equipment, the vehicles and the rehearsal room. The band took first place in a competition for the best East Berlin amateur groups in 1974 and was therefore delegated to the 1974 Workers' Festival in Erfurt. A special feature of the band was the high proportion of brass musicians and singers. The band included the later founding member of Silly , Mathias Schramm , the trumpeter Mathias Pflugbeil, who had already played with Stern-Combo Meißen and Lift , the trombonist Johannes "Hannes" Bauer , two of the Caufner sisters , Juliane and Isa, as well the singer Hans Joachim "Neumi" Neumann , who was later active in Karat and Neumis Rock Circus . Neumann was replaced in 1973 by Toni Krahl , who in turn moved to City in 1975 . Even Klaus Lenz played some time in 1976 drums in the band.
The band's best-known song is When I Left You Later , the expressive setting of a poem by Bertolt Brecht .
After graduating from music school, the band members reoriented themselves. That meant the end of the group in 1976.
Discography
- 1973: When I left you afterwards and from dreaming for an exam in music ( Amiga )
literature
- Götz Hintze: Rock Lexicon of the GDR. 2nd Edition. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-89602-303-9 , pp. 68-69.
Web links
- Portrait at deutsche-mugge.de
- Portrait at ostmusik.de ( Memento from March 10, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- Portrait at ostbeat.de ( Memento from November 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ drum-vibrations.de ( Memento from February 5, 2010 in the Internet Archive )