Kin Ping Meh
Kin Ping Meh | |
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General information | |
origin | Mannheim , Germany |
Genre (s) | Krautrock |
founding | 1969, 2005 |
resolution | 1977 |
Founding members | |
Torsten Herzog | |
Guitar , vocals |
Willie Wagner |
Kalle Weber | |
Keyboard , vocals |
Frieder Schmitt |
Singing, acoustic guitar, percussion |
Werner Stephan |
Keyboard, guitar, vocals |
Joachim Schäfer |
Last occupation | |
Kalle Weber (d), Willie Wagner (g), Werner Stephan (v), Torsten Herzog (b), Frieder Schmitt (k) |
LP Kin Ping Meh |
Alan Joe Wroe (b), Frieder Schmitt (k), Kalle Weber (d), Werner Stephan (v), Ulli Groß (g), Gagey Mrozeck (g) |
LP No2 |
Geff Harrison (v), Gagey Mrozeck (g), Alan Joe Wroe (b), Kalle Weber (d), Frieder Schmitt (k) guests u. a. Uli Groß (g), Werner Stephan (v) |
LP No3 |
Geff Harrison (v), Gagey Mrozeck (g), Alan Joe Wroe (b), Charlie Weber (d), Frieder Schmitt (k) |
LP Virtues and Sins |
Geff Harrison (v), Gagey Mrozeck (g), Chris Klöber (k), Alan Joe Wroe (b), Charlie Weber (d) |
Double LP Concrete |
Michael Pozz (v), Gagey Mrozeck (g), Charlie Weber (d), Chuck Trevor (Thomas Tscheschner) (b), Ron Sheepmaker (k) |
LP Kin Ping Meh |
Kin Ping Meh ( Chinese for plum blossom branch in a golden vase ) was a Krautrock band from Mannheim , named after the Chinese novel of the same name .
history
The band was founded in 1969 in Mannheim by Joachim Schäfer and Werner Stephan (the original group was the school band “Thunderbirds”). She was discovered by Polydor at a competition of Bild am Sonntag on the Reeperbahn and recorded the single Everything's My Way / Woman in 1970 and shortly thereafter the second single, Alexandra / Everyday .
Her album was released in 1971 and was re-released in 2004. It was followed by No. 2 from 1972, No. 3 was released in 1973. The fourth album was Virtues and Sins from 1974, which was also released in Argentina, namely as Virtudes y Pecados . The record cover was designed by the graphic artist and photographer Günter Blum, who also created the graphics for the double LP Concrete in 1976 . The last LP, Kin Ping Meh , was released in 1977 .
Three more compilations were released - 1973 Rock Sensations with recordings of the second and third LP, 1981 Rock in Germany Vol. 4 and 1991 Hazy on Stage on 180 gram vinyl, which contains live recordings between 1971 and 1973.
A band member in the course of the band's history was the guitarist Gagey Mrozeck , who later played for Herbert Grönemeyer and then worked as a music producer with artists such as Udo Lindenberg . Other members were the keyboardist Chris Axel Klöber (born August 31, 1948), who had previously played with the Berlin band Curly Curve , and Geff Harrison (born August 24, 1947), former singer of Twenty Sixty Six and Then , who later became Geff Harrison Band founded.
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