Friars
| Friars | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Hard rock |
| founding | 1963/1967, 2000 |
| resolution | 1975 |
| Founding members | |
| Dietrich Kessler | |
| Detlev Kessler | |
| Hans-Joachim Kneis († 2020) | |
| Klaus Weigert | |
Organ, piano |
Lothar Kramer |
| Jörg Blankenburg | |
| Current occupation | |
Keyboard |
Peter Eichstädt (since 2012) |
Guitar, vocals |
Jörg Blankenburg (since 2000) |
Saxophone, vocals |
Dietrich Kessler (since 2000) |
Bass guitar |
Klaus Weigert (since 2000) |
Drums |
Bernd Schilanski (since 2000) |
| former members | |
| Peter Piele (1974) Manfred Baake (1974) |
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Klosterbrüder is the name of a rock band founded in 1963 or 1967, which was traded as an insider tip mainly because of their live performances in the GDR and was considered one of the "toughest" GDR rock groups. The band has been performing under this name again since 2000.
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Band history
After the Big Town Boys, founded in 1963, dissolved and merged with the Sputniks and the monastery brothers, the monastery brothers quickly developed into one of the toughest rock bands in the GDR. Musically, the amateur band was based on Colosseum and Jethro Tull and soon became very popular, especially because of their spectacular live performances. After a few line-up changes, the band presented itself in the following line-up from 1969:
- Dietrich Kessler ( tenor saxophone , flute )
- Detlev Kessler ( drums )
- Hans-Joachim Kneis ( vocals , organ , piano )
- Klaus Weigert ( electric bass )
- Lothar Kramer (organ, piano)
- Jörg Blankenburg ( guitar )
The first radio recordings followed in 1970 and with their titles Fieber and Lied einer alten Stadt , which became a radio hit, they even made it onto GDR television . Dietrich Kessler became the band's musical director in 1972. After the band members had started studying at the music academy in Weimar , they received the status of professional musicians in the early 1970s . In particular because of their church-related band name and their stage show, however, they repeatedly came under the sights of the GDR authorities. In the summer of 1975, under increasing pressure, after the joint tour project “Fusion” with the star combo Meißen , tensions arose within the band. Lothar Kramer stayed with the star combo Meißen and Jörg Blankenburg founded Reform . The band continued to play in a smaller line-up until the end of the year. At the end of 1975, the state's cultural officials advised the band to abandon the name Klosterbrüder. From now on the band is called Magdeburg with a few new members .
After the reunification, the band started their comeback in 1992 under the name Magdeburg. Since January 14th, 2000, when the band performed together with Reform and the Rock'n'Roll Orchestra Magdeburg in the Magdeburg Hotel Maritim, they have been successfully traveling in East Germany under their old band name, Klosterbrüder. Jörg Blankenburg is also a sports trainer.
Singer Hans-Joachim Kneis died on February 16, 2020 after having given his last concert with the monastery brothers on November 30, 2019, already seriously ill, in the Mülsen “Amorsaal”.
Current occupation
- Dietrich Kessler (saxophone, flute, vocals)
- Peter Eichstädt (keyboard)
- Jörg Blankenburg (vocals, guitar)
- Andreas Kuhnt (bass)
- Bernd Schilanski (drums)
Discography
single
- 1975: Song of an old city on "DT 64" ( Amiga )
CDs
- 1993: Klosterbrüder - A legend returns (KDM)
- 1996: If I had two lives (KDM)
- 2001: Monastery Brothers 2001 (3D Publishing House)
- 2007: Klosterbrüder | Magdeburg - The Greatest Hits (Sony BMG Entertainment)
- 2020: Klosterbrüder | Magdeburg - What will be tomorrow (Sixteen Ten / Buschfunk)
Songs on compilations
- 1975: Song of an old city on "Rhythm 75" (Amiga)
- 1995: Song of an old city on "Here I Was Child" (Amiga)
- 1996: Fever on "BeatKiste Vol. 6" ( Buschfunk )
- 1999: Song of an old city on "DT 64-Story" (Amiga)
- What will be tomorrow on "Notenbude Vol. 2" (Choice of Music)
- 2007: Lied ... , We are not automata , Orient X-Press , Papa's old hat , ask your eyes "40 years of Amiga Vol. 8" (Amiga)
See also
literature
- Dietrich Kessler: Stasi prison . 3D Verlag, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-935478-00-3 .
- Michael Rauhut : Rock in the GDR 1964 to 1989 (Zeitbilder). Politics with Music, Federal Agency for Political Education, Bonn 2002, ISBN 3-89331-459-8 .
Web links
- Klosterbrüder at deutsche-mugge.de
- Magdeburg at deutsche-mugge.de
- Portrait at ostbeat.de ( Memento from June 19, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (archive version)
- Analysis of the role of electra and the monastery brothers in the GDR on kulturation.de
- Michael Rauhut on rock in the GDR: a story of surrender: The end of the monastery brothers. Berliner Zeitung from January 2, 2003
Individual evidence
- ↑ Portrait at deutsche-mugge.de , accessed on October 28, 2014
- ↑ Booklet accompanying the CD: Klosterbrüder | Magdeburg - The greatest hits
- ↑ Götz Hintze: Rock Lexicon of the GDR . 2nd Edition. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-89602-303-9
- ↑ Janette Beck, Volksstimme Magdeburg: The "monastery brothers" mourn. Retrieved April 13, 2020 .
- ↑ On the death of Hans-Joachim Kneis (monastery brothers) - Deutsche Mugge. Retrieved April 13, 2020 .