List of German rock musicians
This list enumerates popular or previously popular German rock musicians. They should be categorized according to their main genre . A separate article in Wikipedia or participation in an album that made it to first place on the charts of a country serve as criteria for inclusion in the list.
Due to the large number of representatives from this area, the list of German metal musicians has been outsourced. The list of German rock producers and the list of German rock bands serve as a supplement .
A.
| Surname | Main instrument (s) | Band (s) | Genre (s) | origin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richie Alexander | singing | The Busters | Alternative rock | Muenster |
| Sammy Amara | Guitar and vocals | Broilers | punk | Dusseldorf |
B.
| Surname | Main instrument (s) | Band (s) | Genre (s) | origin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bela B. | Drums and vocals | The Doctors , Depp Jones , solo | Punk, rock | West Berlin |
| Hugo Egon Balder | Drums | Birth control | Krautrock | Berlin |
| Karl Bartos | Keyboard | power plant | Electro, Krautrock | Berchtesgaden |
| Martin Becker | Keyboard | carat | skirt | East Berlin |
| Robert Beckmann | Violin and singing | The Inchtabokatables | punk | Jena |
| Dieter Birr | Vocals and guitar | Puhdys | skirt | Koslin |
| Manni von Bohr | Drums | Birth control | Krautrock | Saarland |
| Celina Bostic | Singing and percussion | Farin Urlaub Racing Team , solo | Punk, rock | Berlin |
| Michael Breitkopf | guitar | The dead pants | punk | Dusseldorf |
| Cast Brooks | Electric bass and double bass | The BossHoss | Country rock | Germany |
| Felix Brummer | singing | Power club | Indie rock , punk | Chemnitz |
| Till Brummer | Electric bass | Power club | Indie rock, punk | Chemnitz |
| Boss Burns | Singing and washboard | The BossHoss, Tehran Taxi | Country rock | Berlin |
C.
| Surname | Main instrument (s) | Band (s) | Genre (s) | origin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Campino | singing | The dead pants | Punk, rock | Dusseldorf |
| Curt Cress | Drums | Scorpions, BAP, Meat Loaf | skirt | Schlierbach |
D.
| Surname | Main instrument (s) | Band (s) | Genre (s) | origin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kurt Dahlke | Keyboard and synthesizer | Wrong colors | punk | West Germany |
| Ina Deter | Vocals and guitar | solo | skirt | Berlin |
| B. Interpretation | cello | The Inchtabokatables, Subway to Sally | Punk, medieval rock | Germany |
| Klaus Dinger | Drums and guitar | power plant | Electro, Krautrock | Dusseldorf |
| Jänz Dittschlag | guitar | Friends of the Italian Opera | Alternative rock | Dresden |
| Sir Frank Doe | Drums | The BossHoss | Country rock | Germany |
| Jürgen Dollase | Keyboard and synthesizer | Wallenstein | Krautrock | Viersen |
| Robert Drakogiannakis | Vocals and guitar | Angelica Express | Alternative rock | Bergisch Gladbach |
| Claudius Dreilich | singing | carat | skirt | Halle on the Saale |
| Herbert Dreilich | singing | carat | skirt | Mauterndorf |
E.
| Surname | Main instrument (s) | Band (s) | Genre (s) | origin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eroc | Drums | Rough cut | Krautrock | Weimar |
F.
| Surname | Main instrument (s) | Band (s) | Genre (s) | origin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claus Fabian | Drums and vocals | ZK , Die Mimmi's | punk | Dusseldorf |
| Frank window maker | Keyboard and saxophone | Wrong colors | punk | West Germany |
| Xaver Fischer | Keyboard | Birth control | Krautrock | Germany |
| Wolfgang Flür | Drums | power plant | Krautrock | Frankfurt am Main |
| Michael Frick | double bass | The BossHoss | Country rock | Berlin |
G
| Surname | Main instrument (s) | Band (s) | Genre (s) | origin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rodrigo González | Electric bass, guitar, keyboard and vocals | The Doctors, Depp Jones, Down | Punk, rock | Valparaíso |
| Muck Groh | Guitar and trombone | Their children | Krautrock | Nuremberg |
| Herbert Grönemeyer | singing | solo | skirt | Goettingen |
| Harald Grosskopf | Drums | Scorpions , Wallenstein , Schulze , Witt , Ashra | Krautrock, electro | Hildesheim |
H
| Surname | Main instrument (s) | Band (s) | Genre (s) | origin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RJKK Hänsch | singing | Friends of the Italian Opera | Alternative rock | Sofia |
| Hellmut Hattler | bass | Kraan | Krautrock | Ulm |
| Peter Hein | singing | Lunch break , false colors , family 5 | punk | Dusseldorf |
| Sonny Hennig | Piano and organ | Their children | Krautrock | Mühlhausen / Thuringia |
| Dieter Hertrampf | Guitar and vocals | Puhdys | skirt | Berlin |
| Klaus Heuser | Guitar and vocals | BAP | Kölsch rock | Leverkusen |
| Andreas von Holst | guitar | The dead pants | punk | Muenster |
| Kristoffer Hünecke | guitar | Gunslinger | Pop rock | Hamburg |
| Ralf Hütter | singing | power plant | Krautrock, electro | Krefeld |
| Michael Hoenig | Keyboard | Agitation Free | Krautrock | Hamburg |
I.
| Surname | Main instrument (s) | Band (s) | Genre (s) | origin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steffen Israel | Guitar and keyboard | Power club | Indie rock, punk | Chemnitz |
K
| Surname | Main instrument (s) | Band (s) | Genre (s) | origin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Volker Kahrs | Keyboard | Rough cut | Krautrock | Osterholz-Scharmbeck |
| Bill Kaulitz | singing | Tokio Hotel | Rock, pop rock | Magdeburg |
| Tom Kaulitz | guitar | Tokio Hotel | Rock, pop rock | Magdeburg |
| Jakob Keusen | Drums | The dead pants | punk | Dusseldorf |
| Rolf Klein | guitar | Birth control | Krautrock | Troisdorf - Sieglar |
| Eberhard Kranemann | Electric bass, cello | power plant | Krautrock, electro | Wismar |
| Carola Kretschmer | guitar | Panic Orchestra , solo | skirt | Fulda |
| Helmut Krumminga | guitar | BAP | Kölsch rock | Papenburg |
| Heinz Rudolf Kunze | singing | solo | skirt | Espelkamp |
| Ralph Qno Kunze | Drums | Friends of the Italian Opera | Alternative rock | Dresden |
| Thomas Kurzhals | Keyboard | carat | skirt | Ronneburg |
L.
| Surname | Main instrument (s) | Band (s) | Genre (s) | origin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RPS Lanrue | guitar | Clay stones shards | punk | Grenoble |
| Christian Liebig | Electric bass | carat | skirt | Berlin |
| Hagen Liebing | Electric bass | The doctors | punk | Berlin |
| Udo Lindenberg | Vocals and drums | solo, passport | Rock, pop rock | Gronau (Westphalia) |
| Georg Listing | Electric bass | Tokio Hotel | Pop rock, synth rock | Magdeburg |
| Dirk von Lowtzow | Vocals and guitar | Tocotronic | Alternative rock | Offenburg |
| Lüül | guitar | Agitation Free | Krautrock | Berlin |
M.
| Surname | Main instrument (s) | Band (s) | Genre (s) | origin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hans Maahn | Electric bass | Wrong colors , Ina Deter | skirt | Berlin |
| Max Marschk | Drums | Power club | Indie rock, punk | Chemnitz |
| Rick McPhail | Guitar and keyboard | Tocotronic | Alternative rock | Hamburg |
| Andreas Meurer | Electric bass | The dead pants | punk | eat |
| George Meyer-Goll | Flute and violin | Their children | Krautrock | Nuremberg |
| Dieter Moebius | Keyboard | Cluster, Harmonia | Krautrock | Switzerland |
| Tex Morton | guitar | The Suurbiers , The Mimmi’s | punk | Emden |
| Jan Müller | Electric bass | Tocotronic | Alternative rock | Hamburg |
N
| Surname | Main instrument (s) | Band (s) | Genre (s) | origin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Natschinski | Vocals and keyboard | carat | skirt | Claussnitz |
| Britta Neander | Singing, percussion | Clay stones shards | punk | Hamburg |
| Neumi Neumann | singing | carat | skirt | East Berlin |
| Nico | singing | The Velvet Underground , solo | skirt | Cologne |
| Wolfgang Niedecken | Vocals and guitar | BAP | Kölsch rock | Cologne |
| Bernd Noske | Drums and vocals | Birth control | Krautrock | Berlin |
O
| Surname | Main instrument (s) | Band (s) | Genre (s) | origin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Markus Oehlen | Drums | Wrong colors | punk | Krefeld |
P
| Surname | Main instrument (s) | Band (s) | Genre (s) | origin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hoss Power | Vocals and guitar | The BossHoss | Country rock | Heidenheim an der Brenz |
| Henning Protzmann | Electric bass | carat | skirt | Radebeul |
R.
| Surname | Main instrument (s) | Band (s) | Genre (s) | origin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Rasym | Electric bass | Puhdys | skirt | East Germany |
| Achim Reichel | Vocals and guitar | The Rattles , Wonderland , solo | skirt | Hamburg |
| Rio Reiser | singing | Clay stones shards | punk | Berlin |
| Rachel Rep | Drums | Farin Urlaub Racing Team | punk | Berlin |
| From the Ritchie | Drums | The dead pants | punk | Billericay |
| Russ T. Rocket | guitar | The BossHoss | Country rock | Germany |
| Hans-Joachim Roedelius | Keyboard | Cluster , Harmonia | Krautrock | Germany |
| Bernd Römer | guitar | carat | skirt | Berlin |
| Alyosha Rompe | singing | Feeling B | punk | Berlin |
| Wolfgang Rohde | Drums | Die Toten Hosen, The Suurbiers | punk | Berlin, Düsseldorf |
| Matthias Röhr | guitar | Böhse Onkelz | Oi !, hard rock | Frankfurt am Main |
| Inga hull | Vocals and guitar | The City Preachers , Frumpy , Atlantis | skirt | Hamburg |
| Kevin Russell | singing | Böhse Onkelz | Oi! , Hard rock | Hamburg |
| Michael Rother | guitar | Kraftwerk, new! , Harmonia | Krautrock | Dusseldorf |
| Rummelsnuff | Singing, keyboard and bassoon | Rummelsnuff, friends of Italian opera | Alternative rock | Berlin |
S.
| Surname | Main instrument (s) | Band (s) | Genre (s) | origin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sahnie | Electric bass, vocals | The doctors, the suurbiers | punk | Berlin |
| Gustav Schafer | Drums | Tokio Hotel | Pop rock, synth rock | Magdeburg |
| Rainer A. Schmidt | trombone | Friends of the Italian Opera | Alternative rock | Dresden |
| Henning Schmitz | synthesizer | power plant | Electric | Germany |
| Florian Schneider-Esleben | Flute , synthesizer | power plant | Electro, Krautrock | Germany |
| Peter Schorowsky | Drums and percussion | Böhse Onkelz | Oi !, hard rock | Germany |
| Heiko Schramm | Electric bass | Friends of the Italian Opera | Alternative rock | Dresden |
| Emil Schult | guitar | power plant | Electric | Germany |
| Ernst Schultz | Guitar and electric bass | Their children | Krautrock | Nuremberg |
| Karl Schumann | Guitar and vocals | Power club | Indie rock, punk | Chemnitz |
| Wolfgang Seidel | Drums | Clay stones shards | punk | Germany |
| Kai Sichtermann | Electric bass | Clay stones shards | punk | Berlin |
| Horst Stachelhaus | Electric bass | Birth control | Krautrock | Berlin |
| Steffi Stephan | Electric bass | Panic orchestra | skirt | Germany |
| Michael Schwandt | Drums | carat | skirt | Berlin |
| Johannes Strate | Electric bass and vocals | Gunslinger | Pop rock | Bremen |
| Ed Swillms | Keyboard, piano | carat | skirt | East Berlin |
T
| Surname | Main instrument (s) | Band (s) | Genre (s) | origin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ernesto Escobar de Tijuana | percussion | The BossHoss | Country rock | Germany |
| Uli Trepte | Electric bass | New! | Krautrock | Berlin |
| Trini Trimpop | Drums | The dead pants | punk | Dusseldorf |
U
| Surname | Main instrument (s) | Band (s) | Genre (s) | origin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farin Urlaub | Vocals and guitar | The Doctors, Farin Urlaub Racing Team | punk | Berlin |
V
| Surname | Main instrument (s) | Band (s) | Genre (s) | origin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Klaus Voormann | Electric bass | Plastic Ono Band , solo | skirt | Berlin |
W.
| Surname | Main instrument (s) | Band (s) | Genre (s) | origin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephan Weidner | Electric bass and vocals | Böhse Onkelz | Oi !, hard rock | Germany |
| Charly Weiss | Drums | power plant | Electric | Germany |
| Marius Müller-Westernhagen | singing | solo | skirt | Dusseldorf |
Z
| Surname | Main instrument (s) | Band (s) | Genre (s) | origin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arne Zank | Drums and keyboard | Tocotronic, solo | Alternative rock | Hamburg |
| Helmut Zerlett | Keyboard | Dark figure | Art rock | Cologne |
| Jürgen Zöller | Drums | BAP | Kölsch rock | Cologne |
Endnotes
- ↑ This refers to musicians who are or were mainly active in rock or one of its subgenres