P 2 O 5 (band)

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P 2 O 5
General information
Genre (s) Hard rock , psychedelic rock
founding 1970
resolution 1982
Founding members
Helmut Hiebel
Rainer houses
Edwin Lotter
Wolfgang Burkhard
former members
guitar
 Konny Hempel
singing
 Werner Weiss

P 2 O 5 was a German hard rock band with psychedelic influences.

Band history

P 2 O 5 was founded in Wendelstein in 1970 by Wolfgang Burkhard , Rainer Häuser , Helmut Hiebel and Edwin Lotter . The band members were former classmates. The band name came from their chemistry class at the Veit-Stoss- Realschule in Nuremberg and is the chemical formula for phosphorus pentoxide . According to an assessment by the label Ohrwaschl Records , stylistic influences can be found in Pink Floyd and Black Widow . First, P 2 O 5 performed in the Nuremberg area, where they achieved great popularity with their stage show (burning torches, marble cross, costumes). In 1971 they played at a concert for UNICEF , and in 1974 they won second place in a live competition organized by Südwestrundfunk in Baden-Baden . The singer Werner Weiss joined the band in 1977. With him the LP Vivat Progressio - Pereat Mundus was recorded, which was released in November of the following year.

There were several line-up changes within the band. In 1972 the guitarist Rainer Hauser left the band, but returned for a short time in 1975. In the meantime he has been replaced by Konny Hempel . The keyboardist Wolfgang Burkhard left in 1980, which caused a high turnover and finally led to the breakup of the band in 1982.

Trivia

P 2 O 5 is also the empirical formula for phosphorus pentoxide (drying agent).

Discography

  • 1978: Vivat Progressio - Pereat Mundus , LP, incubator
  • 1993: P2O5 , CD, Ohrwaschel Records, contains tracks from 1975 and 1976
  • 2004: Vivat Progressio - Pereat Mundus , RI-LP, Amber Soundroom
  • 2007: Vivat Progressio - Pereat Mundus , CD + 2 previously unreleased bonus tracks, Garden of Delights

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