Pearl (band)
| Pearl | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Jazz rock , rock |
| founding | 1979, 2004 |
| resolution | 1986, 2011 |
| Founding members | |
| Michael Schubert (1979-1981) | |
| Thomas Posselt (1979–1982) | |
| Bernd Fleckner (1979–1983) | |
| Volkmar Ebel (1979–1981) | |
guitar |
Peter Voges (1979-1981) |
| former members | |
| Michael Barakowski (1981–1985, from 2004) | |
guitar |
André Drechsler (1981-1983) |
Guitar, vocals |
Rene Niederwieser (from 1984) |
Bass, vocals |
Wieland Apelt (1984–1986) |
Drums |
Sven Hertrampf (from 1984) |
Perl was an East German music group. The band was founded in 1979 and broke up in 1986. In 2004 the musicians got together again as PERL feat. Michael Barakowski , later as Michael Barakowski feat. Pearl . From 2011 Barakowski published without the addition "Perl".
history
Perl was founded in September 1979 as an amateur band. They played mostly jazz rock and covered Cream and Pink Floyd . In 1981 the first line-up changes: Michael Schubert, Volkmar Ebel and Peter Voges left the band, Michael Barakowski and André Drechsler joined the band . After Sven Hertrampf replaced drummer Bernd Fleckner and Rene Niederwieser and Wieland Apelt joined the band, the musicians produced their first three tracks in Gunther Wosylus' studio in 1984 (formerly Modern Soul Band , Puhdys ). In 1985 the title Time That Never Passes took first place in the GDR annual hit parade . Barakowski was the composer of all titles and wrote most of the texts alongside Wosylus. After this great success, Barakowski decided to become a professional musician and went to Smokings rock show as a front man .
After Barakowski's departure, the band tried various other singers, but could no longer build on their success. Therefore the group was dissolved in 1986.
At a concert by the Modern Soul Band in September 2003, Barakowski, Niederwieser and Hertrampf met by chance. The three musicians decided to perform together again and to rearrange their hit Zeit, which never passes . In 2011 Barakowski decided to publish under his own name.
To date, time that never passes has sold around 700,000 times. It is considered one of the most successful titles of the 1980s in the GDR and has been covered several times.
Discography
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Pearl
- 1984: O Amore
- 1984: School days
- 1985: time that never passes
- 1985: Between dream and reality
PERL feat. Michael Barakowski (from 2004)
- Time that never passes (RockLine)
- It's good that you exist (Jaykay)
- Girl, girl, girl (Jaykay)
- I'll never be a hero (Jaykay)
literature
- Götz Hintze: Rock Lexicon of the GDR. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-89602-303-9 .
Web links
- Portrait of Michael Baranowski including Perl at deutsche-mugge.de
- Portrait at ostbeat.de ( Memento from May 9, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (archive version)
- Portrait at ostmusik.de ( Memento from April 30, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (archive version)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Götz Hintze: Rock Lexicon of the GDR . 2nd Edition. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-89602-303-9