Political rock
Politrock is one of the political left-wing expressions of German-language rock music that emerged in the late 1960s as part of the 1968 movement .
At the end of the 1960s, political issues found their way into rock music in German-speaking countries as well. Important representatives of Politrock were clay stones shards , Lokomotive Kreuzberg , Floh de Cologne , your children , butterflies or October . In many cases these were closely linked to political organizations such as the DKP (Floh de Cologne) or the Communist League (October, Alcatraz , press studs ). The heyday of political rock lasted until the mid or late 1970s, after which many of the bands turned away from focusing on political content, sometimes out of disappointment with the claims of the associated political organizations. By the mid-1980s, the majority of the bands had broken up.
In terms of content, many bands integrated influences from other forms with specifically left-wing traditions such as cabaret , the songwriting scene or traditional workers' songs, or developed complete programs with often extensive dramaturgical parts from musicals or theater.
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Much of the information in this article has been obtained from the following sources:
- Steve B. Peinemann: The Anger In Your Belly - Political Rock Music: Interviews, Experiences , 1980, ISBN 3499146681
Individual evidence
- ↑ Steve B. Peinemann: The anger that you have in your stomach , pp. 34–35