Satin Whale

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Satin Whale
General information
origin North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany
Genre (s) Progressive rock
founding 1971
resolution 1981
Founding members
Thomas Brück
Gerald Dellmann (until 1980)
Horst Schättgen (until 1974)
Ralf Mager
Last occupation
Thomas Brück
Barry Palmer (from 1980)
Eberhard Wagner (from 1980)
Pete Haaser (from 1980)
Wolfgang Hieronymi (from 1974)
former members
Dieter Roesberg (1972–1980)

Satin Whale was a German progressive rock band that formed in January 1971 in the Cologne - Bonn area .

history

The three founding members Brück, Schättgen and Dellmann had been active as musicians for several years. After the expansion to a quartet in the summer of 1972 by guitarist Roesberg, a first album was recorded in 1973, but it was only released on the Brain label the following year . In the SWF 3 competition "Rocksound 74" they came first. A total of seven albums were made between 1974 and 1981, including a live double album and the score for Die Faust in der Taschen . In November 1974, Wolfgang Hieronymi replaced Schättgen as drummer. The formation stayed together like this until 1980; On the last LP from 1981 only Brück from the original line-up was there, Dieter Roesberg was a guest musician on 2 songs. On the last tour in 1981, Dieter Roesberg joined the current tour as a guitarist and replaced Ebo Wagner.

Musically, after beginnings, which included very long tracks with elegiac keyboard and flute passages and elaborate arrangements, the members later turned to more conventional song formats. In addition to numerous appearances in Germany (including with The Sweet ), the band also played in the Netherlands and (brought about by the Goethe Institute ) in Poland .

After the band split up, Dellmann, Roesberg and Hieronymi founded the group Gänsehaut , whose albums were produced by Thomas Brück.

Discography

LPs
  • 1974: Desert Places (Brain)
  • 1975: Lost Mankind (Nova)
  • 1977: Whalecome (Double Live, Nova)
  • 1977: As a Keepsake (Nova)
  • 1978: A Whale of a Time (Strand)
  • 1979: The Fist in the Pocket (Soundtrack, Strand)
  • 1981: Don't Stop the Show (Polydor)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Günter Ehnert : Rock in Germany. Lexicon of German rock groups and performers . Updated and expanded edition. Taurus Press Verlag popular music-literature, Hamburg 1979, ISBN 3-9800079-6-0 , Satin Whale, p. 234 f .