Silver beard
| Silver beard | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| origin | Varel , Germany |
| Genre (s) | Progressive rock |
| founding | 1969 |
| resolution | 1971 |
| Founding members | |
| Hajo Teschner | |
| Werner Klug | |
| Gerd Bäker | |
| Last occupation | |
| Hajo Teschner | |
| Werner Klug | |
| Peter Behrens | |
Silberbart was a Krautrock band in the early 1970s.
history
The band was founded by Hajo Teschner in Varel at the end of 1969 . Teschner was previously active in the band Tonics , which seemed too commercial to him. Two of the Tonics members (bassist Benny Bendorff and percussionist Herbert Bornholdt) had joined the James Last Band , while singer Manfred Oberdörffer successfully entered the hit business as Tony .
With Gerd Bäker on drums, Silberbart initially covered titles by Deep Purple , Grand Funk Railroad , Led Zeppelin , Jimi Hendrix and Cream . When the former jazz drummer Peter Behrens came to Silberbart, bandleader Teschner was able to implement his own musical ideas with Silberbart for the first time. During the rehearsals, Behrens competed with his band colleagues about the volume of the band, which at times earned Silberbart the reputation of being the loudest band in the world.
Silberbart quickly gained a loyal audience in northern Germany even without a manager. Once a week the band played in Dangast in the Alten Kurhaus, where the fans accepted long journeys. In addition, the band held regular appearances at the Allee Hotel in Varel, to which they invited well-known bands as the main act. Silberbart played as the opening act for Eloy , Frumpy and Kraftwerk .
In April and May 1971, Silberbart recorded her only LP 4 times sound razing in Hamburg-Blankenese . The only four songs on the album were recorded live in the studio and were actually only intended as demo recordings. Nevertheless, the Hamburg record company Philips took over the recordings unchanged and released them on record. The album was not a commercial success, but became a coveted collector's item in the decades that followed. The album was released many times on bootlegs . It was not until 2012 that the album, supplemented by detailed liner notes and images, was released on the Long Hair Music label in a technically revised version on vinyl and CD.
Despite the publication, Silberbart did not succeed in becoming known beyond the borders of northern Germany. The band of the three unemployed musicians was therefore dissolved at the end of 1971.
Bassist Werner Klug still plays bass in some blues bands. Peter Behrens played with the band Trio in 1982 with the song Da da da a world hit, while Teschner became a guitar teacher and wrote a recognized guitar textbook with Fridolin .
style
Silberbart's style was described as progressive in a promotional text from the record company. Variable meters , unusual timbres and technical manipulations are highlighted. An important component of Silberbart's music is atonality :
“The atonality, which renounces the relationship to a root note and leaves all harmonic ties behind both in the formation of chords and in the melody, gives the musicians a lot of freedom. Important: Silberbart does not make atonal music, but processes atonal possibilities. This becomes clear, for example, when listening to Silberbart's music you come across passages that are often only rhythmically the same, but otherwise have two separate lines (e.g. from guitar and bass) that are only bound by the rhythm. "
Discography
- 1971: 4 times sound razing (LP, Philips 6305 095)
Web links
- Silberbart at the Krautrock music circus
- Silberbart at ProgArchives
- Silberbart at Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Liner notes for the album 4 times sound razing , re-release on Longhair
- ↑ http://www.discogs.com/Silberbart-4-Times-Sound-Razing/release/1783686