RIP Holger Czukay

[further]

Another one gone

 

[Fab Foodie]

Who?

 

[MontyVeda]

Who?

Bass player and co-founder of Can.

 

[Fab Foodie]

Bass player and co-founder of Can.

Don't know them.

 

[Levo-Lon]

Not heard of him or Can

 

[jefmcg]

Ah, krautrock. No, not one of my genres either.

But, RIP, Holger.

 

[further]

German rock band (sort of)

 

[smokeysmoo]

German rock band (sort of)

Accoring to Wikipedia;

Can was a German experimental rock band formed in Cologne, West Germany in 1968 by the core quartet of Holger Czukay (bass), Irmin Schmidt (keyboards), Michael Karoli (guitar), and Jaki Liebezeit (drums). The group cycled through several vocalists, including Malcolm Mooney ('68–70) and Damo Suzuki ('70–73), as well as various temporary members. Drawing from backgrounds in the avant-garde and jazz, Can incorporated minimalist, electronic, and world music elements into their often psychedelic and funk-inflected music. They have been widely hailed as pioneers of the German krautrock scene.[1]

Can had occasional commercial success, with singles such as "Spoon" and "I Want More" reaching national singles charts. Through albums such as Monster Movie (1969), Tago Mago (1971), Ege Bamyasi (1972) and Future Days (1973), the band exerted a considerable influence on avant-garde, experimental, post-punk, ambient, new wave and electronic music.



Too obscure for me I'm afraid.

 

[Fab Foodie]

Don't know them.

 

[User169]

Couple of pages for middle ranking studio wallahs Steely Dan, but only charmless "who"? for Holger. Ho hum.

 

[MossCommuter]

Oh, oh, oh, sir, sir, sir!

He's the one out of The Usual Suspects isn't he!

 

[Smokin Joe]

Accoring to Wikipedia;

Can was a German experimental rock band formed in Cologne, West Germany in 1968 by the core quartet of Holger Czukay (bass), Irmin Schmidt (keyboards), Michael Karoli (guitar), and Jaki Liebezeit (drums). The group cycled through several vocalists, including Malcolm Mooney ('68–70) and Damo Suzuki ('70–73), as well as various temporary members. Drawing from backgrounds in the avant-garde and jazz, Can incorporated minimalist, electronic, and world music elements into their often psychedelic and funk-inflected music. They have been widely hailed as pioneers of the German krautrock scene.[1]

Can had occasional commercial success, with singles such as "Spoon" and "I Want More" reaching national singles charts. Through albums such as Monster Movie (1969), Tago Mago (1971), Ege Bamyasi (1972) and Future Days (1973), the band exerted a considerable influence on avant-garde, experimental, post-punk, ambient, new wave and electronic music.



Too obscure for me I'm afraid.

Now we know why no-one's heard of them.

 

[Lonestar]

I like it in a 70's sort of way.Mansssssssss.

 

[Fab Foodie]

Couple of pages for middle ranking studio wallahs Steely Dan, but only charmless "who"? for Holger. Ho hum.

....each to their own. I genuinely had not heard of him or them. Sorry for asking.....

 

[the snail]

Talented guy, true original, genius and/or completely bonkers. RIP.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBg-ukRUJuQ