Frumpy was a German progressive rock band based in Hamburg, which was active between 1970–1972 and 1990–1995. Formed after the break-up of folk rockers The City Preachers, Frumpy released four albums between 1970–1973 and achieved considerable commercial success. The German press hailed them as the best German rock band of their time and their vocalist Inga Rumpf as the "greatest individual vocal talent" of the contemporary German rock scene. They disbanded in 1972 although the various members all worked together at various times over the following two decades and they reunited again in 1989, producing three more albums over five years after which they disbanded once more.
All of the band members met as performers with Germany's first folk rock band The City Preachers, formed by Irishman John O'Brien-Docker in Hamburg in 1965.[1] In 1968, the band had split, with O'Brien-Docker and several other members parting company. Singer Inga Rumpf, a distinctive "un-feminine" sounding vocalist often compared favourably with Janis Joplin, continued to use the band name with a line-up including drummer Udo Lindenberg, singer Dagmar Krause, French organist Jean-Jacques Kravetz and bassist Karl-Heinz Schott.[2][3][4] In the spring of 1969, Lindenberg left to pursue a solo career and was replaced by Carsten Bohn, who by November that year had grown disappointed with Krause and called for the band to pursue a new creative direction, "a fusion of rock, blues, classical, folk and psychedelic."[2][4][5]
Reforming in March 1970 as Frumpy (a play on Rumpf's surname inspired by seeing the word "frumpy" in a CBS record catalogue) the new line-up of Rumpf, Bohn, Kravetz and Schott debuted at the Essen International Pop & Blues Festival in April 1970, where two of their songs "Duty" and "Floating" were recorded and released on the live compilation album Pop & Blues Festival '70.[2][4] This was followed by more tour dates in France, Germany and the Netherlands, and an appearance at the Kiel Progressive Pop Festival in July 1970.
Credits
Arranged By – Frumpy
Artwork – RpunktDESIGN
Bass, Percussion – Karl-Heinz Schrott*
Coordinator [Reissue Project Coordinator] – Ecki Stieg*
Design [Album Design] – Witt (2)
Drums, Percussion – Carsten Bohn
Engineer – Gerald J. Beckers, H.G. Dozel*
Liner Notes – Matthias Mineur
Mastered By [Reissue] – Willem Makkee
Organ, Piano, Mellotron, Percussion, Saxophone, Spinet – Jean-Jacques Kravetz
Producer – Rainer Goltermann
Vocals, Percussion – Inga Rumpf
Written-By – I. Rumpf* (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9 to 11), J. J. Kravetz* (tracks: 3, 8), R. Havens* (tracks: 5), R. Coules* (tracks: 1, 7, 9)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frumpy
All of the band members met as performers with Germany's first folk rock band The City Preachers, formed by Irishman John O'Brien-Docker in Hamburg in 1965.[1] In 1968, the band had split, with O'Brien-Docker and several other members parting company. Singer Inga Rumpf, a distinctive "un-feminine" sounding vocalist often compared favourably with Janis Joplin, continued to use the band name with a line-up including drummer Udo Lindenberg, singer Dagmar Krause, French organist Jean-Jacques Kravetz and bassist Karl-Heinz Schott.[2][3][4] In the spring of 1969, Lindenberg left to pursue a solo career and was replaced by Carsten Bohn, who by November that year had grown disappointed with Krause and called for the band to pursue a new creative direction, "a fusion of rock, blues, classical, folk and psychedelic."[2][4][5]
Reforming in March 1970 as Frumpy (a play on Rumpf's surname inspired by seeing the word "frumpy" in a CBS record catalogue) the new line-up of Rumpf, Bohn, Kravetz and Schott debuted at the Essen International Pop & Blues Festival in April 1970, where two of their songs "Duty" and "Floating" were recorded and released on the live compilation album Pop & Blues Festival '70.[2][4] This was followed by more tour dates in France, Germany and the Netherlands, and an appearance at the Kiel Progressive Pop Festival in July 1970.
Credits
Arranged By – Frumpy
Artwork – RpunktDESIGN
Bass, Percussion – Karl-Heinz Schrott*
Coordinator [Reissue Project Coordinator] – Ecki Stieg*
Design [Album Design] – Witt (2)
Drums, Percussion – Carsten Bohn
Engineer – Gerald J. Beckers, H.G. Dozel*
Liner Notes – Matthias Mineur
Mastered By [Reissue] – Willem Makkee
Organ, Piano, Mellotron, Percussion, Saxophone, Spinet – Jean-Jacques Kravetz
Producer – Rainer Goltermann
Vocals, Percussion – Inga Rumpf
Written-By – I. Rumpf* (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9 to 11), J. J. Kravetz* (tracks: 3, 8), R. Havens* (tracks: 5), R. Coules* (tracks: 1, 7, 9)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frumpy
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