Hoelderlin

For the German poet, see Friedrich Hölderlin.

Hoelderlin
Origin	Germany
Genres	Progressive rock
Years active	1970 (1970)–1982 (1982), 2005 (2005)–2009 (2009)
Labels	Pilz, Spiegelei (Intercord)

Hoelderlin was a German progressive rock band that was formed in 1970 as Hölderlin by brothers Joachim and Christian von Grumbkow with Nanny de Ruig. They are influenced by rock, jazz, and folk music. They changed their name to Hoelderlin in 1973 and split up in 1982 after lack of success of their album "Fata Morgana". They reunited in 2005 with only Hans Bäär and Michael Bruchmann as former members and split up in 2009.

Discography

• Hölderlins Traum (Pilz, 1972)
• Hoelderlin (Spiegelei, 1975)
• Clown & Clouds (1976)
• Rare Birds (1977)
• New Faces (1979)
• Fata Morgana (1981)
• 8 (2007)

Personnel

• Michael Bruchmann - drums (1971-1978, 2005-2009)
• Hans Bäär - bass, guitars, vocals (1976-1982, 2005-2009)
• Ann-Yi Eötvös - vocals (2005-2009)
• Andreas Hirschmann - keyboards, vocals (2005-2009)
• Joachim von Grumbkow - keyboards, vocals (1970-1982) (d. 1990)
• Christian von Grumbkow - guitar (1970-1977), lyrics (1970-1978)
• Christoph Noppeney - violin (1971-1977), guitar, vocals (1975-1978)
• Tommy L'Ohr - guitar, vocals (1977-1982)
• Peter Käseberg - bass, vocals (1970-1975)
• Eduard Schicke - drums (1978-1982)
• Nanny de Ruig (1970-1972)
• Pablo Weeber - guitar, vocals (1976-1977)

See also

• Friedrich Hölderlin, the German poet

External links

• Hoelderlin at progarchives.com
• Hoelderlin discography at Discogs