Founded in Berlin, Germany, in early 1972, Lokomotive Kreuzberg is one of the bands that entered Krautrock from the Polit-Rock section. They are too political and naturally predatory. This situation is also reflected in the albums and tracks. Even though the first two albums they recorded and released were not very good, they reached the ceiling of their political approach with their lyrics. The second album, named James Blond, takes the West Germany of the period and hits the East Germany and leaves neither in the middle. It all boils down to suggesting differences from each other. But despite these strong lyrics, it is not a very good album musically.
Our subject, Fette Jahre, released in 1975, has a different structure and musical quality than other albums. Although it is included in the Krautrock genre, it contains movements up to Heavy Progressive Rock. The album is one of the albums that is well above average in terms of lyrics and musical perspective.
With its extremely melodic and ascending structure, it can easily be included among the best examples of Heavy Progressive Rock. His tempo almost never slows down. From this point of view, they are similar to the Gong variation pioneered by Pierre Moerlen. Of course, this similarity includes a similarity in terms of movement and tempo.
It wouldn't be wrong to say that Lokomotive Kreuzberg could not hold on because of their political words and the way they hit everyone with those words. The year Fette Jahre was released, they were able to give concerts almost exclusively in West Germany. Their critical approaches were not welcomed particularly in the Eastern Bloc countries, East Germany and the Soviets, where the proletariat they addressed was located. They even went a little further and were banned from entering.
The group's stage also revealed some very interesting works. The performances of their own theater group, Lokomotive Kreuzberg, which sometimes resemble a cabaret, have made quite a splash. There are many sources showing that they used this advantage well. However, as we said, having political content and overemphasizing it in their shows did not enable them to reach a wider audience.
LOKOMOTIVE KREUZBERG
Bernhard Potschka / Acoustic Guitar, Guitar, Vocals
Manfred Praeker / Bass, Acoustic Guitar, Percussion, Vocals
Uwe Holz / Drums, Percussion, Harmonica, Vocals
Karl-Heinz Scherfling / Percussion, Vocals
Andreas Brauer / Violin, Piano, Flute, Percussion, Synthesizer, Vocals
FETTE JAHRE
01. Rondo (00:00)
02. Comeback (05:00)
03. Requiem (07:44)
04. Fette Jahre (12:10)
05. Nostalgie (17:44)
06. Leise Sohlen (23:30)
07. Verfassungslied (27:47)
08. Parliamentmarsch (30:50)
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