Oh Shiiiiiiit!....Just hearing the voice of Manfred Paethe, as a teutonic version of Larry Olivier doing Richard the Third,but in the Ge...

Probably my favourite Kraut Freak-out album from Rocks golden era is "UFO",This is how to abuse an electric guitar,whilst w...

Our favourite teutonic free rock trio take their lengthy freak-outs to Wiesbaden, as they approach the "KanGuru" album era.A s...

Looking at the repulsive band shot on the cover,This is what I always imagined West Germans looked like. Rather like Americans and Japan...

Krautrock-fusion with a hint of Soft Machine 'Third' onwards......and whats wrong with that? Was the rhetorical question. Trac...

I may change my mind tomorrow but, I reckon this is the best one of the Reichel and Machines albums.Sounds like more of a group effort t...

Time for more Kraut echo box rock that you can march to if you're so inclined,but more likely you can pass your smoking drugs around...

A.R.,also known as Achim Reichel (dunno if he's related to Hans Reichel or not?), bought his echo box in around 1970,and never put ...

One thing about Manuel Göttsching is that he did have a liking for quality knitwear.Never too far away from a cosy purple sweater, never...

Three Ash Ra tracks, the first of which sounds like some guitar hero wanna be playing along with a home organ enthusiast. The other two ...

Out comes the echo-box again,as Manuel strives for that Dave Gilmore sound once more. Oh yeah!..There's a live Ash Ra Tempel track ...

They all do it at some point don't they? Get ideas beyond their station and Go Jazz Fusion!?.......but not the good Jazz Fusion lik...

Some say that these private tapes should have remained private......and they may have a point. The high point for me on Volume three ha...

Manuel Göttsching is often credited with inventing 'House'(shame on you!), with the mind numbingly boring "E2-E4" albu...

So, we've established that 'Krautrock' was a rougher form of prog rock by German groups who wanted to be Pink Floyd,with spla...

Yup, obviously their best album......apart from that,you'll be pleased to know that I have little to say on the subject. Tracklist:...

Don't wanna bore you with too much obvious 'Krautrock' stuff, and you've probably all got this,soooooo,.....oh alright t...

How more black can an album be,and the answer is 'None...None more ....black!' 'More recordings from the 1969 "Psych...

If you ever wanted a soundtrack for an alternative Karaoki soirée,then this is perfect for you. Nineteen instrumental Beefheart tracks fr...

There were two other sessions in 1971 1nd 1972 before "The Brown Star Sessions," and they provide us with a load more unhear...

Not only is it the fiftieth anniversary of the Moon Landings,the Manson Killings, 'Trout Mask Replica' ,and Woodstock, its 50 ye...

The cult continued,during the 1972 sessions that produced the Spotlight Kid and Clear Spot LPs but ,unlike other 'cult leaders',...

Most English groups were shi t scared to play in Northern Ireland during 'The Troubles'.....a fine example of Irish understate...

Cults, generally, don't allow room for divergent ideologies,or blatant displays of individualism.Neither do authoritarian regimes, ...

Well, we've been through the 'Cults that made Music' section,and its various offshoot,so its logical to have a go with ...

"Why is there never any Status Quo on this shit Blog", I hear you screaming! I agree, so here's The Quo's foray onto ...

One thing one couldn't accuse Peter Cook and Dudley Moore of being, are stooges for the state's anti-subversive operations. Th...