Agitation Free
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| Agitation Free | |
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| Image:AgitationFreebandphoto.jpg The members of Agitation Free as depicted in the artwork for their 1973 album 2nd.
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Germany |
| Genre(s) | Experimental rock |
| Years active | 1967 – 1974 1998 |
| Label(s) | Vertigo |
| Members | |
| Michael Hoenig (keyboard, electronics) Burghard Rausch (drums) Lutz Ulbrich (g) Michael Guenther (b) Gustl Luetjens(g) |
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| Former members | |
| Lutz Ludwig Kramer (guitar) Christopher Franke (drums) |
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Agitation Free was a German avant-garde rock band. The band was formed in 1967 with Michael "Fame" Günther (bass), Lutz "Lüül" Ulbrich (guitar), Lutz Ludwig Kramer (guitar) and Christopher Franke (drums). They were initially called Agitation, a name they chose at random from a dictionary. The name later changed to Agitation Free as a reflection of their live performance style.
After losing guitarist Axel Genrich to Guru Guru in 1970 and drummer Christopher Franke to Tangerine Dream in 1971, the band recruited Jörg "Joshi" Schwenke (guitar), Burghard Rausch (drums), and Michael Hoenig (keyboards). They released their debut album, Malesch in 1972 on the Music Factory label. The album was inspired by their tour through Egypt, Greece, and Cyprus, sponsored by the German Goethe Institute. Later that year, they performed at the 1972 Munich Olympics.
A second album was released in 1973, but the band disbanded in 1974. Agitation Free reunited in 1998 and released River Of Return in 1999.
The band are included on the Nurse With Wound list.
[edit] Discography
- LP Malesch (1972) month 6 Vertigo
- LP 2nd (1973) month 7 Vertigo
- LP Last (1976) month unknown Barclay
- 1978 / month unknown: LP Malesch IRI
- 1978 / month unknown: LP 2nd IRI
- 1992 / month unknown: CD Last Spalax
- 1993 / month unknown: CD Malesch Spalax
- 1995 / month unknown: CD 2nd Spalax
- Fragments CD-ROM (1995) month unknown BMG
- Fragments (1996) month unknown Spalax
- At the Cliffs of River Rhine (1998 month unknown, recorded 1974) Garden of Delights
- The other sides of Agitation Free (1999, recorded 1974–75)
- River Of Return (Reunion) (1999) month unknown
[edit] External links
- www.gustlmusic.de
- www.spv.de/
- www.agitation-free.de/
- www.lutzludwig.de/
- www.luul.de/
- christopherfranke.com/
[edit] Other Sources (Books)
- Ulbrich, Lutz: „Lüül". Ein Musikerleben zwischen Agitation Free, Ashra, Nico, der Neuen Deutschen Welle und den 17 Hippies“ – Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf – Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-89602-696-8
- Ehnert, Günter: Rock in Deutschland: Lexikon dt. Rockgruppen u. Interpreten / Günter Ehnert ; Detlef Kinsler. - Orig.-Ausg., (3., aktualisierte u. erw. Aufl.). - Hamburg : Taurus Press, 1984. - 434 S. ; 18 cm, ISBN 3-922542-16-6
- Christian Graf: "Rocklexikon Deutschland". Verlag Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, 2002, ISBN 3896022733
- Frank Laufenberg, Ingrid Laufenberg: Frank Laufenbergs Hit-Lexikon des Rock und Pop., Ullstein Tb., Oktober 2002. ISBN 3-5483-6362-8
- Christian Graf, Burghard Rausch: Rockmusiklexikon Europa, Bd. 1., Fischer Tb., Frankfurt Juli 2005. ISBN 3-5961-6428-1
- Christian Graf, Burghard Rausch: Rockmusiklexikon Europa, Bd. 2., Fischer Tb., Frankfurt Juli 2005. ISBN 3-5961-6429-X
- Christian Graf, Burghard Rausch: Rockmusiklexikon Amerika, Afrika, Asien, Australien, Fischer Tb, Frankfurt Oktober 2003. ISBN 3-5961-5869-9
- Tibor Kneif: Sachlexikon Rockmusik. Instrumente, Stile, Techniken, Industrie und Geschichte, Reinbek b. Hamburg: Rowohlt, überarbeitete und erweiterte Ausgabe 1980. ISBN 3-499-16223-7 (Lexikon und Beispielsammlung aus Rock ’n’ Roll, Rhythm & Blues, Jazzrock, Funk Metal, Country Rock, Folk Rock, Bluesrock, Hard rock, Punk, New Wave sowie ein Register)
- Tibor Kneif: Rockmusik. Ein Handbuch zum kritischen Verständnis. Mit einem Beitrag von Carl-Ludwig Reichert, Reinbek bei Hamburg: Rowohlt, 1982. ISBN 3-499-16279-2 (mit einem Kapitel über die Grundlagen der Rockmusik, z. B. Elemente, Instrumente und stilistische Wurzeln sowie Materialien zu einer Theorie der Rockmusik, ihrer Soziologie, Ästhetik und Geschichte)
- Artemy Troitsky: "Rock in Russland: Rock und Subkultur in der UdSSR", Hannibal-Verlag, Wien 1989. ISBN 3-85445-046-X
- Zöller, Christa. Rockmusik als jugendliche Weltanschauung und Mythologie. Religion und Biographie, Bd. 2. Münster: Lit. 2000. ISBN 978-3-8258-4517-9
- Steven & Alan Freeman: The Crack in the Cosmic Egg 1996, Audion Publ., Leicester ISBN 0-962506-0-X
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