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Monokel
12+ albums
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Monokel is a blues rock group from Berlin. They belonged to the motor of the blues or customer scene, a GDR-specific youth culture, alongside Engerling, Freygang, Jonathan Blues Band and Kerth, and are still active today. Responsible for the "Kraftblues" are the hard guitar riffs of Michael Linke and Bernd Kühnert. In 1975 Sebastian Baur and Peter Schneider met in the Franz-Club, the East Berlin blues domicile. Together with Horst Trümpelmann, Wilfried Borchert and Michael Mirek they founded the band Monokel, which broke up again in the summer of 1976 before it really started. But Sebastian Baur didn't give up, gathered new musicians around him and founded the band for the second time. Already in October 1976 he was classified as an amateur band. The founding members were Sebastian Baur (guitar, vocals), Wilfried Borchert (guitar, vocals), Frank "Gala" Gahler (harmonica, vocals), Mario Janik (drums) and Jörg "Speiche" Schütze (bass). The band's first line-up change took place in 1979 with the departure of Sebastian Baur, who later played with Keks, MCB and Knorkator, Wilfried Borchert and Mario Janik. New additions were Bernd "Kuhle" Kühnert (guitar, vocals) and Rainer Lojewski (drums) from Engerling. The band around Wolfram Bodag had become too professional for them. Furthermore Michael "Lefty" Linke rose from technician to singer and guitarist of the band. Three years later Gahler left the band to join NO 55. Gerd Pöppel from Berluc came for him. Bernd Damitz, formerly M
top songs
albums
Das Monster vom Schilkinsee
8-Box DT 64 Story 1
Bye Bye, Lübben City
Monokel
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Amiga Long Versions
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Rock rEvolution, Vol. 5
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Die 100 besten Ostsongs (Die radio eins Top 100 Hits)
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M.O.N.O.K.E.L.
Fünf Nette, Junge Herren, Die 1a Kraft-Blues Machen
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BYE BYE , LÜBBEN CITY
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Not Cumbia: A Guide To Colombia's Electro Scene, Vol. 2
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das monster vom schilkinsee (30 jahre monokel)