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Starship 18
3+ albums
Progressive rockhard rockprog rockPink Floydgenesis
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t took about 35 years, and no-one would have believed that this would happen one day – but it has: Starship 18, the legendary psychedelic rock pioneers from Germany are back. Two members of the original line-up, Ernst-Hermann Göbel and Gerhard Hasse met up in 2006 after not having seen each other for years, and immediately decided to revive the band that was once mentioned among the likes of Amon Düül II, Popol Vuh or Grobschnitt. Even the late Syd Barrett of Pink Floyd is believed to have counted Starship 18 amongst his influences. It is strange that, 35 years after the split-up, Starship 18 recorded a bunch of tracks for the first time ever. For what made them special – and famous – in the late 1960s was the fact that they strictly refused to record albums at all. But, for those who might be new to Starship 18, here’s the whole story: STARSHIP 18 – THE PAST Ernst-Hermann Göbel, born in 1941 in a mining town in Northrhine-Westfalia, Gelsenkirchen, of course, started workin in a coal mine just after he had finished school when he was only 14. Heavily influenced by the beat music the British Forces' radio stations played at that time, rock'n'roll, skiffle and beat, he was lucky enough to get hold of an electric guitar. Actually, as he now admits, he stole it from a British soldier after he secretly attended a concert and waited until all the performers were heavily drunk much later on. Having been technically interested, he soon built his first amplifier by himself. Not ver
