Thirsty Moon

Thirsty Moon is a German Krautrock band. The band was founded in the early seventies in Bremen and plays progressive rock with strong jazz influences. Band members were the brothers Jürgen and Norbert Drogies, Michael Kobs, Harald Konietzko, Erwin Noack, Willi Pape and Siegfried Pisalla, although this line-up would change in the late 70s. Especially the band's first two albums received the highest critical acclaim and are considered classics in the Krautrock genre.In 2007 founder member Jürgen Drogies released the album "Dreamcatcher" and gave his new band the name BACK TO THE MOON.

Band members

* Norbert Drogies - drums
* Michael Kobs - electric piano, organ
* Erwin Noack - congas percussion
* Willi Pape - sax
* Harald Konietzko - bass , guitar, vocals, cello
* Jürgen Drogies - guitar, percussion
* Hans Werner Ranwig - organ, vocals
* Siegfried Pisalla - vocals, guitarLater members:
* Rainer Neumann - sax
* Serge Weber - piano, synthesizer
* Junior Weerasinghe - drums, vocals

Discography

* 1972 "Thirsty Moon" (reissue 2006 LongHair LHC 52)
* 1974 "You'll never come back" (reissue 2006 LongHair LHC 53)
* 1975 "Blitz" (reissue 2006 LongHair LHC 54)
* 1976 "A Real Good Time"
* 1981 "Starchaser"
* 2006 "I'll be back - Live '75" (first released 2006 LongHair LHC 55)
* 2007 "Dreamcatcher" by BACK TO THE MOON (SynGate 2111)

External links

* [http://www.backtothemoon.de/ Official homepage]
* [http://www.syngate.net/ SynGate]
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