Fools Garden

Infobox musical artist
Name = Fools Garden


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Background = group_or_band
Origin = Pforzheim, Germany
Genre = Pop
Years_active = 1991—present
Label = Intercord
Sony BMG
Polydor
Lemonade Music
URL = [http://www.foolsgarden.de Official website]
Current_members = Peter Freudenthaler
Volker Hinkel
Dirk Blümlein
Claus Müller
Past_members = Thomas Mangold
Roland Röhl
Ralf Wochele
Gabriel Holz

Fools Garden is a German pop group formed in 1991 under the name Fool's Garden (with apostrophe), comprising singer Peter Freudenthaler, guitarist Volker Hinkel, bassist Thomas Mangold, keyboardist Roland Röhl and drummer Ralf Wochele. They debuted in 1991 with the eponymous album "Fool's Garden", the next (1993) was album "Once in a Blue Moon". Two years later Fool's Garden issued their third album "Dish of the Day", scoring a massive European and Asian chart hit with "Lemon Tree".

"Go And Ask Peggy For The Principal Thing" followed in 1997, along with three albums in 2000, 2003 and 2005. In 2003 three members left the band and were replaced by Dirk Blümlein (bassist), Claus Müller (drummer) and Gabriel Holz (2nd guitarist), and the name of the band changed to Fools Garden (no apostrophe).

Gabriel Holz left the band in the middle of 2007.

Discography

Albums

* 1991: Fool's Garden
* 1993: Once in a Blue Moon
* 1995: Dish of the Day
* 1997: Go and Ask Peggy for the Principal Thing
* 2000: For Sale
* 2003: 25 Miles to Kissimmee
* 2005: Ready for the Real Life

ingles

* "Tell Me Who I Am / Careless Games" (1991)
* "Spirit '91 / Once in a Blue Moon" (1992)
* "Wild Days (1st edition)" (1994)
* "Lemon Tree" (1995) (UK - #61 May 1996 & #26 (reissue) August 1996)
* "Wild Days (reissue)" (1996)
* "Pieces" (1996)
* "Why Did She Go?" (1997)
* "Probably" (1997)
* "Rainy Day" (1998)
* "Suzy" (2000)
* "It Can Happen" (2000)
* "Happy (special tour edition)" (2000)
* "In the Name" (2001)
* "Dreaming" (2001)
* "Closer" (2003)
* "Dreaming (2004 version)" (2004)
* "Man of Devotion" (2005)
* "Does Anybody Know? / Welcome Sun" (2005)
* "Cold (Italian promo)" (2005)
* "I Got a Ticket" (2006)

Other releases

* "Napster Session 2008" (2008)
* "Home (limited tour edition)" (2008)

Fools Garden members

*Peter Freudenthaler - vocals (1991–present)
*Volker Hinkel - guitars (1991–present)
*Dirk Blümlein - bass (2003–present)
*Claus Müller - drums (2003–present)

Former members

*Thomas Mongol - bass (1991–2003)
*Roland Røj - keyboards (1991–2003)
*Ralf Wochele - drums (1991–2003)
*Gabriel Holz - guitars (2003–2007)

Trivia

The band have taken the habit of covering rock 'n' roll classics during live performances (The Beatles' "Ticket to Ride" or The Who's "My Generation"). Fools Garden's interest in British music is so big that cover versions of The Beatles's songs "Cry Baby Cry" and "Martha My Dear" can be found on their studio albums.

External links

* [http://www.foolsgarden.de/ Official Fools Garden website]
* [http://www.foolsgarden.it/ Official Italian Fools Garden website]