Lokomotive Kreuzberg - Fette Jahre (1975) Vinyl Rip

LOKOMOTIVE KREUZBERG is a Berlin polit-rock band founded in early 1972. The group performed in various formations touring extensively through Germany until 1977 at the dissolution of the group when finances became an issue.

The group consisted of founding member Andreas Brauer (vocals, keyboards, violin, flute, guitar, percussion), lyricist Kalle Scherfling (vocals), Volker Hiemann (vocals, guitar) and Uwe Holz (drums, vocals, harmonica, percussion). Later they were joined by Uve Müllrich (Guitars, Bass) and he also played bass in EMBRYO, and was founder of the DISSIDENTS. He was replaced from 1973 by Bernhard Potschka, Manfred Praeker and Herwig Mitteregger from 1976. Members later played in the NINA HAGEN BAND and later founded German rockers SPLIFF.

The band released a number of albums; "Kollege Klatt" (1972), "James Blond - Den Lohnräubern Auf Der Spur" (1973), "Fette Jahre" (1975), "Mountain Town" (1977).

LOKOMOTIVE KREUZBERG plays funky krautrock, with some folk rock, sounding similar to GONG and MOTHER GONG. The lyrics are left wing preaching a political message to the proletarian masses. For this reason they were banned from touring the communist countries.