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Years active

1966–1984, 1993–2014, 2016–present

Genres

Krautrock, Hard rock, Progressive rock

Current members

Peter Föller – bass, vocals (1973–1977, 2016–present)
Manfred von Bohr – drums (1977–1980, 2016–present)
Hannes Vesper – bass, organ (1999–2000, 2002–present)
Sascha Kuhn – keyboards (1999–present)
Martin Ettrich – guitar, talk box (2011–present)

Former members

Bernd Koschmidder – bass, vocals (1968–1973)
Reinhold Sobotta – organ (1968–1972)
Rolf Gurra – saxophone, vocals (1968–1969)
Fritz Gröger – vocals (1968–1969)
Reiner Borchert – guitar (1968–1969)
Hugo Egon Balder – drums (1968)
Klaus Orso – guitar (1968)
Gerd Alsheimer – guitar (1968)
Bernd Noske – drums, percussion, vocals (1968–1983, 1993–2014, died 2014)
Bruno Frenzel – guitar (1969–1983, died 1983)
Hartmut Schölgens – organ (1972)
Wolfgang Neuser – organ (1972–1973, died 2018)
Zeus B. Held – organ (1973–1978)
Dirk Steffens – guitar (1973–1974)
Horst Stachelhaus – bass, vocals (1977–1980, 1993–1999, died 1999)
Wolfgang Horn – organ (1979–1981)
Jurgen Goldschmidt – bass, vocals (1980–1983)
Stefan Linke – guitar, vocals (1981–1983)
Harald Meurer – keyboards (1981–1982)
Ulrich Klein – keyboards, vocals (1981–1983)
Jörg Becker – keyboards (1983–1984)
Xaver Fischer – keyboards (1993–1999)
Rocco Zodiak – guitar (1993–1995)
Peter Engelhardt – guitar (1995–2011)
Rainer Wind – bass (2000–2002)

Discography
(Studio albums)

Birth Control (1970)
Operation (1971)
Hoodoo Man (1972)
Rebirth (1973)
Plastic People (1975)
Backdoor Possibilities (1976)
Increase (1977)
Titanic (1978)
Count on Dracula (1980)
Deal Done at Night (1981)
Bäng (1982)
Two Worlds (1995)
Jungle Life (1996)
Getting There (1999)
Alsatian (2003)
Here and Now (2016)
Open Up (2022)