Can Band
German psychedelic rock band Can did much to further avant-garde music, and while not commercially successful aside from a random hit in the UK ("I Want More" in 1976), they are considered influential to the more accessible electronic acts of today's modern music.
Fast Facts
- Band members: Holger Czukay (bass, recording engineer), Michael Karoli (guitar, violin), Jaki Liebezeit (drums), Irmin Schmidt (keyboards)
- 2001: Karoli died of cancer at age 53
- Origin: Cologne, West Germany
- Years active: 1968-1979, 1986, 1991
- Record label: Spoon Records
- Style of music often called "krautrock" and also included fellow German band Kraftwerk
- Original singer Malcolm Mooney left the band in 1969 but reunited with Can in 1989 to participate in the recording of Rite Time, the group's last official studio album
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