Can (Musical group)

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Name (Latin)
Can (Musical group)
Field of activity
Avant-garde (Music)
Progressive rock music
Psychedelic rock music
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 130345961
Wikidata: Q170132
Library of congress: n 95075498
Sources of Information
  • Soon over Babaluma, p1974:label (Can)
  • Spoon Records, via WWW, viewed June 25, 2013:History; Can (Can; founding members in 1968: Holger Czukay, bass, David Johnson, flute, Jaki Liebezeit, drums, Michael Karoli, guitar, Irmin Schmidt, keyboards)
  • Wikipedia, viewed Feb. 9, 2022(Can; from Cologne, West Germany; Malcolm Mooney, vocalist 1968-1970; active: 1968-1999)
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Wikipedia description:

Can (stylized in all caps) were a German experimental rock band formed in Cologne in 1968 by Holger Czukay (bass, tape editing), Irmin Schmidt (keyboards), Michael Karoli (guitar), and Jaki Liebezeit (drums). They featured several vocalists, including American Malcolm Mooney (1968–70) and Japanese Damo Suzuki (1970–73). They have been hailed as pioneers of the German krautrock scene. The founding members of Can came from backgrounds in avant-garde music and jazz. They blended elements of psychedelic rock, funk, samba and musique concrète on influential albums such as Tago Mago (1971), Ege Bamyasi (1972) and Future Days (1973). Can also had commercial success with singles such as "Spoon" (1971) and "I Want More" (1976) reaching national singles charts. Their work has influenced rock, post-punk, indie rock, post-rock and ambient acts.

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