SoR Magazine #2 · Krautrock · to finish
Timeline
From zero hour to Kid A: browse fifty-five years of German music, with a fragment for almost every year.
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Zero hour
Germany surrenders and is divided into four zones. The Germans speak of the Stunde Null.
The Beatles in Hamburg
The Beatles play for months in the clubs of Hamburg. All over West Germany beat bands spring up that sing in English.
The Auschwitz trials
In Frankfurt the trials of Auschwitz camp guards begin. Young people start asking their parents questions.
Benno Ohnesorg
On 2 June a policeman in West Berlin shoots the student Benno Ohnesorg dead. The student movement grows.
Essener Songtage
The first big pop festival in West Germany, with Tangerine Dream, Amon Düül and Guru Guru. In Cologne, Can begins.
Tago Mago
Can releases the double album Tago Mago, with Damo Suzuki as singer. Faust makes its debut on transparent vinyl.
Autobahn and Phaedra
Kraftwerk drives down the motorway with a Minimoog, Tangerine Dream lets the sequencer bubble.
Bowie to Berlin
David Bowie and Iggy Pop move to the Hauptstraße in Schöneberg.
Low, Heroes and the TEE
Bowie makes Low and Heroes. In Trans Europa Express Kraftwerk sings about Iggy Pop and David Bowie.
Photo: Bartosz Brzezinski · CC BY 2.0
The Wall falls
In July the first Love Parade walks through West Berlin, in November the Wall falls. Techno becomes the sound of the new Berlin.
