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Can is tagged as: krautrock, experimental, psychedelic, progressive rock, german

Can was an experimental rock group founded in Cologne, Germany in 1968. Describing themselves as an “anarchist community”, they constructed their music largely through improvisation and editing, in a way similar to several avant-garde composers of the time. They had only occasional commercial success, but exerted a huge influence on subsequent rock and electronic music. They are generally held to be one of the finest of the original krautrock bands, and are among the most important experimental artists in recent music history.|A lot of their initial popularity came from positive press in the UK (when many other Krautrock bands were shunned by UK media such as NME) and airplay on John Peel’s BBC radio programmes, which led to extensive touring in the UK. They also gained exposure in Germany by doing soundtrack work for German filmmakers.
Keyboardist Irmin Schmidt and bassist/producer Holger Czukay had studied electronic music together under Karlheinz Stockhausen circa 1966. Schmidt was inspired to start the group following a trip to New York where he was “corrupted’ by Andy Warhol and The Velvet Underground. As well as Schmidt and Czukay, the initial lineup included guitarist Michael Karoli, a former pupil of Czukay; and drummer Jaki Liebezei...
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Top 10 Can Songs
Mushroom
Paperhouse
Oh Yeah
Vitamin C
Bring Me Coffee or Tea
One More Night
Spoon
Aumgn
Sing Swan Song
Halleluhwah
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Top 10 Can Albums
Tago Mago
Ege Bamyasi
Future Days
Cannibalism 1
Monster Movie
Soundtracks
Delay 1968
Tago Mago (40th Anniversary Edition)
Soon Over Babaluma
Flow Motion
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