Orange Peel is
one of the first heavy progressive german act. The band was formed in
1968 by Peter Bischof, Leslie Link, Heinrich Mohn, Ralph Wilrheiss and
Curt Cress, a young drummer of 17 years. They spearheaded the Krautrock
movement with FAUST and AMON DÜÜL II by adding powerful organ playing to
raw psychedelic rock. However, ORANGE PEEL released only one album, and
disbanded immediately after in 1970. Most members pursued their careers
with another progressive bands. The bassist Helmut Mohn replaced
Michael Ertl in EPSILON, while Peter Bischof joined EMERGENCY and Curt
Cress went to many bands like EMERGENCY, PASSPORT and ATLANTIS.Their
unique album was recorded at the end of 1969. Mostly featuring long
tracks, the record is undoublty one of the most heavy psychedelic
organ-based progressive albums of its time, with elongated solos of
angry organ and guitar, announcing the debut albums from ELOY and
GROBSCHNITT. Line-up / Musicians Peter Bischof/vocals,percussion Michael Winzkowski/guitar Curt Cress/drums,percussion Leslie Link/guitar Heinrich "Heini" Mohn/bass Ralph Wiltheiß/organ Discography Orange Peel 1970
1.You Can't Change Them All 2.Faces That I Used to Know 3.Tobacco Road 4.We Still Try to Change
