Krankschaft
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| Background information | |
| Origin | London, England |
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| Years active | 1986–present |
| Labels | Stereo Records, Clear Records |
| Associated acts | Inner City Unit, Hawkwind, The Enid |
| Website | www |
| Members | Steve Pond Alex Tsentides Kevin Walker |
| Past members | Robert Calvert Mary Cason Mick Stupp Darren Butler Dead Fred |
Krankschaft is an English rock band.
Krankschaft was the briefly used title of a backing band for Robert Calvert, a vocalist, poet and playwright, best known for his work as the vocalist in the space rock group Hawkwind in the 1970s. Crucial members of this group were Steve Pond, Dead Fred and the drummer Mick Stupp, who were all active in the punk rock group Inner City Unit, a band founded by Hawkwind's co-founder and early frontman Nik Turner, as well as a group called The Maximum Effect.
The duo of Pond and Reeves played a Robert Calvert tribute concert in 2008, subsequently reuniting fully. They worked on a studio album, The Flame Red Superstar, and have since become favourites on the psychedelic festival circuit in Britain. Dead Fred was invited to join Hawkwind in 2013 and left Krankschaft.
Today's[when?] Krankschaft consists of Pond on guitars/vocals/synthesisers, former The Enid bass guitarist Alex Tsentides and Kevin Walker on drums. The band rebooted in 2013 with all new material written by the band, a move conceived deliberately to stop trading on their past.
Now[when?] operating as a trio, the band released its third studio album, Three, in late 2014 and followed this with III:Mysteries in 2017. During the recording of III:Mysteries, Pond was diagnosed with cancer but, following surgery, has returned to live work.
By 2019, the group had recorded three studio albums, one special album composed of music made to poems submitted online by fans and two live albums.
Albums[edit]
| Release | Year | Label |
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| Live at the Queen Elizabeth Hall | 1989 | Clear Records black1 |
| Flame Red Superstar | 2009 | Stereo Records mono4138 |
| Live at the Sonic Rock Solstice | 2010 | Stereo Records mono06 |
| Song Poems | 2011 | Stereo Records mono07 |
| Three | 2014 | Stereo Records mono08 |
| III:Mysteries | 2017 | Stereo Records mono09 |
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