Wallenstein

German rock band who went through many styles during their history. Formed in Viersen by classically trained art student Jürgen Dollase in 1971 as Blitzkrieg, the band moved the same year to Mönchengladbach. It consisted of an international cast: American, Dutchman Jerry Berkers, and musician and student Harald Grosskopf. After only a couple of concerts, they were quickly spotted and eagerly signed up by. But, there proved to be a problem, also touring Germany at the time was a British band called Blitzkrieg, so a change of name was needed. They decided on Wallenstein, a notorious character of the Thirty Years War.
Wallenstein's debut LP was classical rock with the accent on power, totally befitting the title "Blitzkrieg (opens in a new tab)". Further records saw a shift in focus, folkier and more diverse on ""Mother Universe (opens in a new tab), which was more a Jerry Berkers show (after which he left and went solo), and then the definitive "Symphonic Rock Orchestra Wallenstein (opens in a new tab)" sound of their "Kosmische Musik (opens in a new tab)" LP's. After Jürgen and Harald collaborated with Ash Ra Tempel members on the The Cosmic Jokers' albums, Harald departed and there was then a gradual all-change except for Jürgen, reincarnated with the not bad "No More Love (opens in a new tab)" before moving into pop music.