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
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