They are extremely well-known and highly influential in Germany! And a band that shares three members with a band that is already in the archives (Frumpy) and had other members in their line-uup who appear in other bands which are in the archives (Dieter Bornschlegel with Guru Guru, Curt Cress with Passport, Lucifer's Friend and on an album by John Wetton, Frank Diez with Ihre Kinder), Ringo Funk with Jeronimo) is in my opinion definitely prog-related.


Edited by BaldFriede - March 13 2014 at 08:04

The German band Atlantis is not in the archives yet, but I consider their first two albums to be prog-related at least; the first one might even be considered to be a prog album by some, especially since three of the musicians on  them (singer Inga Rumpf, keyboarder Jean-Jacques Kravetz and bass player Karl-Heinz Schott) also played in Frumpy (who are in the archives). Only guitar and bass are played by other musicians (Frank Diez on guitar and Curt Cress on drums on  the first album, Dieter Bornschlegel on guitar and Ringo Funk on drums on the second).

But their best album is the glorious "Live at Fabrik", though admittedly it has very little to do with prog. The band fires on all cylinders on it, and the final track "Leave it to the Devil" is so ecstatic it almost drives me to tears. Inga Rumpf's husky voice is wonderful, and she is one hell of a shouter.

Is anybody familiar with this band? Their first two albums can be found on YouTube (though the first one track by track only). I will give the links here:

First self-titled album:









Second album "It's Getting Better":



And here the first track of their "Live at Fabrik" album (unfortunately the only one on YouTube). Man, I just love Inga Rumpf live!