FRUUPP may sound like some obscure Krautrock outfit from deep in the heart of Bavaria, but no, they're some obscure Belfast-based outfit from deep in the heart of Northern Ireland.

 

I'd love to post their four superb  albuumms of Symphonic Prog right here, but that's no longer allowed, so instead, you can check them all out in the link below, if you so wish.

 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUFeBYmR0DbJ8dofbfwZJbg/playlists?view_as=subscriber" rel="nofollow -  Future Legends (1973) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzBNLMWmauXe1XkJXf6QY0HR" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzBNLMWmauXe1XkJXf6QY0HR

 

In that case, you're in for a treat. Fruupp sound a bit like Genesis, so I'd be surprised if you don't like them. 

Been listening to Midnight Masqurades, they're very good. 

I'm glad you like Fruupp. There's a similarly-named band called Frumpy too, and they really are German.

Anyway, Fruupp are pretty good. I had a two in one of their third and fourth albums at one point(on cd). Yeah, similar to mid seventies Genesis. Apparently(according to the liner notes)they opened up for Genesis at one point. 

Wikipedia says they opened for Genesis, Yes and KC.

I very much doubt he has listened to Frumpy. 
 

So do I, I don't think he like krautrock. He knows they exist, though, which is what I meant.

they are not Krautrock. I was thinking they are heavy-prog, but they are under eclectic prog here on PA. 

Just for the record, not all german prog is considered krautrock. A lot is but not all. A band like Eloy for example were a bit less experimental and more symph oriented and not considered krautrock.

Am I thinking of the wrong Frumpy?

I'm thinking of this one:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frumpy

Yes, it's a Frumpy page. But they are not krautrock. It' s possible everything German is krautrock on wiki. I would not be surprised. Not always reliable... 

To avoid any further confusion, this is the Frumpy album in my CD collection.

 

 

True, and the last time I listened to Frumpy was ages ago, so I too am not reliable.

Just like to them everything with a mellotron is prog. 

 

Fruupp completely passed me by in the proggy 1970's and I only heard them on YouTube for the first time after 2010, when I first went online. Bizarre as it seems now, I wasn't even aware you could watch music videos on the Internet before I went online. The Internet is like MTV times TEN!!

 

I bought two Fruupp albums for £11 each from Rough Trade in Nottingham about five years ago, although it was worth it as they're both pretty rare albums.

 

My pleasure.  Fruupp are one of the great undiscovered treasures of classic British prog. They passed by virtually unnoticed back in the proggy 1970's. Fruupp are one of those rare bands whose last album is just as good as their first album. Thanks to ProgArchives and YouTube, they're gaining some well-deserved recognition in the 21st century. I'm glad you like them too.

Thanks Paul, not a band I've listened to before. They sound interesting so far but are all four of their albums really 5 star classics?

I listened to all four Fruupp albums together yesterday and it was really hard to pick a favourite album when they're all deserving of five stars in my opinion.

We'll have to differ on that one then, they're good but hardly essential prog classics.

 

That's fine, but there's a reason why Fruupp are not as well-known as Genesis.

That's a good point.

 

Song for a Thought

 

Okay, I've made a compromise with my Fruupp album rankings: I've rated their legendary debut album "Future Legends" as a well-deserved 5-star album and downgraded the following three albums to 4-star ratings.

Good symph type prog but not essential classics as some think..imho.

I'd forgotten about this thread, until I came back to it and gave it a new title.

 

Well, they're not obscure any more.

 

Fruupp - Wise as Wisdom

 

Second and best album IMHO. It's flows perfectly from first track to last.

In terms of being undiscovered, did you know the track 'Sheba's Song' from Modern Masquerades was sampled by Hip-Hop artist Talib Kweli (featuring Norah Jones) in a song called 'Soon the new day' in 2007!  

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Just an obscure snippet.. i posted it only to show that although these bands are perhaps 'lost in time' and known just to an (ageing?) Cognescenti of prog fans, it seems that people from very differing musical and ethnic backgrounds are discovering some of these sounds. I'm not making any value judgements on whether its right or wrong, good or bad but it does generate some new interest.. quite a few people who watched the Talib Kweli video also checked out thw whole Fruupp song and commented in a positive way!

But dont go sampling any King Crimson if you know whats good for you!