Biography
Streetmark
Effective period / Period of releases: 1976 - 1985
Members: Wolfgang Riechmann, Horst-Günter Hank, Jürgen Pluta, Dorothea Raukes, Georg Buschmann, Manfred Knauf, Hans Schweiß, Thomas Schreiber (2), Wolfgang Westphal, Stephan Jehring, Bogdan Skowronek, H.G. Hank, Dicky Hank
Progressive rock group from Düsseldorf with a history starting in the late 1960's. Interconnected with many other bands of the industrial Rhineland. Streetmark went through many changes in style and personnel. The 1975 album Nordland was fronted by Georg Buschmann, who split forming his own band Straight Shooter. Vocalist/synthesist Wolfgang Riechmann pretty much took over on the second album Eileen, adding Kraftwerk-like elements. After Reichmann's death in 1978, the group was reduced to a trio, with Dorothea Raukes leading the group on synthesizers and vocals, and they moved toward a mellower pop sound.