Effective period / Period of releases: 1970 - 1990

Members: Lothar Stahl, Malte Bremer, Uwe v. Trotha, Werner Walten, Werner Heß, Harald Linder, Mane Bock, Joachim Krebs, Wilfried Sahm, Jürgen Bräutigam, Manfred Ostermay

Checkpoint Charlie were a German politico-prog-rock meets theatre outfit mostly active during the 1970's and early 1980's. Rivals of Floh De Cologne, but with a very different approach, Checkpoint Charlie were much more angst and proto-punk in a way. Their debut LP is well-known as one of the most challengingly angry records of Krautrock. After that they refined their style along similar lines to Oktober on their next 3 albums.