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Biography
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Alcatraz
Effective period / Period of releases: 1972 - 2013
Members: Klaus Holst, Klaus Nagurski, Rüdiger Berghahn, Ronald Wilson (3), Jan Rieck, Rainer Hansen, Klaus Hormann, Ralf Twellmann, Ed Schulze, Mike Kann, Thomas Hockling
German rock band from Hamburg, formed in 1970. Alcatraz went through many genres, starting as jazzy-edged prog with psychedelic touches. Their debut LP was recorded at Faust's Wümme Studio. After that albums were sporadic, and line-up changes frequent, first moving into polit-rock akin to Floh De Cologne, then into jazz-fusion.:format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/A-724603-1351156212-9504.jpeg.jpg){kind=link}