Kurt Kreikenbom

Music:

Member Since: 10/26/2005
Band Website: furthur.de
Band Members: Kurt Kreikenbom - drums, guitars, harp and vocals

I started late, at the age of 20 I got my first acoustic guitar. Made up the first band just for fun but kinda knew this was going to mean something to me. Three years later I bought a vintage drum kit (& I still play it). Playing drums came quite naturally (unlike the darn guitar), it's still what I love most. I started singing more seriously because I wanted to impress the rhythm guitar player of my band. It kinda stuck with me (though she wouldn't marry me). The songs kept coming ever since.

I've played with a couple of bands over the years, all kinds of styles including Folk Rock (drums, guitar and vocals), Punk (drums), free-jazzish improvised music and Krautrock (drums both). There's so much music I love, why should I limit myself by playing within a recognisable genre? Mixing it all up is the best anyway.

Recently, I've been doing solo shows (performing my own songs and a bunch of covers) and played drums in DOC SCHOKO. Easily the best band I ever had, because I can play everything that I know. Kraut is the teacher, punk is the preacher.

And just lately I got myself involved in yet another band: APACHE BLANKET. A 4 piece outfit dedicated to all kinds of folk music, bluegrass, rockabilly and some more styles. They all mix surprisingly well.

bands:
LES SOUS-MARINS VERTS (1986-88)
PENIS IN FURS (1987-88)
PATCHOULI PRINCES (1988-89)
ZEN-FASCHISTEN (1990)
HELLEN GREEN (1990-92)
THE WING AND THE WHEEL (1990)
THE FURTHURS (1991-2004)
LEATHERETTE (1994-2004)
ESWIENSTEINERSTOES (1997-2001)
HEATHERS (1998-2000)
MISSIPPI GODDAMN (2000)
KLITPOP (2002)
KLAR AUF DOPE (2002)
LOCAS IN LOVE (2002-04)
LEELOO KOBAYASHI (2004-05)
COSMIC SOUND CONCEPT (2005-07)
DOC SCHOKO (2005-2007)
APACHE BLANKET (2006-07)

I recorded and published music as a
solo artist

"Beyond the darkest hour EP" (Finlayson Tontraeger, 1994)

"One" compilation of 12 songs of 1 minute length, my contribution is the song "L.A. Lullaby" (local standard time, 2003)

"Underground Explosion Vol.4" compilation CD; one song: "To Get Your Point Across" feat. The Leavin' Cools (Big Noise, 2005)

... plus several self-published titles, see my homepage for details!

and with:
THE FURTHURS "from the wells of disappointment" (CD, Manifatture Criminali, 1997)
songwriter, vocals & acoustic guitar

LEATHERETTE "stay home" (CD, Sitzer Records, 2003)
drums

KLAR AUF DOPE "Rock'n'Roll & die R.A.F." on "Berge & Taeler" Compilation (CD, Sitzer Records, 2003)
drums & backing vocals

LOCAS IN LOVE Split-7" w/ Katze (7", Krautpop, 2003)
drums

LEELOO KOBAYASHI "playthings" (CD, Major Records, 2005)
vocals

DISCO GESSNER & JENS OHLEN feat. LEELOO KOBAYASHI "nighclubbing" (12", The Funky Chicken Records, 2005)
vocals

DOC SCHOKO "sei still" (7", Louisville Records, 2006)
drums & backing vocals

and played/sang some stuff on records by:
GOTTSTEIN "Oekonomie" (bckg. vocals; LP, Finlayson, 1995)

RAJI "Fresh" (lead guitar; CD, O Ilios Music, 2005)

BRINK "my family" (drums; CD, Sitzer Records, 2005)

some artists & musicians I recorded and/or played with:
Kramer
Milksop Holly
Barbara Manning
Nikki Sudden (r.i.p.)
Jojo Wolter
Stefan Wood
Raji Susanne Atorf
Gloria Marks
Uwe Jahnke
Doc Schoko
Fantas Schimun
Sid Griffin
Roger Schaffrath
Manuela Krause
Sibyll Kalff
Donald Lessau
Stefan Bohnenberger
Reinhold Goerlitz
David Leder (r.i.p.)
Ralf Schneider
Robert Mitchell
Ulrich Bogislav
Mo Meidinger
Andreas Thein
Jono Podmore
Szenejunkies
Frank Schergel
Andreas Koyama
Shizuo
Damo Suzuki
SchneiderTM
Edward Guglielmino
Emma Dean
Chris Pickering
Reba Hasko
Paul Hankinson
Bruno Leicht
Catico Barragan de Luyz
Bernhard Christian
Thomas Knobl

some of the artists I supported as a solo artist or (mostly) with a band:
Townes Van Zandt
Hank McCoy
Pat Johnson
Walter Salas-Humara
Steve Young
Savoy Grand
The Fall
Tonic (The Wood Hall Four)
Nikki Sudden & The Last Bandits
Fehlfarben
Die Regierung (& Tilman Rossmy w/ Band)
Huah!
The Go-Luckys
Rock City Crime Wave
Lionel Rocks
The Shanks

please see http://www.furthur.de for details! thanks!

Influences: music!

current faves:

Marcel Khalife & Omaima el Khalil
Richard & Mimi Farina - Bold Marauder
Pete Wylie - Disneyland Forever
Judee Sill

Jenny Lewis & The Watson Twins (now ain't that a lovely music video?)

Kevin Ayers & The Whole World (one of my all time favourites!)

Dick Gaughan, Emmylou Harris, Kate & Anna McGarrigle & Rufus Wainwright, this is stellar!!!

Take The Guitar Player For A Ride - Peter Laughner & friends
...Peter's theory was: if only I take enough speed I'm gonna be the next Lou Reed. He succeeded, but he died very young. His recordings with several bands (e.g. Rocket From The Tombs, the band that eventually split into Pere Ubu and The Dead Boys) or just him and the cassette recorder are outstanding, most of them simply incredibly fantastic and up there with all of his heroes - Reed, Eno, Iggy, you name them. If you want to know more about the man and his music, there's an expert right at myspace, Mr Derek DePrator .

In A Mellow Mood - The Fleetwoods
... 'Days Dwindle By' is the saddest song in the world!

songs:
a random list of songs, theres so many great tunes....
2 H.B. - Roxy Music
Mom And Dad - Kim Fowley
High Flying Bird - Judy Henske
Mainline Prosperity Blues - Richard & Mimi Farina
Love's Enough - David Ackles
The Boy - The Shangri-Las
Disneyland Forever - The Mighty WAH!
Everything Is Free - Gillian Welch
Dark Star - Grateful Dead
All Night Long - Junior Wells Chicago Blues Band
10 Minutes On A Tuesday Afternoon In Buffalo - Billie Ray Martin
My Rifle, My Pony & Me - Dean Martin & Ricky Nelson
My Darling Forever - Rosie
Neverland - The dbs
Back Door Man - John Hammond
Cowboy Song - Thin Lizzy
Obsessive Devotion - MX-80 Sound
Louise - Human League
Godstar - Psychic TV
Burnout - Zen-Faschisten
If I Needed You - Townes Van Zandt
Green - Barbara Manning
Quality Star - Rachelle Garniez & The Fortunate Few
Postcards From Downtown - Dayna Kurtz
Trouble Bound - Billy Lee Riley
I Threw It All Away - Bob Dylan
Laurie Ann (alt. take) - Glen Glenn
Coming Back To Me - Jefferson Airplane
Taking It All Away - John Cale
Cry To Me - Gun Club
Northern Sky - Nick Drake
No Regrets - Tom Rush (the 60s version!)

albums:
1st Album - Roxy Music
Farewell Aldebaran - Judy Henske & Jerry Yester
Nuits de la Fondation Maeght Vol.1 &2 - Albert Ayler
Easter Everywhere - 13th Floor Elevators
Bull Of The Woods - 13th Floor Elevators
The Charlatans - The Charlatans (from San Francisco!)
Never To Be Forgotten CD-Box - The Bobby Fuller Four
Myrmidons Of Melodrama - The Shangri-Las
The Guild Of Temporal Adventurers - Kendra Smith
Songs From The Pink Death - Kramer
Reflections In A Crystal Wind - Richard & Mimi Farina
Birds - Jenifer Jackson
Crazy Blood - Rachelle Garniez & The Fortunate Few
Ghosts Of The Great Highway - Sun Kil Moon
First Light - Richard & Linda Thompson
The Ghost Trade - Camberwell Now
Drama Of Exile (French Version!) - Nico
Good, Clean Fun - Kim Fowley
Balaklava - Pearls Before Swine
These Things, Too - Pearls Before Swine
Forever Now - The Psychedelic Furs
Underwater Moonlight - Soft Boys
Fly - Yoko Ono
Slush - OP8
John Wesley Harding - Bob Dylan
The Bride Stripped Bare - Bryan Ferry

Sounds Like: DIY
Record Label: stranded (self-published)
Type of Label: Indie