Anyone's Daughter is a German

progressive rock Progressive rock (shortened as prog rock or simply prog) is a broad genre of rock music that primarily developed in the United Kingdom through the mid- to late 1960s, peaking in the early-to-mid-1970s. Initially termed " progressive pop", the ...

band founded in 1972 in

Stuttgart Stuttgart (; ; Swabian German, Swabian: ; Alemannic German, Alemannic: ; Italian language, Italian: ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, largest city of the States of Germany, German state of ...

by Uwe Karpa und Matthias Ulmer. They are considered

Progressive rock Progressive rock (shortened as prog rock or simply prog) is a broad genre of rock music that primarily developed in the United Kingdom through the mid- to late 1960s, peaking in the early-to-mid-1970s. Initially termed " progressive pop", the ...

, similar to German bands like Eloy and

Novalis Georg Philipp Friedrich Freiherr von Hardenberg (2 May 1772 – 25 March 1801), pen name Novalis (; ), was a German nobility, German aristocrat and polymath, who was a poet, novelist, philosopher and Mysticism, mystic. He is regarded as an inf ...

History

The band started out playing covers of

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and others, and gave themselves the name after the Deep Purple song was released in 1971. The group went through a number of personnel changes before they released their first album ''Adonis,'' in 1979. Their third album was their first album in their native language; German. "Piktors Verwandlungen," a 40-minute piece of music written for a fairy tale by German author

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, was narrated by the band's singer and bassist Harald Bareth. Upon the release of two more albums and after Bareth's departure in 1984 due to military service commitments, the band drifted apart. Karpa and Ulmer briefly reformed the group in 1986 with new musicians. The songs that were recorded at that time were released onto the album "Last Tracks"; the group's last release until they reunited again in 2000. Two years after, they performed in

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, in a festival honouring German author

. On this occasion "Piktors Verwandlungen" was narrated by

Heinz Rudolf Kunze Heinz Rudolf Erich Arthur Kunze (born 30 November 1956, in Espelkamp-Mittwald, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German writer and rock singer. His greatest hit was ''Dein ist mein ganzes Herz'' (not to be confused with the homonymous song from the o ...

. After the release of two more studio albums, the group became a trio, releasing a live album. Uwe Karpa left the group in 2015 due to solo project commitments, leaving Matthias Ulmer the sole remaining consistent member.

Line-ups

1972-197? ''Uwe Karpa'' (g), ''Matthias Ulmer'' (k, voc), ''Sascha Pavlovic'' (dr) 197?-1978 ''Uwe Karpa'' (g), ''Matthias Ulmer'' (k, voc), ''Hans Derer'' (dr), ''Harald Bareth'' (voc, b) 1978-1981 ''Uwe Karpa'' (g), ''Matthias Ulmer'' (k, voc), ''Kono Konopik'' (dr), ''Harald Bareth'' (voc, b) 1981-1984 ''Uwe Karpa'' (g), ''Matthias Ulmer'' (k, voc), ''Peter Schmidt'' (dr), ''Harald Bareth'' (voc, b) 1986 ''Uwe Karpa'' (g), ''Matthias Ulmer'' (k, voc), ''Goetz Steeger'' (dr, voc), ''Michael Braun'' (voc, k), ''Andi Kemmer'' (b) 2000-2006 ''Uwe Karpa'' (g), ''Matthias Ulmer'' (k, voc), ''Peter Kumpf'' (dr), ''Andre Carswell'' (voc), ''Raoul Walton'' (b) 2006-2015 ''Uwe Karpa'' (g), ''Matthias Ulmer'' (k, voc), ''Andre Carswell'' (voc) 2015-2017: ''Uwe Metzler'' (g), ''Matthias Ulmer'' (k, voc), ''Andre Carswell'' (voc) 2018–present: ''Uwe Metzler'' (g), ''Matthias Ulmer'' (k, voc), ''Peter Kumpf'' (dr), ''John Vooijs'' (voc)

Discography

* ''Adonis'' (1979) * ''Anyone's Daughter'' (1980) * ''Piktors Verwandlungen'' (1981) * ''In Blau'' (1982) * ''Neue Sterne'' (1983) * ''Live'' (1984) * ''Last Tracks'' (1986) * ''Danger World'' (2001) * ''Requested Document Live 1980-1983'' (2001) * ''Requested Document Live 1980-1983: Vol. 2'' (2001) * ''Wrong'' (2004) * ''Trio Tour'' (2006) * ''Calw Live'' (2011) * ''Living the Future'' (2018)

External links

Reviews at gnosis2000.net

Official website

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