A sweeping history of the men and women who transformed postwar Germany--and created a musical genre that revolutionized rock and roll and gave Birth to hip-hop.
But this orphaned landscape proved fertile ground for a generation of musicians who, from the 1960s onwards, would develop the strange and beautiful sounds that became known as Krautro.
West Germany after World War II was a country in shock: estranged from its recent history, and adrift from the rest of Europe.
A sweeping history of the men and women who transformed postwar Germany--and created a musical genre that revolutionized rock and roll and gave Birth to hip-hop