City (band)
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Am Fenster - just brilliant
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[[Image:City1stalbumcover.png|thumb|right|200px|The cover of City's debut album displayed the logo they have used ever since]]
'''City''' is a [[Germany|German]] [[rock band]], formed in [[East Berlin]] in 1972, best known for the song "Am Fenster" (At The Window or ''by the window'')<ref>
Berlitz Publishing Staff [2003](2005), ''German Phrase Book'', Singapore, USA: Langenscheidt, Berlitz/Apa Publishing Company, ISBN: 2-831-5784-50 p.36</ref> from its 1978 first album.
The band was founded as the '''City Band Berlin''' by Fritz Puppel ([[guitar]]), Klaus Selmke ([[drums]]), Ingo Doering ([[bass guitar]]), Klaus Witte ([[Keyboard instrument|keyboards]]), Frank Pfeiffer ([[vocals]]) and Andreas Pieper ([[flute]]). The lineup changed frequently in the band's early years, but stabilized by 1976, with Puppel and Selmke joined by [[Bulgaria]]n violinist and bassist Georgi Gogow and vocalist-keyboardist Toni Krahl. They changed their name to '''City Rock Band''' and eventually to simply '''City'''.
City toured extensively in [[East Germany]], and was given the opportunity to record an album in [[1978]]. The eponymous ''City'' showcased the band's guitar-driven [[rock music|rock]]; several songs are parables, such as "Der King vom Prenzlauer Berg" (The King Of [[Prenzlauer Berg]]), about a young man who gets into too many fights; and "Meister aller Klassen" (Masters Of All Classes"), about cocky motorcyclists whose desire for speed ends in tragedy.
The band's greatest commercial success, however, was the atypical [[folk rock]]-influenced "Am Fenster" (At the Window), which arose from a jam session in the studio when Gogow began to play on his violin. It eventually coalesced into a three-part, 17-minute piece (as well as a four-minute version for radio play). An immediate hit in East Germany, it also became successful in [[West Germany]] and was an enormous success in countries such as [[Greece]]. Following the song's success, ''City'' sold half a million copies.
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== Discography ==
* 1978 Am Fenster (At The Window; released in [[West Germany]] as ''City'')
* 1979 Der Tätowierte (The Tattooed Man)
* 1980 Dreamer ([[English language]] album, released in [[West Germany]] as ''Dreamland'')
* 1983 Unter der Haut (Under The Skin)
* 1985 Feuer im Eis (Fire in Ice)
* 1987 Casablanca
* 1990 Keine Angst (No Fear)
* 1991 Rock aus Deutschland Ost Vol. 11 – City, die Erfolge 1977–1987 ([[Compilation album]])
* 1992 The Best of City ([[Compilation album]])
* 1997 Rauchzeichen (Smoke Signals)
* 1997 Am Fenster (Platinum Edition)
* 2002 Am Fenster 2
* 2003 Das Weihnachtsfest der Rockmusik (Album with [[Keimzeit]]) (Christmas Festival Of Rock Music)
* 2004 Silberstreif am Horizont (Silver Line On The Horizon)
* 2007 Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!
==Notes==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.city-internet.de/ official website]
[[Category:German musical groups]]
[[Category:East German musical groups]]
[[de:City (Band)]]