Faust is the protagonist of a classic German legend, based on the historical Johann Georg Faust (c. 1480–1540). The erudite Faust is highly successful yet dissatisfied with his life, which leads him to make a pact with the Devil at a crossroads, exchanging his soul for unlimited knowledge and worldly pleasures.
September 2006 sees the release of this book about Faust, the legendary krautrock group. Fully illustrated, it contains reviews of all of the group's records from the period 1970-75 as well as recounting the rise of krautrock and its relation to the social upheavals of the '60s. There is also a discography, bibliographies, live reviews, and the text of the group's 1973 manifesto as well as essays on music and time and the group's relation to the work of Frank Zappa.Faust is the protagonist of a classic German legend, based on the historical Johann Georg Faust (c. 1480–1540). The erudite Faust is highly successful yet dissatisfied with his life, which leads him to make a pact with the Devil at a crossroads, exchanging his soul for unlimited knowledge and worldly pleasures.
September 2006 sees the release of this book about Faust, the legendary krautrock group. Fully illustrated, it contains reviews of all of the group's records from the period 1970-75 as well as recounting the rise of krautrock and its relation to the social upheavals of the '60s. There is also a discography, bibliographies, live reviews, and the text of the group's 1973 manifesto as well as essays on music and time and the group's relation to the work of Frank Zappa.