Beuys+ Pissoff

The experimental project Pissoff was founded in the late '60s by multimedia-artist Eberhard Kranemann and some friends who studied together at the D�sseldorf Academy Of Fine Arts. The performances were characterized by continously changing of participants and variations of the involved equipment: cello, violin, clarinet, tenor saxophone, flute, vocals, electric guitar, bass guitar, organ and drums. In 1968 the band performed together with Joseph Beuys who was professor of sculpture at the Art Academy at that time. The event was recorded by Eberhard Kranemann on a Telefunken mono taperecorder and remains the only existing audio-material by Pissoff until today. On that night Eberhard played cello, clarinet and tenor saxophone while the other members added sounds by electric guitar, electric bass and drums. Earliest musical experimentations that can be defined as the origins of the band Kraftwerk already started in 1967 by Eberhard Kranemann and Florian Schneider-Esleben.