Analogy (band)

Analogy
Analogy
Origin	Varese, Lombardy, Italy
Genres	Krautrock, psychedelic rock, progressive rock
Years active	1972–1974
Labels	Produzioni Ventotto, Akarma Records, Garden of Delights, Ohrwaschl Records
Past members	Martin Thurn; Nicola Pankoff; Wolfgang Schoene; Hermann-Jurgen Nienhaus; Jutta Nienhaus; Rocco Abate
Website	http://www.analogy.it/

Analogy was a German and Italian psychedelic rock, progressive rock band, active in the 1970s. The band was launched by the guitarist Martin Thurn when attending the European School, Varese.^[1] In 1968, Thurn founded a band called Sons of Glove. Other members were Wolfgang Schoene, Thomas Schmidt (later Pell Mell) and Jutta Nienhaus. The band later renamed itself to Joice (due to a misprint later as The Yoice) in 1970 with drummer Hermann-Jürgen Nienhaus (brother of Jutta) and Mauro Rattaggi (bass), the only Italian member of the band. During a music festival in Arona, a spontaneous collaboration happened with keyboarder Nikola Pankoff whilst playing a free interpretation of Pink Floyd's "Atom Heart Mother". Pankoff became a band member thereafter. Finally, in 1972, after becoming a more centered progressive rock band, they decided to change their name to Analogy. Their first release was the single "Sold Out" / "God's Own Land", two songs written by Thurn. At the end of the year, Rattaggi had to join the army and left the band. Schoene changed to the bass guitar.

Members[edit]

Martin Thurn (1950 – 2018) – Guitar
Nicola Pankoff (1948) – Keyboards
Wolfgang Schoene (1950) – Bass
Hermann-Jurgen Nienhaus (1952 – 1990) – Drums
Jutta Nienhaus (1953 – 2018) – Vocals
Rocco Abate (1950) – Flute
Mauro Rattaggi (1952) – Bass

Discography[edit]

Analogy (1972, Produzioni Ventotto)
The Suite (1993)
25 Years Later (1995)

References[edit]

^ Breznikar, Klemen (October 7, 2011). "Analogy interview with Martin Thurn-Mithoff". It's Psychedelic Baby! Magazine. Archived from the original on October 25, 2018. Retrieved March 13, 2019. After moving to Varese in 1968, I started a band at the European School ("The Sons of Goive") with Wolfgang Schoene, which played around locally for about a year.

[1] Breznikar, Klemen (October 7, 2011). "Analogy interview with Martin Thurn-Mithoff". It's Psychedelic Baby! Magazine. Archived from the original on October 25, 2018. Retrieved March 13, 2019. After moving to Varese in 1968, I started a band at the European School ("The Sons of Goive") with Wolfgang Schoene, which played around locally for about a year.

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