The Ostrockmuseum Kröpelin presents the cult band "Klosterbrüder"
The Klosterbrüder were founded in 1963 by students from Magdeburg.At the beginning of the 70s, they switched to the "professional camp" and achieved cult status as one of the most successful live bands.Their own songs "Fieber" and "Lied einer alten Stadt" (Song of an Old City) then gained them radio and television exposure. Unfortunately, the name Klosterbrüder repeatedly prompted cultural functionaries to threaten the band with a professional ban. For fear of this and also due to pressure from the Ministry of Culture, the name "Klosterbrüder" had to be changed to the group "Magdeburg" at the end of 1975.Even after the name change, the band remained very successful (radio, television, their first LP, tours abroad, etc.). Nevertheless, further reprisals - especially from GDR television - were inevitable. In the spring of 1980, the final scandal broke out. Shortly before a performance on the program "RUND", the band was sent "home" because the singer's hair was too long. The production manager's aggressively lepidaric statement was simply: "That means you're finished for GDR television".This event and many other unbearable humiliations led the band to submit a collective application to leave the country in 1981.
After 25 years - on 14.01.2000 - the "Klosterbrüder" began their comeback with a sensational concert in Magdeburg.This included the titles "Was wird morgen sein", "Wenn ich zwei Leben hätt' ", "Verkehrte Welt", "Kalt und heiß", "Lied einer alten Stadt" and "Fieber". Of course, the monastery brothers also interpret newer compositions.
