I really wish I could give you suggestions for a book about Krautrock as i`ve been desperate to find one for years.The only one I have ever found is Krautrocksampler by Julian Cope. But it`s been out of print over a decade & copies on ebay go for a small fortune.

I`ve found this site though...

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/ultimathu...utrockers.html

Thankyou. It would be nice to read an article about the genre itself though rather than just a list of bands. I too have heard about that Julian Cope book but have never read it , it was many peoples introduction to the marvellous world of krautrock from what I understand.:)

The annoying thing is I was just getting into it when that book came out , I just didn`t find out about it till later.

My introduction to Krautrock was in 1997. Primal Scream released Vanishing Point & Can released Sacrilage around the same time and Melody Maker got Bobby Gillespie & Holger Czukay to interveiw each other. As I was such a fan of one I had to check out the other and I went out & bought Tago Mago & never looked back.

A similar thing hapened to me. I read somewhere that Chan Marshall is a big fan of Can so I decided to check out Tago Mago for myself and just loved it.

This is what I mean Strummer when I say about reading up on what music your favourite artists and bands like. You often discover things you really like yourself.:)

I think the best rock writing is acheived when the writer makes a compelling story of sorts out of his subject. When something is written that stands alone as a piece of writing divorced from the art it describes, but at the same time, makes you want to jump up and experience what is being described right away.
There are only a few examples of this I can recall off the top of my head, those being The Kent Jones essay that introduces The Royal Tenenbaums (though this is film criticism) in the Criterion Collection DVD, the book Saint Morrissey by Mark Simpson and this essay on Nas' where are they now remixes by Village Voice writer Tim Breihan http://www.villagevoice.com/blogs/statusainthood/ it's at the bottom of the page.

I also like when the writer is so persuasive, commanding and dynamic you feel like he could win any argument. This would be in the leagues of Lester Bangs and then also Quentin Tarrentino when he talks about his love of cinema.

I'm a priest in the high order of the psychadelic monks...

I get a lot from my boyfriend, from mb, sometimes last.fm, and I check out bands which perform at indiefestivals around here. And the 3voor12, and ongekendtalent newsletters also have pretty sweet bands sometimes.

But my knowledge about music isn't exactly broad yet.

Allmusic.com looks good, thankies. ^^

I take it your not a fan of Paul Morley then?

Not familiar with him. Got a link, or an explanation of who he is?