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Can

Musical Group
Forlisteners curious about krautrock, experimental rock, and hypnotic groove-based music; fans of long-form jams, studio experimentation, and 70s avant-rock.
24 Reviews 22 Definitions 49 Charts
Kraut-Rock Psychedelia Experimental

The Profile

Can were a German experimental rock group central to krautrock, known for hypnotic repetition, improvisation, and studio tape experimentation. Key members included Holger Czukay, Irmin Schmidt, Michael Karoli, and Jaki Liebezeit; early vocals featured Malcolm Mooney, later replaced by Damo Suzuki.

Publicly known as a pioneering German krautrock/experimental rock band formed in 1968 in Cologne. Classic early-70s albums include Monster Movie (1969), Soundtracks (1970), Tago Mago (1971), Ege Bamyasi (1972), and Future Days (1973).

Across these reviews, Can are framed as a defining krautrock force: hypnotic, repetitive, and radically experimental. Writers obsess over Jaki Liebezeit’s “metronomic” drumming, the Mooney-to-Suzuki vocal shift, and the band’s Inner Space tape experiments. Core classics repeatedly cited: Tago Mago, Ege Bamyasi, Future Days, and Monster Movie. One review is strongly hostile and politicized; the rest treat Can as essential and influential.

Notable Quotes

❝ “Delay” is the great lost album of Can.
❝ “Packaged at the Inner Space facilities in Cologne (Germany) in 1972.”
❝ The perfect album.
❝ Try listening to this album with your eyes closed in a dark room and you will see the light!
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