Anyone's Daughter


Anyone's Daughter is a German progressive rock band founded in 1972 in Stuttgart by Uwe Karpa und Matthias Ulmer. They are considered Progressive rock, similar to German bands like Eloy and Novalis.

History

The band started out playing covers of Deep Purple and others, and gave themselves the name after the Deep Purple song was released in 1971. The group went through a number of personnel changes before they released their first album Adonis, in 1979. Their third album was their first album in their native language; German. "Piktors Verwandlungen," a 40-minute piece of music written for a fairy tale by German author Hermann Hesse, was narrated by Harald. Upon the release of two more albums and after Harald's departure in 1984 due to military service commitments, the band drifted apart. Uwe and Matthias briefly reformed the group in 1986 with new musicians. The songs that were recorded at that time were released onto the album "Last Tracks"; the group's last release until they reunited again in 2000. Two years after, they performed in Calw, in a festival honouring German author Hermann Hesse. "Piktors Verwandlungen" was narrated by Heinz Rudolf Kunze. After the release of two more studio albums, the group became a trio, releasing a live album. Uwe Karpa left the group in 2015 due to solo project commitments, leaving Matthias Ulmer the sole remaining consistent member.

Line-ups

1972-197? Uwe Karpa, Matthias Ulmer, Sascha Pavlovic

197?-1978 Uwe Karpa, Matthias Ulmer, Hans Derer, Harald Bareth

1978-1981 Uwe Karpa, Matthias Ulmer, Kono Konopik, Harald Bareth

1981-1984 Uwe Karpa, Matthias Ulmer, Peter Schmidt, Harald Bareth

1986 Uwe Karpa, Matthias Ulmer, Goetz Steeger, Michael Braun, Andi Kemmer

2000-2006 Uwe Karpa, Matthias Ulmer, Peter Kumpf, Andre Carswell, Raoul Walton

2006-2015 Uwe Karpa, Matthias Ulmer, Andre Carswell

2015-2017: Uwe Metzler, Matthias Ulmer, Andre Carswell

2018-present: Uwe Metzler, Matthias Ulmer, Peter Kumpf, John Vooijs

Discography