Fools
Garden
Fools Garden is a German musical group, formed in 1991 under the
name Fool's Garden (with apostrophe), comprising singer Peter
Freudenthaler, guitarist Volker Hinkel, bassist Thomas Mangold,
keyboardist Roland Röhl and drummer Ralf Wochele. They debuted
in 1991 with the eponymous album Fool's Garden, the next (1993)
was album Once in a Blue Moon. Two years later Fool's Garden
issued their third album Dish of the Day, scoring a massive European
and Asian chart hit with "Lemon
Tree". The re-issued track peaked at #26 in the UK Singles Chart in August 1996.
Go And Ask Peggy For The Principal Thing followed in 1997, along with three albums
in 2000, 2003 and 2005. In 2003, three members left the band, and
were replaced by Dirk Blümlein (bassist), Claus Müller (drummer)
and Gabriel Holz (second guitarist, who then left the band in 2007),
and the name of the band changed to Fools Garden (no apostrophe).
The band has taken the habit of covering rock
and roll songs during live performances (The Beatles' "Ticket to Ride" or The Who's "My Generation"). Fools Garden's interest in British music is such that cover versions of The
Beatles's songs "Cry Baby Cry" and "Martha My Dear" appeared on their studio albums.
The band released a greatest hits compilation
album in October 2009. The album, High Times, contained fifteen
songs including a previously unreleased track.
Contents
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[edit] Discography
[edit] Studio albums
1991: Fool's Garden
1993: Once in a Blue Moon
1995: Dish of the Day
1997: Go and Ask Peggy for the Principal Thing
2000: For Sale
2003: 25 Miles to Kissimmee
2005: Ready for the Real Life
[edit] Compilation albums
2009: High Times - The Best of Fools Garden
[edit] EPs
"Napster Session 2008" (2008)
"Home (limited tour edition)" (2008)
[edit] Singles
"Tell Me Who I Am / Careless Games" (1991)
"Spirit '91 / Once in a Blue Moon" (1992)
"Wild Days (1st edition)" (1994)
"Lemon Tree" (1995) (UK #26[2])
"Wild Days (reissue)" (1996)
"Pieces" (1996)
"Why Did She Go?" (1997)
"Probably" (1997)
"Rainy Day" (1998)
"Suzy" (2000)
"It Can Happen" (2000)
"Happy (special tour edition)" (2000)
"In the Name" (2001)
"Dreaming" (2001)
"Closer" (2003)
"Dreaming (2004 version)" (2004)
"Man of Devotion" (2005)
"Does Anybody Know? / Welcome Sun" (2005)
"Cold (Italian promo)" (2005)
"I Got a Ticket" (2006)
"High Time" (2009)
"Everywhere the Light Shines" (2010)
[edit] Fools Garden members
Peter Freudenthaler - vocals (1991–present)
Volker Hinkel - guitars (1991–present)
Dirk Blümlein - bass (2003–present)
Claus Müller - drums (2003–present)
[edit] Former members
Thomas Mongol - bass (1991–2003)
Roland Röhl - keyboards (1991–2003)
Ralf Wochele - drums (1991–2003)
Gabriel Holz - guitars (2003–2007)
