Wyoming Wyoming - In Prison (CD)

Pete “Wyoming” Bender (born September 14, 1943, died February 15, 2014 in Berlin) was born in Alsace to American parents and spent almost all of his childhood in the USA. In 1971 (‘Wyoming’) and 1972 (“In Prison”) he recorded two albums for the progressive label Bacillus (distributed by Bellaphon). The sound is more elaborately orchestrated Americana, reminiscent of the Beatles, than Krautrock. Wyoming was pigeonholed as a “German” band.
Years later, Pete launched his solo career from Berlin with the hit “Born To Be An Indian”. Wyoming's guitarist, Rainer Marz, came from Jeronimo and then joined Atlantis and Supermax. Jörg Ermisch made a career with the folk band Liederjan. Curt Cress (e.g. Doldinger's Passport, Snowball) played drums on the second longplayer and Georg Röber, later with Aqua, picked the bass. The centerpiece here is the ten-minute, hypnotic “Indian Wardance”. Both Bacillus albums are now being re-released on CD for the first time. “Wyoming” and “In Prison” were produced by Peter Hauke (Omega, Nektar, Nine Days Wonder, among others); Dieter Dirks was in the studio at the controls.