Krankschaft

Krankschaft are an English rock band.

Krankschaft was the briefly used title of a backing band for Robert Calvert, a vocalist, poet and playwright best known for his work as vocalist in the space rock group Hawkwind in the 1970s. Crucial members of this group were Steve Pond, Dead Fred and drummer Mick Stupp, who were all ACTIVE in the punk rock group Inner City Unit, a band founded by Hawkwind co-founder / early frontman Nik Turner, as well as a group called The Maximum Effect.

Today's Krankschaft consists of Steve Pond on guitars/vocals/programming and Dead Fred(Phillip Reeves) on keyboards and vocals. This is the essential core of the current group, with the recent addition of Darren Butler on drums. The duo of Pond and Reeves played a Robert Calvert tribute concert in 2008, and reunited fully. They worked on a studio album, 'The Flame Red Superstar', and have since become favourites on the psychedelic festival circuit in Britain.

As of 2012, the group have recorded one official studio album, one special album (composed of music made to poems submitted online by fans) and a live album.