Jaki Liebezeit, drummer and founding member of Krautrock
legends Can, died January 22 of pneumonia. He was 78. Liebezeit recorded with
Can for all the band’s studio albums, and performed and recorded throughout his
life. While Liebezeit was arguably best known for his work with Can, some of
his earliest recordings were as a member of Manfred Schoof’s bands in the late
1960s. He appeared on Brian Eno’s Before and After Science as well as solo
records by Neu!’s Michael Rother. He would later collaborate with Depeche Mode
and the Eurythmics. He formed drum-centric groups Drums Off Chaos and Club Off
Chaos. Liebezeit along with his CAN bandmates can be heard on the Euro-western
soundtracks of “Deadlock” (1970) and “Carlos” - 1971.
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