Blackwater Park (band)

Blackwater Park
Origin	Berlin, Germany
Genres	Progressive rock,[1] hard rock
Labels	Second Battle
Members	Richard Routledge Michael Fechner Andreas Scholz Norbert Kagelmann

Blackwater Park was a progressive rock band from Berlin, Germany, with an English vocalist.[1] They released only one album, Dirt Box, which included a cover of The Beatles' "For No One". The album was originally released in 1972 and re-released in 1990.[2] The name of the band comes from the name of the gothic mansion setting of Wilkie Collins' The Woman in White.[3]

Mikael Åkerfeldt of Opeth named one of his band's albums after this band.[4]

Line-up

• Richard Routledge (vocals, guitar)
• Michael Fechner (guitar)
• Andreas Scholz (bass guitar)
• Norbert Kagelmann (drums)[1]

Discography

Dirt Box (1972)

1. "Mental Block" – 3:18
2. "Roundabout" – 5:27
3. "One's Life" – 3:09
4. "Indian Summer" – 6:16
5. "Dirty Face" – 4:30
6. "Rock Song" – 8:46
7. "For No One" – 3:29 (Lennon–McCartney)

(All tracks accredited to Blackwater Park unless stated)

Total length: 36:00

References

1. "Biography by Eduardo Rivadavia". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 June 2010.
2. Ari Abramowitz Pockit Rockit Music Finder −2004 Page 70 " BLACKWATER PARK: Overlooked German 70s hard rock band whose one album, with its tight playing, concise writing, & strong vocals, holds its own with the best hard rock of the era. .. Best Album: Dirt Box "
3. "Reading Blackwater Park: Gothicism, Narrative, and Ideology in The Woman in White." Studies in the Novel 25.3 (1993):
4. "Opeth's Mikael Akerfeldt - Wikipedia: Fact or Fiction?". YouTube. 2014. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021.