Colour Haze

{{Short description|German rock band}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Colour Haze | image = Colour Haze Group Photo.jpg | caption = Colour Haze: Stefan Koglek, Philipp Rasthofer, Manfred Merwald performing live in The Netherlands on 15 August 2008 | alias = | origin = Munich, Germany | genre = Psychedelic rock, progressive rock, space rock | years_active = 1994–present | label = Elektrohasch Schallplatten MonsterZeroRecords | associated_acts = | website = http://www.colourhaze.de/ | current_members = Stefan Koglek Manfred Merwald Mario Oberpucher Jan Faszbender | past_members = Tim Höfer Christian Wiesner Felix Neuenhoff Philipp Rasthofer }}

'''Colour Haze''' is a stoner/psychedelic rock group from Munich, Germany, consisting of singer and guitarist Stefan Koglek, drummer Manfred Merwald, bassist Mario Oberpucher and keyboardist Jan Faszbender.

Formed in the mid-nineties, Colour Haze is one of the oldest German stoner outfits, and have since then become one of the flagships of the German stoner rock scene. Tours of the band have included headline spots at smaller national and international rock festivals, such as Desert Fest, Burg Herzberg Festival or Indie March Festival, Bangalore (India). Local media coverage have included broadcasts of concerts on national television, when Colour Haze appeared at Rockpalast in 2007 and 2019.

Emerging from a sound heavily influenced by Kyuss on their first records, they moved away from a heavy to a more melodic sound, e.g. on their album ''All'' (2008), as remarked by Denmark's LowCut webzine.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.lowcut.dk/joomla/index.php?view=article&catid=29%3Aalbum-reviews&id=366%3Acolour-haze-all&option=com_content&Itemid=54 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170115142618/http://www.lowcut.dk/joomla/index.php?view=article&catid=29%3Aalbum-reviews&id=366%3Acolour-haze-all&option=com_content&Itemid=54 | url-status = dead | archive-date = 2017-01-15 | title = ''All'' album review | author = Lowcut | work = Lowcut | date = 2008-08-09 | accessdate = 2009-04-30 }} </ref>

==Members==

=== Current Line Up === * Stefan Koglek - guitar, vocals * Manfred Merwald - drums (1998–present) * Jan Faszbender - keyboards (2018–present) * Mario Oberpucher - bass guitar (2020–present)

=== Former Members === * Tim Höfer - Drums (1994–1997) * Christian Wiesner - bass guitar (1994–1998) * Felix Neuenhoff - vocals (1997–1999) * Philipp Rasthofer - bass guitar (1998–2020)

== Discography ==

===Studio albums === * ''Chopping Machine'' CD (1995 David Records) * ''Seven'' CD (1998 "Selfburn" Records) * ''Periscope'' CD (1999 Toaster Records) * ''CO2'' LP/CD (2000 Homegrown Records/MonsterZeroRecords)<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.ox-fanzine.de/review/co2-cd-10840|title=COLOUR HAZE Co2 Cd|type=review|last=Schwarzkamp|first=Jan|year=2000|magazine=Ox-Fanzine|issue=41|language=de|access-date=22 December 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.ox-fanzine.de/review/co-2-15168|title=COLOUR HAZE Co 2|type=review|last=Wittwer|first=Claus|year=2001|magazine=Ox-Fanzine|issue=42|language=de|access-date=22 December 2025}}</ref> * ''Ewige Blumenkraft'' LP/CD (2001 MonsterZeroRecords) * ''Los Sounds de Krauts'' LP/CD (2003 Nasoni Records/Elektrohasch Records)<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rockhard.de/reviews/colour-haze-los-sounds-de-krauts|title=COLOUR HAZE Los Sounds De Krauts|type=review|date=23 July 2003|magazine=Rock Hard|issue=195|language=de|access-date=22 December 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.ox-fanzine.de/review/los-sounds-de-krauts-docd-35586|title=COLOUR HAZE Los Sounds De Krauts DoCD|type=review|last=Meiners|first=Christian|year=2003|magazine=Ox-Fanzine|issue=52|language=de|access-date=22 December 2025}}</ref> * ''Colour Haze'' LP/CD (2004 Elektrohasch Records) * ''Tempel'' LP/CD (2006 Elektrohasch Records) * ''All'' LP/CD (2008 Elektrohasch Records) * ''She Said'' LP/CD (2012 Elektrohasch Records)<ref>{{cite web|url=www.metal.de/reviews/colour-haze-she-said-51803/|title=Colour Haze - She Said|type=review|author=Walter|date=29 October 2012|work=Metal.de|language=de|access-date=4 January 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.visions.de/review/colour-haze-she-said/|title=Colour Haze: She Said|type=review|last=Schwarzkamp|first=Jan|year=2012|work={{ill|Visions.de|de|Visions}}|access-date=4 January 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/colour-haze-she-said-2.html|title=Colour Haze — She Said|type=review|last=Davis|first=Jon|date=9 September 2013|work=Exposé Online|access-date=4 January 2026}}</ref> * ''To The Highest Gods We Know'' LP/CD (2014 Elektrohasch Records) * ''In Her Garden'' LP/CD (2017 Elektrohasch Records) * ''We Are'' LP/CD (2019 Elektrohasch Records) * ''Sacred'' LP/CD (2022 Elektrohasch Records)

===Live albums=== * ''Burg Herzberg Festival 18. Juli 2008'' DCD (2009 Herzbergverlag) * ''Live Vol.1 - Europa Tournee 2015'' 2CD/3LP ltd (2016 Elektrohasch Records)<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rockhard.de/reviews/colour-haze-live-vol-1-europa-tournee-2015|title=COLOUR HAZE Live Vol. 1 Europa Tournee 2015|type=review|date=28 September 2016|magazine=Rock Hard|issue=353|language=de|access-date=22 December 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.ox-fanzine.de/review/live-vol-1-europa-tournee-2015-101032|title=COLOUR HAZE Live Vol. 1 Europa Tournee 2015|type=review|last=Aldenhoven|first=Arndt|year=2016|magazine=Ox-Fanzine|issue=128|language=de|access-date=22 December 2025}}</ref> * ''Live Vol.2 - Live At Duna Jam 2007'' 2CD/2LP (2019 Elektrohasch Records) * ''Live Vol.3 2020'' LP (2022 Elektrohasch Records)

=== Reissue === * ''Periscope'' LP/CD (2003 Elektrohasch Records) * ''2004 Extended Play'' LP/CD (2022 Elektrohasch Records)

=== EPs === * ''Colour Haze/Color Cacas'' Swamp Room Single Club Split 7 inch (2001 Swamp Room Records) * ''Colour Haze/Gas Giant'' Split 7 inch (2004 Elektrohasch Records) * ''Colour Haze/Hypnos 69'' Split 10 inch (2004 Elektrohasch Records)

=== Video === * ''Live At The Himmelreich 23.03.2002'' VHS (2002 Self Released)

=== Compilation appearances === * "Pulse" on ''A Tribute to Mr. Betonohr'' (2002) * A cover of Cactus's "One Way...Or Another" on ''Sucking the 70's - Back in the Saddle Again'' (2006 Small Stone Records) * The Psychedelic Avengers and the Curse of the Universe (Fünfundvierzig 2004, 148)''[http://www.aural-innovations.com/2004/july/psychav1.html]''

== Notes == {{Reflist}}

== External links == {{commons category}} * {{Official website|http://www.colourhaze.de}} * [https://www1.wdr.de/mediathek/video/sendungen/rockpalast/video-colour-haze-100.html Colour Haze - Live at Crossroads Festival (October 18, 2007)] on Rockpalast

Category:German rock music groups Category:German stoner rock musical groups Category:German psychedelic rock music groups Category:Musical groups established in 1994 Category:1994 establishments in Germany