{{Short description|German rock band}} {{for multi|the film|Carousel (1937 film)|the Nürburgring raceway corner|Karussell (corner)}} {{Expand German|topic=cult|Germanarticletitle|date=July 2014}} {{Infobox musical artist | background = group_or_band | name = | image = | image_size = | image_upright = | landscape = <!-- yes, if wide image, otherwise leave blank --> | alt = | caption = | alias = | origin = Leipzig, Germany | genre = Rock | works = | years_active = {{Start date|1976}}–1991, 2007–present | label = Monopol | publishers = | spinoffs = | spinoff_of = | current_members = *Wolf-Rüdiger Raschke *Joe Raschke *Reinhard Huth *Jan Kirsten *Benno Jähnert *Moritz Pachale | past_members = *Peter Gläser *Jochen Hohl *Lutz Kirsten *Claus Winter *Bernd Schumacher *Bernd Dünnebei *Tom Leonhardt *{{ill|Lutz Salzwedel|de|Dan Lucas}} *{{ill|Dirk Michaelis|de}} *Jürgen Hofmeister *Larry B *Ali Zieme *Frank Endrik Moll *Hans Graf *Jens Legler | awards = | website = {{URL|karussell-rockband.de}} }} '''Karussell''' is a German rock band from Leipzig formed in 1976. The group is one of the well-known East German bands.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bild.de/regional/leipzig/rock/abrechnung-mit-wende-hymne-18073976.bild.html|title=Abrechnung mit der Wende-Hymne!|last1=Gebauer|first1=Petra|last2=Weinkauf |first2=Benjamin|language=German|publisher=Bild|date=26 May 2011|accessdate=3 January 2015}}</ref>
==History== The group was founded in April 1976. Their first album ''Entweder oder'' was released in 1979. They have released 9 albums to date, with '' loslassen'' being released in 2011. The group had a string of hits in East Germany in the 1980s, among them ''Wer die Rose ehrt'', ''Ehrlich will ich bleiben'', ''Autostop'' and especially ''Als ich fortging'', which is often regarded as one of the most popular songs in the history of East Germany.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.radioeins.de/musik/die-100-besten-2019/ostsongs/ |title=Wir machen 100! - 30 Jahre Mauerfall – Die 100 besten Ost-Songs {{!}} radioeins |website=www.radioeins.de |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190714170821/https://www.radioeins.de/musik/die-100-besten-2019/ostsongs/ |archive-date=2019-07-14}} </ref>
==Discography== * 1979: ''Entweder oder'' * 1980: ''Das einzige Leben'' * 1982: ''Schlaraffenberg'' * 1984: ''Was kann ich tun'' * 1987: ''Cafe Anonym'' * 1990: ''Solche wie du'' * 1994: ''Sonnenfeuer'' * 2002: ''Eigentlich geht's uns gut'' * 2011: ''loslassen''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.terrorverlag.com/rezensionen/karussell/loslassen/|title=Karussell - Loslassen|publisher=Terrorverlag|language=German|accessdate=3 January 2015}}</ref> * 2018: ''Earth wind'' * 2024: ''Under the Stars''
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==External links== {{Commons category|Karussell (Band)}} * {{DNB portal|10048238-7}} * {{official}} * [http://www.deutsche-mugge.de/portraits/2095-karussell.html Karussell] deutsche-mugge.de
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Category:German rock music groups Category:Musical groups from Leipzig Category:1976 establishments in East Germany Category:Musical groups established in 1976