Michael Bruchmann

German drummer and percussionist in the Krautrock era from Wuppertal. Being a classically trained drummer, he started as session musician for Hoelderlin in 1970, one year later he was part of the fixed line-up of the band. He was part of the band until 1978, when he left to finish his drummer education, as he awaited his first child. He became session musician and drum teacher in Neuss, Wuppertal and Cologne, where he teached at the Staatliche Hochschule Für Musik, Köln. Since 2005, he is again part of Hoelderlin after they decided their revival.