Profile DDR Rock Band From Meißen/Saxony. They Started As Beat In The Mid 1960's Absorbing Western Influences Alongside Developing Their Own Style. As Stern Combo Meissen They Reinvented Themselves As The Foremost Progressive Rock Outfit From The German Democtratic Republic In The Mid 1970's Onto The Early 1980's. Throughout Their Career The "Stars Of Meissen" Have Been Constantly Changing And Almost Changed Completely In Between Recording Some Albums. Yet They Returned Almost To Their Best-Known Line-Up When Reforming Much Later. A Previous Contributor Listed The Following Run-Down Of Band Musicians... Martin Schreier Voc Dr Ld 1964... Norbert Jäger Keyb Voc Perc 1964 - 1969 1971 - 1980 1996... Bernd Fiedler B Voc 1964 - 1979 Werner Bertram Sax 1964 - 1969 Günter Manicke G 1964 Gottfried Sieber G 1964 - 1967 Dieter Schreiber G 1964 - 1965 Reiner Päsch G Voc 1967 Joachim Jokkel Förster G Voc 1967 Werner Kunze G Tp 1966 - 1969 1971 - 1975 Detlev Hesse G Voc 1966 - 1969 Michael Zimmer G 1969 - 1970 Hartmut Kabelitz Keyb 1969 - 1970 Veronika Fischer Voc 1970 - 1971 Mico Nagel Fl Sax Viol 1970 - 1973 Matthias Pflugbeil Tp 1970 - 1972 Manfred Nytsch Tb 1970 - 1971 Thomas Kurzhals Keyb 1972 - 1983 1996 - 2002 Axel Gothe Sax Fl 1971 - 1972 Gerhard Lau Tb 1972 - 1973 Christian Höhle Tp 1972 - 1973 Reinhard Fißler Voc G 1972 - 1982 1996... Hans-Jürgen Gerber Fl Tp Voc 1973 - 1975 Peter Werneburg Keyb 1975 1977 Lothar Kramer Keyb 1975 1979 - 1980 Werther Lohse Dr Voc 1978 - 1979 Michael Behm Dr Voc 1979 - 1982 1996... Peter Rasym B 1979 - 1984 Uwe Haßbecker G Viol 1980 - 1985 Peter Förster Dr 1982 Ralf Schmidt Voc 1982 - 1989 2004 Andreas Bicking Keyb 1983 - 1989 Matthias Phillip Dr 1984 - 1986 Frank Schirmer Dr 1986 - 1989 Axel Schäfer B 1984 - 1989 Michael Lehrmann G 1985 - 1989 Klaus Scharfschwert Dr 1989 Alexander Procop B 1996... Eghard Schumann Keyb 1996... Frank Nicolovius Keyb 2003