Fools Garden facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Fools Garden
Fools Garden at "Dresdner Stadtfest" 2008
Background information
Also known as	Fool's Garden (until 2003)
Genres	Indie rock
Years active	1991–present
Labels	Intercord Sony BMG Polydor Lemonade Music
Members	Peter Freudenthaler Volker Hinkel Dirk Blümlein Claus Müller
Past members	Thomas Mangold Roland Röhl Ralf Wochele Gabriel Holz

Fools Garden is a popular German music band. They started making music in 1991. At first, their name was Fool's Garden (with an apostrophe).

Their first album was called Fool's Garden and came out in 1991. In 1993, they released Once in a Blue Moon. This was their first album with the full band.

Two years later, in 1995, they released Dish of the Day. This album became very famous because of the song "Lemon Tree". This song was a big hit in Europe and Asia. It even reached number 26 on the music charts in the UK Singles Chart in 1996.

In 2003, some members left the band. New members joined, including Dirk Blümlein (who plays bass) and Claus Müller (who plays drums). At this time, the band changed its name to Fools Garden, without the apostrophe.

Fools Garden sometimes plays cover versions of famous rock and roll songs during their live shows. A cover version is when a band plays a song originally made by another artist. For example, they have played songs by The Beatles and The Who. They also put cover versions of Beatles songs like "Cry Baby Cry" on their own albums.

In 2009, the band released a greatest hits album called High Times. This album had fifteen songs. It included a new song called "High Time". It also had some of their well-known hits, like "Lemon Tree", re-recorded with the new band members.

Their most recent album, Who Is Jo King?, was released in 2012.

Music Albums and Songs

Fools Garden has released many albums and singles over the years. Here are some of them.

Studio Albums

• 1991: Fool's Garden
• 1993: Once in a Blue Moon
• 1995: Dish of the Day
• 1997: Go and Ask Peggy for the Principal Thing
• 2000: For Sale
• 2003: 25 Miles to Kissimmee
• 2005: Ready for the Real Life
• 2012: Who Is Jo King?

Compilation Albums

• 2009: High Times - The Best of Fools Garden

EPs

• "Napster Session 2008" (2008)
• "Home (limited tour edition)" (2008)

Singles

• "Tell Me Who I Am / Careless Games" (1991)
• "Spirit '91 / Once in a Blue Moon" (1992)
• "Wild Days (1st edition)" (1994)
• "Lemon Tree" (1995) (UK #26)
• "Wild Days (reissue)" (1996)
• "Pieces" (1996)
• "Why Did She Go?" (1997)
• "Probably" (1997)
• "Rainy Day" (1998)
• "Suzy" (2000)
• "It Can Happen" (2000)
• "Happy (special tour edition)" (2000)
• "In the Name" (2001)
• "Dreaming" (2001)
• "Closer" (2003)
• "Dreaming (2004 version)" (2004)
• "Man of Devotion" (2005)
• "Does Anybody Know? / Welcome Sun" (2005)
• "Cold (Italian promo)" (2005)
• "I Got a Ticket" (2006)
• "High Time" (2009)
• "Everywhere the Light Shines" (2010)
• "Innocence" (2012)
• "Maybe" (2013)

Fools Garden Members

These are the current members of Fools Garden:

• Peter Freudenthaler - vocals (since 1991)
• Volker Hinkel - guitars (since 1991)
• Dirk Blümlein - bass (since 2003)
• Claus Müller - drums (since 2003)

Former Members

These musicians used to be part of the band:

• Thomas Mangold - bass (1991–2003)
• Roland Röhl - keyboards (1991–2003)
• Ralf Wochele - drums (1991–2003)
• Gabriel Holz - guitars (2003–2007)

Images for kids

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  One of the versions of 25 Miles to Kissimmee album cover. Members of Fool's Garden shortly before the breakup, from left to right: Roland Röhl, Thomas Mangold, Peter Freudenthaler, Volker Hinkel, Ralf Wochele.

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  Fools Garden in 2012

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  New line-up of Fools Garden; left to right: Jan Hees, Thorsten Kiefer, Gabriel Holz, Peter Freudenthaler, Dirk Blümlein and Volker Hinkel

See also

In Spanish: Fools Garden para niños