Fools Garden

Fools Garden is a German musical group. It was formed in 1991 under the name Fool's Garden. They started in 1991 with the album Fool's Garden. The official first album which included the complete band was Once in a Blue Moon (1993). Two years later, Fool's Garden released their third album Dish of the Day, which scored a hit on the music charts in Europe and Asia with "Lemon Tree". The re-released track peaked at #26 in the UK Singles Chart in August 1996.

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

Go And Ask Peggy For The Principal Thing followed in 1997, along with three more albums in 2000, 2003 and 2005. In 2003, three members left the band, and were replaced by Dirk Blümlein (bassist), Claus Müller (drummer) and Gabriel Holz (second guitarist, who then left the band in 2007). The name of the band was changed to Fools Garden (without the apostrophe).

The band has released cover-versions of rock and roll songs during live performances (The Beatles' "Ticket to Ride" or The Who's "My Generation"). Fools Garden's interest in The Beatles's led them to put cover versions of songs "Cry Baby Cry" and "Martha My Dear" on their studio albums.

The band released a greatest hits compilation album in October 2009. The album, High Times, contained fifteen songs. They included a brand new song, "High Time", and some of the well-known hits re-recorded with the new band ("Lemon Tree", "Wild Days", "Suzy").

The latest album Who Is Jo King? was released in October 2012.

Discography

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

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

Former members

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

Other websites

• Official Fools Garden website