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Analogy was a German and Italian psychedelic rock, progressive rock band, active in the 1970s. The band was launched by the guitarist Martin Thurn when attending the European School, Varese.[1] In 1968, Thurn founded a band called Sons of Glove. Other members were Wolfgang Schoene, Thomas Schmidt (later Pell Mell) and Jutta Nienhaus. The band later renamed itself to Joice (due to a misprint later as The Yoice) in 1970 with drummer Hermann-Jürgen Nienhaus (brother of Jutta) and Mauro Rattaggi (bass), the only Italian member of the band. During a music festival in Arona, a spontaneous collaboration happened with keyboarder Nikola Pankoff whilst playing a free interpretation of Pink Floyd's "Atom Heart Mother". Pankoff became a band member thereafter. Finally, in 1972, after becoming a more centered progressive rock band, they decided to change their name to Analogy. Their first release was the single "Sold Out" / "God's Own Land", two songs written by Thurn. At the end of the year, Rattaggi had to join the army and left the band. Schoene changed to the bass guitar.

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Analogy
Origin	Varese, Lombardy, Italy
Genres	Krautrock, psychedelic rock, progressive rock
Years active	1972–1974
Labels	Produzioni Ventotto, Akarma Records, Garden of Delights, Ohrwaschl Records
Website	http://www.analogy.it/
Past members	Martin Thurn Nicola Pankoff Wolfgang Schoene Hermann-Jurgen Nienhaus Jutta Nienhaus Rocco Abate

Members

• Martin Thurn (1950 – 2018) – Guitar
• Nicola Pankoff (1948) – Keyboards
• Wolfgang Schoene (1950) – Bass
• Hermann-Jurgen Nienhaus (1952 – 1990) – Drums
• Jutta Nienhaus (1953 – 2018) – Vocals
• Rocco Abate (1950) – Flute
• Mauro Rattaggi (1952) – Bass

Discography

• Analogy (1972, Produzioni Ventotto)
• The Suite (1993)
• 25 Years Later (1995)

References

External links

• Myspace profile
• Analogy discography at Discogs
• Analogy profile at musicbrainz.org
• Analogy profile at Allmusic.com

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