Koyamba:
Holger Shukai - bass gitala
Irmin Schmidt - kiyibodi
Michael Karoli - gitala
David Johnson - wolemba, chitoliro, zamagetsi
Gulu la Can linakhazikitsidwa ku Cologne mu 1968, ndipo mu June gululo linajambula pamene gululo likuchita chionetsero cha zojambulajambula. Kenako woimba Manny Lee adaitanidwa.
Nyimboyi idadzazidwa ndi kusinthika, ndipo disc yomwe idatulutsidwa pambuyo pake idatchedwa Prehistoric future.
M'chaka chomwecho, wojambula waluso kwambiri, koma wovuta kwambiri wa ku America, Malcolm Mooney, adalowa m'gululi. Pamodzi ndi iye, nyimbo zidapangidwa kuti zitheke Kukonzekera Kukumana ndi Pnoom Wanu, zomwe sizinavomerezedwe ndi studio yojambulira.
Nyimbo ziwiri kuchokera mu chimbalechi zidajambulidwa mu 1969 ndipo zidaphatikizidwa mugulu la Monster Movie track. Ndipo ena onse anamasulidwa mu 1981 ndipo amatchedwa Delay 1968.
Mawu odabwitsa a Malcolm Mooney adawonjezera kunyada komanso kugodomalitsa pamanyimbo, omwe adatengera nyimbo za funk, garaja ndi psychedelic rock.
Chinthu chachikulu mu nyimbo za "Can" inali gawo la rhythm, lomwe linali ndi bass gitala ndi ng'oma, ndi Liebetzeit (mmodzi mwa oimba nyimbo za rock) anali mtsogoleri pakupanga kwawo.
Patapita nthawi, Muni anapita ku America, ndipo m'malo mwake Kenji Suzuki, wochokera ku Japan, yemwe adayendayenda ku Ulaya monga woimba nyimbo, adalowa m'gululi.
Masewero ake adawonedwa ndi mamembala a gululo ndikuyitanidwa kumalo ake, ngakhale kuti analibe maphunziro oimba. Madzulo a tsiku lomwelo, adayimba pa konsati ya Can. Chimbale choyamba ndi mawu ake amatchedwa Soundtracks (1970).
Tsiku lopambana la ntchito ya gulu: 1971-1973
Panthawiyi, gululo linapanga nyimbo zawo zotchuka kwambiri, zomwe zinathandiza kwambiri pakupanga nyimbo za kraut rock.
Nyimbo za gululi zasinthanso, tsopano zasintha komanso zasintha. Chimbale chapawiri chomwe chinajambulidwa mu 1971, Tago Mago imawonedwa ngati yanzeru komanso yosavomerezeka.
Maziko a nyimbo anali rhythmic, jazi ngati percussion, improvisation pa gitala, payekha pa makiyi ndi mawu Suzuki zachilendo.
Mu 1972, chimbale cha avant-garde Ege Bamyasi chinatulutsidwa, chojambulidwa mu situdiyo yokhayo yotsegula Inner Space. Izi zidatsatiridwa mu 1973 ndi CD Future Days yozungulira, yomwe idakhala imodzi yopambana kwambiri.
Ndipo patapita nthawi, Suzuki anakwatiwa ndi kupita ku kagulu ka Mboni za Yehova, kusiya gulu la Can. Tsopano Karoli ndi Schmidt anakhala oimba, koma tsopano chiwerengero cha mawu mu nyimbo gulu yachepa, ndipo kuyesera ndi yozungulira anapitiriza.
Kutsika kwa gulu: 1974-1979
Mu 1974, chimbale cha Soon Over Babaluma chinajambulidwa mumtundu womwewo. Mu 1975 gululi lidayamba kugwira ntchito ndi kampani yojambulira yaku Chingerezi Virgin Records komanso Germany EMI/Harvest.
Pa nthawi yomweyi, Landed inalembedwa, ndipo mu 1976 - "Flow Motion" disc, yomwe inamveka kale kwambiri komanso yabwino. Ndipo nyimbo ya I Want More yochokera ku Flow Motion inali nyimbo yokhayo yomwe idatchuka kunja kwa Germany ndipo idatenga malo a 26 pama chart a Chingerezi.
Chaka chotsatira, gululi lidaphatikizanso Traffic Roscoe G (bass) ndi Rebop Kwaku Baah (percussion), omwenso adakhala oimba pama Albums Saw Delight, Out of Reach ndi Can.
Ndiye Shukai pafupifupi sanatenge nawo mbali mu ntchito ya gulu chifukwa chakuti mkazi Schmidt anasokoneza ntchito yawo.
Anasiya gululo kumapeto kwa 1977. Pambuyo pa 1979, Can anasiya, ngakhale kuti mamembala nthawi zina ankagwira ntchito limodzi pamapulogalamu aumwini.
Pambuyo pa kutha kwa gululi: 1980 ndi zaka zotsatira
Pambuyo pa kugwa kwa timu, mamembala ake adagwira nawo ntchito zosiyanasiyana, nthawi zambiri monga osewera gawo.
Mu 1986, mgwirizano unachitika ndipo kujambula mawu kunapangidwa pansi pa dzina lakuti Rite Time, kumene Malcolm Mooney anali woimba. Albumyi idatulutsidwa kokha mu 1989.
Kenako oyimbawo anabalalikanso. Apanso iwo anasonkhana mu 1991 kuti ajambule nyimbo, chifukwa cha filimuyo "Pamene Dziko Lidzatha", pambuyo pake panatulutsidwa chiwerengero chachikulu cha nyimbo ndi zisudzo zosiyanasiyana.
Mu 1999, oimba a mzere waukulu (Karoli, Schmidt, Liebetzeit, Shukai) ankaimba pa konsati imodzi, koma mosiyana, chifukwa aliyense anali kale ntchito payekha.
Chakumapeto kwa 2001, Michael Caroli anamwalira, yemwe anali atadwala khansa kwa nthawi yaitali. Kuyambira 2004, kutulutsanso kwa ma Albums akale pa CD kwayamba.
Holger Shukai watulutsa pulojekiti payekha mumtundu wozungulira. Yaki Liebetzeit adasewera ngati ng'oma yojambula ndi magulu ambiri.
Michael Karoli adagwiranso ntchito ngati woyimba gitala, komanso adatulutsa pulojekiti yayekha yomwe Polly Eltes adayimba, ndipo mu 1999 adapanga gulu la Sofortkontakt!
Irmin Schmidt adagwira ntchito ndi woyimba ng'oma Martin Atkins ndipo adapanga magulu osiyanasiyana.
Suzuki anaganiza zoyambanso kuimba mu 1983 ndipo adachita nawo zisudzo m'mayiko ambiri pamodzi ndi oimba osiyanasiyana, nthawi zina amajambula zisudzo zamoyo.
Malcolm Mooney adapita ku America mu 1969 ndipo adakhalanso wojambula, koma mu 1998 adakhala woyimba mu gulu la Tenth Planet.
Woyimba gitala wa Bass Rosco Gee wakhala akusewera mugulu la pulogalamu ya TV ya Harald Schmidt kuyambira 1995. Ribop Kwaku Baah adamwalira ndi kukha magazi muubongo mu 1983.
