The Mustangs

Two of them looked like the accountants who would be handling the finances of any British band of the period and the other two looked like the dorkier members of Herman's Hermits or any number of other bands. But based on the recorded evidence, Die Mustangs were cool. A German beat band from the early to mid-'60s, their lineup consisted of Gerd Geerkin (guitar), Nico Kuhlkamp (guitar), Horst Heineberg (bass), and Jorn Schroder (drums) (later succeeded by Udo Lindenberg). The band initially emulated the sounds of the Shadows and the Ventures, but with the advent of the 1960s Br...