Joey Albrecht

German guitarist and singer, born January 15, 1952 in Barsinghausen, founder member of Karthago.
Albrecht was 10 years old when he founded his first band. "The Almights" gigged in countless clubs across the German state of Lower Saxony. At the age of 13 Joey recorded his first record as . He hit the stages of the famous .
In 1969, Joey moved to Berlin. After performing as a solo artist for a few months, he founded the duo "Blues Machine" with , which evolved until 1971 to a band named Karthago together with three other musicians, who joined in 1970 and 1971. The same year in October, the band already recorded their debut album, which was a great success.
They recorded several albums until 1978 and then spilt that year.
From 1979, he had his own band, the "Joey Albrecht Band". With his ex-bandmate Ingo Bischof, he also founded the band project in 1982. Also in the 1980's, he collaborated with guitarist and the band .
In between, there were some temporary Karthago revivals with different line-ups. In addition, Joey worked as a pick-up musician and was part of the revival of . In the 2000's, he also made music under the moniker "Poc a Poc".