The obscure German band with the surreal name Kaputter Hamster was a four-piece band from the early 1970s based in Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein. For three years, they performed at school fests, youth centres and local parties in their home region of northern Germany. As such a close-knit team, the musicians decided to create a document of their time together before their paths were soon to part again, due to university studies and military service. In September 1974, they recorded their eponymous debut album live over several recording sessions at the Kaputter Hamster Studio in Flensburg. The quartet consisted of Peter N. Buchfeld (vocals, lead guitar, bells, percussion), Frank Linde (vocals, guitar, percussion), Holger Heldt (bass, acoustic guitar) and Arne Linde (drums, percussion), supported by a fifth musician named Wilfried Krickhahn (vocals, guitar, percussion).

It was released at the end of the year on PA Records, a small German label based in Flensburg, in a tiny run of just 200 copies. The six tracks on the record showcase progressive rock played with enthusiasm and brimming with ideas, featuring occasional influences from blues and folk with vocals in English. Shortly after its release, the band split up, as had been predicted, and nothing more was ever heard from them. Despite the amateurish recording quality of the progressive rock, this obscure LP, with its striking surrealist cover, is now regarded as one of the most sought-after and expensive German rock records of all time.