However, that line-up would be in a constant state of flux over the band's career, with each album featuring at least one different member. Members of the original band were Hans-Jürgen Fritz (aka Jürgen Fritz) on keyboards, Werner Frangenberg on bass and vocals, and drummer-percussionist-lyricist Hans Bathelt. The name Triumvirat comes from the Latin word triumvirate, which refers to a group of three powerful individuals. They became, during the 1970s, a key figure in Eurock, the progressive rock of continental Europe whose German variant is called krautrock.
Triumvirat was a West German progressive rock band from Cologne in then- West Germany.