He played with several Krautrock and progressive rock bands of the 1970s in Germany, and released solo music.

He started his career in the 1960s as a drummer in the beat group The Stuntmen, and toward the end of the decade played in a then-unknown Scorpions.

In 1980, he issued his debut LP, Synthesist, which became a cult classic of German electronic music.

[1] New York’s RVNG international label reissued the album, with remakes by James Ferraro, Oneohtrix and others in February 2011.

[1] In 1980 Grosskopf co-founded the Neue Deutsche Welle band Lilli Berlin, and he remained their drummer until 1983.