Boss Burns

Boss Burns, 2016

Boss Burns (born February 28, 1972 in East Berlin ; real name Alec Völkel ) is a German singer , graphic designer and founding member of the band The BossHoss . Musically, he is mainly active in the fields of country and rock .

biography

1995-2003: Boon

In 1995 Völkel joined the heavy metal band Boon, which was founded in 1992 and played as a supporting act for Rammstein , In Extremo and other bands. In 2003 the group broke up.

Since 2004: Tehran Taxi and The BossHoss

Hoss Power and Boss Burns (right), 2012

Since 2003 he sang in the indie and alternative band Tehran Taxi. In 2004 she published self-distributed together with Sascha Vollmer produced EP Tehran taxi . The band has not been active for a long time.

In 2004 he founded the band The BossHoss in Berlin together with Sascha Vollmer alias Hoss Power and Michael Frick , who are also commercial artists like him . At the end of 2004 they signed their first major record deal with Universal Music . Live he takes over the rhythm guitar when Vollmer plays the stylophone in the instrumental part of Hot in Here . From 2011 to 2013, Völkel and Vollmer shared a jury seat on the casting show The Voice of Germany . In addition to his roles as a singer and washboard player, Burns is the graphic designer of the albums at The BossHoss. In December 2015 he married the photo journalist Johanna Michels, who gave birth to a son in March 2016. He also has a son from a previous relationship.

Discography

For publications with The BossHoss see here .

With Boon

• New Hate Is Lost
• Pentascope (4 track EP)

With Tehran taxi

• 2004: Tehran Taxi

Web links

Commons : Boss Burns  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Alec Völkel in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.frankfurt-live.com/exklusives-hr3-truckkonzert-mit-the-bosshoss-in-kassel-82290.html
2. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from June 23, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ http://www.teherantaxi.de/
4. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original dated November 11, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ↑ Alexander Kipke: Interview: The BossHoss. (Interview) with Boss Burns from July 21, 2012 via phone. (No longer available online.) July 21, 2012, archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; accessed on November 1, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
6. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from April 7, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
7. ↑ Secret wedding. Retrieved April 5, 2016 . 
8. ↑ The BossHoss Alec Völkel is a father. In: VIP.de. Retrieved April 5, 2016 . 
9. ↑ " Being an artist is not a karaoke show". In: Wochenspiegel. Retrieved April 5, 2016 .