Bel Ami (band)

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Bel Ami
General information
origin Berlin
Genre (s) Rock , Neue Deutsche Welle
founding 1978, 1994
resolution 1984, 1994
Founding members
Vocals, guitar
 Lutz Walzberg
guitar
 Hartmut "Hucky" plant
bass
 Ralf Schmidt
Drums
 Burghard Rausch
Last occupation
singing
 Rudy Juers (1984)
Vocals, guitar
 Lutz Walzberg
guitar
 Hartmut "Hucky" plant
bass
 Arno Koch (1979–1984)
Drums
 Burghard Rausch

Bel Ami was a German rock band from Berlin that was mainly active in the 1980s . In terms of style and music, the band is assigned to the Neue Deutsche Welle as well as traditional rock .

Band history

The band was founded in 1978, and the first LP Berlin bei Nacht was recorded a year later . The title song of the same name was also published in Turkish ("Gece Berlin de").

Apparently, there were legal problems early on with the song Berlin by Night . It is a cover version of the song Berlin By Night by Knut Schaller of the group PVC . There are therefore two editions of the LP “Berlin at Night”. In the original edition, the original - now also known as the sax version - could be heard, while the second pressing featured a similar-sounding song with the same title. The first version can be found on the CD from 1994 with corrected information from the author.

occupation

  • Arno Koch (bass, vocals)
  • Burghard Rausch (drums, vocals) previously with Sopwith Camel, Agitation Free
  • Lutz Walzberg (vocals, guitar) previously with Granny Smith
  • Hartmut (Hucky) Werk (solo guitar, vocals)
  • Rudy Jürs (from 1984, vocals, previously with the group Frizz )

Discography

Albums

  • Berlin at Night (1st pressing LP 1979; as CD 1994)
  • Berlin at night (2nd pressing LP 1980)
  • Live (maxi single 1980)
  • Big City Melody (LP 1981; CD 1994)
  • As far as your feet can carry (LP 1984)
  • Live 1994 (CD)

Singles

  • Marble, stone and iron (1979)
  • Grece Berlin de (1980)
  • Downtown (1981)
  • Big City Melody (1981)
  • It's all over in 80 days (1981)
  • Pilots (1984)
  • You drive me crazy (1984)

literature

  • Christian Graf: The NDW Lexicon. The German New Wave - Bands and Artists A to Z . 1st edition. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf Verlag, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-89602-529-5 , p. 25-27 .
  • MOC Döpfner , Thomas Garms : New German Wave. Art or fashion? A factual polemic for and against the new German pop music . Ullstein Verlag , Frankfurt am Main / Berlin / Vienna 1984, ISBN 3-548-36505-1 , p. 183 .

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