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Christoph "Chris" von Rohr (born October 24, 1951 in Solothurn ) is a Swiss rock musician, music producer , book author, columnist, radio and television presenter. He is the founder of the hard rock band Krokus and was the producer and songwriter of the hard rock band Gotthard from 1991 to 2002 .
Life
Childhood, youth and first experiences as a musician (1951–1975)
Chris von Rohr and his half-brother Stephan von Rohr come from a medium-sized family in Solothurn , where he also spent most of his childhood. Von Rohr made his first conscious contact with music on the piano of his parents. During his school days, which, apart from a short intermezzo in the boarding school Lyceum Alpinum Zuoz - where it was possible for him to play drums for the first time - at local schools, von Rohr received his first drum kit from his father. In 1967 he formed his first band, The Scouts. With this formation, which was subsequently renamed Tears of Love, then In and finally Indian Summer, the young drummer also made his first appearance at a student ball in the Hotel Krone in Solothurn. After a 2-year stint at the public business school in Neuchâtel , von Rohr founded other bands: first Plastic Joint and then Inside. Meanwhile, the musician von Rohr kept himself afloat financially as a cook in the Solothurn restaurant and hotel Kreuz - the first cooperative pub in Switzerland. After a short stay with the dance band On the Road, which was all in all very unpleasant from a musical point of view, but at least financially lucrative, he founded the two-man band Nighttrain with the organist Michi Szabo, who had also left. But all these attempts to gain a foothold in the professional music business failed and so von Rohr then worked again as a cook in the Kreuz restaurant before attending the jazz school in Bern for a semester .
Rise and international breakthrough with crocus (1975–1983)
After attending the jazz school, von Rohr returned to Solothurn to first attend a one-off experiment by Kaktus, the most famous rock band from Solothurn at the time: The band played a gig with two drummers together on one stage - alongside the traditional drummer Duco Aeschbach took over von Rohr took over the post of second drummer. However, after this performance within the band, which also included guitarist Tommy Kiefer and bassist Remo "Cemu" Spadino, inconsistencies arose, which ended in von Rohr, Kiefer and Spadino leaving the band to be promoted by von Rohr in July 1975 to found another formation: Krokus . The band made their first appearance as the opening act for Nella Martinetti in the Saalbau in Gerlafingen, Switzerland . Together with lead guitarist Tommy Kiefer, with whom Rohr's drummer took turns mainly on the microphone, rhythm guitarist Hansi Droz and bassist Remo Spadino, the very progressive debut album Krokus , released in 1976 and produced by Peter J. Mac Taggart, was finally created in the Sinus Studio in Bern .
After von Rohr had staged a merger with the band Montezuma with the band name in his luggage but without his bandmates, the line-up of Krokus was immediately made up from scratch: Von Rohr himself took over the vocals full-time from now on, Fernando von Arb played guitar on Jürg Naegeli was on the bass and Freddy Steady was on the drums. When Tommy Kiefer was finally brought back into the line-up a short time later, the band was complete again. It was with this line-up that the second studio album To You All , which was produced in the Sinus Studio in Bern by Peter J. Mac Taggart, was released in 1977 and revealed the first hard rock sounds.
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In the same line-up, i.e. still with von Rohr as the front man, Krokus also tackled the third studio album, Pay It in Metal , based entirely on hard rock , which was also released under the name Pain Killer . This work, published in 1978, was produced in the legendary Manor Studios in Oxford by von Rohr and von Arb and recorded within six days. Von Rohr received the Golden Hammer as the best singer in Switzerland and Krokus was also named the best rock band of the year in their home country, but a performance by AC / DC in the Volkshaus in Zurich opened the eyes of all band members to how the band should act musically in the future .
Von Rohr therefore voluntarily resigned from his position on the microphone, first with Henry Fries, who, however, left due to contractual obligations, and finally - after von Rohr himself persistent attempts to recruit - with Marc Storace for a singer with more vocal volume. Von Rohr switched to bass and Jürg Naegeli then took care of the band's sound. With this new line-up and the integration of the last missing piece of the puzzle in the Krokus-Sound, the fourth studio album Metal Rendez-Vous was finally produced under the production of Martin Pearson, von Rohr and von Arb - the international breakthrough of the band , recorded in the Platinum One Studio in Zurich . Triple platinum in Switzerland and first concert tours to Great Britain and the USA, including the legendary “Percussion Battle” by von Rohr and drummer Steady, followed. So von Rohr and his bandmates became internationally respected and well-known rock stars almost overnight.
Immediately after the tour activities, the band went to the Roundhouse Studios in London to work on the fifth studio album, which in turn was produced by von Rohr and von Arb and was finally released in 1981 under the title Hardware . The album was able to continue the success of its predecessor and achieve gold status in Switzerland. Only the separation from lead guitarist Kiefer, which could no longer be averted due to the ongoing drug problems and unreliability and which took place immediately after the album was released, showed the first cracks in the band structure, although the rise of the band continued. Mandy Meyer acted as a replacement for the tour, which again led through Europe and the USA.
Since Krokus and Meyer went their separate ways after the tour was over, rhythm guitarist Mark Kohler was quickly integrated into the band. This line-up eventually recorded the sixth studio album, One Vice at a Time , under the production of Tony Platt, von Rohr and von Arb at Battery Studios in London , which was released in 1982 and not only solidified the status of Krokus, but raised it again . This was not only reflected in the gold status that the album achieved not only in Switzerland, but also for the first time in the USA and Canada, but also in the record that still exists today that Krokus was the first and so far only band from Switzerland to visit the Hallenstadion sold out in Zurich. Further extensive concert tours through North America and Europe followed the album release. In the midst of all these appointments with Krokus, von Rohr also found the time to produce his first full-time album , Night Fighting , the Steve Whitney Band's second studio album.
But within Krokus the line-up did not stop: Drummer Freddy Steady was fired and replaced by Steve Pace. What followed was nothing less than the high point of the band's career: the seventh studio album Headhunter , recorded by Tom Allom at the Bee Jay Studio in Orlando and released in 1983 . This work won platinum for the first time and once in the USA and Canada as well as gold in Switzerland. In line with the success of the album, the band was subsequently invited as a special guest on the second largest US tour of the year: the Pyromania Tour of the British rock band Def Leppard, which is up-and-coming in the USA, with Gary Moore in the opening act. During this time, von Rohr and his bandmates were also made honorary citizens of the US state of Tennessee . But although, or precisely because of, the wave of success that the band was floating on at that time, two serious negative experiences should come in the next few months: On the one hand, Krokus was excluded from the Pyromania Tour because of several missteps by singer Marc Storace and band manager Butch Stone - The band finally ended their North American tour in the opening act for Judas Priest - and on the other hand, the events regarding the line-up change rolled over, first rhythm guitarist Mark Kohler was fired and replaced by Patrick Mason and finally the last remaining founding member, namely von Rohr himself at the door was set because he openly reported in the Swiss daily Blick about the excesses of his tour and rebelled against manager Stone.
Forced reorientation: activities as a music producer, book author and solo artist (1983–1987)
With the release from Krokus, Chris von Rohr became a lone fighter in one fell swoop. During this time, the hired band founder and bassist appeared through a wide range of activities: On the one hand, he took over the production of the first and only studio album of the Swiss band Headhunter in 1985 - also called Headhunter . In addition to his second full-time production, von Rohr also began to write his first book, which appeared in 1991 under the title Dogs want to rock forever , in order, as he himself says, to digest and process these insane experiences around crocus. In addition, von Rohr presented his first solo single Boom Boom Tonight to the music world in 1986 and finally, a year later, his first and to date only solo album Hammer and Tongue .
The brief return to crocus (1987-1989)
After the release of his solo album, von Rohr returned to Krokus in 1987, as it simply turned out to be the best solution for everyone involved. Together with Marc Storace, Fernando von Arb, Mark Kohler and the drummer Dani Crivelli, whom he brought along from his solo project, the band recorded their tenth studio album in Jürg Naegeli's Pink recording studio in Zuchwil under the production management of von Rohr and von Arb, which was finally released in 1988 entitled Heart Attack . The album, which marked first position with Krokus in the Swiss album charts with von Rohr at number 5, was a style correction back to hard rock, which catapulted the band into the limelight in the early 80s and away from the shallow pop metal orientation that the Band presented on the previous album Change of Address . But after further concert tours through Europe and the USA, everyone involved soon realized that the feeling of yore was not so easy to restore and after Marc Storace and Fernando von Arb had thrown in the towel due to management problems and signs of fatigue, Krokus broke up for the first time in 1989 the history of the band.
Employment as a musician, journalist and radio host (1989–1991)
After Krokus broke up, Chris von Rohr was involved in the production of The Heavy's first studio album, Metal Marathon , under the pseudonym J. LaCross . This work is a collection of covered rock and metal classics, each played in abbreviated form and merged into medleys. Subsequently, von Rohr again founded the band Grand Slam together with Peter Tanner and lead guitarist Many Maurer, rhythm guitarist Tony Castell and drummer Peter Haas. With this formation he toured - v. a. playing his solo material - until his exit in late 1989 through Germany, Austria and Hungary. Meanwhile, von Rohr was also active as a radio presenter for the radio stations Radio 24, a regional station from Zurich, and Radio 32, a regional station from Solothurn. He moderated u. a. the show Volles Rohr . He also wrote articles for various music magazines.
The first book bestseller and success as the discoverer and producer of Gotthard (1991–2002)
In 1991 von Rohr finally published his first book, which he had begun after his release from Krokus, the autobiography Dogs wanting to rock forever , which gives the reader a direct, honest, unadulterated insight into the musician's childhood and youth as well as behind the scenes of the Being a rock star during his time with Krokus. The work, in which the author processes the highs and lows of his career in his own words, subsequently advanced to become a cult book and bestseller, and not just among rock and metal fans. In the same year Chris von Rohr also began his collaboration with the Swiss hard rock band Gotthard , which came about through an offer from their band manager Marco Antognini. Right from the start, this cooperation indicated a success story for both sides, because the first self-titled studio album Gotthard , released in 1992, achieved a remarkable position in the Swiss charts at number 5. A year later, in addition to his work at Gotthard, von Rohr also took care of the re-release of his 1987 solo album Hammer and Tongue , which this time was reissued under the title The Good, The Bad and The Dög including the bonus track “See You Walking”. Afterwards, von Rohr focused his work again entirely on Gotthard and what followed was, despite or perhaps because of permanent internal tensions, at least in Switzerland a single musical triumphal procession, because all subsequent studio and live albums by the band produced by Rohr so Dial Hard 1994, G. 1996, D Frosted 1997 and open in 1999 reached number 1 in the Swiss album charts. In addition, various singles were able to place themselves in the charts of the Alpine republic.
Afterwards von Rohr also took part in the creation of the ninth studio album Härzbluet by Polo Hofer , published in January 2000, and the ButterBand , a Swiss dialect band. While he co-designed the songs “Es saftigs Müntschi” and “Bärner” both compositionally and as a producer, von Rohr initiated a duet between Polo Hofer and the American for the song “Who's gonna shoe your pretty little foot”, which he also produced Blues musician Willy DeVille . This short detour to dialect was followed by a very significant personal happiness of the successful musician and producer: the birth of his daughter Nilou in 2001. Nevertheless, von Rohr did not allow himself a break - on the contrary: with the studio album Homerun from 2001, including the number 1- Single “Heaven”, and the compilation One Life One Soul: Best of Ballads from 2002, he produced two more Gotthard works, which in turn landed at number 1 on the Swiss album charts. But despite the successful time together, the band and mentor von Rohr parted ways in 2002 after eleven years that were not always easy for both sides.
The second bestseller, “Meh Dräck” and other engagements (2002–2008)
After separating from Gotthard, von Rohr went through a very varied phase in terms of his activities. While he was writing the second part of his autobiography, he worked as a co-producer on Trybguet , the fifth studio album by the Swiss dialect band Patent Ochsner , released in February 2003 . This work also rose to number 1 on the Swiss album charts. In November 2003 the book Bananenflanke was finally published , which, like its predecessor, quickly became a bestseller. In addition, the very same predecessor, his first book Dogs wanting to rock you forever , was launched as a 5CD audio book, which, however, only contains the first eight chapters of the book. Chapters nine to 14 have not yet been read in as an audio document. Also in November 2003, von Rohr started his TV career by appearing as a juror in the first season of the talent show MusicStar , which was broadcast on SF two .
During this time, the documentary Krokus: As Long as We Live , published in February 2004, was created, which treats the turbulent history of Krokus in an informative and multi-perspective manner through the interventions of various participants. The making of this film ultimately promoted the rapprochement between Chris von Rohr and Fernando von Arb - the initial spark for the later return of the original formation of Krokus. Von Rohr gained further popularity with his slogan " Meh Dräck ", which he uttered during an episode of MusicStar in order to discourage the candidates appearing there from their artificial appearance. The cult status that developed around his saying finally moved von Rohr to write a song with the same title. This was ultimately also a single with the same title Meh Dräck! published and reached number 14 in the Swiss single charts. In addition, “Meh Dräck” was even voted Word of the Year 2004 in Switzerland. From December 2004 to February 2005, von Rohr again appeared as a juror in the second season of the MusicStar talent show. In the meantime he also produced the live recorded acoustic album by the band Lovebugs , which also climbed to number 1 on the Swiss album charts.
After the end of the second season, von Rohr finally left MusicStar to work as a radio host again. With the broadcast VollRohr - Rock'n'Talk he could be heard from May 2005 to June 2006 on various radio stations in Switzerland. From 2005, von Rohr also began - alternating with Peter Bichsel , Peter Scholl-Latour and Helmut Hubacher - to write the Notabene column for Schweizer Illustrierte every month . Meanwhile, in October 2005 he also started the late-night TV show Black'n'Blond together with Roman Kilchsperger on SF Zwei . Von Rohr caught the attention of Swiss television viewers in the very first broadcast by sticking his bare bottom into the camera. However, since those responsible for Swiss television were not convinced of the subsequent development of the show, Black'n'Blond was discontinued in September 2006. But Rohr's absence on TV was short-lived, as he was a juror in the one- time casting show Superstar broadcast on the Swiss TV station 3+ from October to December 2006 .
In December 2007, despite the then still active line-up around Marc Storace, there was increased movement in the revival of the original formation of Krokus, when the band appeared in the line-up of Storace, von Arb, von Rohr and Steady in the Swiss TV show The Biggest Swiss Hits , to receive a Diamond Award for over one million records sold in Switzerland. Afterwards, an artistic break from Krokus was proclaimed on the band's website.
Return of the original formation of Krokus, two number 1 albums and two new bestsellers (2008 to 2016)
During the artistic break, Krokus formed in the same line-up that appeared in the television show The Biggest Swiss Hits at the end of 2007 , with front man Storace, guitarist from Arb, bassist from Rohr and drummer Steady. When the return of rhythm guitarist Mark Kohler was announced shortly afterwards, the line-up had exactly the same members who recorded the album One Vice at a Time in 1982 . The original formation Krokus then played a much-acclaimed reunion concert at the Stade de Suisse in Bern, before the hymn to the ice hockey world championship held in Switzerland in 2009 was contributed with “Live for the Action”. This was followed by the sixteenth studio album Hoodoo , which von Rohr himself produced mainly at the House of Audio in Winterbach and was released in February 2010. The album was Krokus' second album at number 1 in the Swiss album charts and ultimately gave the band platinum status in their homeland. Afterwards the band played numerous festival appearances and a few headliner concerts in Europe until December 2010. In the meantime, von Rohr himself could also be seen on television again, since he has been engaged as a profiler in the program Tonspur - The Soundtrack of my Life , shown on 3sat , since July 2010 . Since then, von Rohr has also increasingly drawn attention to himself through political statements. Among other things, he advocated the deportation initiative of the SVP in interviews , but said at the same time that he was not committed to a party and therefore not to any political direction. In his opinion, with regard to this issue, it is important to protect victims in an increasingly aggressive environment and to turn away unassailable perpetrators. A visit to the SVP politician Christoph Blocher also attracted media attention, but von Rohr emphasized several times in this regard that he did not want to use him politically and that he himself was not concerned with political interests, but that he was interested in the person behind the polarizing politician .
Before the preparations for a new Krokus album began, Chris von Rohr published his third book Sternenstaub in October 2011 , which contains some of the columns written for Schweizer Illustrierte by the multi-talent, who has since become Switzerland's most successful rock musician and producer. The literary work even made it to number 9 on the Swiss fiction charts and, like his two autobiographies, Dogs Will You Rock Forever and Banana Flank a bestseller. After von Rohr had worked as lead producer in 2012 , the debut album of the Swiss hard rock band Fox, he began with Krokus - again as a producer - in autumn 2012 in the famous Abbey Road Studios in London with the recordings of the seventeenth studio album Dirty Dynamite , which finally came out in February 2013. The work, in which the now permanently employed third guitarist Mandy Meyer was also part of the party, immediately climbed to number 1 in the Swiss album charts, like its predecessor Hoodoo , before it also reached platinum status in the Alpine republic. Subsequently, Krokus took part in a few headliner concerts in Switzerland, where Flavio Mezzodi was presented as the new permanent drummer. In the summer of 2013 the band could then be seen at several festivals in Europe. After a break of around six months, Krokus released the third live album, Long Stick Goes Boom: Live from da House of Rust , in March 2014, which climbed to number 3 on the Swiss album charts. This concert, recorded in 2013 at the Kulturfabrik Kofmehl in Solothurn, is Krokus' first live document in which Chris von Rohr is involved. In the summer of 2014, von Rohr initially completed a short tour of Germany with Krokus, before further festival dates were realized. In February of the following year, von Rohr and his band mates received the Lifetime Achievement Award, which was presented to them at the Swiss Music Awards . In the spring of 2015, Krokus was to be seen on US concert stages for the first time since the 80s. a. at the heavy metal cruise Monsters Of Rock Cruise, which begins and ends in Miami , and at the legendary rock club Whiskey a Go Go in Los Angeles . Exactly on October 24, 2015, Rohrs' 64th birthday, his fourth book Götterfunken was published . Like its predecessor, Sternenstaub , the bestseller, which climbed to number 7 on the Swiss non-fiction book charts, is composed of columns that Rohr wrote for Schweizer Illustrierte. In 2016, Chris von Rohr and his band Krokus made themselves scarce in public. With the appearance at the Riverside Open Air in Aarburg , Switzerland , only one festival appearance was perceived.
A number 1 cover album with crocus and the first number 1 book bestseller (2017 to date)
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At the beginning of 2017, namely in January, Krokus released their first cover album, which was again produced under the wing of Chris von Rohr. It contains only interpretations of songs that influenced the musicians significantly in their youth, as well as a new recording of the Krokus song "Back-Seat Rock 'n' Roll". In Switzerland, like the two previous studio albums, the work climbed to number 1 in the charts, and Big Rocks also made it into the charts in Germany and Austria . After the publication, Krokus shared the stage with Gotthard for the first time in March 2017 for a total of four appearances. This was followed by a concert trip to Malta, before some festival appearances were on the program again in the summer. In 2018 the band took a creative break. There were no publications and no concerts.
In the fall, the band finally announced that they would go on the Adios Amigo farewell tour in 2019. Apart from the last three appearances, the first part of these concerts consisted almost exclusively of festival dates. Among other things, the band could be seen on the stages of such renowned festivals as the Sweden Rock Festival , the Graspop Metal Meeting or the Wacken Open Air . But not all performances could be completed as planned. Due to a bursitis in his elbow, which von Rohr had contracted when he fell out of a hammock and an operation that became necessary as a result, the performance on the Costa Victoria as part of Stars at Sea had to be canceled. The end of this tour section was the concert in the Hallenstadion in Zurich - the hall that Krokus was the first band to fill to the last seat 27 years earlier. Immediately before that, at the end of November 2019, von Rohr published his third autobiography, entitled Heaven Hell Rock 'n' Roll , which thematically takes up the content of the previous works, Dogs you want to rock forever, and takes up banana flank and supplements it with a lot of new experiences. In an interview about the book publication with the Swiss newspaper St. Galler Tagblatt , von Rohr stated that with his book he wanted to encourage young people to pursue their dreams despite setbacks and defeats. He also made reference to his political orientation and general political content. As an open person and a critical columnist, he declared that he did not belong to any political party and spoke out against any kind of extremism, moralism, racism, delusions of virtue, marginalization, military rearmament and arms trade. In his work, the author also takes a stance on his not always easy relationship with his home country, Switzerland, which he sees in a “luxury narcosis”. The book, which Rolling Stone describes as a paradigmatic rocker autobiography, enjoyed many positive reviews and even climbed to number 1 on the Swiss non-fiction charts. This was followed by a reading tour through Switzerland with Brigitta Schröder, Blanca Imboden and Liselotte Latrous . Meanwhile it has been announced that in 2020 Krokus will play two concerts in England, the Domination Festival in Mexico and a tour of the USA in addition to the Monsters Of Rock Cruise.
Discography as a musician
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crocus
- 1976: crocus
- 1977: To You All
- 1978: Pay It in Metal / Pain Killer
- 1980: Metal Rendez-Vous
- 1981: Hardware
- 1982: One Vice at a Time
- 1983: Headhunter
- 1988: Heart Attack
- 2010: Hoodoo
- 2013: Dirty Dynamite
- 2017: Big Rocks
- 1981: Industrial Strength EP
- 1977: Highway Song
- 1978: Susie
- 1979: Bedside Radio
- 1979: Tokyo Nights
- 1980: Heatstrokes
- 1981: Rock City
- 1981: Winning Man
- 1981: Smelly Nelly
- 1982: American Woman
- 1982: Bad Boys, Rag Dolls
- 1982: Long Stick Goes Boom
- 1983: Screaming in the Night
- 1983: Stayed Awake All Night
- 1983: Eat the Rich
- 1988: Everybody Rocks
- 1988: Let It Go
- 1988: Wild Love
- 2010: Hoodoo Woman
- 2010: Too Hot
- 2013: Dirty Dynamite
- 2013: Go Baby Go
- 2013: Dög Song
- 2016: The House of the Rising Sun
- 2017: Rockin 'in the Free World
- 1981: Hardware (Flexidisk)
- 1981: Winning Man
- 1984: Our Love
- 1986: Burning up the Night
- 1988: Everybody Rocks
- 1988: Let It Go
Chris von Rohr
Studio albums
- 1987: Hammer and Tongue (re-released in 1993 under the name The Good, the Bad and the Dög )
Singles
- 1986: Boom Boom Tonight
- 1993: See You Walking
- 2004: Meh Dräck!
- 1987: Cat Scratch Fever
Discography as a producer
crocus
- 1978: Pay It in Metal / Pain Killer (together with Fernando von Arb)
- 1980: Metal Rendez-Vous (together with Martin Pearson and Fernando von Arb)
- 1981: Hardware (together with Fernando von Arb)
- 1982: One Vice at a Time (together with Tony Platt and Fernando von Arb)
- 1988: Heart Attack (with Fernando von Arb)
- 2010: Hoodoo
- 2013: Dirty Dynamite
- 2017: Big Rocks
- 1981: Industrial Strength EP (with Martin Pearson and Fernando von Arb)
- 1978: Susie (together with Fernando von Arb)
- 1979: Bedside Radio (together with Martin Pearson and Fernando von Arb)
- 1979: Tokyo Nights (with Martin Pearson and Fernando von Arb)
- 1980: Heatstrokes (together with Martin Pearson and Fernando von Arb)
- 1981: Rock City (together with Fernando von Arb)
- 1981: Winning Man (with Fernando von Arb)
- 1981: Smelly Nelly (with Fernando von Arb)
- 1982: American Woman (with Tony Platt and Fernando von Arb)
- 1982: Bad Boys, Rag Dolls (together with Tony Platt and Fernando von Arb)
- 1982: Long Stick Goes Boom (together with Tony Platt and Fernando von Arb)
- 1988: Everybody Rocks (with Fernando von Arb)
- 1988: Let It Go (with Fernando von Arb)
- 1988: Wild Love (with Fernando von Arb)
- 2010: Hoodoo Woman
- 2010: Too Hot
- 2013: Dirty Dynamite
- 2013: Go Baby Go
- 2013: Dög Song
- 2016: The House of the Rising Sun
- 2017: Rockin 'in the Free World
Steve Whitney Band
Studio albums
- 1982: Night Fighting
Headhunters
Studio albums
- 1985: Headhunter
Chris von Rohr
Studio albums
- 1987: Hammer and Tongue (re-released in 1993 under the name The Good, the Bad and the Dög )
Singles
- 1986: Boom Boom Tonight
- 1993: See You Walking
- 2004: Meh Dräck!
- 1987: Cat Scratch Fever
The Heavy's (under the pseudonym J. LaCross)
Studio albums
- 1989: Metal Marathon
Compilations
- 2008: Mega Metal Marathon
Singles
- 1989: Metal Marathon
Gotthard
Studio albums
- 1992: Gotthard
- 1994: Dial Hard
- 1996: G.
- 1999: Open
- 2001: home run
Live albums
- 1997: D-Frosted
Compilations
- 2002: One Life One Soul: Best of Ballads
Singles
- 1992: All I Care For
- 1992: Hush
- 1992: Firedance
- 1993: Mountain Mama
- 1994: I'm on My Way
- 1994: Travellin 'Man
- 1995: Father Is That Enough
- 1996: One Life, One Soul
- 1996: He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother
- 1997: One Life, One Soul (Live) (split single with Montserrat Caballé )
- 1997: Fight for Your Life
- 1997: Love Soul Matter
- 1997: Someday
- 1998: Let It Rain
- 1999: Blackberry Way
- 1999: Merry X-Mas
- 1999: You
- 2000: Heaven
- 2001: home run
Polo Hofer and the ButterBand
- 2000: Härzbluet (together with Polo Hofer , Eric Merz, Hans-Peter Brüggemann, Martin Diem and Remo Kessler)
Ochsner patent
Studio albums
- 2003: Trybguet (together with Patent Ochsner)
Singles
- 2002: Arsonist (together with Patent Ochsner)
- 2002: Trybguet (together with Patent Ochsner)
Lovebugs
- 2005: Naked
Fox
- 2012: 2012 (with Mark Fox)
Books
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- Chris von Rohr: You dogs want to rock forever. My trip through the rock jungle. Steinblatt-Verlag, Lugano 1991 (Chapters 1 to 8 also published as a 5CD audio book).
- Chris von Rohr: Banana flank. New stories from the rock jungle. Steinblatt-Verlag, Biel 2003.
- Chris von Rohr: Stardust. The best columns. Giger Verlag, Altendorf 2011.
- Chris von Rohr: Spark of the gods. The best columns. Giger Verlag, Altendorf 2015.
- Chris von Rohr: Heaven, Hell, Rock 'n' Roll. The autobiography. Wörterseh Verlag, Lachen 2019.
Web links
- Literature by and about Chris von Rohr in the catalog of the German National Library
- Official website
- Official website of Krokus
- Songs by Chris von Rohr (composed and produced)
- Show «Schawinski» . Roger Schawinski in conversation with Chris von Rohr. Video in: Swiss television from April 30, 2012 ( Schawinski, approx. 27 minutes )
- "Talk daily" program. Markus Gilli in conversation with Chris von Rohr. Video in: Tele Züri from November 25, 2015 ( talk daily, approx. 22 minutes )
- Show "Glanz & Gloria" . Video in: SRF 1 from November 27, 2019 ( Glanz & Gloria, approx. 3 minutes )
- "Talk daily" program. Markus Gilli in conversation with Chris von Rohr. Video in: Tele Züri from December 4, 2019 ( talk daily, approx. 22 minutes )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Chris von Rohr: You want to rock dogs forever. My trip through the rock jungle. 1991, pp. 34, 40.
- ↑ Chris von Rohr: You want to rock dogs forever. My trip through the rock jungle. 1991, pp. 47-48.
- ↑ Chris von Rohr: You want to rock dogs forever: My trip through the rock jungle. 1991, pp. 50, 53-54, 55.
- ↑ Chris von Rohr: You want to rock dogs forever. My trip through the rock jungle. 1991, p. 56.
- ↑ Chris von Rohr: You want to rock dogs forever. My trip through the rock jungle. 1991, pp. 70, 74.
- ↑ Chris von Rohr: You want to rock dogs forever. My trip through the rock jungle. 1991, pp. 74, 80-81, 83.
- ↑ Chris von Rohr: You want to rock dogs forever. My trip through the rock jungle. 1991, p. 80.
- ↑ Chris von Rohr: You want to rock dogs forever. My trip through the rock jungle. 1991, pp. 92, 100.
- ↑ Chris von Rohr: You want to rock dogs forever. My trip through the rock jungle. 1991, p. 105.
- ↑ info016240.wixsite.com/kaktus - History - 1969–74 . Retrieved April 20, 2019.
- ↑ Chris von Rohr: You want to rock dogs forever. My trip through the rock jungle. 1991, p. 111.
- ↑ a b krokusonline.seven49.net - Chronological - Krokus (First) . Last accessed on August 7, 2013.
- ^ Krokusonline.seven49.net - Chronological - To You All . Last accessed on August 7, 2013.
- ↑ Chris von Rohr: You want to rock dogs forever. My trip through the rock jungle. 1991, p. 125.
- ↑ Chris von Rohr: You want to rock dogs forever. My trip through the rock jungle. 1991, pp. 129, 131.
- ↑ a b c d e krokusonline.seven49.net - Chronological - Painkiller . Last accessed on August 7, 2013.
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- ↑ a b c krokusonline.seven49.net - Chronological - Hardware . Last accessed on August 7, 2013.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rohr, Chris von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rohr, Christoph von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss rock musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 24, 1951 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Solothurn |