Hoodoo (album)

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Hoodoo
Studio album by Krokus

Publication
(s)

February 26, 2010

Label (s) Sony Music

Format (s)

CD

Genre (s)

Hard rock

Title (number)

11

running time

42 min 52 s

production

Chris von Rohr

Studio (s)

House of Audio, Winterbach ( Germany )

Pink Bild + Ton, Zuchwil ( Switzerland )

Henson Studios, Los Angeles ( USA )

chronology
Hellraiser
(2006)
Hoodoo Dirty Dynamite
(2010)
Single releases
2010 Hoodoo woman
2010 Too hot

Hoodoo is the sixteenth studio album by the Swiss hard rock band Krokus . It contains the singles "Hoodoo Woman" and "Too Hot".

background

The studio album Hoodoo marked another significant turning point in the eventful history of the Krokus band . After the successful album Hellraiser and the following, most extensive European tour since the formation of the formation, an artistic break was announced on the official website in February 2008, before the return of the original formation was proclaimed in April of the same year. In terms of staff, this again meant a radical line-up change, because apart from Marc Storace , four out of five musicians in the Hellraiser line-up had to vacate their seats. From now on Fernando von Arb was to be found on the lead guitar instead of Mandy Meyer , Mark Kohler took over the rhythm guitar for Dominique Favez, Chris von Rohr returned to bass for Tony Castell after a long time and Freddy Steady replaced Stefan Schwarzmann behind the drums. In 2008, Krokus consisted of the same line-up as in the days of One Vice at a Time 26 years earlier. This formation completed its baptism of fire on August 2, 2008 at a much-acclaimed concert in the Stade de Suisse in Bern in front of 10,000 fans, before they contributed the official anthem to the 2009 Ice Hockey World Championship in Switzerland with “Live for the Action”. That song is still not on any official Krokus release, but on the sampler Rhythm of Ice Hockey: The Official Soundtrack of the 2009 IHHF World Championship . At the beginning of 2010, the eagerly awaited album Hoodoo , again mainly composed in the House of Audio in Winterbach and produced by Chris von Rohr, was released, which delighted fans and the music press alike with its straightforward, riff-oriented and freshly performed hard rock. With the singles “Hoodoo Woman” - number 19 in the Swiss single charts - and “Too Hot”, for which a video was made, as well as the Steppenwolf cover “ Born to Be Wild ”, the album reached the second time after Rock the Block No. 1 in the band's history in the album charts in Switzerland and finally also platinum status in the Alpine republic. In addition, the band was able to look forward to number 33 in the German and number 6 in the Greek charts. After the album was released, several festival appearances followed in Europe. a. at the Bang Your Head Festival in Balingen, at the Benátská Noc Festival in Malá Skála and at the Schupfart Festival in Schupfart . They also played again at the Stade de Suisse in Bern, this time as the opening act for AC / DC in front of 42,000 fans, before ending the year in December with a short Christmas concert series with The Sweet and Uriah Heep in the opening act . But as befits Krokus, the formation did not stay together: drummer Freddy Steady resigned in 2011. Since then, however, the instrument has not been occupied by a full band member. For the recording of the successor Dirty Dynamite , the Greek guest musician Kosta Zafiriou was entrusted with the recording of the drum tracks. In addition, the return of guitarist Mandy Meyer was announced at the end of 2012, which is why Krokus' line-up consisted of three guitarists but no drummer for the first time in the band's history. In addition to a standard edition, Hoodoo was also released as a limited edition including the bonus DVD Raw Sounds and Straight Talk with excerpts and interviews about the performance at the Stade de Suisse in Bern. In addition, the limited edition was published one year after it was first published in a special edition limited to 500 copies, including a crocus belt buckle made of high-quality tin alloy. The version of Hoodoo available for download in the iTunes Store contains the sampler contribution "Live for the Action" as a bonus track.

Track list

  1. Drive It in (3:32) (Fernando von Arb / Chris von Rohr / Marc Storace )
  2. Hoodoo Woman (3:36) (by Arb / von Rohr / Storace / Hanno Pinter / Alex Zoppel)
  3. Born to Be Wild (3:32) ( Mars Bonfire )
  4. Rock 'n' Roll handshake (3:50) (from Arb / von Rohr / Storace)
  5. Ride into the Sun (3:52) (by Arb / von Rohr / Storace / Mark Kohler)
  6. Too Hot (3:43) (from Arb / von Rohr / Storace)
  7. In My Blood (3:30) (by Arb / von Rohr / Storace)
  8. Dirty Street (4:24) (from Arb / von Rohr / Storace)
  9. Keep Me Rolling (4:10) (from Arb / von Rohr / Storace)
  10. Shot of Love (3:30) (by Arb / von Rohr / Storace)
  11. Firestar (3:43) (from Arb / von Rohr / Storace)

ITunes Edition bonus track

  1. Live for the Action (3:31) (from Arb / von Rohr)

Cover version

"Born to Be Wild" is a Steppenwolf cover version. The song was originally released on the 1968 album Steppenwolf .

useful information

  • "Dirty Street" is a new recording of the song "Bourbon Street", which was only released on the 12 "version of the single" Wild Love ".
  • "Hoodoo Woman" was used for the soundtrack of the 2010 film Saw 3D - Perfection .

occupation

Singing : Marc Storace
Lead guitar : Fernando from Arb
Rhythm guitar : Mark Kohler
Bass : Chris von Rohr
Drums : Freddy Steady

Guest musician

Singing: Mark Fox
Drums: Kenny Aronoff

Individual evidence

  1. literra.info - Crocus - Hoodoo . Retrieved March 10, 2013.
  2. a b c d krokusonline.seven49.net - From the Beginning: The History of a Swiss Rock Giant . Last accessed on March 10, 2013.
  3. krokusonline.seven49.net - News - New Hoodoo CD Released . Retrieved May 26, 2013.
  4. a b hitparade.ch - Krokus - Hoodoo . Last accessed on May 26, 2013.
  5. a b krokusonline.seven49.net - tour . Last accessed on May 26, 2013.
  6. hardrockhideout.com - Freddy Steady Leaves Crocus . Retrieved March 10, 2013.
  7. myplaydirect.com - Hoodoo - Special Edition ( Memento of the original from December 1, 2015 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. . Retrieved March 10, 2013.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / de.myplaydirect.com
  8. itunes.apple.com - Crocus - Hoodoo . Retrieved May 17, 2013.
  9. hitparade.ch - Krokus - Live for the Action . Retrieved May 15, 2013.
  10. sawhouse.net - Saw 3D - Official Soundtrack + Score ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 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. . Retrieved March 10, 2013. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.sawhouse.net

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