Kärholz

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Kärholz
Kärholz at the Wacken Open Air 2017
Kärholz at the Wacken Open Air 2017
General information
origin GermanyGermany Germany
Genre (s) Rock / punk / indie
founding 2003
Website Official website
Founding members
Torben Höffgen
Adrian Kühn
Percussion (until 12/2008)
Christian Steffens
Stefan Wirths
Current occupation
singing
 Torben Höffgen
Electric guitar
 Adrian Kühn
Electric bass
 Stefan Wirths
Drums
 Henning Münch (since 01/2009)
former members
Drums
 Christian Steffens (2003-12/2008)
Adrian Kühn 2011 in Rostock
Adrian Kühn 2011 in Rostock
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
100 percent
  DE 91 04/01/2011 (1 week)
Restless
  DE 16 02/08/2013 (2 weeks)
karma
  DE 7th 02/13/2015 (5 weeks)
  AT 41 02/13/2015 (1 week)
  CH 51 02/08/2015 (1 week)
Life overdose
  DE 2 02/03/2017 (4 weeks)
  AT 25th 02/10/2017 (1 week)
  CH 42 02/05/2017 (1 week)
Game of Life - everything new
  DE 17th October 27, 2017 (1 week)
Heart & mind
  DE 3 03/15/2019 (4 weeks)
  AT 28 March 22, 2019 (1 week)
  CH 41 March 17, 2019 (1 week)
Heart & Mind - Live in Cologne
  DE 13 04/10/2019 (1 week)

Kärholz is a German rock group from Ruppichteroth . The band combines elements from rock, punk and indie as well as influences from rock 'n' roll . She only uses German lyrics in her songs.

history

In 2003 Torben Höffgen, Adrian Kühn, Stefan Wirths and Christian Steffens founded the band Kärbholz. The band as well as the fans call the music “full throttle rock'n'roll” (excerpt from the song “Vollgas Rock'n'Roll” “... are a full throttle rock'n'roll band, even if we are the world doesn't know ... ").

Karbholz left the path of playing songs from their musical influences, so that in spring 2006 the split CD "Heimvorteil" was released. The quartet was then offered a recording contract with the Magdeburg label " Asphalt Records ".

In April 2007 the debut album "Game of Life" was released . With the distribution of the debut, supraregional organizers also became aware of the group, and national appearances followed.

Lyrically things like friendship, love, hate or the like are discussed.

At the end of 2007, Kärbholz recorded the second long player "Zurück nach Vorn" , which was also released on Asphalt Records. The success of the album enabled the band to perform their first major concerts, such as B. on the " GOND " . In addition, the band decided at the end of 2008 to re-release the split EP "Heimvorteil" . This was released as an EP under the name "Vollgas Rock 'n' Roll" .

In mid-December 2008, drummer Christian left the band for professional and private reasons. He played his farewell concert at the traditional end-of-year concert by Krebsholz in Schönenberg . On January 5th, 2009 the new drummer Henning Münch was officially introduced, who had already given his first Kärholz concert in Schramberg on January 3rd .

In September 2009 the band completed a CD release tour with performances all over Germany. On this tour, the new album with the name "Mit Leib und Seele" was officially presented.

In 2010 Kärbholz again played concerts almost every week, including at the “GOND” , the “Ehrlich & Laut Festival” and at the traditional “Heimspiel” . In addition, from the end of October the band gave a small tour of Germany with eight concerts, on which the single "Du bist König" was presented. The album for the single "100%" also made it into the charts for the first time.

In 2012 he switched to the " Betontod -Label" Better Than Hell and in 2013 released the album Rastlos, which reached number 16 in the charts. The restless tour that followed was almost completely sold out. The band describes their appearance at the Wacken Open Air as a highlight .

On January 30, 2015, the eighth studio album Karma was released. With this, the band was able to achieve a chart placement in Switzerland and Austria for the first time. The album sold over 20,000 times. Karma Live was released on CD / DVD on October 9th .

The ninth studio album Überdosis Leben , released on January 27, 2017, reached number 2 in the German album charts in the first week.

Torben Höffgen 2011 in Rostock

Others

  • Once a year, the band organizes a fan weekend with the so-called "home game" on Saturday evening together with the Kajholz supporters as part of the Ruppichterother sports week . Every year there is a year-end concert, which traditionally takes place in Ruppichteroth and has been taking place on two days since 2011 due to increasing interest. The band has already held their own festival called Crossed Axes Festival twice
  • Kärholz are an integral part of many larger events such as the GOND and the Ehrlich & Laut Festival .
  • The band's official fan club is the Kärholz supporters. There are other fan clubs such as the K? Berholz fan community in Bonn.
  • Kärholz is part of the so-called “FEK9”, which organized the “German Rock Monster Tour” through Germany and South Tyrol in autumn 2008. In 2009 and 2010 there was no tour, but a large one-day festival with other bands. FEK9 stands for the bands Frei.Wild , Enkelz , Krebsholz and Rock Rotten's 9mm Assi Rock'n'Roll .
  • Kärholz played on the Alpen Flair in 2017.

Band members

  • Kärholz live at the Rockharz 2019

  • Singer Torben Höffgen

  • Guitarist Adrian Kühn

  • Bass player Stefan Wirths

  • Drummer Henning Münch

Discography

Albums

  • 2006: home advantage (-), split EP
  • 2007: Game of Life (Asphalt Records), debut album
  • 2008: Back Forward (Asphalt Records)
  • 2008: Full Throttle Rock'n'Roll (Asphalt Records); EP, new edition of the "home advantage"
  • 2009: With body and soul (Asphalt Records)
  • 2011: 100% (Asphalt Records)
  • 2013: Restless ( Better Than Hell )
  • 2015: Karma (Metalville)
  • 2015: Karma - Live
  • 2017: Life overdose
  • 2017: Game of Life - Everything New (Metalville); Re-recording of the album of the same name from 2007
  • 2019: Heart & Mind
  • 2019: Heart & Mind - Live in Cologne

Singles

  • 2010: You are King (Asphalt Records)
  • 2012: Fall & Fly ( Better Than Hell )
  • 2014: When there is music (Metalville)
  • 2015: Keen Wort mih (Metalville)
  • 2016: We were heroes
  • 2017: I can't change it
  • 2017: my way
  • 2018: encouragement
  • 2019: Nobody commands
  • 2019: Tabula Rasa

Web links

Commons : Känke  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chart sources: DE AT CH
  2. ↑ KÄRBHOLZ - The interview announcement - metal-heads.de. April 28, 2016. Retrieved July 24, 2016 .
  3. ↑ kaerbholz.de ( Memento of the original from February 23, 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. August 24, 2013. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kaerbholz.de
  4. ↑ kaerbholz.de ( Memento of the original from January 29, 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. August 24, 2013. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kaerbholz.de
  5. ↑ Karma - Impala Silver (20,000)
  6. ↑ Article on www.broeltal.de January 18, 2010.
  7. ↑ Announcement ( Memento of the original from December 20, 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. on alpen-flair.com @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.alpen-flair.com
  8. ↑ Kärholz - full throttle rock'n'roll | Life overdose - 01/27/2017. Retrieved on October 21, 2017 (German).
  9. ↑ Kärholz. Retrieved March 11, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Kärholz. Retrieved March 11, 2019 .
  11. ↑ Kärholz. Retrieved March 11, 2019 .
  12. ↑ Kärholz. Retrieved March 11, 2019 .