Rockpalast night

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The Rockpalast Nacht was a six-hour concert event that took place from 1977 to 1986 in the Grugahalle in Essen . The rock nights were organized as part of the WDR production Rockpalast and broadcast in full by ARD via Eurovision without additional show elements throughout Europe. Some ARD radio stations also broadcast the concert sound synchronously in stereophony . A total of 17 rock nights took place in ten years. The concept came from Christian Wagner and Peter Rüchel , the moderators were Albrecht Metzger and Alan Bangs .

Usually three or four rock bands performed on Rockpalast night. It was characteristic that relatively unknown artists performed together with internationally known stars such as Peter Gabriel , The Police or The Who . Numerous unknown bands and musicians became known through the rock nights, including ZZ Top and Bryan Adams . Initially, the makers concentrated on classic rock and blues rock . The program was later opened to other styles and experiments were carried out, for example with the performances of the African King Sunny Adé or the salsa musician Rubén Blades . The plan to have Bruce Springsteen perform could not be realized.

The rock nights already achieved cult status at that time and are considered unique in German and European television history. The last Rockpalast night took place in March 1986, among others with the German rock band BAP .

Event chronology

  1. Rockpalast Night: July 23, 1977 with Rory Gallagher , Little Feat and Roger McGuinn's Thunderbyrd
  2. Rockpalast Night: 0March 4, 1978 with Mother's Finest , Dickey Betts and Great Southern and Spirit
  3. Rockpalast Night: September 15, 1978 with Paul Butterfield Band , Peter Gabriel and Alvin Lee's Ten Years Later
  4. Rockpalast Night: April 21, 1979 with J. Geils Band , Patti Smith Group and Johnny Winter
  5. Rockpalast Night: 0October 6, 1979 with Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes , Nils Lofgren and Mitch Ryder
  6. Rockpalast Night: April 19, 1980 with The Blues Band , Joan Armatrading , Ian Hunter feat. Mick Ronson and ZZ Top
  7. Rockpalast Night: October 18, 1980 with Graham Parker and the Rumor , The Police and Jack Bruce and Friends
  8. Rockpalast Night: March 28, 1981 with The Who and Grateful Dead
  9. Rockpalast Night: October 17, 1981 with The Undertones , Mink de Ville , Black Uhuru and Roger Chapman and the Shortlist
  10. Rockpalast Night: 0April 3, 1982 with Rick James , Van Morrison and The Kinks
  11. Rockpalast Night: October 16, 1982 with Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul , Gianna Nannini and Kid Creole & the Coconuts
  12. Rockpalast Night: April 17, 1983 with Kevin Rowland and Dexys Midnight Runners , Joe Jackson and King Sunny Adé and His African Beats
  13. Rockpalast Night: October 15, 1983 with Bryan Adams , Elvis Costello and the Attractions and Cheap Trick
  14. Rockpalast Night: October 13, 1984 with Huey Lewis & the News , Chalice , Level 42 and the John Cale Band
  15. Rockpalast Nacht: March 30, 1985 with Wolf Maahn und die Deserteure , Paul Young and the Royal Family , Al Jarreau and Prince (live from Syracuse , NY)
  16. Rockpalast Nacht: October 19, 1985 with The Armory Show , Squeeze , Rodgau Monotones and Rubén Blades y Seis Del Solar
  17. Rockpalast Night: March 15, 1986 with Big Country , Jackson Browne and BAP

Trivia

  • At the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967, The Who and the Grateful Dead played one after the other, like on the eighth Rockpalast Night 14 years later.

literature

  • The Rockpalast Book - The First Seven Years. Hamburg 1982.
  • Rock palace. Peter Rüchel's memories. With photos by Manfred Becker, Thomas von der Heiden and Rainer Leigraf. Edel, October 2009

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Albrecht Metzger: Rockpalast . Website from Albrecht Metzger . Retrieved January 18, 2014.
  2. ↑ 30 years of Rockpalast . WDR website , April 3, 2009. Accessed January 17, 2014.
  3. ↑ The Rock Nights 1977 to 1986 - Grugahalle, Essen . Rockpalast Archive website . Retrieved January 18, 2014.