Rudolf Rock & the Shockers

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Rudolf Rock & the Shockers
General information
Genre (s) Rock , rockabilly
founding 1976
Current occupation
Bass , vocals
 Uli Salm
singing
 Susi Salm
Guitar , keyboard , vocals
 Volker Offelmann
Drums, vocals
 Johannes Bonnin
Saxophone , vocals
 Andreas Böther
Trumpet , singing
 Gunnar Kockjoy

Rudolf Rock & Die Schocker is a German rock band that has released a total of 17 albums and over 40 singles.

history

The band Rudolf Rock & Die Schocker was founded in 1975 by ex- Leinemann bassist Uli Salm (Rudolf Rock). In the following years the members of the band changed several times; the vast majority are musicians who were or are members of well-known music groups.

In 1981 they took part in the German preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest - "A Song for Dublin" - with the title Mein Transistorradio (music: Michael Cretu , text: Michael Kunze ) and thus achieved 9th place.

They had their greatest chart success so far in 1991 with the title Herzilein (A cover of the title of the Wildecker Herzbuben ), which after appearing in Jürgen von the Lippe's TV show Geld oder Liebe was able to place in the charts for 14 weeks and up to Ranked 12th.

In 2011 Hugo Egon Balder released the album "Ist das schön" with the band as an accompaniment.

Others

The band name is a corruption of the name of Rudolf Schock , who was very well known as a singer in the field of opera and light music at the time the band was founded.

Band members (selection)

1975 Alex Conti (Lake, Atlantis, Curly Curve , Hamburg Blues Band); Adrian Askew (Atlantis, Lucifer's Friend , Joe Cocker , Edison Lighthouse ), Bernd Gärtig ( Lake , Neil Landon Band), Erich Doll ( Truck Stop ), Eckart Hofmann ( The Faces , Truck Stop, Dirty Dogs), Peter Kirchberger (“Only You ”, Dirty Dogs), Neil Landon (“ Yesterday ”,“ Let's Twist ”, The Ivy League , The Flower Pot Men , Fat Matress ), Ulf Krüger (Leinemann, Dirty Dogs, Neil Landon 5),“ Panzer ”Lehmann ( Karthago ), Curvin Merchant ( Boney M. ), Rale Oberpichler ( Randy Pie , Paso Doble), Lonzo , Bernd Schulz (Faces, Rattles , Randy Pie), Dicky Tarrach (Rattles, Randy Pie, Moti Special), Ingeburg Thomsen (Randy Pie), Freya Wippich ( Udo Lindenberg ), Susu Eder ( Texas Lightning , Foxy), Micky Wolf (Düsenberg), Lutz Wollersen (Cool Cad & The Tailfins), Hugo Egon Balder ( Birth Control ), Bernhard Paul (Roncalli), Micha Götz (Berlin Blues Brothers), Chris Ehringer (Mardi Gras), Gustl Lütjens ( Nena , Shirley Bassey ), Toby Weber, Jan Zehrfeld ( Panzerballett ), Otto Stanileu (Spider Murph y Gang), Mickie Stickdorn (Lake, Elephant, Heinz Rudolf Kunze ), Eddie Fillip ( Inga Rumpf ), Björn Hofmann (Rockhouse, Dirty Dogs), Robbie Missler (sore muscles, Foxie B.), Günther Brackmann (B. Sharp, Boogie House), Mick Brady ( Johnny & the Hurricanes , Del Shannon , John Parr), Chris Thornton (Subway), Berry Sarluis (Leinemann, Karl Dall , Achim Reichel ).

Reviews

“... An incredibly lively and lively rock 'n' roll is played, with fabulous solo parts and wonderfully kitschy background choirs. If you're looking for a nice change from the current disco sound at a party, this LP has it. And not too close! "

- BRAVO , March 18, 1976

“... Hardly had the Hamburg band“ RUDOLF ROCK & DIE SCHOCKER ”in the BREMER“ MUSIKLADEN ”according to the motto“ The drummer beats the beat like great - for good old rock 'n' roll ”their performance was behind them The secretary's telephones are hot. Director MIKE LECKEBUSCH: We have never seen anything like it. "

- Hamburger Abendblatt , August 14, 1976

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
Herzilein
  DE 12 01/07/1991 (14 weeks)

LPs (selection)

  • 1976 One would have to be half-strong again
  • 1977 Like a tiger
  • 1978 Full bottle
  • 1978 Rock`n Roll Radio Revival Show
  • 1979 Old Rock`n Roller
  • 1980 Rockin` Kangoroo
  • 1991 Leather obligation
  • 1991 Sincerely (CD)
  • 2007 Live at Witzigmann-Roncalli Bajazzo
  • 2013 Live @ Harley Days Hamburg

Singles and EPs (selection)

  • 1976 Sexy Hexy / That's a party
  • 1976 Blue Jeans Inge / man should be half strong again
  • 1977 Like a tiger / motifs
  • 1978 Full bottle / teddy bear
  • 1979 Dieter / lonely
  • 1979 That was the Star Club / Dieter
  • 1980 You shouldn't cry anymore / Teddyboy
  • 1981 My transistor radio / He likes the Monroe
  • 1984 Say Laura I love her
  • 1984 masquerade
  • 1990 Herzilein / Rock Rudolf Rock
  • 1991 Heiner, the Weiner / Schockertwist
  • 2004 That's a party

Hugo Egon Balder with Rudolf Rock & Die Schocker

  • 2011 Is that nice

literature

  • Wolf-Reinhard Kemper: Cocaine in music: inventory and analysis from a criminological point of view . LIT Verlag Münster, 2001, ISBN 3-8258-5316-0
  • Frank Göhre: The Kiez Trilogy . Pendragon Verlag, 2011, ISBN 3-86532-284-0

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ GEMA online database - musical works. Retrieved April 24, 2014 .
  2. ↑ Media Control Archive. Retrieved December 14, 2016 .
  3. ↑ https://itunes.apple.com/de/album/ist-das-schon!-feat.-rudolf/id433618125
  4. ^ NDR 1 Lower Saxony: Hugo Egon Balder. Archived from the original on August 19, 2012 ; accessed on September 13, 2016 .
  5. ↑ The grandpa with the dirty tone , accessed January 9, 2015
  6. ↑ Frank Göhre: The Kiez Trilogy
  7. ↑ Wolf-Reinhard Kemper: Cocaine in music: inventory and analysis from a criminological point of view , p. 36
  8. ↑ Chart sources: DE