Tuxedo rock show

Smokings Rockshow was a German music group. It was founded in 1985 and dissolved in 1988.

Band history

In 1985 Burkhard Lasch founded the band as the successor to Petra Zieger and the Smokings . Lasch cast the band with:

• Michael Barakowski ( vocals ) from Perl
• Marion Sprawe (vocals) from itching
• Alexander Kirfe (vocals, saxophone , keyboard ) from the Smokings
• Michael Otter (vocals, guitar )
• Uwe Geisler ( bass guitar )
• Karsten Lipsius ( drums )

The band's artistic director was Henning Protzmann von Karat . After Lasch left the GDR in 1986, the band was called Michael Barakowski and friends from then on . Sprawe and Geisler left the band, but Uwe Karsten from Wir came .

Later the addition "and friends" was omitted, and the band only appeared as Michael Barakowski . At the same time, there were new successes.

Discography

Singles

• 1986: We are love ( Amiga )
• 1986: Rock´n´Roll Radio (Amiga)

literature

• Götz Hintze: Rock Lexicon of the GDR . Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-89602-303-9