The Hooters

The Hooters
The Hooters live in Hamm, 2007
General information
Genre (s)	skirt
founding	1980, 2001
resolution	1995
Website	www.hootersmusic.com
Founding members
Vocals , guitar , mandolin , saxophone , flute	Eric Bazilian
Vocals, Hammond organ , accordion , keyboard , melodica	Rob Hyman
Drums , percussion	David Uosikkinen
guitar	John Kuzma (until 1983)
bass	Bobby Woods (until 1983)
Current occupation
Vocals, guitar, mandolin, saxophone, flute	Eric Bazilian
Vocals, Hammond organ, accordion, keyboard, melodica	Rob Hyman
Drums, percussion	David Uosikkinen
Guitar, mandolin, vocals	John Lilley (since 1983)
Bass, vocals	Fran Smith, Jr. (since 1988)
former members
Bass, vocals	Rob Miller (1983-1984)
Bass, vocals	Andy King (1984-1987)
Violin , harmonica , guitar , vocals	Mindy Jostyn (†) (1992-1993)

The Hooters at the ZMF 2018 in Freiburg

The Hooters are an American rock band from Philadelphia , Pennsylvania formed in 1980. The band achieved international fame through their appearance at the Live Aid Festival on July 13, 1985 in Philadelphia. With songs like All You Zombies , Johnny B and Satellite , she achieved some chart positions. The band members Eric Bazilian and Rob Hyman are also active as songwriters , producers and musicians for other artists.

history

The beginnings (1980–1984)

Eric Bazilian and Rob Hyman, who met at the University of Pennsylvania , had played with the studio musician, producer and songwriter Rick Chertoff and with the singer David Kagan in the band Baby Grand in the 1970s and released two LPs on Arista Records . Drummer David Uosikkinen, guitarist John Vincent Kuzma (* 1951 - July 1, 2011) and bassist Bobby Woods (* 1951 - December 8, 2010) were active in Levittown, Pennsylvania under the name Hot Property and belonged together with Bazilian and Hyman 1980 to the founding members of The Hooters (German: Hupe, Sirene). They named themselves after her trademark, the Hohner - Melodica .

The Hooters played their first concert on July 4, 1980 at Mattie's Place Club in Levittown and subsequently appeared mainly in the Philadelphia club scene. With a mixture of folk rock and rock as well as influences from reggae and ska , the band was able to record local successes in their early days. Her repertoire also included covers by Peter Tosh , Bob Marley and The Yardbirds . On September 25, 1982, they opened for The Clash , Santana and The Who at Philadelphia's John F. Kennedy Stadium.

Shortly thereafter, the band were invited as Bazilian and Hyman, separated on debut as Unusual She's from Cyndi Lauper to participate. Hyman co-wrote the number one hit Time After Time . Lauper later thanked them by singing the female part on the 1993 single Boys Will Be Boys .

When The Hooters reunited in 1983, Kuzma and Woods were no longer there. They were replaced by John Lilley and Rob Miller, who had previously played with Robert Hazard in his band Heroes. That same year, The Hooters released their first independent album, Amore , which sold more than 100,000 copies. This album already contained titles like All You Zombies , Hanging on a Heartbeat and Fightin 'on the Same Side , which reappeared in further versions on the following albums.

In 1984 The Hooters signed a record deal with the major label Columbia Records .

Conversion to mainstream (1985–1989)

With Nervous Night (1985), The Hooters sold 2,000,000 copies in the US alone and thus achieved double platinum status here . The album included hits like Day by Day (USA # 18), And We Danced (USA # 21) and Where Do the Children Go (USA # 38). The Rolling Stone magazine gave them the title of "Best New Band of the Year". In the same year they opened the Live Aid concert in Philadelphia and toured Australia with great success . On November 22, 1986, The Hooters won two awards at the 8th Billboard Annual Video Music Conference: “Best Concert Performance” for the title Where Do the Children Go and “Best Longform Program” for the Nervous Night Home video.

In 1987 The Hooters celebrated their first commercial success in Europe. Johnny B reached number seven in Germany , and after the successor single Satellite from the album One Way Home was frequently played on English radio, it made it to number 22 in the British charts. Their last release for Columbia Records was in 1989: Zig Zag , an album with politically oriented themes, on which Peter, Paul and Mary can be heard as background singers in the 1960s remake 500 Miles .

International success (1990–1995)

By the early 1990s, The Hooters' success in the United States slowly began to crumble as its popularity increased in Europe. On July 21, 1990, the band performed at Roger Waters' The Wall concert in Berlin . From 1992 to 1993 The Hooters were reinforced on the violin and vocals by Mindy Jostyn (1956-2005). However, she soon left the band to work with other artists or on solo albums.

In 1993 they released their album Out of Body for MCA Records . The album was not a great commercial success in the USA, but in Europe, especially in Germany and Sweden . The third single from this album, Private Emotion , which was later covered by Ricky Martin , was also released in German (single Heimliche Sehnsucht ), the German text was created in collaboration with Heinz Rudolf Kunze .

The Hooters Live , recorded on two evenings in December 1993 in Bonn and Osnabrück, was released in Europe and Asia in 1994, but no longer in the United States.

Towards the end of 1995 they separated in order to realize a variety of solo projects - also outside of music. Particularly noteworthy is the collaboration with Joan Osborne ( One of Us ) and Robbie Williams ( Old Before I Die ). One of Us is now being played live by the Hooters themselves, with a German-language version also part of the repertoire, which was created with the help of the Erdmöbel group from Cologne.

Reunification (2001-today)

In November 2001 the band played at the anniversary concert for the famous Philadelphia DJ Pierre Robert, who was the first to play the Hooters on the radio in the early 1980s. In 2003 The Hooters toured 17 cities in Germany with great acclaim. Spurred on by this tour, they came back in the following two years and also toured Switzerland and Sweden . On May 11, 2004, The Hooters received the Philadelphia Music Awards ' Lifetime Achievement Award .

In 2007 they released a new studio album called Time Stand Still . In addition to the usual folk rock sound, it also features a cover version of the Don Henley classic Boys of Summer . The subsequent tour then took her through Germany, Sweden, the Netherlands and Switzerland. In May, June and July 2008 further concerts took place in Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and above all in Germany, including the 10th Schlossgrabenfest in Darmstadt .

Since the end of November 2008 the double live album Both Sides Live has been available in the store on the band's website. The first CD was recorded at two concerts in November 2007 at Philadelphia's Electric Factory. The second CD includes acoustic versions of twelve Hooters songs that the band recorded on February 28, 2008 and March 1, 2008 in front of a small audience at Rob Hyman's Elmstreet Studios. They were accompanied on the violin by guest musician Ann-Marie Calhoun. On April 24th, 2009 the album was released by Neo / Sony in Europe and promoted in summer 2009 on a tour of Germany.

On July 9, 2010, the EP Five by Five came out with five new songs. Including the piece Pissing in the Rhine , which is sung entirely in German except for the title line. Membrane / Sony Music released a 4-CD box on October 29, 2010 under the name The 30th Anniversary Fan Collection , which contained the band's releases from 2007 to 2010. Between 2010 and 2017, further European tours followed annually with performances in Germany, Switzerland and Norway.

In 2019, Bazilian and Hyman appeared as Eric Bazilian & Rob Hyman of The Hooters as guest stars in the Night of the Proms concert series .

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
		DE	CH	UK	US
1985	Nervous night	DE41 (12 weeks) DE	-	-	US12 × 2 Double platinum (74 weeks)US
1987	One way home	DE17 (22 weeks) DE	CH14 (7 weeks) CH	-	US27 gold (26 weeks)US
1989	Zig Zag	-	-	-	US115 (16 weeks) US
1993	Out of body	DE59 (10 weeks) DE	CH33 (3 weeks) CH	-	-
1994	live	DE40 (9 weeks) DE	CH46 (3 weeks) CH	-	-

More albums

• 1983: Amore
• 1988: Hooter Mania (mini-album with 5 tracks)
• 2007: Time Stand Still
• 2008: Both Sides Live (2 CDs)
• 2010: Five by Five
• 2017: Give the Music Back (Live, 2 CDs)

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
		DE	CH	UK	US
1993	Greatest hits	DE21st gold (48 weeks)DE	-	-	-
1994	Greatest Hits II	DE47 (9 weeks) DE	CH35 (6 weeks) CH	-	-

More compilations

• 1995: Definitive Collection
• 1995: We Came to Play
• 1996: Hooterization: A Retrospective
• 1997: Johnny B.
• 1997: All You Zombies
• 1998: Simply the Best
• 2000: The Best of the Hooters
• 2001: great hits
• 2003: 500 miles
• 2010: The 30th Anniversary Fan Collection (box with 4 CDs)
• 2010: 30 Years: More Than 500 Miles ...
• 2010: 500 Miles Best of the Hooters

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
		DE	CH	UK	US
1985	All You Zombies Nervous Night	DE17 (14 weeks) DE	-	-	US58 (11 weeks) US
	And We Danced Nervous Night	DE72 (4 weeks) DE	-	-	US21 (20 weeks) US
	Day By Day Nervous Night	-	-	-	US18 (18 weeks) US
1986	Where Do The Children Go Nervous Night	-	-	-	US38 (12 weeks) US
1987	Johnny B One Way Home	DE7 (14 weeks) DE	-	-	US61 (11 weeks) US
	Satellite One Way Home	DE34 (12 weeks) DE	-	UK22 (9 weeks) UK	US61 (8 weeks) US
1989	500 miles zig zag	-	-	-	US97 (5 weeks) US
1993	Twenty Five Hours A Day Out Of Body	DE74 (8 weeks) DE	-	-	-
	Boys Will Be Boys Out Of Body	DE53 (10 weeks) DE	-	-	-

More singles

• 1981: Fightin 'on the Same Side
• 1982: All You Zombies (Live)
• 1983: Amore
• 1984: Hanging on a Heartbeat
• 1987: Karla with a K
• 1987: Engine 999
• 1989: Brother, Don't You Walk Away
• 1990: Don't Knock It 'til You Try It
• 1990: Heaven Laughs
• 1990: Give the Music Back
• 1990: Silent Night
• 1993: Private Emotion
• 1994: Secret longing
• 2008: Time Stand Still
• 2010: Five by Five (EP)

Video albums

• 1986: Nervous Night
• 2003: The Ultimate Clip Collection

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1. ↑ John Kuzma: 1951-2011 ( Memento of April 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), (English)
2. ↑ Robert Woods, original bass player for The Hooters, dies at 59 , accessed September 29, 2013
3. ↑ Hooters drummer looks back at band's Bucks County roots ( Memento from June 19, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), (English)
4. ^ Philadelphiaweekly.com
5. ↑ home.comcast.net
6. ↑ neo-entertainment.de
7. ↑ The Hooters - 30th Anniversary Box
8. ↑ These are the Stars 2019 - Notp.com -. PSE Promotion of Special Events GmbH, accessed on December 24, 2019 . 
9. ↑ ^{a b c} Chart sources: Singles Albums Billboard 200
10. ↑ ^{a b} gold / platinum databases: DE US

Awards for music sales

Golden record

•  Canada
  • 1985: for the album Nervous Night
•  Norway
  • 2000: for the album The Best of the Hooters

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Germany (BVMI)	gold1	-	250,000	musikindustrie.de
Canada (MC)	gold1	-	50,000	musiccanada.com
Norway (IFPI)	gold1	-	20,000	ifpi.no ( Memento from November 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
United States (RIAA)	gold1	2 × platinum2	2,000,000	riaa.com
All in all	4 × gold4th	2 × platinum2

Web links

• Official website
• The Hooters at Allmusic (English)
• The Hooters at Discogs (English)
• The Hooters at laut.de