Twelve drummers drumming

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Twelve drummers drumming
General information
origin Mönchengladbach , Germany
Genre (s) skirt
founding 1983 (as Volkswagen)
Website www.12dd.de
Founding members
Rudi Edgar
Kurt Schmidt
Ralf Aussem
Sibi Siebert
Colin Drummond
Current occupation
singing
 Rudi Edgar
Kurt Schmidt
Michael Witzel
Guitar, keyboard, harp , backing vocals
 Tom Morrison
Interim members
Drums
 Charlie Terstappen
Guitar, harp, harmonica , backing vocals
 Peter Brough
bass
 Raoul Walton
Drums
 Hermann Eugster

Twelve Drummers Drumming (12DD) is a German rock band . It was founded in Mönchengladbach in 1983 .

history

Foundation and publications

The first gigs ran under the band name "Volkswagen" before the group was renamed Twelve Drummers Drumming. The name comes from a line from the rhyme The Twelve Days of Christmas . After the release of the debut album "Twelve Drummers Drumming" in 1983, the album should be revised in the summer of 1984 for the English and American markets. The singer Rudi Edgar fell ill, after which the band took a two-year break.

Some members (Brough, Schmidt, Terstappen) had already played together at Wallenstein , a band that was also based in Mönchengladbach until it was dissolved in 1982.

The second album "Where the Wild Buffalo Roams" was produced by Gareth Jones and released in 1988. In 1990 the record "Loveless" followed.

The so far last album "Heroic Feet" was produced by Martin Rex in the Anderland Studios and released in 1995.

Split up

Ralf Aussem co-founded Sun in 1990 ; In 2002 he founded the band Dead Guitars together with ex-member Peter Brough and Carlo van Putten ( The Convent , White Rose Transmission (WRT)) , which was soon completed by member Kurt Schmidt and ex-member Hermann Eugster for live performances. (Brough had already played with Schmidt at Wallenstein 1978–1982 . On the 2011 EP by WRT Mesmerized , EX member Peter Körfer played the bass and Eugster the drums; both were not mentioned on the EP (uncredited).)

When the Dead Guitars took a break in 2018; the four founded The Wide with Brough as singer:

"Carlo wanted a break and we were eager for a sequel .. [..] .. Over the years we have written a lot of songs that didn't seem particularly suitable for the 'Deadies' repertoire"

- Peter Brough 2018

Discography (albums)

  • 1983: Twelve Drummers Drumming ( Vertigo Records )
  • 1988: Where The Wild Buffalo Roams ( Phonogram )
  • 1990: Loveless ( Mercury Records )
  • 1992: Heaven & Hell (compilation, Mercury Records)
  • 1995: Heroic Feet (Tin Can Discs)
  • 2001: Have You Heard It? (Compilation, Mercury Records)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ about | Twelve Drummers Drumming . Retrieved March 11, 2013
  2. ↑ Horst Pawlik: "Dead Guitars" is dead - long live "The Wide". In: Rheinische Post . June 19, 2018, accessed July 30, 2020 .