Zepp Oberpichler

Frank Oberpichler

Frank "Zepp" Oberpichler (born January 25, 1967 in Duisburg ) is a German musician and author.

Life

In 1983 Oberpichler founded the band Ten Beers After, which performed cover versions of some songs by bands from the 1960s and 1970s such as Golden Earring, Jimi Hendrix, Rolling Stones and Dr. Feelgood occurred. The band developed into a pub and school party band in Duisburg and the surrounding area over the next five years. In 1988 the band broke up and Oberpichler formed the band Jimmy Keith & his Shocky Horrors with Tom Tonk. Many of his own songs, recordings and tours followed, including with the Jeff Dahl Group, Herman Brood and the Lazy Cowgirls. His next band, Zepp Strange, existed until 1999. The Schlaffke & Zepp duo was founded with the singer "Schlaffke", which made two CD releases and which emerged from 2000 with the drummer Buddy Die Kinskis . In 2006 the CD “Please Follow!” Was released. In 2001, The Who cover band Substitute was created as a party gag and lasted until 2004. Oberpichler repeatedly traveled to the USA to record and tour records with punk musicians such as Jeff Dahl , the Golden Arms and Freddy Lynxx. In 2004 Oberpichler founded the country cover band Freeway Cash with "Fisch" from the local heroes. In 2006 Oberpichler put together a number of his own compositions with German texts. In 2008 the first CD was released under the band name Oberpichler with the title January . In 2012 the CD Kleine Kreise followed , in 2015 the solo album Thank you, recorded with and by Peter Finger .

During his school days, Oberpichler wrote for various school newspapers and fanzines . From the early 1980s he wrote texts, songs and poems. In the mid-1980s he won the Duisburg Young Talent Prize for poetry. From 1988 to 1993 he studied German, sociology and pedagogy with a master's degree.

Oberpichler writes regularly for various punk fanzines such as Hullaballoo, 3rd Generation Nation and Plastic Bomb , where he has been responsible for his own column on music and literature since 1999, as well as for the online culture portal www.triggerfish.de. The first novel "The Stones are ourselves" (2002) is a collaboration with Tom Tonk. In 2009 the rock and roll novel Guitars Blood was published . In 2012 the book Heartzland was published in collaboration with the photographer Jürgen Kassel. In 2015 the book Grubenkind was published in collaboration with the photographer Jürgen Post. In 2016, the Ruhr area wild west novel Galgenvögel lie deeper appeared . In 2017 the rock and roll novel Chuck Berry over Bissingheim was published .

Discography

Zepp Oberpichler

• 2009: Guitars Blood - 4 songs on CD as a supplement to the novel of the same name (Oh! Records)
• 2009: January - CD (Oh! Records)
• 2011: PCB on songwriter massacre 1 - CD
• 2012: Kleine Kreise - CD (Oh! Records / Fuego)
• 2013: Everyone who has a heart on Songwriter Massacre 2 - CD
• 2015: Thank you - CD (Fuego)
• 2019: Chuck Berry over Bissingheim - Audiobook - DCD (Henselowsky Boschmann)
• 2019: A Tribute to The Multicolored Shades - CD (SIREENA)

Front runner

• 2015: The Ballad of the Heavy Metal Kid - + two more on CD supplement to the book Kohlenkönige und Emscherkinder - The big book of the Ruhr area ballads (Henselowsky Boschmann)

Freeway Cash

• 2008: Shine - on Retro Connection 2 (Zentral - Records)
• 2016: Well, Well, Well! (Oh - Records)

Jimmy Keith & his Shocky Horrors

• 1989: Race with teenage Rock'n'Roll - 5-song vinyl EP (self-distributed)
• 1990: Great Teenage Swindle - LP ( Teenage Rebel Records )
• 1991: Get well soon - 7 "(self-distribution)
• 1992: Fun - LP (nightmare records)
• 1993: Tender drug voices - 3-song EP (incognito records)
• 1994: Sonic Surf Party - CD (impact records)
• 1995: I love girls - 7 "USA only (Ultra under records)
• 1995: Hooker or King - 7 "Japan only (barn homes)
• 1995: Hey Rock'n'Roll (TUG Records, TIS)
• 1997: Coma Beach - CD (TUG Records, TIS)
• 1998: Coma Beach - LP (Oi the Boys Records)
• 2004: Old, Loud & Snotty - CD (Plastic Bomb Records, Cargo)

The Kinskis

• 2006: Please Follow - CD (Sunny Bastards, Broken Silence)

Schlaffke & Zepp

• 1995: Elegance has a name - 8-song CD (impact records)
• 1998: Hitschnitte - CD (TUG Records, TIS)

Zepp Strange

• 1999: bleedin ' - 5-song CD (self-distribution)

Jeff Dahl Group

• 1994: Leather Frankenstein - CD ( Triple X Records )
• 1994: Helium Brats - 7 "(Jukkim Records)
• 1994: Tragedy - 7 "(Finland)

Others

• 1998: Golden Arms (Japan) Lipstick Killers - CD (Golden Arm Records)
• 2001: Mars Moles (Croatia) Punk Aquarium - CD (nice guy records)

Books

• We are the Stones ourselves , with Tom Tonk, Henselowsky Boschmann Verlag , 2002, ISBN 3-922750-45-1
• Guitar blood , Henselowsky Boschmann Verlag , 2009, ISBN 3-922750-93-1
• Heartzland , with Jürgen Kassel, Henselowsky Boschmann Verlag , 2012, ISBN 978-3-942094-25-2
• Grubenkind , with Jürgen Post, Henselowsky Boschmann Verlag , 2015, ISBN 978-3-942094-53-5
• Gallows birds lie deeper - A Ruhr area Wild West novel , Henselowsky Boschmann Verlag , 2016, ISBN 978-3-942094-64-1
• Chuck Berry over Bissingheim - The true story of rock and roll, Henselowsky Boschmann Verlag , 2017, ISBN 978-3-942094-72-6

more publishments

• 33 1/3 years LSD in Duisburg , in Von Menschen und Orte , Ed. Monika Buschey , Henselowsky Boschmann, Bottrop 2010, ISBN 978-3-942094-10-8 .
• You ain`t nothing but a Hounddog , in Dem Mensch sein best buddy , ed. Julia Wilmsmann, Henselowsky Boschmann, Bottrop 2012, ISBN 978-3-942094-27-6 .
• Schlemmerparadies , in Stautröster Ruhr , Ed. Michael Hüter, Henselowsky Boschmann, 2015, ISBN 978-3-942094-47-4 .
• Nature , in STREIF - Duisburg, a city and its stories , Ed. Stacey Blatt et al., 2015
• The ballad of the Heavy Metal Kid , in Kohlenkönige and Emscherkinder. The big book of the Ruhrgebietsballeden , edited by Werner von Welheim & Michael Hüter, Henselowsky Boschmann, Bottrop 2015, ISBN 978-3-942094-54-2 .
• Ruhrpottkind , in It is a custom from time immemorial: Dat Ruhrgebiet, dat hat et hard , Ed. Joppa Hölzken, Henselowsky Boschmann, Bottrop 2017, ISBN 978-3-942094-77-1 .
• Already at work in the Ruhr area - what your children love about you and what not. Henselowsky Boschmann Verlag , Bottrop 2018, ISBN 978-3-942094-80-1
• The Moritat vom Deo-Zeh in Duisburger Jahrbuch 2019 Mercator Verlag , Duisburg 2018, ISBN 978-3-946895-22-0
• The windmill man in role models book Henselowsky Boschmann Verlag , Bottrop 2019, ISBN 978-3-942094-95-5
• Regional and local health fairs as a component of public relations work in marketing in the health care system Springer Gabler , Wiesbaden 2019, ISBN 978-3-658-20278-1
• I am the rose, the rose, the Roselyn in Duisburger Jahrbuch 2020 Mercator Verlag , Duisburg 2019, ISBN 978-3-946895-27-5

Prizes and awards

• 1987: Duisburg Young Talent Prize for Poetry
• 1995: WDR song award for the song bathtub singer (Schlaffke & Zepp)
• 2014: Book of the year for HEARTZLAND, literature portal Musenblätter

Web links

• www.oberpichler.de
• PR agency
• Zepp Oberpichler at Discogs (English)
• Zepp Oberpichler at Allmusic (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ www.oberpichler.de ( Memento of the original from September 14, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed October 21, 2012 
2. ↑ www.literaria-ligg.de , accessed on October 21, 2012
3. ↑ www.derwesten.de , accessed on October 21, 2012