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Killer (Swiss Band)
Killer is a Swiss heavy metal group founded in 1979 by guitarist Edgar "Crown" Kocher after a 3-year stint with the band Kaktus. Kocher's trademark is wearing striped prison garb on stage. Between 1981 and 1986, Killer released 4 studio albums but always remained in the shadows of their more successful Solothurn contemporaries Krokus. After the release of their 1986 album, ''Young Blood'', the band disbanded. Kocher re-activated the group for the first time in 2002 and has continued with Killer off and on ever since despite health problems and frequent line-up changes. On May 25, 2019, Killer released ''Screamgunn'', their first new album in 33 years. Biography The original Killer line-up consisted of Kocher, co-guitarist Many Maurer, vocalist Mark Broman (ex-Kaktus), bassist Beat Kofmehl, and drummer Ali Allemann which debuted in 1981 with the "Crazy Daisy" 7", co-produced by Krokus bassist Chris von Rohr and Martin Pearson. The same configuration also recorded the band's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Solothurn
Solothurn ( , ; french: Soleure ; it, Soletta ; rm, ) is a List of towns in Switzerland, town, a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality, and the Capital (political), capital of the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. It is located in the north-west of Switzerland on the banks of the Aare and on the foot of the Weissenstein Jura mountains. The town is the only municipalities of Switzerland, municipality of the Solothurn (district), district of the same name. The town got its name from Salodurum, a Roman-era settlement. From 1530 to 1792 it was the seat of the France, French ambassador (diplomacy), ambassador to Switzerland. The pedestrian-only old town was built between 1530 and 1792 and shows an impressive array of Baroque architecture, combining Italian Grandezza, French style, and Swiss ideas. The town has eighteen structures listed as heritage sites. The official language of Solothurn is (the Swiss variety of Standard) Swiss Standard German, German, but the main spoken ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trimbach, Switzerland
Trimbach is a municipality in the district of Gösgen in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. History Trimbach is first mentioned in 1244 as ''Trinbach''. Geography Trimbach has an area, , of . Of this area, or 23.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 52.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 23.8% is settled (buildings or roads), or 1.0% is either rivers or lakes.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 2.1% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 11.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 7.7%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 1.3%. Out of the forested land, 50.9% of the total land area is hea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Compilation Album
A compilation album comprises Album#Tracks, tracks, which may be previously released or unreleased, usually from several separate recordings by either one or several Performing arts#Performers, performers. If by one artist, then generally the tracks were not originally intended for release together as a single work, but may be collected together as a greatest hits album or box set. If from several performers, there may be a theme, topic, time period, or genre which links the tracks, or they may have been intended for release as a single work—such as a tribute album. When the tracks are by the same recording artist, the album may be referred to as a retrospective album or an anthology. Content and scope Songs included on a compilation album may be previously released or unreleased, usually from several separate recordings by either one or several performers. If by one artist, then generally the tracks were not originally intended for release together as a single work, but may ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Studio Album
An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th century as individual Phonograph record#78 rpm disc developments, 78 rpm records collected in a bound book resembling a photograph album; this format evolved after 1948 into single vinyl LP record, long-playing (LP) records played at revolutions per minute, rpm. The album was the dominant form of recorded music expression and consumption from the mid-1960s to the early 21st century, a period known as the album era. Vinyl LPs are still issued, though album sales in the 21st-century have mostly focused on CD and MP3 formats. The 8-track tape was the first tape format widely used alongside vinyl from 1965 until being phased out by 1983 and was gradually supplanted by the cassette tape during the 1970s and early 1980s; the populari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Discography
Discography is the study and cataloging of published sound recordings, often by specified artists or within identified music genres. The exact information included varies depending on the type and scope of the discography, but a discography entry for a specific recording will often list such details as the names of the artists involved, the time and place of the recording, the title of the piece performed, release dates, chart positions, and sales figures.Roy Shuker. Popular Music: The Key Concepts'. Routledge, 2005. 80. A discography can also refer to the recordings catalogue of an individual artist, group, or orchestra. This is distinct from a sessionography, which is a catalogue of recording sessions, rather than a catalogue of the records, in whatever medium, that are made from those recordings. The two are sometimes confused, especially in jazz, as specific release dates for jazz records are often difficult to ascertain, and session dates are substituted as a means of organiz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biberist
Biberist is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Wasseramt (district), Wasseramt in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Solothurn (canton), Solothurn in Switzerland. History Biberist is first mentioned in 762 as ''Biberussa''. In 1300 Ober- and Unterbiberist were mentioned as ''ze beiden Biberschon''. During the Helvetic Republic it was the capital of the Biberist district. Geography Biberist has an area, , of . Of this area, or 36.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 34.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 26.4% is settled (buildings or roads), or 2.2% is either rivers or lakes.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, industrial bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gotthard (album)
''Gotthard'' is the first studio album by the hard rock band Gotthard. It was released in 1992. The album peaked at #5 on the Swiss charts, and was certified as Platinum for exceeding 30,000 sales. The album art appears to be based on the Shroud of Turin. The original version of "Get Down" first appeared on Chris von Rohr's 1987 solo album, ''Hammer & Tongue'', re-issued in 1993 as ''The Good, The Bad and The Dog''. Track listing All songs written by Steve Lee/Leo Leoni except where noted. # "Standing In the Light" – 3:54 # "Downtown" – 3:06 # "Firedance" – 6:12 (Steve Lee/Leo Leoni/Chris von Rohr) # "Hush" – 4:04 (Joe South) # "Mean Street Rocket" – 3:53 (Steve Lee/Leo Leoni/Chris von Rohr) # "Get Down" – 3:22 (Chris von Rohr/Many Maurer) # "Take Me" – 3:43 # "Angel" – 5:31 # "Lonely Heartache" – 3:45 # "Hunter" – 4:15 # "All I Care For" – 3:10 # ""That's It"" (Instrumental) – 1:16 (Leo Leoni/Hena Habegger) Personnel * Steve Lee – vocals, *Leo Leoni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Round 13
''Round 13'' is the thirteenth studio album by the Swiss hard rock band Krokus, and the only album to feature Welsh vocalist Carl Sentance, formerly of Persian Risk and the Geezer Butler Band. It includes a cover of "Heya" by J. J. Light (a.k.a. Jim Stallings from Sir Douglas Quintet). The album was mixed by Tony Platt. Track listing All songs by Fernando von Arb, except where indicated. #"Heya" (Bob Markley, Jim Stallings) - 4:16 #"Money Back" (von Arb, Many Maurer) - 4:31 #"Break Free" - 3:52 #"Guitar Rules" - 2:58 #"Blood Comes Easy" - 4:51 #"Suck My Guitar" - 3:55 #"Gipsy Love" - 4:44 #"Whitchhunt" - 3:59 #"Backstabber" - 4:16 #"Wild Times" - 3:17 Personnel ;Band members * Carl Sentance - vocals *Fernando von Arb - guitars, bass, piano, backing vocals, producer *Chris Lauper - guitars *Many Maurer - bass, guitars, backing vocals, producer *Peter Haas - drums, percussion ;Additional musicians *Andy Portmann, Chris Egger, Claudio Matteo - backing vocals ;Production ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
To Rock Or Not To Be
''To Rock or Not to Be'' is the twelfth studio album by the Swiss hard rock band Krokus, released in 1995. The album stayed seven weeks in the top ten of the Swiss charts, peaking at number 5. The album briefly reunited 4/5th of the ''One Vice at a Time'' line-up, with only bassist Chris von Rohr missing who was working as a producer and songwriter for Swiss act Gotthard at the time. Track listing #"Lion Heart" ''(Fernando von Arb, Jürg Naegeli, Marc Storace)'' – 5:16 #"Flying Through the Night" ''(von Arb, Naegeli, Many Maurer, Storace)'' – 3:56 #"To Rock or Not to Be" ''(von Arb, Storace)'' – 3:23 #"In the Dead of Night" ''(von Arb, Maurer, Storace)'' – 5:07 #"Natural Blonde" ''(von Arb, Naegeli, Maurer, Storace)'' – 5:12 #"Doggy Style" ''(von Arb, Freddy Steady, Naegeli, Maurer, Storace, Mark Kohler)'' – 4:02 #"Talking Like a Shotgun" ''(von Arb, Steady, Naegeli, Maurer, Storace, Kohler)'' – 4:08 #"Soul to Soul" ''(von Arb, Naegeli, Maurer, Storace)'' – 4: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stampede (Krokus Album)
''Stampede'' is the eleventh studio album by Swiss hard rock band Krokus. It features an almost completely different line-up to that of their last album (with the exception of Fernando von Arb), and was recorded near the band's home town of Solothurn by Jürg Naegeli, a former member of the band. It was also the first Krokus album since 1978's ''Painkiller'' not to feature Marc Storace on lead vocals. His replacement, Peter Tanner, had previously been a member of Swiss bands Witchcraft, Bloody Six and Headhunter as well as a voice actor in the late 1970s. ''Stampede'' is also marks the Krokus studio debut for Many Maurer, a bandmate of Tanner's in Headhunter and founding member of Killer. The album reached No. 18 in the Swiss album charts. In 2000, Tanner and Storace would unite to record the D/C World album (with Tony Castell on bass), consisting of 5 strung together blocks of passages from 30 different AC/DC songs, with Tanner singing the Brian Johnson parts and Storace i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yngwie Malmsteen
Yngwie Johan Malmsteen ( ; born Lars Johan Yngve Lannerbäck, 30 June 1963) is a Swedish guitarist. He first became known in the 1980s for his neoclassical playing style in heavy metal, and has released 22 studio albums in a career spanning over 40 years. In 2009, ''Time'' magazine rated Malmsteen as number 9 among the 11 greatest electric guitar players of all time. Early life Malmsteen was born Lars Johan Yngve Lannerbäck in Stockholm, Sweden, the third child of a musical family. At age 10, Malmsteen created his first band, Track on Earth, consisting of himself and a friend from school playing the drums. At age 12, he took his mother's maiden name Malmsten as his surname, then slightly changed it to Malmsteen and altered his third given name Yngve to "Yngwie". As a teenager he was heavily influenced by classical music, particularly 19th century Italian virtuoso violinist and composer Niccolò Paganini as well as Johann Sebastian Bach. During this time, he also discovered hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sign In The Sky
''Sign in the Sky'' is the second album by hard rock band China. It was released in 1989 by the label Vertigo. The single, "In the Middle of the Night", peaked at No. 11 on the Swiss Hitparade. Track listing Charts Certifications References {{Authority control China (band) albums 1989 albums Vertigo Records albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
