''Rockpalast'' (''Rock Palace'') is a German

music Music is generally defined as the art of arranging sound to create some combination of form, harmony, melody, rhythm or otherwise expressive content. Exact definitions of music vary considerably around the world, though it is an aspect ...

television show A television show – or simply TV show – is any content produced for viewing on a television set which can be broadcast via over-the-air, satellite, or cable, excluding breaking news, advertisements, or trailers that are typically placed betw ...

that broadcasts live on German television station

Westdeutscher Rundfunk Westdeutscher Rundfunk Köln (''West German Broadcasting Cologne''; WDR, ) is a German public-broadcasting institution based in the Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia with its main office in Cologne. WDR is a constituent member of the conso ...

(WDR). ''Rockpalast'' started in 1974 and continues to this day. Hundreds of

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, heavy metal and

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bands have performed on ''Rockpalast''. Some acts were recorded for broadcast and for retail sale. All-night marathon shows called “Rock Night” (''Rocknacht'') were produced once or twice a year from 1977 through 1986 and simulcast throughout Europe via the

Eurovision The Eurovision Song Contest (), sometimes abbreviated to ESC and often known simply as Eurovision, is an international songwriting competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), featuring participants representing pr ...

network of TV broadcasters, thereby reaching around 25 million listeners on average. ''Rockpalast'' is involved in several German pop, rock and underground music festivals, once sponsoring the . The founder and long-time producer of ''Rockpalast'' was

Peter Rüchel Peter Rüchel (9 March 1937 – 20 February 2019) was a German music journalist, producer and founder of the WDR show Rockpalast, which since the mid-1970s has been hosting concerts by national and international bands and solo artists and broadc ...

together with . Soon,

Alan Bangs Alan John Bangs (born 10 June 1951 in London) is a British music journalist, disc jockey and presenter on radio and television. He has lived and worked in Germany since the 1970s. Life and career Bangs earned a diploma in Communication Studie ...

and

Albrecht Metzger Albrecht Metzger (born 1945 in Unteraichen near Stuttgart) is a German journalist, actor, television presenter, film director and cabaretist. Life and career Albrecht Metzger was editor of the Süddeutscher Rundfunk, SDR youth program ''Jour ...

joined as hosts of the events.

The J. Geils Band The J. Geils Band was an American rock band formed in 1967, in Worcester, Massachusetts, under the leadership of guitarist John "J." Geils. The original band members included vocalist Peter Wolf, harmonica and saxophone player Richard "Magic ...

's song " Believe in Me" became the official Rockpalast intro tune ever since their first broadcast in 1976.

Selected list of performers

Not all of these acts were recorded and broadcast. A list of the recorded gigs is readable on the Rockpalast homepage. *

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* ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead *

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* All Them Witches * Alpha Blondy * Alter Bridge * Apocalyptica * Audioslave * Joan Armatrading *

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* BAP * Dickey Betts *

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* The Beards * The Beat * Adrian Belew * Big Country *

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* Black Stone Cherry *

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* Blues Pills *

Joe Bonamassa Joseph Leonard Bonamassa ( ; born May 8, 1977) is an American blues rock guitarist, singer and songwriter. He started his career at age twelve, when he opened for B.B. King. Since 2000, Bonamassa has released fifteen solo albums through his inde ...

* The Bouncing Souls *

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* The Brew * The Brian Jonestown Massacre *

Edgar Broughton Band The Edgar Broughton Band, founded in Warwick in 1968, were an English rock band. Career The band started their career as a blues group under the name of The Edgar Broughton Blues Band, playing to a small following in the region around the ...

Jackson Browne Clyde Jackson Browne (born October 9, 1948) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and political activist who has sold over 18 million albums in the United States. Emerging as a precocious teenage songwriter in mid-1960s Los Angeles, he h ...

* Jack Bruce * Roy Buchanan * Bullet for My Valentine *

Mr. Bungle Mr. Bungle is an American experimental rock band formed in Eureka, California in 1985. Having gone through many incarnations throughout their career, the band is best known for music created during their most experimental era. During this time, ...

* Eric Burdon * Burning Spear * Paul Butterfield *

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Harry Chapin Harold Forster Chapin (; December 7, 1942 – July 16, 1981) was an American singer-songwriter, philanthropist, and hunger activist best known for his folk rock and pop rock songs. He achieved worldwide success in the 1970s. Chapin, a Grammy ...

* Roger Chapman *

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Neneh Cherry Neneh Mariann Karlsson (born 10 March 1964), better known as Neneh Cherry, is a Swedish singer-songwriter, rapper, occasional DJ and broadcaster. Her musical career started in London in the early 1980s, where she performed in a number of punk roc ...

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* George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic * Cold Chisel *

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* Graham Coxon *

Kevin Coyne Kevin Coyne (27 January 1944 – 2 December 2004) was an English musician, singer, composer, film-maker, and a writer of lyrics, stories and poems. The "anti-star" was born in Derby, Derbyshire, England, and died in his adopted home of Nurember ...

* Cutting Crew *

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* Elvis Costello and the Attractions * The Cult *

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* Deftones * Dexys Midnight Runners *

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* Dispatch *

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* Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show * dredg *

Duran Duran Duran Duran () are an English Rock music, rock band formed in Birmingham in 1978 by singer and bassist Stephen Duffy, keyboardist Nick Rhodes and guitarist/bassist John Taylor (bass guitarist), John Taylor. With the addition of drummer Roger ...

* Ian Dury and The Blockheads *

Eagles of Death Metal Eagles of Death Metal is an American rock band from Palm Desert, California, formed in 1998. Founded by Jesse Hughes (vocals, guitar) and Josh Homme (drums), the band also includes a wide range of other musicians who perform both on the band's ...

* Earth, Wind and Fire * Echo & the Bunnymen *

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Enter Shikari Enter Shikari (stylised as enter: shikari and occasionally as ΣΠΤΣ℞ SΗΦΚ∆℞Φ) are a British rock band formed in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England in 1999 by bassist Chris Batten, lead vocalist and keyboardist Rou Reynolds, and drum ...

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* Evanescence * Every Time I Die * Explosions in the Sky * John Fahey *

Faith No More Faith No More is an American rock band from San Francisco, California, formed in 1979. Before settling on the current name in July 1983, the band performed under the names Sharp Young Men and later Faith No Man. Bassist Billy Gould, keyboardist/r ...

The Flaming Lips The Flaming Lips are an American psychedelic rock band formed in 1983 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The band currently consists of Wayne Coyne (vocals, guitar, keyboards), Steven Drozd (guitars, keyboards, bass, drums, vocals), Derek Brown (keyb ...

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* Flogging Molly * The Flower Kings *

Robben Ford Robben Lee Ford (born December 16, 1951) is an American blues, jazz, and rock guitarist. He was a member of the L.A. Express and Yellowjackets and has collaborated with Miles Davis, Joni Mitchell, George Harrison, Larry Carlton, Rick Springfield ...

* The Frames *

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Peter Gabriel Peter Brian Gabriel (born 13 February 1950) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and activist. He rose to fame as the original lead singer of the progressive rock band Genesis. After leaving Genesis in 1975, he launched ...

* Rory Gallagher *

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* Golden Earring *

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Guano Apes Guano Apes are a German rock band formed in 1994 in Göttingen. The band consists of Sandra Nasić (vocals), Henning Rümenapp (guitars, backing vocals), Stefan Ude (bass, backing vocals), and Dennis Poschwatta (drums, backing vocals). AllMusic ...

Guns N' Roses Guns N' Roses is an American hard rock band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1985. When they signed to Geffen Records in 1986, the band comprised vocalist Axl Rose, lead guitarist Slash, rhythm guitarist Izzy Stradlin, bassist Duff McKa ...

* Guru Guru *

Nina Hagen Catharina "Nina" Hagen (; born 11 March 1955) is a German singer, songwriter, and actress. She is known for her theatrical vocals and rose to prominence during the Punk subculture, punk and New wave music, new wave movements in the late 1970s a ...

* Peter Hammill * Roy Harper * Heaven & Hell * HIM *

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. * Bruce Hornsby * Ben Howard * Ian Hunter and Mick Ronson * Billy Idol * Incubus *

In Flames In Flames is a Swedish heavy metal band, formed by guitarist Jesper Strömblad in Gothenburg in 1990. Alongside At the Gates and Dark Tranquillity, In Flames pioneered the genres known as Swedish death metal and melodic death metal. During t ...

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Iron Maiden Iron Maiden are an English heavy metal band formed in Leyton, East London, in 1975 by bassist and primary songwriter Steve Harris. While fluid in the early years of the band, the lineup for most of the band's history has consisted of Harri ...

Linkin Park Linkin Park is an American rock band from Agoura Hills, California. The band's current lineup comprises vocalist/rhythm guitarist/keyboardist Mike Shinoda, lead guitarist Brad Delson, bassist Dave Farrell, DJ/turntablist Joe Hahn and drummer ...

* Joe Jackson *

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* Rick James and The Stone City Band *

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* Johnny Clegg and

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* Mickey Jupp * Michael Karoli *

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* King's X * Kings of Convenience * Killing Joke * Kings of Leon * The Kinks * David Knopfler * Leo Kottke * Kula Shaker * Kyuss * L7 (band), L7 * Lagwagon * Ronnie Lane from Faces (band), The Faces * Jonny Lang * Alvin Lee and Ten Years After * Level 42 * Huey Lewis and the News * Aynsley Lister * Little Feat * Little Steven * Nils Lofgren * The Lords of the New Church * Louisiana Red * Lynyrd Skynyrd * Machine Head (band), Machine Head * Madness (band), Madness * Magazine (band), Magazine * Manic Street Preachers * Marilyn Manson (band), Marilyn Manson * Bob Marley & The Wailers * The Mars Volta * John Martyn * Carolyne Mas * Dave Matthews Band * Meat Loaf * Men at Work * Natalie Merchant * Steve Miller (musician), Steve Miller * Mink DeVille * Mondo Generator * Van Morrison * Mother's Finest * Muddy Waters * Muse (band), Muse * My Chemical Romance * Gianna Nannini * Nena * NOFX * Ted Nugent * Sinéad O'Connor * The Offspring * Mike Oldfield * Angel Olsen * Oomph! * Satyricon (band) * Otherkin (band), Otherkin * Outlaws (band), Outlaws *

* Papa Roach * Parkway Drive * Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers * Phish * Point Blank (band), Point Blank * The Police * Porcupine Tree * Powerwolf * Pretenders (band), Pretenders * The Pretty Things * Primus (band), Primus * Public Image Limited * Queens of the Stone Age * R.E.M. (band), R.E.M. * Radiohead * Rainbow (English band), Rainbow * Rammstein * Marion Raven * Red Hot Chili Peppers * Return To Forever * Rockpile * Linda Ronstadt * Todd Rundgren * Mitch Ryder And The Detroit Wheels * Saint Jude (band), Saint Jude * David Sancious * Michael Schenker Group * Screaming Trees * Shinedown * Silverchair * Simple Minds * Siouxsie and the Banshees * Smashing Pumpkins * Patti Smith * The Smiths * Sniff 'n' the Tears * Slipknot (band), Slipknot * Social Distortion * Sonic Syndicate * Sonic Youth * Soundgarden * Southside Johnny * Spirit (band), Spirit * Spock's Beard * Stiff Little Fingers * Stranglers * Stray Cats * Streetwalkers * Talking Heads * Mick Taylor * Tears for Fears * Téléphone * Them Crooked Vultures * Therapy? * The The * Thin Lizzy * Richard Thompson (musician), Richard Thompson * Thumb (band), Thumb * Trust (French band), Trust * Turbonegro * Eddie Turner * U2 * UB40 * UFO (band), UFO * Utopia (band), Utopia * Midge Ure * Van der Graaf Generator * Velvet Revolver * Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble (band), Double Trouble * Villagers (band), Villagers * Andreas Vollenweider * Tom Waits * Weather Report * Weezer * The Who * Wille and the Bandits * Wilco * Ray Wilson (musician), Ray Wilson * Edgar Winter * Johnny Winter * Wire (band), Wire * Wucan * XTC * The XX * The Zutons * ZZ Top * The Deadnotes

References

External links

Official website

Westdeutscher Rundfunk

Unofficial archive website *
Rockpalast-Fans
Unofficial fansite
Rockpalast on Last.fm
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Selected list of performers

See also

References

Further reading

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