''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
''One Vice at a Time'' is the sixth studio album by the Swiss hard rock band Krokus, released in 1982 by Arista Records. It is notable for the strong influence of Australian hard rock band AC/DC on the songs and production, and was the first alb ...
'' line-up, with only bassist
Chris von Rohr
Christoph "Chris" von Rohr (born 24 October 1951 in Solothurn) is a Swiss rock musician, record producer, author, columnist, radio and television presenter. He is best known for being a member and founder of the hard rock band, Krokus.
History ...
missing who was working as a producer and songwriter for Swiss act
Gotthard at the time.
Track listing
#"Lion Heart" ''
(Fernando von Arb
Fernando von Arb or simply FVA (born 17 January 1953) is a Swiss guitarist, songwriter and producer. He is best known for being the lead guitarist of the Swiss hard rock band Krokus.
Career
In the early 1970s, Von Arb was playing in th ...
, Jürg Naegeli, Marc Storace
Marc Storace (''Sto-rah-che'') (born 7 October 1951) is a Maltese born rock vocalist. His career in music started in the 1960s. He is most noted for his position as frontman, lead singer and songwriter of Swiss hard rock band Krokus from 1980. B ...
)'' – 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)'' – 4:55
#"Stop the World" ''
(von Arb, Naegeli)'' – 5:14
#"You Ain't Got the Guts to Do It" ''
(von Arb, Naegeli, Maurer, Storace, Kohler)'' – 3:06
#"Wagon Gone" ''
(Naegeli, Maurer, Storace, Kohler)'' – 5:01
#"Stormy Nights" ''
(von Arb, Naegeli, Maurer, Storace, Kohler)'' – 5:14
Personnel
;Krokus
*
Marc Storace
Marc Storace (''Sto-rah-che'') (born 7 October 1951) is a Maltese born rock vocalist. His career in music started in the 1960s. He is most noted for his position as frontman, lead singer and songwriter of Swiss hard rock band Krokus from 1980. B ...
–
lead vocals
*
Fernando von Arb
Fernando von Arb or simply FVA (born 17 January 1953) is a Swiss guitarist, songwriter and producer. He is best known for being the lead guitarist of the Swiss hard rock band Krokus.
Career
In the early 1970s, Von Arb was playing in th ...
–
lead guitar
Lead guitar (also known as solo guitar) is a musical part for a guitar in which the guitarist plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs and chords within a song structure. The lead is the featu ...
, rhythm guitar,
keyboards, bass, producer
*Mark Kohler –
rhythm guitar, bass
*
Many Maurer –
bass, lead guitar, producer, engineer
*
Freddy "Steady" Frutig –
drums,
percussion
A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Ex ...
*
Jurg Naegeli – keyboards, bass, mixing, engineering
;Additional musicians
*Andy Portmann, Chris Egger, Tony Castell –
backing vocals
A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are ...
;Production
*Ian Cooper - mastering
Charts
References
External links
''To Rock or Not to Be'' page on the Krokus official website
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1995 albums
Krokus (band) albums