The BossHoss
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| The Boss Hoss | |
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 The Boss Hoss in concert in Germany on 16 June 2007 |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Berlin, Germany |
| Genres | Pop/Rock ("Country Trash Punk Rock") |
| Years active | 2004–present |
| Website | http://www.thebosshoss.com/ |
| Members | |
| Alec "Boss Burns" Völkel, Sascha "Hoss Power" Vollmer, Ansgar "Sir Frank Doe" Freyberg, André Neumann, Tobias "Ernesto Escobar de Tijuana" Fischer | |
| Past members | |
| Micha Frick, Mathias "Hank Doodle" Fauvet, Dean "Russ T. Nail" Micetech | |
BossHoss is a band from Berlin which started in 2004 with Country & Western style cover versions of famous pop, rock and hip hop songs, for example "Hot in Herre" by Nelly, "Toxic" by Britney Spears and "Hey Ya!" by Outkast. They incorporate stereotypical American cowboy behavior into their act. They wear stetson hats, tank tops, large sunglasses, display whiskey bottles, and yell yeehaw. The band refers to their music style as "Country Trash Punk Rock."[citation needed]
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[edit] Band members
- Boss Burns (Alec Völkel) does vocals and plays the washboard
- Hoss Power (Sascha Vollmer) does vocals, plays acoustic guitar and e-guitar
- Sir Frank Doe (Ansgar Freyberg) plays drums
- Hank Williamson (Malcolm Arison / previously Hank Doodle, Mathias Fauvet) plays mandoline, washboard, stylophone and harp
- Guss Brooks (André Neumann) plays acoustic bass and e-bass
- Russ T. Rocket (Stefan Buehler / previously Russ T. Nail, Dean Micetich) plays electric guitar
- Ernesto Escobar de Tijuana (Tobias Fischer) does percussion, plays keytar and melodica
[edit] Band history
[edit] 2004
The band was formed in Berlin by Alec „Boss“ Völkel, Sascha „Hoss“ Vollmer and Micha Frick[1][2] and named after the eponymous song by The Sonics. They were featured in the trendsetting music show Tracks (on the French/German TV channel ARTE) and played live during the Kiel Week. In late 2004 they signed a record deal with Universal Music Domestic Division.
[edit] 2005
Release of their debut album "Internashville Urban Hymns" and a promotional contract with the ice cream producer Langnese, for which they covered "Like Ice In The Sunshine", the theme song from a Langnese's TV spot. The band played about 180 concerts that year. In 2005 they took over and adapted very well "Ca plane pour moi" from the Belgian artist Plastic Bertrand.
[edit] 2006
BossHoss provided the soundtrack for the football movie "FC Venus".[3] Release of the first single "I Say A Little Prayer" on April 28 and the second album "Rodeo Radio" on May 19. Half of that second album were their own songs, the other half cover versions. After they had released that second album, their first album rose into the charts again, sold 100,000 copies until the end of May 2006, and became a gold record in Germany. BossHoss played a lot of concerts in Germany and at summer festivals all over Europe.
[edit] Discography
| Charts |
Singles
- Hey Ya!
- DE: 41 - 05/09/2005 - 9 weeks
- Hot In Herre/Like Ice In The Sunshine
- DE: 83 - 07/25/2005 - 3 weeks
- I Say A Little Prayer/You'll Never Walk Alone
- DE: 79 - 05/12/2006 - 9 weeks
- Ring Ring Ring
- DE: 99 - 09/12/2006 - 1 week.
- Rodeo Radio
- DE: xx - 12/15/2006 - x weeks
Albums
- Internashville Urban Hymns
- DE: 11 - 06/06/2005 - 27 weeks.
- Rodeo Radio
- DE: 06 - 05/25/2006 - 15 weeks
- A: 40 - 05/25/2006 - ...
[edit] Albums
- Internashville Urban Hymns (Released May 23, 2005)
- (Let's Go) Rodeo Radio (Released May 19, 2006)
- Stallion Battalion (Released October 26, 2007)
- Stallion Battalion live from Cologne (Released March 7, 2008) (Double-CD plus DVD)
- Do or Die (2009)
- Low Voltage (Released April 23, 2010)
- Liberty of Action (2011)
[edit] Singles
- Hey Ya! (2005) (OutKast cover)
- Hot In Herre/ Like Ice In The Sunshine (2005) (Double A Side Single with covers of Nelly and the Langnese theme)
- Christmas-CD (2005) (Last Christmas (George Michael of Wham) & Riding Home For Christmas)
- I say a little prayer (Bacharach-David)/ You'll never walk alone (Rodgers-Hammerstein) (2006)
- Ring, Ring, Ring (De La Soul cover) (2006)
- Rodeo Radio (2006)
[edit] DVDs
- Internashville Urban Hymns, die DVDs (2005) (Available only in Germany)
[edit] References
- ^ Oliver Wagner: "Micha Frick - Das wahre Leben", Dynamits! Magazin The World Of Rock´n´Roll Nr. 1/2011
- ^ Christiane Schliekmann: "Der richtige Klang-Der Braunschweiger Michael Frick fertigt Kontrabässe für Musiker aus aller Welt" "Norddeutsches Handwerk Niedersachsen" 31.03. 2011
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0487027/
[edit] External links
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