Rockpalast
Rockpalast | |
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Created by | WDR |
Country of origin | West Germany (1976-1990) Germany (1990-) |
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Network | WDR |
Release | January 22, 1976 |
Rockpalast (Rock Palace) is a German music television show that broadcasts live on German television station Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR). Rockpalast started on January 22, 1976 and continues to this day. Hundreds of rock, heavy metal and jazz 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 network of TV broadcasters,[1] thereby reaching around 25 million listeners on average.[2] Rockpalast is involved in several German pop, rock and underground music festivals, once sponsoring the Bizarre-Festival .
The founder and long-time producer of Rockpalast was Peter Rüchel[3] together with Christian Wagner . Soon, Alan Bangs and Albrecht Metzger joined as hosts of the Rockpalast Nacht events.
The J. Geils Band'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.[4]
- !!!
- 1000mods
- 16 Horsepower
- 18th Dye
- 22-Pistepirkko
- 3 Doors Down
- 38 Special (band)
- A (band)
- Accept (band)
- Bryan Adams
- The Afghan Whigs
- AFI (band)
- Agnostic Front
- a-ha
- Airbourne
- Alexisonfire
- Alice in Chains
- Alien Ant Farm
- All Them Witches
- Alpha Blondy
- Alter Bridge
- Amon Düül II
- Amorphis
- ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
- Angelika Express
- Annihilator (band)
- The Answer (band)
- Anthrax (American band)
- Anti-Flag
- Anvil
- Apocalyptica
- Die Apokalyptischen Reiter
- Arctic Monkeys
- Joan Armatrading
- Armored Saint
- Artillery (band)
- Asaf Avidan
- Ash (band)
- Asian Dub Foundation
- Asphyx
- Aswad
- Atari Teenage Riot
- Athlete (band)
- The Atomic Bitchwax
- Audioslave
- Avenged Sevenfold
- Axxis
- Die Ärzte
- Baby Woodrose
- Backyard Babies
- Bad Religion
- BadBadNotGood
- Badly Drawn Boy
- Band of Heathens
- Band of Horses
- BAP
- Baroness (band)
- Kris Barras Band
- Beck
- Dickey Betts
- Black Pumas
- The Beards
- The Beat
- Beatsteaks
- Behemoth (band)
- Adrian Belew
- Benediction (band)
- Edoardo Bennato
- Biffy Clyro
- Big Country
- Big Sugar
- Billy Talent
- Biohazard (band)
- Brant Bjork
- The Black Crowes
- Blackberry Smoke
- Black Eyed Peas
- Black Francis
- Black Label Society
- Blackmail (band)
- Black Pumas
- Black Stone Cherry
- Black Uhuru
- Blind Guardian
- Blink-182
- Bloc Party
- Bloodhound Gang
- Blue Cheer
- Blues Pills
- Blumfeld
- Blur (band)
- Joe Bonamassa
- Bon Iver
- Lizzy Borden (band)
- The Bouncing Souls
- Jean-Paul Bourelly
- David Bowie
- Boysetsfire
- Paul Brady
- Billy Bragg
- Brainstorm (German band)
- The Brandos
- The Brew
- The Brian Jonestown Massacre
- Brings
- Brinsley Schwarz
- Herman Brood & His Wild Romance
- Edgar Broughton Band
- Jackson Browne
- Jack Bruce
- Roy Buchanan
- Bullet for My Valentine
- Eric Burdon
- Burning Spear
- Bush (British band)
- Paul Butterfield
- Buzzcocks
- John Cale
- Caliban (band)
- Candlemass (band)
- Canned Heat
- Carcass (band)
- The Cardigans
- Carl Carlton (German musician)
- Carmel
- Paul Carrack
- Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine
- Catatonia (band)
- Harry Chapin
- Michael Chapman (singer)
- Roger Chapman
- Charlie Daniels Band
- Cheap Trick
- The Chemical Brothers
- Neneh Cherry
- Chicago
- Children of Bodom
- Tim Christensen
- Popa Chubby
- Chumbawamba
- Cirith Ungol (band)
- City (band)
- Clawfinger
- Jimmy Cliff
- Climax Blues Band
- George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic
- Clueso
- Clutch (band)
- Bruce Cockburn
- Coheed and Cambria
- Cold Chisel
- Coldplay
- Colour Haze
- Coroner (band)
- Corrosion of Conformity
- Elvis Costello
- Graham Coxon
- Kevin Coyne[5]
- Cradle of Filth
- Sheryl Crow
- Crowded House
- Cutting Crew
- Ry Cooder
- The Cult
- The Cure[6]
- Cypress Hill
- The Damned (band)
- Danko Jones
- Danzig (band)
- The Darkness (band)
- Dashboard Confessional
- The Deadnotes
- Death Cab for Cutie
- Deftones
- Rick Derringer
- Destruction (band)
- Deus (band)
- Dexys Midnight Runners
- Dinosaur Jr.
- Dir En Grey
- Dire Straits
- Dispatch
- Dizzy Mizz Lizzy
- DJ Shadow
- Doro
- Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show
- Dr. John
- Dread Zeppelin
- dredg
- Dropkick Murphys
- Drowning Pool
- Dub War
- Duran Duran
- Ian Dury and The Blockheads
- Eagles of Death Metal
- Earth, Wind and Fire
- Echo & the Bunnymen
- Edguy
- Einstürzende Neubauten
- Electric Light Orchestra[7]
- Enter Shikari
- Epica
- Roky Erickson
- Equilibrium (band)
- Evanescence
- Every Time I Die
- Explosions in the Sky
- The Exploited
- The Fabulous Thunderbirds
- John Fahey
- Fairport Convention
- Faithless
- Faith No More
- Fear Factory
- Fields of the Nephilim
- Filter (band)
- Fishbone
- The Fixx
- The Flaming Lips
- Fleet Foxes
- Flogging Molly
- The Flower Kings
- Foo Fighters
- Forbidden (band)
- Robben Ford
- The Frames
- Franz Ferdinand (band)
- Fu Manchu (band)
- Fun Boy Three
- Funeral for a Friend
- Fun Lovin' Criminals
- Peter Gabriel
- Rory Gallagher
- Gang of Four
- Garbage
- Gogol Bordello
- Gojira (band)
- Golden Earring
- Goldie
- Gov't Mule
- Grateful Dead[8]
- Grave Digger (band)
- Green Day
- Grobschnitt
- Gruppo Sportivo
- Guano Apes
- The Gun Club
- Guns N' Roses
- Guru Guru
- Nina Hagen
- Halestorm
- HammerFall
- Peter Hammill
- Roy Harper
- Beth Hart
- Heaven & Hell
- Heaven Shall Burn
- Hed PE
- The Hellacopters
- Helloween
- Helmet (band)
- High on Fire
- HIM
- Tom Holkenborg
- Jay Hooks.[9]
- Bruce Hornsby
- Ben Howard
- Ian Hunter and Mick Ronson
- Billy Idol
- Imperial Drag
- Incubus
- In Extremo
- In Flames
- Insomnium
- Interpol
- INXS
- Iron Maiden
- Joe Jackson
- The Jam
- Rick James and The Stone City Band
- Jamiroquai
- Al Jarreau
- Jefferson Starship
- The Jesus and Mary Chain
- Jimmy Eat World
- Johnny Clegg and Juluka
- JPNSGRLS
- Mickey Jupp
- Michael Karoli
- The Kelly Family
- Kid Creole and the Coconuts
- B.B. King
- King's X
- Kings of Convenience
- The Killer Barbies
- Killing Joke
- Killswitch Engage
- Kings of Leon
- The Kinks
- David Knopfler
- Korn
- Leo Kottke
- Lenny Kravitz
- Kula Shaker
- Kvelertak
- Kylesa
- Kyuss
- L7
- Lagwagon
- Lamb of God (band)
- Ronnie Lane from The Faces
- Jonny Lang
- Leatherwolf
- Alvin Lee and Ten Years After
- Less Than Jake
- Level 42
- Huey Lewis and the News
- Life of Agony
- Limp Bizkit
- Linkin Park
- Aynsley Lister
- Little Feat
- Little Steven
- Nils Lofgren
- The Lords of the New Church
- Louisiana Red
- Lynyrd Skynyrd
- Machine Head
- Madness
- Magazine
- Manic Street Preachers
- Marilyn Manson
- Bob Marley & The Wailers
- The Mars Volta
- John Martyn
- Carolyne Mas
- Dave Matthews Band
- Madrugada
- Meat Loaf
- Melvins
- Men at Work
- Natalie Merchant
- The Mescaleros
- Meshuggah
- Metal Church
- Metallica
- The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
- Steve Miller
- Mink DeVille
- Mondo Generator
- Monster Magnet
- Van Morrison
- Morrissey
- Mother's Finest
- Motorpsycho (band)
- Motörhead
- Mötley Crüe
- Mr. Bungle
- Muddy Waters
- Muse
- My Chemical Romance
- Gianna Nannini
- Nena
- N.E.R.D.
- Randy Newman
- NOFX
- Ted Nugent
- Obituary (band)
- The Ocean (band)
- Sinéad O'Connor
- The Offspring
- Mike Oldfield
- Angel Olsen
- Oomph!
- Opeth
- Otherkin
- Outkast
- Outlaws
- Overkill (band)
- Papa Roach
- Parkway Drive
- Axel Rudi Pell
- Pennywise (band)
- Pentagram (band)
- Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
- Phish
- Pitchshifter
- Pixies (band)
- PJ Harvey
- Placebo (band)
- Point Blank
- The Police
- Iggy Pop
- Porcupine Tree
- Possessed (band)
- Powerwolf
- Pretenders
- The Pretty Things
- Prince (musician)
- Primordial (band)
- Primus
- Procol Harum
- Prong (band)
- Public Image Limited
- Pulp (band)
- Queens of the Stone Age
- Queensrÿche
- Radiohead
- Radio Moscow (band)
- Rainbow
- Rage Against the Machine
- Rammstein
- Rancid (band)
- Marion Raven[10]
- Chris Rea
- Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Lou Reed
- R.E.M.
- REO Speedwagon
- Return To Forever
- Riot V
- Rockpile
- Rollins Band
- The Roots
- Ross the Boss
- Runrig
- Linda Ronstadt
- Uli Jon Roth
- Todd Rundgren
- Mitch Ryder
- Sacred Reich
- Saint Jude
- David Sancious
- Santana (band)
- Satyricon (band)
- Michael Schenker Group
- Screaming Trees
- Sea Power
- Shinedown
- Scooter
- Sick of It All
- Silverchair
- Simple Minds
- Siouxsie and the Banshees
- Skindred
- Skunk Anansie
- Slayer
- Smashing Pumpkins
- Patti Smith
- The Smiths
- Sniff 'n' the Tears
- Slipknot
- Social Distortion
- Sodom (band)
- Sonic Syndicate
- Sonic Youth
- Soundgarden
- Southside Johnny
- Regina Spektor
- Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
- Spirit
- Spock's Beard
- Steeleye Span
- Stiff Little Fingers
- Stone Sour
- Stone Temple Pilots
- Stranglers
- Stray Cats
- The Streets
- Streetwalkers[11]
- Suede (band)
- Suicidal Tendencies
- Sum 41
- Supergrass
- System of a Down
- Taking Back Sunday
- Talking Heads
- Tankard (band)
- Mick Taylor
- Tears for Fears
- Testament (band)
- Téléphone
- Them Crooked Vultures
- Therapy?
- The The
- Thin Lizzy
- Thirty Seconds to Mars
- Richard Thompson
- Thrice
- Thumb
- Die Toten Hosen
- Tower of Power
- Trust
- Turbonegro
- Type O Negative
- Eddie Turner
- U2
- UB40
- UFO
- James Blood Ulmer
- Unleashed (band)
- Urban Dance Squad
- Midge Ure
- Urge Overkill
- The Used
- Utopia
- Van der Graaf Generator
- Velvet Revolver
- Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble
- Villagers
- Andreas Vollenweider
- Tom Waits[12]
- Weather Report
- Ween
- Weezer
- The White Stripes
- White Zombie (band)
- The Who
- Wille and the Bandits
- Wilco
- Ray Wilson
- Edgar Winter
- Johnny Winter
- Wire
- Wishbone Ash
- Wucan
- XTC
- The XX
- Xzibit
- Neil Young
- The Zutons
- ZZ Top
See also
References
- ^ Michael Marsch. "Rockpalast Archiv - Rocknächte 1977 - 1986". Rockpalastarchiv.de. Retrieved 2014-06-27.
- ^ "Rockpalast Archiv - Hinter den Kulissen des Rockpalast - Musikexpress/Sounds".
- ^ Michael Marsch. "Rockpalast Archiv - Peter Rüchel Eclipsed 2004". Rockpalastarchiv.de. Retrieved 2014-06-27.
- ^ "Alle Bands von a bis Z - Bands A-Z - Rockpalast - Fernsehen - WDR". Archived from the original on 2016-04-22. Retrieved 2016-04-11.
- ^ "Kevin Coyne: Live At Rockpalast 1979". Rough Trade. 2019. Retrieved 2019-04-25.
- ^ "The Cure: Live At Rockpalast – Bizarre Festival 1998". YouTube.com. 2017-02-05. Archived from the original on 2021-12-19.
- ^ "Electric Light Orchestra "Live - The Early Years" for the first time on DVD - #AltSounds". Hangout.altsounds.com. Archived from the original on 2015-02-11. Retrieved 2014-06-27.
- ^ With an appearance by the Flying Karamazov Brothers
- ^ "Jay Hooks at Hotburrito's Bluesrockencyclopedia". Hotburrito.nl. Retrieved 2018-04-08.
- ^ First full show with backing band in Germany
- ^ Michael Marsch. "Rockpalast Archiv - Chapman Whitney Streetwalkers 1975". Rockpalastarchiv.de. Retrieved 2014-06-27.
- ^ "Tom Waits - Rockpalast 1977 01 Step Right Up". StumbleUpon. 1977-04-18. Retrieved 2014-06-27.
Further reading
- Rauscher, Frank (2007-06-15). "Verdammt lang her: Rock, live und in Farbe - Das WDR-Fernsehen erinnert an '30 Jahre Rockpalast'". TV Reportagen (in German). M&C. Archived from the original on 2012-06-18.
- Akalin, Cem (2013-03-18). "Interview mit Rockpalast-Chef - 'Du musst offen bleiben für Neues'" (in German). Bonn, Germany: General-Anzeiger. Archived from the original on 2019-02-23. Retrieved 2019-02-23.
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(help) - Rüchel, Peter (2016-10-02). "Peter Rüchel meets 78Twins". YouTube (in German). SOL Kulturbar. Archived from the original on 2021-12-19. Retrieved 2019-04-03.
- Schwabe, Oliver [in German] (2017). "I've Lost My Mind In Essen – 40 Jahre Rocknacht" (documentary film) (in German). WDR. Archived from the original on 2021-12-19. [1]
- Metzger, Albrecht; Heim, Wolfgang [in German] (2018-06-29). ""German Television proudly presents" - Rockpalast-Präsentator Albrecht Metzger". Leute (in German). SWR1 Baden-Württemberg. Retrieved 2019-04-03.
External links
- Official website (in German)
- Westdeutscher Rundfunk (in German)
- Rockpalast-Archiv Unofficial archive website
- Rockpalast at IMDb
- Rockpalast-Fans Unofficial fansite (in German)
- Rockpalast on Last.fm user group with free radio station