Rockpalast
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Created by | WDR |
Country of origin | Germany |
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Original network | WDR |
Original release | 1976 |
Rockpalast (Rock Palace) is a German music television show that broadcasts live on German television station Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR). Rockpalast started in 1974 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[edit]
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Not all of these acts were recorded and broadcast. A list of the recorded gigs is readable on the Rockpalast homepage.[4]
- Agnostic Front
- ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
- Airbourne
- All Them Witches
- Alpha Blondy
- Alter Bridge
- Apocalyptica
- Audioslave
- Joan Armatrading
- Aswad
- Anvil
- Bad Religion
- Band of Heathens
- Band of Horses
- BAP
- Dickey Betts
- Motörhead
- Black Pumas
- The Beards
- The Beat
- Adrian Belew
- Big Country
- Big Sugar
- The Black Crowes
- Blackberry Smoke
- Black Francis
- Black Stone Cherry
- Black Uhuru
- Blues Pills
- Joe Bonamassa
- The Bouncing Souls
- David Bowie
- Boysetsfire
- Billy Bragg
- The Brew
- The Brian Jonestown Massacre
- Edgar Broughton Band
- Jackson Browne
- Jack Bruce
- Roy Buchanan
- Bullet for My Valentine
- Mr. Bungle
- Eric Burdon
- Burning Spear
- Paul Butterfield
- John Cale
- Carmel
- Paul Carrack
- Harry Chapin
- Roger Chapman
- Cheap Trick
- Neneh Cherry
- Chicago
- Tim Christensen
- Chumbawamba
- Jimmy Cliff
- George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic
- Cold Chisel
- Colour Haze
- Graham Coxon
- Kevin Coyne[5]
- Cutting Crew
- Ry Cooder
- Elvis Costello and the Attractions
- The Cult
- The Cure[6]
- Charlie Daniels Band
- Death Cab for Cutie
- Deftones
- Dexys Midnight Runners
- Dire Straits
- Dispatch
- Dizzy Mizz Lizzy
- Doro
- Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show
- dredg
- 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
- Evanescence
- Every Time I Die
- Explosions in the Sky
- John Fahey
- Faith No More
- The Flaming Lips
- Fleet Foxes
- Flogging Molly
- The Flower Kings
- Robben Ford
- The Frames
- Fun Boy Three
- Peter Gabriel
- Rory Gallagher
- Gang of Four
- Garbage
- Golden Earring
- Gov't Mule
- Grateful Dead[8]
- Grobschnitt
- Guns N' Roses
- Guru Guru
- Nina Hagen
- Peter Hammill
- Roy Harper
- George Harrison
- Heaven & Hell
- HIM
- Jay Hooks.[9]
- Bruce Hornsby
- Ben Howard
- Ian Hunter and Mick Ronson
- Billy Idol
- Incubus
- In Flames
- Interpol
- INXS
- Iron Maiden
- Linkin Park
- Joe Jackson
- The Jam
- Rick James and The Stone City Band
- Al Jarreau
- Jimmy Eat World
- Johnny Clegg and Juluka
- JPNSGRLS
- Mickey Jupp
- Michael Karoli
- The Kelly Family
- B.B. King
- King's X
- Kings of Convenience
- Killing Joke
- Kings of Leon
- The Kinks
- David Knopfler
- Leo Kottke
- Kula Shaker
- Kyuss
- L7
- Lagwagon
- Ronnie Lane from 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
- Madness
- Magazine
- Manic Street Preachers
- 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
- Mink DeVille
- Mondo Generator
- Van Morrison
- Mother's Finest
- Muddy Waters
- Muse
- My Chemical Romance
- Gianna Nannini
- Nena
- NOFX
- Ted Nugent
- Sinéad O'Connor
- The Offspring
- Mike Oldfield
- Angel Olsen
- Oomph!
- Satyricon (band)
- Otherkin
- Outlaws
- Peter Gabriel
- Papa Roach
- Parkway Drive
- Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
- Phish
- Point Blank
- The Police
- Porcupine Tree
- Powerwolf
- Pretenders
- The Pretty Things
- Primus
- Public Image Limited
- Queens of the Stone Age
- R.E.M.
- Radiohead
- Rainbow
- Rammstein
- Marion Raven[10]
- Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Return To Forever
- Rockpile
- Linda Ronstadt
- Todd Rundgren
- Mitch Ryder And The Detroit Wheels
- 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
- Social Distortion
- Sonic Syndicate
- Sonic Youth
- Soundgarden
- Southside Johnny
- Spirit
- Spock's Beard
- Stiff Little Fingers
- Stranglers
- Stray Cats
- Streetwalkers[11]
- Talking Heads
- Mick Taylor
- Tears for Fears
- Téléphone
- Them Crooked Vultures
- Therapy?
- The The
- Thin Lizzy
- Richard Thompson
- Thumb
- Trust
- Turbonegro
- Eddie Turner
- U2
- UB40
- UFO
- Utopia
- Midge Ure
- Van der Graaf Generator
- Velvet Revolver
- Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble
- Villagers
- Andreas Vollenweider
- Tom Waits[12]
- Weather Report
- Weezer
- The Who
- Wille and the Bandits
- Wilco
- Ray Wilson
- Edgar Winter
- Johnny Winter
- Wire
- Wucan
- XTC
- The XX
- The Zutons
- ZZ Top
- The Deadnotes
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-04-22. Retrieved 2016-04-11.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "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[edit]
- 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 (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 (2018-06-29). ""German Television proudly presents" - Rockpalast-Präsentator Albrecht Metzger". Leute (in German). SWR1 Baden-Württemberg. Retrieved 2019-04-03.
External links[edit]
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- Official website (in German)
- Westdeutscher Rundfunk (in German)
- Rockpalast-Archiv Unofficial archive website
- Rockpalast at IMDb
- Rockpalast-Fans Unofficial fansite
- Rockpalast on Last.fm user group with free radio station