The BossHoss
The BossHoss | |
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Rock im Park 2016 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Berlin, Germany |
| Genres | Country rock, pop, rock |
| Years active | 2004–present |
| Members | Alec "Boss Burns" Völkel Sascha "Hoss Power" Vollmer Malcom "Hank Williamson" Arison Ansgar "Sir Frank Doe" Freyberg André "Guss Brooks" Neumann Tobias "Ernesto Escobar de Tijuana" Fischer |
| Past members | Michael Frick Mathias "Hank Doodle" Fauvet Dean "Russ T. Nail" Micetech |
The BossHoss is a German band from
tank tops and large sunglasses, and display whiskey bottles.[citation needed] The band refers to their music style as "Country Trash Punk Rock."[1]
Band history
The band was formed in 2004 in Berlin by Alec "Boss" Völkel, Sascha "Hoss" Vollmer and Michael Frick,[2][3] and named after the song "The Real BossHoss" by The Sonics.
They were featured in the trendsetting music show Tracks (on 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.
In 2005, they released their debut album Internashville Urban Hymns and signed a promotional contract with ice cream producer
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 adapted "Ca plane pour moi" from Belgian artist Plastic Bertrand.
In 2006, BossHoss provided the soundtrack for the football film gold record in Germany.
Band members
- Boss Burns (Alec Völkel) - vocals, washboard
- Hoss Power (Sascha Vollmer) - acoustic and electric guitars, vocals
- Sir Frank Doe (Ansgar Freyberg) - drums
- Hank Williamson (Malcolm Arison) - mandoline, washboard, stylophone, harp
- Guss Brooks (André Neumann) - electricbasses
- Russ T. Rocket (Stefan Buehler) - electric guitar
- Ernesto Escobar de Tijuana (Tobias Fischer) -
Past members
- Michael Frick - double bass
- Russ (Boris Kontorkowski) - electric guitar
- Russ T. Nail (Dean Micetech) - electric guitar
- Hank Doodle (Mathias Fauvet) - mandolin, washboard, harp
Discography
Studio albums
| Year | Title | Peak positions[5] | Release date and sales | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GER
|
AUT | SWI | |||
| 2005 | Internashville Urban Hymns | 11 (29 We.) |
— | — | Released: 6 June 2005 Sales: 300,000+ |
| 2006 | Rodeo Radio | 6 (32 We.) |
40 (5 We.) |
83 (2 We.) |
Released: 2 June 2006 Sales: 200,000+ |
| 2007 | Stallion Battalion | 8 (43 We.) |
56 (5 We.) |
— | Released: 9. November 2007 Sales: 100,000+ |
| 2009 | Do or Die | 4 (16 We.) |
38 (6 We.) |
32 (10 We.) |
Released: 3 July 2009 Sales: 100,000+ |
| 2010 | Low Voltage | 7 (5 We.) |
49 (1 We.) |
64 (1 We.) |
Released: 30 April 2010 |
| 2011 | Liberty of Action | 4 (72 We.) |
3 (59 We.) |
26 (31 We.) |
Released: 9 December 2011 Sales: 220,000+ |
| 2013 | Flames of Fame | 2 (26 We.) |
5 (13 We.) |
8 (17 We.) |
Released: 11 October 2013 Sales: 15,000+ |
| 2015 | Dos Bros | 1 (67 We.) |
1 (33 We.)[6] |
14 (34 We.) |
Released: 25 September 2015 Sales: 207,500+ |
| 2018 | Black Is Beautiful[7] | 1 (13 We.) |
8 (5 We.) |
14 (4 We.) |
Released: 26 October 2018 |
| 2023 | Electric Horsemen | 7 (4 We.) |
26 (1 We.) |
17 (2 We.) |
Released: 5 May 2023 |
- Others
- Stallion Battalion live from Cologne (Released March 7, 2008) (Double-CD plus DVD)
Singles
| Year | Title | Peak positions[5] | Release dates | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GER
|
AUT | SWI | |||
| 2005 | Hey Ya! Internashville Urban Hymns |
41 | — | — | Released: 9 May 2005 |
| Hot in Herre / Like Ice in the Sunshine Internashville Urban Hymns |
83 | — | — | Released: 25 July 2005 | |
| 2006 | I Say a Little Prayer Rodeo Radio / Low Voltage |
66 | — | — | Released: 12 May 2006 |
| Ring Ring Ring Rodeo Radio |
99 | — | — | Released: 1 September 2006 | |
| Rodeo Radio Rodeo Radio / Low Voltage |
93 | — | — | Released: 29 December 2006 | |
| 2007 | Everything Counts / Truck ’n’ Roll Rules Stallion Battalion |
67 | — | — | Released: 15 June 2007 |
| 2009 | Last Day (Do or Die) | 78 | — | — | Released: 19 June 2009 |
| 2011 | Heroes/Helden Die Highlights |
28 | 50 | — | Released: 24 November 2011 (with Nena, Xavier Naidoo and Rea Garvey) |
Don't Gimme That Liberty of Action |
8 | 1 | 49 | Released: 25 November 2011 Sales: + 315,000 | |
| L.O.V.E. Liberty of Action |
74 | — | — | Released: 20 December 2011 (feat. Nena) | |
| 2011 | My Country Rammstein |
— | — | — | Released: 11 November 2011 |
| 2012 | Live It Up Liberty of Action |
98 | 52 | — | Released: 8 August 2012 |
| 2013 | Do It Flames of Fame |
31 | 40 | 36 | Released: 16 September 2013 |
| 2015 | Dos Bros Dos Bros |
33 | 72 | — | Released: 21 August 2015 |
| Jolene Dos Bros |
35 | 25 | 29 | Released: 25 December 2015 (feat. The Common Linnets) | |
| 2019 | Little Help | 32 | 34 | 41 | Released: 3 May 2019 (featuring Mimi & Josy) |
| 2021 | Burning Love | — | — | — | Released: 2 January 2021 (feat. OnklP )
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Notes
- "Hey Ya!" is a cover of OutKast
- "Hot in Herre / Like Ice in the Sunshine" is a Langnesetheme
- "Heroes/helden" is a remake of David Bowie's "Heroes"
- Christmas-CD contains a cover of "Last Christmas" by Wham! and "Riding Home for Christmas"
- "I Say a Little Prayer" is a Bacharach-David composition; side B is "You'll Never Walk Alone", a Rodgers-Hammerstein composition
- "Ring, Ring, Ring" is a cover of De La Soul
DVDs
- Internashville Urban Hymns, die DVDs (2005; available only in Germany)
References
- All Media Network. Retrieved January 7, 2018.
- ^ 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
- ^ "FC Venus (2006)". IMDb.
- ^ a b Chartquellen: Deutschland – Österreich – Schweiz
- ^ "Ö3 Austria Top40: Longplay-Charts - Ö3 Charts".
- ^ "Black Is Beautiful – Album by The BossHoss on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
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