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BOUNCE ist zweifelsohne die authentischste BON JOVI Tribute Band Europas!
Zur Zeit tourt die Band mit Ihrer 15-Years Tour durch ganz Deutschland und das angrenzende Europäische Ausland. In den mehr als 15 Jahren ihres Bestehens hat die Band in so ziemlich jedem angesagten Club, jeder Konzerthalle, bei einschlägigen Festivals sowie auf Open Air Shows alles „abgeräumt“: Die Herzen der Zuschauer, zufriedene Gesichter, ekstatische Fangesänge – sprich: Ein restlos begeistertes Publikum… und das in beständiger Besetzung!
Dreh- und Angelpunkt dieser energiegeladenen Show ist der charismatische Sänger und Frontmann Olli Henrich. Er steht dem Original in nichts nach und wurde wegen seiner unglaublichen Stimme von der Presse sogar schon als „der bessere Bon Jovi“ gehandelt („so echt klingt noch nicht mal der wirkliche Jon Bon Jovi…“)
Der Band geht es nicht darum, als “Double“ oder “Look-alike“ aufzutreten. BOUNCE bringen mit eigener Note und trotzdem originalgetreuen Sounds und Arrangements das nahezu unerschöpfliche Repertoire aus fast 30 Jahren BON JOVI auf die Bühne:
Welthits, die Rockgeschichte geschrieben haben, Rocksongs, die an Power nicht zu überbieten sind, und Balladen, bei denen nahezu jeder Musikliebhaber dahin schmilzt. Vom ersten Hit „Runaway“ über All-Time-Favourites wie “You Give Love A Bad Name”, “Livin’ On A Prayer”, “Keep The Faith”, “Bed Of Roses”, “It’s My Life” oder “Have A Nice Day” bis hin zu aktuelleren Songs wie “We Weren’t Born to Follow” wird wirklich nichts ausgelassen!
Mit viel Liebe zum Detail, typischen Posen – die niemals aufgesetzt wirken – und unzähligen Originalinstrumenten erspielen sich BOUNCE nach wie vor einen immer größer werdenden Kreis an Fans, die mitunter mehrere 100 Kilometer Fahrt auf sich nehmen, um die spektakulären Shows von BOUNCE zu erleben.
Nicht nur eingefleischte Bon Jovi Fans attestieren BOUNCE, die “No. 1 Bon Jovi Tribute Band“ zu sein.
Viele sind erst wegen BOUNCE zum Bon Jovi Fan geworden…!

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A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE REAL MCKENZIES

Paul McKenzie claims he had a epiphany when he was subjected to an Andy Stewart record which was playing in one room, and intertwining with the vulgarity of a Sex Pistols album emerging from another. That year was somewhere around 1992, the setting was Vancouver Canada,and McKenzie was looking for something new, since his band TT Racer had recently disbanded. Who would have thought that a great deal of fun could be had pilfering your parents closet of old kilts and high socks to wear on a stage on which you would perform cover songs of various bands, altered slightly, to fit a scottish theme. Example: I Wanna Be Your Scot as opposed to I Wanna Be Your Dog. You get the point. Someone probably joked, If were gonna wear kilts, we might as well have a piper too.

While certainly not a new angle in rock music, the bagpipes were only ever used in a couple of songs at most by various bands, never a mainstay of an entire set. Soon though, it was apparent that this was a distinctive sound that could be finely tuned, with the soaring pipes complimenting the ferocious electric guitars and vise-versa. Of course the first thing that springs to mind is the word gimmick. Sure, I guess thats applicable here. But before you go taking things way to seriously, lets also not forget the concept of show buisness. People annually spend a shitload of money for the sole purpose of being entertained. So why not go out of your way to be entertainment? That was all a moot point with the McKenzies anyway. Because they just wanted to have fun, and you are more than welcome to have fun with them, as hundereds of thousands have. Sure some will read too much meaning into the whole idea, and take it out of its realm of fun, and those people should just shut the fuck up and drink their beer.

14 years later, the Real McKenzies have achieved lengendary status. Their live shows are highly regarded and they have been known to leave large audiences choking on their own dry mouths. They’ve been influence to more than a few bands, and ironically have been accused of ripping those same bands off, usually by journalistic hacks on the internet. They’ve toured the world endlessly, and frightened more than a few people at times, but its a small percentage to the numbers of people who leave their shows with ear to ear grins and think about the great time they had for weeks to come. I can imagine it will take death to stop these guys from doing what they do best, and that’s kicking your ass in the face at each and every show they play.

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Wyzard – Bass, Voc • Moses Mo – Guitars, Voc • Carl Carlton – Lead Vocals, Guitars • Bertram Engel – Drums, Percussion, Voc • Pascal Kravetz – Organ, Keyboards, Voc •

Nach der von Kritik und Publikum hochgelobten Reunion Tour 2019, sind Carl Carlton & The Songdogs motiviert und heiß, jetzt in 2020 ihren musikalischen Siegeszug fortzusetzten. Das Tourmotto „HIGH IN A SWEET RELEASE” signalisiert diesen neugewonnenen Enthusiasmus der fünf Ausnahmemusiker. Nachdem ihre vier Alben über die Jahre einen legendären Status erreicht haben, war es nicht verwunderlich, dass Fans und Publikum sich die Songdogs zurück
auf die Bühne wünschten.

THE BEGINNING: Guter Rat ist nicht immer teuer. Robert Palmer, guter Freund und  musikalischer Lehrmeister von Carl, gab im Jahr 1999 den Anstoß. »Why not have your own band?«, konfrontierte er ihn bei einer ihrer vielen, gemeinsamen Produktionen. »That’s long overdue, Carl…!« Und Recht hatte der viel zu früh verstorbene Robert Palmer (2003), der durch grandiose Alben wie »Sneakin’ Sally Thru The Alley« und Blockbuster-Hits wie z.B. »Simply Irresistable« und »Addicted To Love« Weltruhm erlangte. Carl nahm Roberts Rat an und gründete die Songdogs mit einem Champions-League-Line-Up, zu dem neben der Kerntruppe zahlreiche temporäre Supporter gehörten: Robert Palmer, Levon Helm und Garth Hudson (beide The Band), Bobby Keys, Sonny Landreth (ein Meister an der Slide-Gitarre), Ian »Mac« McLagan (Small Faces, Rolling Stones etc.), Ronnie Wood (ja, genau der…), Jon Smith, Steve Howard, Eric Burdon, Xavier Naidoo, Klaus Voormann und viele handverlesene Kollegen mehr.

Der Kern der Songdogs bestand, während der aktiven Karriere, aus Moses Mo (guitars) und Wyzard (bass) von den Funkrock-Pionieren Mother’s Finest aus Atlanta, Pascal Kravetz an den Tasten (Lindenberg, Maffay, Robert Palmer u.a.) und »the one and only« Bertram Engel am Schlagzeug. Später saßen (in chronologischer Folge) Wayne P. Sheehy (Ronnie Wood Band), Zachary Alford (David Bowie, Bruce Springsteen u.a.) und Dion Murdock (Mother’s Finest) an den Drums.

Die Gründung der Songdogs war ein Glücksfall für alle Rock-Liebhaber und den umtriebigen, stets am Limit arbeitenden Musiker Carlton, der als Gitarrist, Songwriter und Performer (Robert Palmer, Eric Burdon, Peter Maffay, Udo Lindenberg, Wolfgang Niedecken u.v.a.m.) nur einen Arbeitsmodus kennt: »Let’s get it on!« Mit den Songdogs schuf sich Carl, der unermüdliche Netzwerker, die perfekte Plattform, um mit all den hochkarätigen Musiker-Freunden seinen »No-Bullshit,- Keep On Swinging« Approach umzusetzen und seine tief im Rock, Blues und R’n’B verwurzelten Songs zu präsentieren. Das geniale Debütalbum von 2001 mit dem Titel »Revolution Avenue«, aufgenommen in den Sümpfen Louisianas, spiegelt in beeindruckender Weise die musikalische Seele der Songdogs. In den Folgejahren wurden drei weitere grandiose Songdog-Longplayer/CDs veröffentlicht: »Love & Respect« (2003), das von Kritik und Publikum gleichermaßen gefeiert wurde – »noch internationaler, noch farbiger« – die Live-Doppel-CD »CaHoots & Roots« (2004) und »Songs for the Lost and Brave« (2008), für dessen Produktion sich Carl & Co. in Levon Helms berühmtem Studio »The Barn« in Woodstock/NY einfanden. Wie allerdings die Geschichte beweist, sind sogenannte „Supergroups“ gleichermaßen fragile, wie sensible Gebilde. Nach knapp zehn erfolgreichen, überaus kreativen Jahren trennte man sich in aller Freundschaft bis auf Weiteres, um sich individuellen musikalischen Wegen widmen zu können.

Jetzt, 20 Jahre, nachdem die Töne des ersten Songs »God’s Gift To Man« in den Dockside Studios in Maurice, Louisiana aus den Lautsprechern schallten, sind Carl Carlton & The Songdogs in Originalbesetzung und in Topform, nach ihrer begeisternden Reunion Tour im letzten Jahr auch in 2020 wieder voll da! Save the dates und frei nach Carls Motto: »Keep Swinging!«

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Ultimate Eagles ist mehr als eine Hommage. Die Band präsentiert die Songs der Eagles aus jedem Album und jeder Epoche in bisher nicht gekannter Perfektion.

Ultimate Eagles verzichten bewusst auf Verkleidungen und andere elektronische Hilfsmittel. Jede noch so kleine Interpretation Nuance wird genau auf den Punkt gebracht. Vergleichbar mehr mit dem Royal Philharmonic Orchester das Beethoven spielt.

Es reicht ihnen nicht nur die Musik ihrer Idole vorzutragen.

Die Band hat bisher vor mehr als 450.000 Menschen in über 12 Ländern gespielt.

Ihre You Tube links wurden mehr als 4,5 Millionen Mal in den letzten drei Jahren angeklickt. Ultimate Eagles begeisterten bei der BBC Show mit Chris Evans „Car Fest South and North“ über 20.000 Zuhörer.

Die Bandmitglieder sind alle erfahrene Profis die ihre Bühnenauftritte mit Größen wie: Joe Cocker, Paul Young, Roger Daltrey, Lulu, Bonnie Tyler, Tom Jones und auch Queen krönten. Einige Musiker der Band arbeiteten zusammen mit Barbara Streisand, Janet Jackson, Status Quo und Iron Maiden.

Ultimate Eagles hat auch einen BAFTA gekrönten Musikdirektor an Bord der die Weichen für die neue erfolgreiche X Factor Sendung Tenors of Rock gestellt hat.

Genießen Sie die hervorragenden Satzgesänge und Musikkompositionen geschrieben von Legenden. Lassen Sie sich in eine Zeit entführen in der Musik noch gesungen wurde.

Kommen Sie vorbei und erleben Sie einen Abend mit der umfassendsten und genauesten Hommage an die Eagles. Eine Show bei der Ihre Ohren Augen machen werden. Ultimate Eagles ein muß für Liebhaber der Musik und der Eagles.

BBC Radio Chris Evans: „The best Eagles Show in the world“.

“I thought I was listening the real thing”.

Performing all the Hits including:

HOTEL CALIFORNIA, LYIN’ EYES, ONE OF THESE NIGHTS, TAKE IT TO THE LIMIT, DESPERADO, TAKE IT EASY, AND MANY MORE

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Nobody quite knew what to think of these long haired, tattooed bikers singing such soulful, yet ballsy, rock music when they arrived on the scene in Los Angeles in 1987. They stood out amongst the „Hair Bands“ that populated the music scene at the time….a distinction the band wore as a badge of honor.
Much hype surrounded the band as they were managed by music legend Jimmy Iovine, guided by legendary A&R man John Kalodner and produced by Bob Rock. It seemed like a formula for success, yet the band met an unfortunate set of circumstances that left many scratching their heads shortly after the release of their self-titled debut album. Many were to speculate why the band never achieved the level of success that their legendary team of backers took as inevitable. Many were to speculate that it was due to the dichotomy between the band’s gruff appearance and their sound. The truth was that the band fell prey to an unfortunate set of circumstances that occurred in the limited window that bands get to produce sales in, or get exiled in the music business. Three weeks into the bands initial release, Geffen Records was sold, their label Manager left the company, accountants took over, and their records where lost in transit to their new distributors. As sales dropped off due to the lack of product availability, the accountants shut the project down. And so, another band dies….there’s always more where they came from in the rough and tumble world that is the music business.
Little Caesar first appeared on Metal Blade’s “Street Survivors” compilation. The band then released a four song EP titled “Name Your Poison” (produced by Joe Hardy of ZZ Top fame), which subsequently led to a deal with Geffen Records. Little Caesar’s eponymous 1990 Geffen debut was produced by the infamous Bob Rock (producer of Metallica’s self-titled 1991 multi-platinum release, Motley Crue’s “Dr. Feelgood”, and The Cult’s “Sonic Temple” among others). The album was a no-nonsense collection of hard rock in the vein of ’70s giants like Bad Company and Humble Pie, and was also brimming with classic R&B influences, garnering widespread acceptance and positive reviews from the rock media. It also featured two Motown covers, including a ballsy rendition of the classic Aretha Franklin track, “Chain of Fools,” which hit the Billboard Top 100 chart and received strong airplay nationwide on both rock radio and MTV. The group toured extensively opening for such legendary acts as Jane’s Addiction, KISS, Social Distortion, Iggy Pop, Billy Idol, and Lynyrd Skynyrd. They also headlined their own club tours, and appeared on TV’s popular “Arsenio Hall Show”, “The Rick Dee’s Show”, and MTV’s “Sex in the 90’s”. Vocalist Ron Young was also featured in the movie “Terminator 2” as a tough talking biker that gets into a fight with the film’s star, Arnold Schwarzenegger. 1992 would bring the second full-length album, “Influence”, which would have Earl Slick (of John Lennon, David Bowie, and Ian Hunter fame) replacing Apache on guitar. The “Influence” album was produced by the highly respected Howard Benson (who has recently produced releases for platinum artists like Daughtry, Papa Roach, and P.O.D. among others). The band completed its first tour of Europe after the release of the album and drew rave reviews and sold out crowds across multiple countries including a sold out headlining performance at the famous Marquee club in London.

As the band slowly recovered from the shock and lessons learned in the nasty world of the music business, they always remained close, as they are a family way before they are a band. They started to do local shows and remember why they loved music and each other. Since the reformation, the band has played high profile shows at venues as House of Blues, California Speedway for NASCAR, and the Rock The Bayou Festival in Houston TX.
In 2010, Little Caesar moved forward with a vengeance on a worldwide level with new release titled „Redemption“ as well as touring in the US, Europe and the UK.
In 2012, Little Caesar released their latest effort entitled „American Dream“. Produced by Bruce Witkin, a powerful, no nonsense, guitar driven group of songs that takes the band to that same warm R&B driven Rock and Roll Universe they call home. They performed at the Hard Rock Hell festival in Wales in Dec 2012. They returned once again to Europe in 2013 appearing at The Download Festival appearing alongside such acts as Iron Maiden, Motorhead, Rival Sons, and Queens of the Stone Age. They are preparing a double live CD…something they have not done in their 30 years of playing together…

Fast forward to 2018 which will see the band release a brand new album of original music and their sixth European tour which will bring the band to Germany, Belgium, France, Sweden, Norway, Czech Republic and Slovakia.

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THE CORONAS bringen im Juni ihr sechstes Album True Love Waits raus und gehen damit auf Tour. Die Band aus Dublin ist mit ihren Vorgängeralben stets in den Charts gelandet und wurden mit dem Meteor Award (2010) ausgezeichnet. Ehemals zu viert, macht die Band nun ohne Gitarrist Dave McPhillips weiter. Im September geht es auf Deutschlandtour. Tickets sind ab dem 28.02.2020, 12 Uhr an allen bekannten Vorverkaufsstellen erhältlich.

The Coronas
True Love Waits – album biography

The Coronas’ sixth album marks more than a fresh start. If its five, platinum-selling predecessors were chapters in the career of one of Ireland’s biggest, best-loved bands, True Love Waits is a whole new book.

A quartet for 13 years, last summer, The Coronas became a trio when guitarist Dave McPhillips unexpectedly left. Briefly they questioned whether to continue, but once the shock had subsided, something dawned on the Dubliners. If they weren’t the band they used to be, why make music as they always had?

“In retrospect, the shock of Dave leaving the band helped us get a clearer picture of what we wanted the album to be” says Danny O’Reilly, singer and lead songwriter. “When we accepted that we weren’t going to be the same band without him, it was easier to let the songs lead us in ways we wouldn’t have thought of before”

“Rather than replace Dave, we actually contemplated ditching guitars entirely. But instead we opened ourselves up to work with loads of our talented friends, mainly because the songs warranted it, and we had an amazing young producer George Murphy who knew exactly the kind of album we wanted to make.”

“For the first time we used real brass, there are extra guest backing vocalists, guest guitar players and our first featured duet. From early on, the guys encouraged me to use my voice differently, just pushing me to try something that I wouldn’t have done previously”

Two songs had already been recorded, in L.A. last February with Hozier and PJ Harvey producer Rob Kirwan, when Danny, bassist Graham Knox and drummer Conor Egan pressed reset. But the album only really began to take shape once a raft of new songs arrived. Key to the process was Danny’s coterie of new co-writers.

“I co-wrote a little on the last two albums and loved it,” says Danny. “This time I was up for anything. I took snippets of ideas to several musician mates, mostly around Dublin and Kerry, to see what we came up with and that’s how we hit on some of the new sounds and different song structures.

“When you’re five albums in, it can be difficult to write differently on your own – you instinctively return to the same patterns. With fresh input, you’re forced down new paths, and it’s also great sharing that excitement in a room when you both know that there’s something special in the idea you’ve just created together”

Title track and new single True Love Waits was written with Cian MacSweeny, frontman of Cork-formed, Dublin-based trio True Tides, one of The Coronas’ favourite bands and their recent support act.

Acoustic guitar and bright synths blend to create an atmosphere of dreamy optimism, while the lyrics – ‘Fuck that, take a chance’ – could as easily apply to The Coronas’ new outlook as a new relationship. Much of the song is the band’s original demo, recorded DIY in Dublin, before being completed in London with producer George Murphy.

“We’ve never kept so much of our demos before,” says Danny, “but what’s great about George is he can see the magic in a moment. There’s a spontaneity to that song which we’d have lost by rerecording it. George engineered our last two albums, so he knows us very well. He’d hone in on the vibes of what we brought him. A lot of the songs had odd arrangements and he understood straight away what we were trying to do.”

The unorthodox arrangements helped push The Coronas out of their comfort zone. The release last year of hypnotic first single Find The Water was a shock to some, but its success told the band they were on the right path.

Beginning with just piano and vocals, then breaking into an intense chant, Find The Water soars skywards on trumpets and percussion and has Danny singing so high by the end that he’s all but unrecognisable.

Future single Cold may rival it for surprises. Opening on its stark, prayer-like chorus, it’s a majestic spine-chiller that shapeshifts on piano, percussion and synths. Written by Danny as a pick-me-up late one night alone in Dingle, it’s about decision-making and self-doubt.

“How do you know you’ve made the right choice, about anything,” says Danny. “In the midst of so much change, you can question every decision, but what’s the point? It’s our ‘don’t get down’ song. Have confidence and move on.”

Lyrically, True Love Waits addresses everything from a new love in Danny’s life to looking back at past achievements with pride to dealing with Dave’s departure.

Light Me Up flips from atmospheric to anthemic and builds to a boisterous, gospel finish featuring co-writer Cian on backing vocals. Haunted, one of two songs written with producer Cormac Butler, is a toast to a partnership – with the phrase “haunted” being Dingle-speak for “lucky”.

Lost in The Thick It is one of the albums highlights, a gorgeous duet with Gabrielle Aplin, written in Brighton with Aplin and her partner Alfie Hudson-Taylor.

On the celebratory Brave, The Coronas work in a waltz. The euphoric Heat of the Moment they describe as their Richard Curtis love song. By the end of I Think We Jinxed It, the guitars and synths soar just much as Danny’s vocals.

“We never thought we’d make six albums, or be as excited about music as we are now. It’s great that we’re not trying to compete with anyone else. We’d rather just outdo ourselves.”

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In einer famosen Live-Inszenierung bietet die Band eine wunderbare musikalische Reise durch die Hits der erfolgreichsten Phase von Pink Floyd: von „Meddle“ (1971) über „Dark Side of The Moon“ (1973), „Wish You Were Here“, „Animals“ bis zu „The Wall“ (1979), sowie einige andere bekannte Stücke. Mit musikalischer Extraklasse, hervorragendem Stage-Design und großartigem Sound begeistern Kings of Floyd das Publikum und rufen die nahezu perfekte Illusion eines Pink Floyd Konzertes hervor.

Vocals, Guitar / Mark Gillespie (UK)
Guitars / Maurus Fischer(DE)
Keyboards, Vocals / Jürgen Magdziak (DE), Andy Schmidgen (DE)
Bass / Hans Maahn (DE), Ian Stewart (Canada)
Drums / Berni Bovens (NL)
Sax / Bernd Winterschladen (DE)
Vocals / Lucy Wende (NL)

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His voice stands above all others in the field. Quite simply, Marc Broussard is the reason they invented soul music.”- PerformerMag.com“

A blue eyed soul singer with a broad, soulful voice nicely scraped around the edges. – The Washington Times

Marc Broussard ist ein US-amerikanischer Singer-Songwriter, dessen musikalischer Stil auch als “Bayou Soul“ beschrieben wird, da er Elemente aus Rock, Country, Blues, R&B und Soul miteinander vereint. Einen wesentlichen Einfluss haben jedoch seine “Southern Roots“,denn Broussard wuchs als Sohn eines Gitarristen in Carencro, Louisana auf. Mit 5 Jahren hatte er seinen ersten Auftritt, als er eines Tages einfach mal „Johnny B. Good“in der Band seines Vaters raushaute!Seit er 18 ist, lebt der mittlerweile 38-Jährigevon der Musik und spielt bis zu 150 Konzerte pro Jahr. Er tourte mit Musiklegenden wie Dave Matthews Band, Zac Brown, Huey Lewisoder Bonnie Raitt, ist der Protagonist auf dem aktuellen Allman Brothers Tribute Album und begleitet ‚just for fun’ seinen Kumpel Joe Bonamassa auf einigen Shows in Süd-Europa. Seine große Liebe zur Soulmusik unterstrich der überzeugte Philanthrop auf seinem Charity-Album „S.O.S. 2: Save Our Soul: Soul On A Mission“ , auf dem Broussard mit beeindruckender Authentizität Soulklassiker der Sechziger ( z.b. mit Songs aus ‚Dirty Dancing’) interpretierte.

Wobei sich der Akustikclip von „Cry to me“ mit 20.0 Millionen Youtube Views bereits zu einem veritablen Hit entwickelt hat. Natürlich darf dieser Song, ebenso wie sein grösster US Hit „Home“, auf den Live Shows nicht fehlen. Für Marc Broussard steht dieser inWalnussbaumrinde geräucherte Song, der ihn über die Jahre begleitete, für alles, was ihm wichtig erscheint -Southern Roots der alten Schule, Heimat, Freunde,Familie, Erdverbundenheit und Authentizität. Bei seinen Shows spürt man die Hitze des Südens und Marc Broussard lässt uns teilhaben an seiner, ihm in die Wiege gelegten Leidenschaft, mit der er sein abwechslungsreiches Repertoire interpretiert und die Genre verschmelzen lässt.

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