• Grobschnitt Rockpalast Concerts 2017

Rockpalast (Rock Palace) is a Germanmusictelevision 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 [de].

The founder and long-time producer of Rockpalast was Peter Rüchel^[3] together with Christian Wagner [de]. Soon, Alan Bangs and Albrecht Metzger joined as moderators of the Rockpalast Nacht [de] events.

The J. Geils Band's song 'Believe in Me' became the official Rockpalast intro tune.^[when?]Free whatsapp application for nokia 2690.

Selected list of performers[edit]

Auch wenn kaum noch jemand damit gerechnet hat, haben wir es endlich wahr gemacht und das lang ersehnte Rockpalast-Projekt realisiert. Dezember 2016 erscheint unter dem Titel „SOLAR MOVIE“ das neue limitierte Grobschnitt Box-Set auf dem Brain Label von Universal Music.

Not all of these acts were recorded and broadcast. A list of the recorded gigs is readable on the Rockpalast homepage.^[4]

• George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic
• Kevin Coyne^[5]
• Ian Dury and The Blockheads
• Electric Light Orchestra^[6]
• Grateful Dead^[7]
• Jay Hooks.^[8]
• Ian Hunter and Mick Ronson
• Rick James and The Stone City Band
• Ronnie Lane from The Faces
• Alvin Lee and Ten Years After
• Marion Raven^[9]
• Streetwalkers^[10]
• Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble
• Tom Waits^[11]

See also[edit]

• Peter Sommer [de]

References[edit]

1. ^Michael Marsch. 'Rockpalast Archiv - Rocknächte 1977 - 1986'. Rockpalastarchiv.de. Retrieved 2014-06-27.
2. ^https://www.rockpalastarchiv.de/backstage/me83.html
3. ^Michael Marsch. 'Rockpalast Archiv - Peter Rüchel Eclipsed 2004'. Rockpalastarchiv.de. Retrieved 2014-06-27.
4. ^'Archived copy'. Archived from the original on 2016-04-22. Retrieved 2016-04-11.CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link)
5. ^'Kevin Coyne: Live At Rockpalast 1979'. Rough Trade. 2019. Retrieved 2019-04-25.
6. ^'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.
7. ^With an appearance by the Flying Karamazov Brothers
8. ^'Jay Hooks at Hotburrito's Bluesrockencyclopedia'. Hotburrito.nl. Retrieved 2018-04-08.
9. ^First full show with backing band in Germany
10. ^Michael Marsch. 'Rockpalast Archiv - Chapman Whitney Streetwalkers 1975'. Rockpalastarchiv.de. Retrieved 2014-06-27.
11. ^'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.
• Rüchel, Peter (2016-10-02). 'Peter Rüchel meets 78Twins' (in German). SOL Kulturbar. Retrieved 2019-04-03.
• Schwabe, Oliver (2017). 'I've Lost My Mind In Essen – 40 Jahre Rocknacht' (documentary film) (in German). WDR.[1]
• Metzger, Albrecht; Heim, Wolfgang (2018-06-29). ''German Television proudly presents' - Rockpalast-Präsentator Albrecht Metzger'. Leute [de] (in German). SWR1 Baden-Württemberg. Retrieved 2019-04-03.

External links[edit]

Grobschnitt Rockpalast Concerts 2017

• Official website(in German)
• Westdeutscher Rundfunk(in German)
• Rockpalast-Archiv Unofficial archive website
• Rockpalast on IMDb
• Rockpalast-Fans Unofficial fansite
• Rockpalast on Last.fm user group with free radio station