Gotthard (band)
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Gotthard is a Swiss hard rock band. Their last ten albums have all charted at number one, making them the most successful Swiss album chart act ever.
With over 1,000,000 albums sold in Switzerland, it is the nationally most successful rock band – if international sales are considered, they are still trailing Krokus.
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[edit] Discography
- 1992: Gotthard
- 1994: Dial Hard
- 1996: G.
- 1997: Defrosted (Acoustic Album)
- 1999: Open
- 2001: Homerun
- 2002: One Life One Soul (Best of ballads)
- 2003: Human Zoo
- 2004: One Team One Spirit (Best of Album)
- 2005: Lipservice
- 2006: Made In Switzerland (Live Album)
[edit] Members
- Steve Lee - Vocals
- Leo Leoni - Guitaur
- Freddy Scherer - Guitar
- Marc Lynn - Bass Guitar
- Hena Habegger - Drums
[edit] Influences
Influences include Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, Whitesnake, Deep Purple and Aerosmith. Singer Steve Lee is especially fond of Whitesnake and has based his singing style on their lead singer David Coverdale.
Gotthard also performed "Immigrant Song" (originally by Led Zeppelin) live and it featured exclusively on a CD by Classic Rock (a long running monthly UK rock magazine). "Hush" was also performed live and can be found on Made In Switzerland album.
Another cover of a song they have recoerded is "The Mighty Quinn", originally called Quinn The Eskimo, by Bob Dylan.
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