Gotthard (band)
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Gotthard is a Swiss hard rock band founded by Steve Lee and Leo Leoni. Their last ten albums have all charted at number one, making them the most successful Swiss album chart act ever.
With 2 millions of albums sold (1m of which was sold in Switzerland, which only has 7 million inhabitants), they managed to get multi-platinum awards in different parts of the world., it is the nationally most successful rock band – if international sales are considered, they are still trailing Krokus.
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[edit] Discography
[edit] Studio albums and singles
- Gotthard (1992)
- Dial Hard (1994)
- G. (1996)
- Open (1999)
- Homerun (2001)
- Human Zoo (2003)
- Lipservice (2005)
Domino Effect (2007)
[edit] Live albums
- The Hamburg Tapes (1996)
- D frosted (1997)
- Made In Switzerland (Live Album) (2006)
[edit] Compilation albums
- One Life One Soul (Best Of Ballads) (2002)
- One Team One Spirit (Best of Album) (2004)
[edit] Members
- Steve Lee - vocals
- Leo Leoni - guitars
- Freddy Scherer - guitars
- 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.
They have also covered songs from Bob Dylan, The Hollies and The Move.