The BossHoss
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| The BossHoss | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Berlin, Germany |
| Years active | 2004-present |
| Genre(s) | Pop/Rock („Country Trash Punk Rock“) |
| Founding members | |
| Boss Burns | vocals, washboard |
| Hoss Power | vocals, acoustic guitars |
BossHoss is a band from Berlin which started in 2004 with Country & Western style cover versions of famous Pop, Rock and HipHop songs, for example "Hot in Herre" by Nelly, "Toxic" by Britney Spears and "Hey Ya!" by Outkast. They incorporate typical cowboy stereotypes: wearing stetson hats, tank tops and big sunglasses, displaying whiskey bottles, poorly imitating southern American accents and yelling Yeehaw!. The band refers to their music style as "Country Trash Punk Rock" thus indicating a background influenced more by urban underground culture than by rural redneck attitudes.
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[edit] Band members
- Boss Burns (Alec Völkel; Vocals, Washboard)[1]
- Hoss Power (Sascha Vollmer; Vocals, Acoustic Guitar)[2]
- Frank Doe (Ansgar Freyberg; Drums)[3]
- Hank Doodle (Mathias Fauvet; Mandoline, Washboard, Harp)[4]
- Guss Brooks (André Neumann; Acoustic Bass)[5]
- Russ T. Nail (Dean Micetech; Electric Guitar)[6]
- Ernesto Escobar de Tijuana (Tobias Fischer; Percussion)[7]
[edit] Band Biography
2004: The band was formed in Berlin by Boss and Hoss and named after the ononymous song by the The Sonics. They were featured in the trendsetting music show Tracks (on the 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.
2005: Release of their debut album "Internashville Urban Hymns" and a promotional contract with the ice cream producer Langnese, for which they covered "Like Ice In The Sunshine", the theme song from a Langnese's TV spot. The band played about 180 concerts that year.
2006: 2006: BossHoss provided the soundtrack for the soccer movie "FC Venus" [8]. Release of the first single „I Say A Little Prayer“ on April 28 and the second album "Rodeo Radio" on May 19. Half of that second album were own songs, the other half cover versions. After they had released that second album, their first album rose into the charts again, sold 100'000 copies until the end of May 2006 only and became a gold record in Germany. BossHoss played a lot of concerts in Germany and at summer festivals all over Europe.
2007: BossHoss will play in Canada in March, at many European festivals during the summer and a tour in autumn is also scheduled. The third album is to be recorded in March and released in September.
[edit] Discography
| Charts |
Singles
- Hey Ya!
- DE: 41 - 05/09/2005 - 9 weeks
- Hot In Herre/Like Ice In The Sunshine
- DE: 83 - 07/25/2005 - 3 weeks
- I Say A Little Prayer/You'll Never Walk Alone
- DE: 79 - 05/12/2006 - 9 weeks
- Ring Ring Ring
- DE: 99 - 09/12/2006 - 1 week.
- Rodeo Radio
- DE: xx - 12/15/2006 - x weeks
Albums
- Internashville Urban Hymns
- DE: 11 - 06/06/2005 - 27 weeks.
- Rodeo Radio
- DE: 06 - 05/25/2006 - 15 weeks
- A: 40 - 05/25/2006 - ...
[edit] Albums
[edit] Singles
- Hey Ya! (2005) (OutKast cover)[11]
- Hot In Herre/ Like Ice In The Sunshine (2005) (Double A Side Single with covers of Nelly[12] and the Langnese theme)
- Christmas-CD (2005) (Last Christmas (George Michael of Wham)[13] & Riding Home For Christmas)
- I Say A Little Prayer (Bacharach-David)[14]/ You'll Never Walk Alone (Rodgers-Hammerstein)[15] (2006)
- Ring, Ring, Ring (De La Soul cover)[16] (2006)
- Rodeo Radio (2006)
[edit] DVDs
- Internashville Urban Hymns, die DVD (2005) (Available only in Germany)[17]
