Matthias Röhr
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| Matthias Röhr | |
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| Also known as | Gonzo Matt Roehr |
| Born | April 16, 1962  Frankfurt |
| Genre(s) | Hard rock |
| Years active | 1980-Present |
| Label(s) | Rule23 Recordings |
| Website | GonzoMusic |
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| Tausch Dragonfly Gibson EDS-1275 Gibson Flying V |
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Matthias "Gonzo" Röhr (born 16 April 1962 in Frankfurt) was the guitarist of the rock-band Böhse Onkelz from 1981 to 2005. His stage name Gonzo derives from Double live Gonzo, an album of Ted Nugent. Since the split of the Böhse Onkelz he is known as Matt Roehr.
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[edit] Youth
Röhr grew up in the area of Frankfurt in a strictly Catholic family. The brothers and sisters rarely saw their father, because he was working the whole week in a food store and later opened his own kiosk in Frankfurt. Röhr's family moved often, but stayed in the Frankfurt area.
[edit] Musical career
He had already begun playiong the guitar at age twelve. Despite his strict education and his young age, Röhr discovered what was important in his life. The repetitive church-visits and the ministers, who always tried to make him a better man, weren't parts of the life he wanted; but the music was. He and friends pooled their money together in order to be able to get guitar lessons. After a few weeks he quit the lessons, because he wanted to play "real" music and not folk-music or endless scales. A little later Röhr sold his guitar, bought an e-bass and joined a school band. When he enters the Frankfurt punk-scene in 1980, he already had played in several bands. When he joined the Böhse Onkelz as the fourth member, he played first bass. Later he changed again to guitar due to its gift and played it until the band split in 2005.
In August 2006 he played the guitar for Rose Tattoo at the Wacken Open Air for the deceased Peter Wells.
In October 2007 he released his first solo album "Barra da Tijuca".
[edit] Guitars
Röhr uses the guitars from Gibson (EDS-1275 Doubleneck, Flying V, Les Paul, SG), Fender (Stratocaster), Guild (SG Custom) and Tausch Dragonfly (665 S, Dragonfly).
[edit] Books
"Meine letzten 48 Stunden mit den Böhsen Onkelz", Matthias Röhr, ISBN 3-931624-36-6
[edit] Discography
for the Böhse Onkelz albums see Böhse Onkelz discography
- 2007: Barra da Tijuca
[edit] External links
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