Rocko Schamoni

Rocko Schamoni

Born	8 May 1966 (1966-05-08) (age 45) Lütjenburg, Germany
Nationality	German
Occupation	author, musician, entertainer and writer
Website
Official website Rocko Schamoni at MySpace

Rocko Schamoni, (born May 8, 1966 in Lütjenburg) real name is Tobias Albrecht, is a German entertainer, author, musician,^[1] club proprietor and member of the comedy ensemble Studio Braun.

1 Biography
2 Discography
- 2.1 Studio albums
- 2.2 Singles
3 Bibliography
4 Filmography
5 References
6 External links

Biography

Rocko Schamoni released his first vinyl-single Liebe kann man sich nicht kaufen (1987). A lot of albums and singles followed. In 1998 he started the project Studio Braun with two other musicians from Hamburg.

In 2000 his career as author began. Rocko Schamoni released three autobiographical novels called Risiko des Ruhms (2000), Dorfpunks (2004) and Sternstunden der Bedeutungslosigkeit (2007). Dorfpunks, which tells about Schamoni's youth as fan of punk and then as a punk himself in his village Lütjenburg at the end of the 70s and at the beginning of the 80s, made him very popular in Germany. Schamoni was invited to several well-known TV shows as TV Total to promote his novel. It sold very well in Germany.

Rocko Schamoni also co-founded, with Schorsch Kamerun and others, the Golden Pudel nightclub in Hamburg, which is well known as a center of the Hamburger Schule movement in German alternative rock.^[2]

Then, he sometimes works as part-time actor and is also known as King Rocko Schamoni, Bims Brohm, IBM City Star, Mike Strecker, and Silvio Strecker.

Discography

Studio albums

1988: Vision (LP, Weser Label)
1989: Jeans und Elektronik (LP/LP lim. mit Flexi-Disc/CD/MC, Polydor)
1990: Disco
1993: Ex-Leben (mit Motion)(CD, What’s so funny about)
1995: Galerie Tolerance
1996: Die frühen Werke des Monsieur 70 Volt
1999: Showtime (DoCD inkl. Remixe, Trikont)
2002: Der Schwere Duft von Anarchie (CD, Virgin)
2003: The Best of Rocko Schamoni (DoCD/LP, Trikont)
2007: Rocko Schamoni & Little Machine (CD, Trikont; LP, Nobistor)

Singles

1987: Liebe kann man sich nicht kaufen (7“-Weser Label)
1990: Ich will Liebe (7“-Vinyl, Weser Label; Maxi-CD/12“-Vinyl, Polydor)
1990: Was kostet Liebe (7“-Vinyl, Polydor)
1990: Mendocino (Duet with Michael Holm)
1991: Nackt in Las Vegas (7“-Vinyl/Maxi-CD, Polydor)
1999: Showtime Remixe (12“-Vinyl, Trikont)
2002: Geld ist eine Droge (Maxi-CD, Virgin)
2002: Heart of Plastic (12“-Vinyl/Maxi-CD, Virgin)
2005: Mauern (Maxi-CD, Trikont; 7“-Vinyl, Nobistor)
2006: Muster (Maxi-CD, Trikont; 7“-Vinyl, Nobistor)
2010: Mein Hass (7“-Vinyl, Duet with Cordelia Waal, Music and Production: Rockford Kabine)

Bibliography

2000: Risiko des Ruhms
2004: Dorfpunks
2007: Risiko des Ruhms: Director's Cut
2007: Sternstunden der Bedeutungslosigkeit

Filmography

1988: Ballhaus Barmbek
1990: Rollo Aller!
1992: Rollo Aller! 2
1993: Die Ratte
2004: Jazzclub – Der frühe Vogel fängt den Wurm
2005: Wir waren niemals hier
2005: Am Tag als Bobby Ewing starb
2007: 20.000 Jahre Studio Braun – Ein Jubiläum feiert Geburtstag (DVD)
2008: Fleisch ist mein Gemüse
2008: Rollo Aller! 4
2009: Dorfpunks^[3]

References

^ "Rocko Schamoni - IMDb". Internet Movie Database. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1336704/. Retrieved 20 November 2010.
^ "Der Pudel Klub". die tageszeitung. 2005-08-31. Archived from the original on 2011-11-16. http://www.webcitation.org/63EssvYTQ. Retrieved 2011-11-16.
^ "Das Spielhaus: Deze" (in German). Hamburg: Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg. December 2008. p. p2. http://www.kulturserver-hamburg.de/home/schauspielhaushamburg/downloads/dsh_12-08.pdf. Retrieved 20 November 2010.

External links

Entry for Rocko Schamoni in the catalogue of the German National Library
Rocko Schamoni in the German National Library catalogue (German)

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Name	Schamoni, Rocko
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Date of birth	May 8, 1966
Place of birth	Lütjenburg, Germany
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