Volkstrauertag der Rock 'n' Roll-Nation!

Another year, another Rock 'n' Roll memorial service in honor of the many excellent musicians who played their last note in the past twelve months.

DJ Vollkasko pays respect to those who served with distinction and generously enriched our lives with the beauty of their work, across many decades and genres.

superstar rotation. We're still listening.(TM)

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1   Kraftwerk Sendepause [Instrumental] 1975        
2   Rheingold Dreiklangsdimensionen (12" Version) 1980   D  

Bodo Staiger (+ Dec 4th 2019), Lilac Angels, Rheingold

3   Gershon Kingsley Hey, Hey 1969   USA   Gershon Kingsley (1922 - Dec 10th, 2019), pioneer in electronic and Moog synth music (hit 'Popcorn'), composer of Jewish liturgical rock music

4   GUZ Altes Pferd 2000   CH   Olifr Maurmann, aka Guz (Dec 1967 – Jan 19, 2020), Swiss music producer, studio operator (Star Track/Schafhausen), legendary Swiss rock 'n' roller & excellent singer-songwriter (Guz, Die Aeronauten, Jerry J. Nixon, Die Zukunft, Naked in English Class)

5   Gang Of Four To Hell With Poverty 1990   GB   Andy Gill (1956 - Feb 1, 2020), producer, founder & guitarist with British post-punk band Gang of Four

6   Der Englische Garten Die aufgeräumte Stadt 2014   D   Bernd Hartwich (d. Mar 11, 2020), German DJ, bass player, singer, arranger and songwriter (Merricks, Friends ahoi, Bish, Der Englische Garten), wonderful pop expert and holder of the Sound of Munich-trademark
7   Der Englische Garten Kakerlaken 2014   D    
8   Psychic TV Stick Insect 1990   UK   Genesis P-Orridge (1950 - Mar 14, 2020), British avantgarde icon and founding member of experimental industrial bands Throbbing Gristle and Psychic TV

9   D.A.F. Verschwende Deine Jugend     D   Gabriel „Gabi“ Delgado-López (1958 - Mar 22, 2020), Spanish-born German New Wave/Industrial musician and singer with Deutsch-Amerikanische Freundschaft and solo

10   Tony Allen One Tree 2006   NGR   Tony Allen (d. Apr 30, 2020), Nigerian drummer and bandleader, one of the pioneers of Afrobeat who worked with greats like Fela Kuti, Manu Dibango, and others

11   The Paragons On The Beach     JA   Bob Andy (d. Mar 27, 2020), Jamaican songwriter, singer with rocksteady band The Paragons and of reggae hits ('Young, Gifted and Black', 'Feeling Soul', 'Unchained', etc.)

12   The Flamin' Groovies Teenage Head 1971   USA   Roy Loney (1946 - Dec 13, 2019), singer-songwriter, and Danny Mihm (d. Mar 27, 2020), drummer of US-band The Flamin’ Groovies

13   Fountains of Wayne I Want an Alien for Christmas     USA   Adam Schlesinger (1967 - Apr 1, 2020), US songwriter and guitarist with power-pop band Fountains of Wayne

14   John Prine Christmas in Prison     USA   John Prine (d. Apr 7, 2020), US country folk singer-songwriter known known for an humorous style of original music with elements of protest and social commentary

15   Spotniks Winterland     SWE   Bo Winberg (1939 - Jan 3, 2020), lead guitarist, singer and band leader of Swedish surf beat/instrumental rock band The Spotnicks, and their rhythm guitarist and singer Bo Starander (1942 – May 3, 2020), aka Bob Lander

16   The Kingsmen Louie, Louie 1963   USA   Lynn Easton (d. Apr 25, 2020), founding member of US garage rockers The Kingsmen; started as drummer, then his mother copyrighted the band name, took over and made him frontman and saxophonist. Their 1963 version of Richard Berry's 'Louie Louie' was famously investigated by the FBI regarding supposed, but nonexistent, obscenity of the lyrics

17   The Stranglers Ghost Train 1986   GB   Dave Greenfield (1949 - May 3, 2020), keyboardist and vocalists with British (post-)punk band The Stranglers ('Golden Brown', 'Always the Sun')

18   Kraftwerk Aetherwellen 1975   D   Florian Schneider (1947 - May 6, 2020), 1970 Gründungsmitglied and until 2009 Mensch-Maschine with German electronic (originally Krautrock) band Kraftwerk

19   Orchestra Peter Thomas Umpta-Lady 1975   D   Peter Thomas (1925 – May 17, 2020), German orchestra leader and arranger, composed over 80 movie and 600 tv soundtracks ('Raumpatrouille', 1966) with innovative electronic effects and production techniques

20   Ennio Morricone Mucchio Selvaggio 1973   I   Ennio Morricone (Nov 10, 1928 – Jul 6, 2020), legendary Italian soundtrack composer ('The Good, the Bad and The Ugly', 'Once Upon a Time in the West, 'Chi Mai', 'The Mission', 'The Hateful Eight')

21   The Flying Burrito Brothers Dark End Of The Streets     USA   William “Mickey” McGee (d. Jul 20, 2020), drummer for US country rock bands Flying Burrito Brothers (with Gram Parsons) and Goose Creek Symphony, also worked with Linda Ronstadt and others

22   Pretty Things Come See Me     GB   Phil May (1944 - May 15, 2020), founding member and lead singer of British rhythm 'n' blues/psychedelic rock band The Pretty Things, peers of the Rolling Stones; released one of the first concept albums ('S.F.Sorrow', 1968)

23   The Lords Death Bells At Dawn     D   Knud Kuntze, aka Lord Knut (d. Jun 14, 2020), member of popular German beat legends The Lords

24   Cardiacs Core 1992   GB   Timothy Smith (d. Jul 22, 2020), founder and frontman of British progressive punk (“pronk”) band Cardiacs

25   The Seeds Can't Seem To Make You Mine 1965   USA   Buck Jan Reeder, aka JAN SAVAGE (d. Aug 5, 2020), guitarrist and co-founder of US psych legends The Seeds (with Sky Saxon)

26   Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers I Love You 1977   USA   Walter Lure (Aug 21, 2020), guitarist with US proto-punk rockers Johnny Thunders & the Heartbreakers

27   Toots & The Maytals Pressure Drop     JA   Frederick “Toots” Hibbert (d. Sep 11, 2020), Jamaican rocksteady and ska vocalist with Toots and The Maytals ('Pressure Drop, 'Funky Kingston', 'Concrete Jungle'); also band-member, guitarist Lynford “Hux” Brown (Jun 18, 2020)

28   Les Paul & Mary Ford How High The Moon 1951   USA   Lou Pallo (Oct 28, 2020), guitarist; described by Keith Richards as "the man of a million chords" and best known for his decades-long work in the Les Paul Trio

 

They also served with distinction --

Gun-Marie Fredriksson (May 30, 1958 – Dec 9, 2019), Swedish pop singer-songwriter with Roxette, pianist and painter

Andrew "Greedy" Smith (1956 - Dec 2019), British singer and keyboardist with Mental As Anything

Kelly Fraser (Aug 8, 1993 – Dec 24, 2019), Canadian Inuk pop singer-songwriter

Sleepy LaBeef (died Dec 26, 2019), US rockabilly artist from the 1950s to the 2010s

Les Chadwick (1943 - Dec 26, 2019), bass player with British band Gerry and the Pacemakers..

Michael Bundt (d. Dec 27, 2019), bass player and key figure for German rock band Nine Days Wonder

Wolfgang Dauner (d. Jan 10, 2020), German jazz musician, founder of bands Et Cetera and The United Jazz and Rock Ensemble

Steve Martin Caro (1948 - Jan 14, 2020), lead singer with US baroque pop band THE LEFT BANKE in the 1960s (hits Walk Away Renee and Pretty Ballerina)

Ivan Kral (1948 - Feb 2, 2020), Czech-American filmmaker, music producer, bass guitarist and co-writer with The Patti Smith Group, esp. on their first four albums

Andrew Brough (May 7,1963 – Feb 2, 2020), New Zealand singer-songwriter, vocalist and guitarist with Sound of Dunedin-band Straitjacket Fits and Auckland's Bike

Andrew Weatherall (Apr 6, 1963 - Feb 17, 2020), British DJ, producer and remixer, helped develop acid house and was responsible for its crossover success

Simon Posthuma (1939-Feb 28, 2020), member of Netherland's psychedelic 1960s band The Fool, designed clothes and record covers for The Hollies, Beatles, Incredible String Band, etc.

McCoy Tyner, (d. Mar 6, 2020), US jazz-pianist, both solo and with the John Coltrane Quartet

Keith Olsen (d. Mar 9, 2020), British engineer, producer and bass player, with Buckingham Nicks and then Fleetwood Mac, also with Joe Walsh, Grateful Dead, Pat Benatar, Journey et al.; and Peter Green (1946 - Jul 25, 2020), British blues rock singer-songwriter, guitarist and founding member of Fleetwood Mac

Kenny Rogers (Aug 21, 1938 - Mar 20, 2020), songwriter and country singer (‘The Gambler’, ‘Ruby, don’t take your love to town’) and founder of fried chicken restaurant chain, Kenny Rogers Roasters

Manu Dibango (d. Mar 24,2020), Cameroonian musician ('Soul Makossa', 1972)

Matthew Seligman (Jul 14, 1955 - Apr 17, 2020), bass player for Thomas Dolby, The Thompson Twins and in David Bowie’s 1985 Live Aid concert band.

Ronan O'Rahilly (May 21, 1940 - Apr 20, 2020), Irish manager of 1960s British rhythm and blues artists Georgie Fame and Alexis Korner, club owner in London, and founder of Radio Caroline, the most successful offshore Pirate Radio ship which broke the BBC's and Radio Luxembourg's monopoly on popular music.

Hamilton Bohannon (1942 - Apr 24, 2020), US percussionist, bandleader, songwriter, arranger and record producer (disco-era hits 'Foot Stompin' Music' and 'Disco Stomp'); played at young age with Jimi Hendrix and Stevie Wonder and backed many Motown acts

Max Crook (Nov 2nd 1936 - Jul 1st, 2020), US keyboardist and synthesizer pioneer with his ‘Musitron’, a modified clavioline, with which he played the solo on Del Shannon’s 1961 hit ‘Runaway’, which he'd co-written; inspiration to Joe Meek, Kim Fowler and others.

Richard Wayne Penniman, aka Little Richard (Dec 5, 1932 - May 9, 2020), US pianist, singer and songwriter; one of the original creators of rock 'n' roll, breaking musical and social boundaries since the 1950s

Bessie Regina Norris, aka Betty Wright (Dec 21 1953 - May 2020), US rhythm 'n' blues and soul singer; started as back-up vocalist and went on to have a major hit with Clean Up Woman (1972)

John David "Moon" Martin (Oct 31, 1945 – May 11, 2020), US singer-songwriter and guitarist; originally a rockabilly artist, his songs were made famous by Robert Palmer ('Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)') and Willy DeVille ('Cadillac Walk'). 'X-Ray Vision' (1982) was an MTV music video hit.

Klaus Selmke (1950 - May 22, 2020), founding member and drummer of GDR rock band CITY ('Am Fenster', 1978)

Werner Böhm aka Gottlieb Wendehals (d. Jun 2, 2020), German singer and musician ('Polonäse Blankenese')

Steve Priest (1948 - Jun 4, 2020), vocalist and bass player with 1970s British glam-rockers The Sweet

Vera Lynn (1917 - June 18, 2020), British singer and entertainer

Denise Johnson (d. Jul 27, 2020), lead and backing singer; integral part of 'Madchester’ scene: sang on Primal Scream’s Screamadelica and with New Order, Ian Brown, A Certain Ratio…

Miss Mercy (d. Jul 27, 2020), founding member of US all-girl group THE GTOs (produced by Frank Zappa)

Trini Lopez (1937 - Aug 11, 2020), singer, guitarist and actor (hits 'If I Had a Hammer', 'Lemon Tree')

Harry Jeske (Aug 20, 2020), bassist and founding member of GDR rock band PUHDYS

Justin Townes Earle (Jan 4, 1982 – Aug 23, 2020), US singer-songwriter and musician; son of alternative country artist Steve Earle

and many others.

Superstar Rotation mit Josef Bercek am Mikrofon.
Sonntag 08.11.2020 – 19 bis 21 Uhr

The Original-Mickey-Mouse-Strut-Show!

01. Nyx Nótt - Mickey Mouse Strut
02. Damon Locks & The Black Monument Ensemble - Stay Beautiful
03. Bob Dylan - Key West (Philosopher Pirate)
04. Deadbeat And The Mole - Farfisa Hoser Hymnal
05. Angel Bat Dawid & Tha Brothahood - Black Family
06. Emma Swift - Queen Jane Approximately
07. Big Joanie - Cranes In The Sky (Solange Cover)
08. Christian McBride - Soldiers (I Have a Dream)
09. Rhauder & Paul St. Hilaire - No More
10. Kahil El`zabar - Express Yourself
11. Quintron & Miss Pussycat - Block the Comet
12. Bill Callahan - Another Song
13. Yaeji - Money Can’t Buy (Ft. Nappy Nina)
14. Anteloper - Bubble Under
15. Baxter Dury – Slumlord
16. The Diabolical Liberties - Rudeboys in Outa Space
17. Jyoti - This Walk
18. Neil Young - Star Of Bethlehem
19. Emma-Jean Thackray - Too Shy
20. Roots Magic - When There Is No Sun
21. Ghostpoet - Concrete Pony
22. Sun Ra Arkestra - Rocket No. 9

Superstar Rotation, Playlist vom 4. Sonntag im Monat

mit Angela + Andreas Wörner:

Superstar "Heavy Metal" Rotation (3)

25.10.2020

19.00 Uhr

Amon Amarth - crack the sky - raven‘ s flight - into the dark

Entombed - elemination - bowels of earth - bourbon nightmare - I‘ll never get out of this alive

Exumer - raptor - dusteater - descent

Raven - top of the mountain - metal city - battlescarred

20.00 Uhr

Armored Saint - missile to gun - fly in the ointment - unfair

Heathen - the blight - empire of the blind - dead and gone - sun in my hand

Artillery - the face of fear - sworth utopia - thirst for the worst - pain

Slayer (live 2019) - when the stillnes comes - bloodline

 

 

Superstar Rotation mit Josef Bercek am Mikrofon
Sonntag 11.10.2020 - 19.00 bis 21.00 Uhr

 Atombombensichere Discos!

01. Ween - Freedom of '76 (The Mike D Mix)
02. Sault - Don't Shoot Guns Down
03. Public Enemy - Fight The Power (Remix 2020)
04. Sun Ra Arkestra - Seductive Fantasy
05. Aktionskunst Gerasdorf - Atombombensichere Discos
06. Meridian Brothers - Cumbia del Pichamán
07. Andi Otto & F.S. Blumm - Yukiyama Lost Beat
08. Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids - The Last Slave Ship
09. The Cool Greenhouse - Cardboard Man
10. Siti Muharam - Machozi ya Huba
11. The Residents - Blood Stains
12. The Residents - River Runs Dry
13. Kazuya Nagaya - Mother Wading in the River
14. Helge Schneider - Ich setz mein Herz bei E-bay rein
15. M.Rux - Wartburg
16. Eugene Chandbourne & Tatsuya Naktani - I've Got a Wonderful Future Behind Me
17. Kahil El´Zabar - Songs of Myself
18. Bob Vylan - England's Ending
19. Bob Vylan - We Live Here
20. Luz Azul - La Fête
21. Mourning (A) Blkstar - Been Around
22. Makaya McCraven - Everybody Cool
23. Daniel Blumberg - Sidestep Summer
24. Angel Bat Dawid - Transition East
25. Senyawa & Stephen O'Malley - Hakikat Kabut
26. Lonnie Holley - Do T Rocker

Superstar "Heavy Metal" Rotation (2)

vom 27.09.2020 mit den Wörners

- präsentiert von Angel(a) Of Death:

 

Psychotic Waltz : - devils and angels - all the bad men - sisters of the dawn

RAM: - fang and fur - the trap - spirit reaper - into the light

Flotsam And Jetsam: - prisoner of time - recover - prepare for chaos - demolition man

Anvil: - nabbed in nebraska - gasoline - I´m alive

Wayward: - midnight blood - she´s the devil - the ripper - alchemy of poison

Sacred Reich: - awakaning - divide & conquer - salvation - death valley

Slayer (live 2019) : - angel of death

 

There's a Fire In The Northwestern World!

DJ Vollkasko's annual Northwestern radio show, chock-full with amazing artists from Bellingham, Wa., all around the Puget Sound, Seattle and Portland, Oregon.

superstar rotation. Where there is smoke, there is fire.(TM)

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1   Ben von Wildenhaus The Space Between
2   Ivy Ross Ricci Everybody wins, everybody loses
3   Ivy Ross Ricci Seaview Approach
4   Smooth Kiwi Fast Mystery [Instrumental]
5   Last Waves 4U
6   Danny Denial Everything is terrible
7   Danny Denial Totally fucked up
8   Danny Denial Scorpio Eyes
9   Your Heart Breaks Cold Stares / Summertime [Cover Solvents]
10   Creampuff Cowboys Broken Things
11   Creampuff Cowboys Hill Church Wall
12   Jenny Don't and the Spurs Mr. Fire Eyes [Cover Bonny Guitar}
13   Tommy Ray! No Better than This
14   Tommy Ray! Coming Back
15   Low Hums Ghost Babe
16   Low Hums Supernova
17   Low Hums Cosmic Fruit
18   L0rd Lumpia feat. wltv blanchard [Instrumental]
19   L0rd Lumpia feat. nobuddy crowded beach [Instrumental]
20   Voluptuous Panic Sun Is Shining
21   Voluptuous Panic Paris Rêve
22   Portland Cello Project Christian Brothers [Cover Elliott Smith]
23   Boris Budd Unreal Estate
24   Boris Budd Capitalism Capitalize
25   LipStitch Resolution
26   LipStitch What's Next
27   Von Wildenhaus Working on my novel
28   Von Wildenhaus Farewell

Superstar "Heavy Metal" Rotation (1)

mit Angela + Andreas Wörner am 4. Sonntag im Monat

23.08.20

Onslaught : - strike fast strike hard - generation antichrist - addicted to the smell of death - religious suicide

Sepultura : - isolation - capital enslavement - guardians of earth

Testament : - children of the next level - dream deceiver - Ishtar' s gate

Overkill : - last man standing - head of a pin - welcome to the garden state

Exhorder : - my time - asunder - beware the wolf - mourn the southern skies

Possessed : - dominion - abandoned - shadowcult

Vader : - shock and awe - into oblivion - incineration of the gods - and satan wept - stigma of divinity