The Lords (German band)
The Lords are a German beat and rock band from Berlin, which were represented 1965-1969 with songs in English in the German charts. His most famous pieces include Have A Drink On Me, Shakin ' All Over and Poor Boy.
No other rock music group has 50 years in the German language actively, and also the world they belong to, for example, The Rolling Stones or The Ventures among the most durable bands.
Beginning
In 1959, she began as a skiffle band in Berlin under the name Skiffle Lords with partially self-built instruments and performed in pubs and at smaller events. On April 7, 1961, she won the competition advertised by the Berlin Senate to " The Golden washboard ".
On July 23, 1964, the United Artists production of The Beatles movie Hard Day's Night was released in Germany. Before the premiere, a competition was held, with the "Berlin Beatles" were sought. For this competition, the Lords were the winners on July 21, 1964. Therefore, they were allowed to participate in the nationwide finals in Hamburg Star Club. On September 6, 1964, the Lords won here; they were named "Germany's Beat Band No. 1".
The end of 1964, the band of the EMI received a record contract in Cologne and was now marketed as The Beatles German. In the same year they released their only German-language single Hey baby, let ' the others / Tobacco Road. While the A - side was an original composition by Leo Lietz, came the socially critical B-side originally recorded by John D. Loudermilk, who received a German text by Peter MOESSER. The panel was not convinced and missed the charts. EMI is now a true English-language productions under the direction of music producers Heinz Gietz.
Achievements
Already the second single, a cover version of Shakin ' All Over, originally by the British band Johnny Kidd & The Pirates, ranked No. 11 in August 1965 in the German charts. Hardly more poorly the third single, Poor Boy, from which was written in three hours by Klaus Peter Lietz and reached number 12. The song became the signature song of the band, although it was originally intended as the B - side of a single.
1965 passed the Lords of Ulli Günther ( vocals), Bernd Zamulo ( bass), Leo Lietz (guitar ), Rainer Petry (guitar) and Peter Donath (drums). In December 1964, the former bass player " Lord Knud " Kuntze was eliminated because of an accident with the tour bus, in which he lost a leg. He then began a career as a radio disc jockey at the radio station RIAS.
Between 1965 and 1969 the Lords had twelve titles in the German charts, mainly produced by Heinz Gietz. Her biggest hit was the classic Gloryland from September 1967, which reached number 5, their last success was called Three -Five -Zero -Zero in August 1969. Except for Poor Boy it was classic English or American folk songs in Beat -to-date versions have been rearranged. The Lords toured during this period with the Kinks, The Who and Casey Jones & the Governors.
The Lord brought in Germany up to 1989 a total of 30 singles out (without reproduction and Special Publications ), which achieved a record turnover of seven million copies.
Trademarks and Media
Optical trademarks were her uniform clothing, consisting of melon, white ruffled shirts, vests, pressed trousers and leggings as well as the Prince Valiant haircuts. Acoustic characteristic was their English with a strong German accent.
In the first German music program Beat-Club, the youth culture and English rock music was dedicated to the Lord appeared for the first time in the fourth episode on January 22, 1966 with seven songs. Overall, the band had more than 300 television appearances. In 1967 the Lords in the youth magazine Bravo were listed as "Top Stars of the Year"; In 1969 she received the Bronze Bravo Otto.
Appearances and Günther's death
First, the Lord appeared in the opening act of British bands, such as in October 1965 with The Kinks in Munich. Enabled them your success in 1967 made an appearance as the main band in the Legia Stadium in Warsaw in front of 25,000 spectators; they were the first Western band that could occur in an Eastern Block country.
In early 1971, the Lords broke up first. " Sweet Memories ", " Through the Eyes of Love", "Thank you to the ... ", "I 'm here for you ", " In the years of the resolution Ulli tried as a soloist and it produced some singles in German language Sierra Nevada "," My father was a garbage man "," locker socks off "," Just call the guys at times, "" Black Lady " and several more. From 1976, they played together again in a different occupation. 1980 was replaced by Werner Faus, which in turn was replaced in 1998 by Philippe Seminara and 1999 by Charly Terstappen Rainer Petry by Josef Bauer and Peter Donath. Since mid-2011, Philippe Seminara has taken the place on the drums again.
On 9 October 1999, the years suffering from heart failure Ulli Günther broke at an anniversary concert in Potsdam suddenly collapsed due to cardiac arrhythmias. He slapped upside the head and suffered a skull fracture with cerebral hemorrhage. On 13 October 1999, the founder of the Lord died in a Potsdam hospital.
Since 2000, the Lords play to an archive; In 2002, she brought a new CD, Spitfire Lace, out. For her 50th stage anniversary in 2009 appeared another CD, THE LORDS 50, and the band has appeared in Moenchengladbach, Leipzig and Berlin; the last concert of the 50 -year tour, they announced on December 19, 2009 in Dusseldorf.
Band Members
- Ulli " Lord Ulli " Günther ( born July 24, 1942 † 13 October 1999 )
- Klaus -Peter " Lord Leo" Lietz ( born December 31, 1943)
- Rainer " Lord Gandy " Petry ( born July 5, 1944)
- Peter " Lord Max or Bi " Donath ( born August 11, 1944)
- Knud " Lord Knud " Kuntze ( born March 18, 1944)
- Heinz Hegemann ( born October 9, 1942)
- Bernd " Bernd Lord " Zamulo ( born August 16, 1946)
- Josef " Jupp " Bauer ( born June 6 1951)
- Werner Faus ( born October 3, 1951 † October 15, 2013)
- Philippe " P.J.M. " Seminara (born 8 April 1964)
- "Charly" Terstappen ( born March 26, 1953)
- Winfried Jahn ( born April 1, 1944 Bassist, spring 1963 to spring 1964)
Discography
Singles
- Hey baby, let ' the others / Tobacco Road (1964 )
- Shakin 'All Over / Seven Daffodils (14 August 1965)
- Poor Boy / Poison Ivy ( October 1965 )
- Que Sera / Boom Boom (Jan 1966)
- Greensleeves / Sing Hallelujah (19 March 1966)
- What They Gonna Do / Do not Mince Matter (3 September 1966)
- Have A Drink On Me / Late Last Sunday Evening (31 December 1966)
- Gloryland / Rain Dreams (16 September 1967)
- John Brown's Body / Gypsy Boy (17 February 1968)
- Good Time Music / Somethin 'Else (2 November 1968)
- People World / Four O'Clock In New York (15 March 1969)
- Three -Five -Zero -Zero / Manchester England (2 August 1969)
- Shakin ' All Over '70 / Blue Horizon
- The Black Lady (Lord Ulli, German original recording of "Lady In Black" ) 1975
- I've Seen Your Face Again ( Lord Ulli & CO., LTD. ) 1975
- The teeth of the tooth ( Lord Ulli, advertising board of the Dental Association in North Rhine, 1978)
- Stormy ( Written by Hannes Beautiful, bassist of Hoehner, 1996)