The BossHoss

The BossHoss is a band from Berlin which started in 2004 with Country & Western style cover versions of famous pop, rock and hip hop songs, for example "Hot in Herre" by Nelly, "Toxic" by Britney Spears and "Hey Ya!" by Outkast. They incorporate stereotypical American cowboy behavior into their act; they wear Stetson hats, tank tops and large sunglasses, display whiskey bottles, and yell "yeehaw". The band refers to their music style as "Country Trash Punk Rock."[1]

This article is about a German rock band. For the motorcycle company, see Boss Hoss.
The BossHoss
The Boss Hoss in concert in Germany on 2016
Background information
OriginBerlin, Germany
GenresCountry rock
Years active2004–present
Associated actsThe_2930s
Websitehttp://www.thebosshoss.com/
MembersAlec "Boss Burns" Völkel, Sascha "Hoss Power" Vollmer, Ansgar "Sir Frank Doe" Freyberg, André "Guss Brooks" Neumann, Tobias "Ernesto Escobar de Tijuana" Fischer
Past membersMichael Frick, Mathias "Hank Doodle" Fauvet, Dean "Russ T. Nail" Micetech

Band members
Part of the band in concert in Germany
  • Boss Burns (Alec Völkel) - vocals, washboard
  • Hoss Power (Sascha Vollmer) - acoustic and electric guitars, vocals
  • Sir Frank Doe (Ansgar Freyberg) - drums
  • Hank Williamson (Malcolm Arison) - mandoline, washboard, stylophone, harp
  • Guss Brooks (André Neumann) - acoustic and electric basses
  • Russ T. Rocket (Stefan Buehler) - electric guitar
  • Ernesto Escobar de Tijuana (Tobias Fischer) - percussion, keytar melodica

Past members
  • Michael Frick - double bass
  • Russ (Boris Kontorkowski) - electric guitar
  • Russ T. Nail (Dean Micetech) - electric guitar
  • Hank Doodle (Mathias Fauvet) - mandolin, washboard, harp

Band history
The Boss Hoss in concert in Germany on 16 June 2007

The band was formed in 2004 in Berlin by Alec "Boss“ Völkel, Sascha "Hoss“ Vollmer and Michael Frick[2][3] and named after the song "The Real BossHoss" by 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.

In 2005 they released 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. In 2005 they adapted "Ca plane pour moi" from the Belgian artist Plastic Bertrand.

In 2006 BossHoss provided the soundtrack for the football movie "FC Venus".[4] 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 their 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 by the end of May 2006, and became a gold record in Germany. BossHoss played a lot of concerts in Germany and at summer festivals all over Europe.

Discography

Studio albums
Year Title Peak positions[5] Release date and sales
GER AUT SWI
2005 Internashville Urban Hymns 11
(29 We.)		 — — Released: 6 June 2005
Sales: 300,000+
2006 Rodeo Radio 6
(32 We.)		 40
(5 We.)		 83
(2 We.)		 Released: 2 June 2006
Sales: 200,000+
2007 Stallion Battalion 8
(43 We.)		 56
(5 We.)		 — Released: 9. November 2007
Sales: 100,000+
2009 Do or Die 4
(16 We.)		 38
(6 We.)		 32
(10 We.)		 Released: 3 July 2009
Sales: 100,000+
2010 Low Voltage 7
(5 We.)		 49
(1 We.)		 64
(1 We.)		 Released: 30 April 2010
2011 Liberty of Action 4
(72 We.)		 3
(59 We.)		 26
(31 We.)		 Released: 9 December 2011
Sales: 220,000+
2013 Flames of Fame 2
(26 We.)		 5
(13 We.)		 8
(17 We.)		 Released: 11 October 2013
Sales: 15,000+
2015 Dos Bros 1
(… We.)		 1
(… We.)[6]		 14
(… We.)		 Released: 25 September 2015
Sales: 207,500+
2017 The Very Best of Greatest Hits (2005–2017) 20
(... We.)		 65
(... We.)		 25
(... We.)		 Released: 12 May 2017
2018 Black Is Beautiful[7] 1
(… We.)		 8
(… We.)		 14
(… We.)		 Released: 26 October 2018
Others
  • Stallion Battalion live from Cologne (Released March 7, 2008) (Double-CD plus DVD)

Singles
Year Title Peak positions[5] Release dates
GER AUT SWI
2005 Hey Ya!
Internashville Urban Hymns		 41 — — Released: 9 May 2005
Hot in Herre / Like Ice in the Sunshine
Internashville Urban Hymns		 83 — — Released: 25 July 2005
2006 I Say a Little Prayer
Rodeo Radio / Low Voltage		 66 — — Released: 12 May 2006
Ring Ring Ring
Rodeo Radio		 99 — — Released: 1 September 2006
Rodeo Radio
Rodeo Radio / Low Voltage		 93 — — Released: 29 December 2006
2007 Everything Counts / Truck ’n’ Roll Rules
Stallion Battalion		 67 — — Released: 15 June 2007
2009 Last Day (Do or Die) 78 — — Released: 19 June 2009
2011 Heroes/Helden
Die Highlights		 28 50 — Released: 24 November 2011
(with Nena, Xavier Naidoo and Rea Garvey)
Don't Gimme That
Liberty of Action		 8 1 49 Released: 25 November 2011
Sales: + 315,000
L.O.V.E.
Liberty of Action		 74 — — Released: 20 December 2011
(feat. Nena)
2011 My Country
Rammstein		 — — — Released: 11 November 2011
2012 Live It Up
Liberty of Action		 98 52 — Released: 8 August 2012
2013 Do It
Flames of Fame		 31 40 36 Released: 16 September 2013
2015 Dos Bros
Dos Bros		 33 72 — Released: 21 August 2015
Jolene
Dos Bros		 35 25 29 Released: 25 December 2015
(feat. The Common Linnets)
2019 Little Help 32 34 41 Released: 3 May 2019
(featuring Mimi & Josy)

Notes

  • "Hey Ya!" is a cover of OutKast
  • "Hot in Herre/ Like Ice in the Sunshine" is a double A Side single with covers of Nelly and the Langnese theme)
  • "Heroes/helden" is a remake of David Bowie's "Heroes"
  • Christmas-CD contains a cover of "Last Christmas" of George Michael of Wham) & Riding Home For Christmas)
  • "I Say a Little Prayer" is a Bacharach-David composition. Side B is "You'll Never Walk Alone", a Rodgers-Hammerstein composition
  • "Ring, Ring, Ring" is a cover of De La Soul

DVDs
  • Internashville Urban Hymns, die DVDs (2005) (Available only in Germany)
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References
  1. Buchanan, John D. "The Bosshoss | Biography & History". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved January 7, 2018.
  2. Oliver Wagner: "Micha Frick - Das wahre Leben", Dynamits! Magazin The World Of Rock´n´Roll Nr. 1/2011
  3. Christiane Schliekmann: "Der richtige Klang-Der Braunschweiger Michael Frick fertigt Kontrabässe für Musiker aus aller Welt" "Norddeutsches Handwerk Niedersachsen" 31.03. 2011
  4. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0487027/
  5. Chartquellen: Deutschland – Österreich – Schweiz
  6. http://oe3.orf.at/m/charts/stories/2602614/
  7. "Black Is Beautiful – Album by The BossHoss on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
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