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Gotthard, a hard-rock band from Lugano in the Italian part of Switzerland and Bern in the German part, was founded in 1990 by mentor and co songwriter Chris von Rohr, best known as Krokus’ bass player. Gotthard is definitely one of the most famous and successful Swiss artists ever and almost every album has topped the Swiss charts since 1990.

With 2 million albums sold (1 million of which were sold in Switzerland, which only has 7 million inhabitants), they managed to get multi-platinum awards in different parts of the world.

Influences include Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, Whitesnake, Deep Purple and Aerosmith. Singer Steve Lee is especially fond of Whitesnake and has based his singing style on their lead singer David Coverdale.

Gotthard also performed “Immigrant Song” (originally by Led Zeppelin) live and it featured exclusively on a CD by Classic Rock (a long running monthly UK rock magazine). “Hush” was also performed live and can be found on Made In Switzerland album.

Another cover of a song they have recorded is “The Mighty Quinn”, originally called Quinn The Eskimo, by Bob Dylan.

Current line-up:

Steve Lee: Vocals
Leo Leoni: Lead Guitar
Freddy Scherer: Rhythm Guitar
Marc Lynn: Bass
Hena Habegger: Drums
(Nicolo Fragile - Keyboard)

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hard rock, rock, melodic rock, swiss, heavy metal
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Top Tracks

1	Lift U Up	230
2	Need to Believe	225
3	Unspoken Words	186
4	Unconditional Faith	178
5	Master Of Illusion	166
6	Heaven	165
7	Hush	161
8	Anytime Anywhere	158
9	Break Away	154
10	I Don't Mind	153
11	All We Are	146
12	Don't Let Me Down	144
13	Right From Wrong	141
14	Shangri La	140
15	Mighty Quinn	136

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Samson11 wrote:
Thursday morning

I FUCKING LOVE THIS BAND!! NO BAD SONGS

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Dima_Phoenix wrote:
7 days ago

great band! i hope they'll play a concert in Ukraine someday...

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Onkel_L wrote:
7 days ago

Saw them on Friday . They´re really great on stage. One of the best concerts I´ve ever visited. Europe were good, too. But Gotthard just rocked better.

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Samson11 wrote:
9 days ago

"Open" is their best for me!

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BLOOD1975 wrote:
9 days ago

saw them live here in Berlin in the 90s, on an accoustic session - really cool music

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SilverFoxChiffa wrote:
12 days ago

Новый альбом неплох, но лучшие - Human Zoo и Domino Effect.

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Doc_SerGioR wrote:
12 days ago

Great band !!!!

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cezarasouza wrote:
14 days ago

Need to Believe is great.

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TheAssassinX wrote:
19 days ago

Just found this band and now listened 3 songs from them. Very good stuff!

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moppel09 wrote:
26 days ago

Habe sie life erlebt. Klasse!

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Pan_Urban wrote:
last month

Also for me, the best two albums are Lipservice and Need to Believe. Gotthard is great band!

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SaintTimmy wrote:
last month

also check out their early stuff! Dial Hard is a great album.

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Aladin001 wrote:
last month

slashnthrash: the best ones are Need To Believe and Lipservice

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slashnthrash wrote:
last month

ok guys, some help here: best album? Of course it's subjective but someone give me some ideas :)

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judasjugulator wrote:
last month

let it rain... perfect.

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bilboker wrote:
last month

Need To Believe (review in Spanish): Rockangels.com

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boyled01 wrote:
September 2009

new album is decent. i feel it is too soft. i much prefer lipservice and domino effect

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RockandRobin wrote:
September 2009

i love the new cd!

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Shned wrote:
September 2009

Christ, the new album is impressive.

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MetalKing wrote:
September 2009

http://www.lastfm.pl/group/80%27s+Hair+Metal

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