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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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1	Lift U Up	215
2	Need to Believe	187
3	Heaven	183
4	Shangri La	169
5	Anytime Anywhere	168
6	Unspoken Words	159
7	Unconditional Faith	150
8	Master Of Illusion	143
9	All We Are	138
10	Hush	137
11	Don't Let Me Down	136
11	I Know, You Know	136
13	Tears to Cry	135
14	Mighty Quinn	133
15	Break Away	132

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violentAge wrote:
yesterday afternoon

@bloodgrave45 .. "G.", "Lipservice" and "Domino Effect" all rock soundly. "Open", "Homerun" and "Human Zoo" are much more mainstream.

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DarkPhoenix64 wrote:
last week

Ride On \m/

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Thornspire wrote:
13 days ago

Listen to Ayreon's Album "01011001" ... Steve Lee performs on that Album along with what could very well be the best Metal vocalists EVER! He can without a doubt be counted as one of them.

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Arkfool wrote:
14 days ago

I really wanna see them in Stockholm but I can't find where to get tickets!!!! HELP ME!!

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thetrooper_1 wrote:
15 days ago

buena banda!

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bloodgrave45 wrote:
15 days ago

great band just got into them recomand me some albums

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thunder95 wrote:
last month

HI, I was in "La maroquinnerie" yesterday nite for a great show in a small hall and a band on top. Thank u for so many years of melodic pleasure. Gotthard ROCKS !!!

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Samson11 wrote:
last month

I FUCKING LOVE THIS BAND!! NO BAD SONGS

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Dima_Phoenix wrote:
last month

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

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Onkel_L wrote:
last month

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:
last month

"Open" is their best for me!

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BLOOD1975 wrote:
last month

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

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SilverFoxChiffa wrote:
last month

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

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Doc_SerGioR wrote:
last month

Great band !!!!

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cezarasouza wrote:
last month

Need to Believe is great.

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TheAssassinX wrote:
last month

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

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moppel09 wrote:
last month

Habe sie life erlebt. Klasse!

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Pan_Urban wrote:
October 2009

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

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SaintTimmy wrote:
October 2009

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

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Aladin001 wrote:
October 2009

slashnthrash: the best ones are Need To Believe and Lipservice

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Feb 19 Gotthard Klubben/Fryshuset, Stockholm, Sweden
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Feb 20 Gotthard Compagniet, Karlshamn, Sweden
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Feb 22 Gotthard Kulturbolaget, Malmö, Sweden
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