Florian Völker

Es wird kalt: Heute erscheint mein Buch "Kälte-Pop"! Man sieht es mir zwar nicht an, aber ich bin sehr glücklich (im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes) endlich das Ergebnis meiner Forschung in den Händen zu halten. Ein paar Einblicke in das Phänomen "Kälte-Pop" gibt's hier drunter ⬇️

Als Teaser für meinen Vortrag über die Geschichte & den Skandal um die Band Milli Vanilli hier drei Aspekte, die oft ignoriert werden bzw. unerwähnt bleiben. Ein kurzer Thread zur Macht des Produzenten, positiven Rassismus & den zeitgenössischen Trend zu Fake-Sänger:innen [1/8]

8 Dec 2004: #DimebagDarrell (Darrell Lance Abbott, *1966), US-American musician, guitarist of @Pantera and #Damageplan, both of which he co-founded alongside his brother #VinniePaul ~ shot on stage by a "fan" youtu.be/_XI1DD_vJuY

7 Dec 2007: #MelCheren (*1933), aka "The Godfather of Disco", US-American record executive, helped to start the club #ParadiseGarage (also known as "Gay-rage"), co-founder of the label #WestEndRecords and inventor of the 12-inch vinyl single ~ AIDS youtu.be/KuBGPj-klT8

#otd 6 Dec 1969: #MeredithHunter (*1951), US-American man and music fan ~ killed at the #AltamontFreeConcert during the #RollingStones performance (while playing "Under my thumb") by a member of the Hells Angels, who had agreed to serve as security guards youtube.com/watch?v=0qTKsy…

#otd 5 Dec 2007: #KarlheinzStockhausen (*1928), German composer, known for his groundbreaking work in electronic music; excited often controversy, e.g. for calling the 9/11-attacks "the biggest work of art there has ever been" ~ heart failure youtube.com/watch?v=nffOJX…

#otd 5 Dec 1987: #ConnyPlank (Konrad Plan, *1940) German record producer and musician, was involved in releases by #Neu!, #Kraftwerk, #DAF, #GiannaNannini, #Devo, #Eurythmics and #Ultravox, refused to work with #Bono and #U2 ~ laryngeal cancer youtube.com/watch?v=UoOIZf…

4 Dec 1993: #FrankZappa (*1940), highly productive US-American musician, singer, composer, songwriter, bandleader and director of films and music videos ~ prostate cancer youtu.be/zz9bn24rxrI

#otd 4 Dec 1976: #TommyBolin (Thomas Richard Bolin, *1951) US-American guitarist, played with Zephyr (1969-1971), The James Gang (1973-1974), and Deep Purple (1975-1976) ~ overdose heroin, alcohol, cocaine and barbiturates youtu.be/ZFKziq3kyxY

"Die Wessis saufen uns alles weg!" Ostdeutsche Jugendliche machen ihrem Ärger Luft (BRAVO, März 1990) Lars, 17: "Ihr lebt doch nur für Äußerlichkeiten. Außen schick und innen hohl. So möchte ich nicht werden..." #twitterstorians

29 Nov 2001: #GeorgeHarrison (*1943), British musician, singer-songwriter, music and film producer, lead guitarist of the #Beatles ~ lung cancer youtu.be/iU4Cct2aov8

27 Nov 1987: #HannuRajala (*1964), Swedish musician, guitarist of Swedish heavy metal group #ShockTilt ~ raped, killed and dismembered (maybe even partly eaten) by rock manager Anders Carlsson youtu.be/F_QnYuTn4Hg

#otd 26 Nov 2003: #SouljaSlim (James Adarryl Tapp, Jr., *1977), US-American rapper and songwriter, as his song "Slow Motion" (with #Juvenile) was released after his death he became the sixth artist to have a posthumous number one song ~ shot dead youtube.com/watch?v=w3e8vx…

25 Nov 2010: #PeterChristopherson (*1955), aka #Sleazy, British musician, video director, commercial artist, designer and photographer, founder/member of #ThrobbingGristle, #PsychicTV, #Coil and of design agency #Hipgnosis ~ died in his sleep youtube.com/playlist?list=…

#otd 24 Nov 1991 Eric Carr (Paul Charles Caravello, *1950) American musician, drummer for the rock band Kiss from 1980 until his death in 1991 ~ heart cancer youtu.be/qrn6GcDMHBY

#otd 24 Nov 1991 Freddie Mercury (Farrokh Bulsara, *1946) Zanzibar-born British singer and songwriter; lead vocalist and pianist of the rock band Queen ~ AIDS youtu.be/DedaEVIbTkY

#otd 24 Nov 2001 Melanie Thornton (*1967) US-American singer; lead singer of the Eurodance group La Bouche ("Sweet Dreams", "Be My Lover") and solo artist ~ died in the plane crash near Zürich (2/3 of German Eurodance trio Passion Fruit also died) youtu.be/xbN6HJLxxIY

23 Nov 2000: #AljoschaRompe (*1947), singer of GDR punk band #FeelingB (together with #PaulLanders and #Flake of #Rammstein) ~ choked on asthma attack youtu.be/nJurLzR5HZU

22 Nov 1997: #MichaelHutchence (*1960), Australian musician, songwriter and actor, singer of @INXS ~ suicide by hanging (maybe autoerotic asphyxiation) youtu.be/w-rv2BQa2OU

Heute vor 27 Jahren ist viel kaputt gegangen. Von hier an ging's nur noch bergab.

#otd 20 Nov 2021 Ted Herold (Harald Walter Bernhard Schubring, *1942) German rock and roll singer ("German Elvis") and actor ~ died along with his wife in a house fire youtu.be/-ZoA2ZixpGQ