Rockpalast



Rockpalast (Rock Palace) is a German music television show that broadcasts live on German television station Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR). Rockpalast started in 1974 and continues to this day. Hundreds of rock, heavy metal and jazz bands have performed on Rockpalast. Some acts were recorded for broadcast and for retail sale. All-night marathon shows called “Rock Night” (Rocknacht) were produced once or twice a year from 1977 through 1986 and simulcast throughout Europe via the Eurovision network of TV broadcasters, thereby reaching around 25 million listeners on average. Rockpalast is involved in several German pop, rock and underground music festivals, once sponsoring the Bizarre-Festival.

The founder and long-time producer of Rockpalast was Peter Rüchel together with Christian Wagner (TV director). Soon, Alan Bangs and Albrecht Metzger joined as moderators of the Rockpalast Nacht events.

The J. Geils Band's song "Believe in Me" became the official Rockpalast intro tune.

Selected list of performers
Not all of these acts were recorded and broadcast. A list of the recorded gigs is readable on the Rockpalast homepage.


 * Agnostic Front
 * ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead
 * Airbourne
 * All Them Witches
 * Alpha Blondy
 * Alter Bridge
 * Apocalyptica
 * Audioslave
 * Joan Armatrading
 * Aswad
 * Anvil
 * Bad Religion
 * Band of Heathens
 * Band of Horses
 * BAP
 * The Beards
 * The Beat
 * Adrian Belew
 * Big Country
 * Big Sugar
 * The Black Crowes Blackberry Smoke
 * Black Francis
 * Black Stone Cherry
 * Black Uhuru
 * Blues Pills
 * Joe Bonamassa
 * The Bouncing Souls
 * David Bowie
 * Billy Bragg
 * The Brew
 * The Brian Jonestown Massacre
 * Edgar Broughton Band
 * Jackson Browne
 * Jack Bruce
 * Roy Buchanan
 * Bullet for My Valentine
 * Mr. Bungle
 * Eric Burdon
 * Burning Spear
 * Paul Butterfield
 * John Cale
 * Carmel
 * Paul Carrack
 * Harry Chapin
 * Roger Chapman
 * Cheap Trick
 * Neneh Cherry
 * Chicago
 * Tim Christensen
 * Chumbawamba
 * Jimmy Cliff
 * George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic
 * Cold Chisel
 * Colour Haze
 * Graham Coxon
 * Kevin Coyne
 * Cutting Crew
 * Ry Cooder
 * Elvis Costello and the Attractions
 * The Cult
 * Charlie Daniels Band
 * Death Cab for Cutie
 * Deftones
 * Dexys Midnight Runners
 * Dire Straits
 * Dizzy Mizz Lizzy
 * Doro
 * Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show
 * dredg
 * Duran Duran
 * Ian Dury and The Blockheads
 * Eagles of Death Metal
 * Earth, Wind and Fire
 * Echo & the Bunnymen
 * Edguy
 * Einstürzende Neubauten
 * Electric Light Orchestra
 * Enter Shikari
 * Epica
 * Evanescence
 * Every Time I Die
 * Explosions in the Sky
 * John Fahey
 * Faith No More
 * The Flaming Lips
 * Fleet Foxes
 * Flogging Molly
 * The Flower Kings
 * Robben Ford
 * The Frames
 * Fun Boy Three
 * Peter Gabriel
 * Rory Gallagher
 * Gang of Four
 * Garbage
 * Golden Earring
 * Gov't Mule
 * Grateful Dead
 * Grobschnitt
 * Guns N' Roses
 * Guru Guru
 * Nina Hagen
 * Peter Hammill
 * Roy Harper
 * George Harrison
 * Heaven & Hell
 * HIM
 * Jay Hooks.
 * Bruce Hornsby
 * Ben Howard
 * Ian Hunter and Mick Ronson
 * Billy Idol
 * Incubus
 * In Flames
 * Interpol
 * INXS
 * Iron Maiden
 * Joe Jackson
 * The Jam
 * Rick James and The Stone City Band
 * Al Jarreau
 * Jimmy Eat World
 * JPNSGRLS
 * Mickey Jupp
 * Michael Karoli
 * The Kelly Family
 * B.B. King
 * King's X
 * Kings of Convenience
 * Killing Joke
 * Kings of Leon
 * The Kinks
 * Leo Kottke
 * Kula Shaker
 * Kyuss
 * L7
 * Lagwagon
 * Ronnie Lane from The Faces
 * Jonny Lang
 * Alvin Lee and Ten Years After
 * Level 42
 * Huey Lewis and the News
 * Aynsley Lister
 * Little Feat
 * Little Steven
 * The Lords of the New Church
 * Louisiana Red
 * Lynyrd Skynyrd
 * Machine Head
 * Madness
 * Magazine
 * Manic Street Preachers
 * Marilyn Manson
 * Bob Marley & The Wailers
 * The Mars Volta
 * John Martyn
 * Carolyne Mas
 * Dave Matthews Band
 * Meat Loaf
 * Men at Work
 * Natalie Merchant
 * Steve Miller
 * Mink DeVille
 * Mondo Generator
 * Van Morrison
 * Mother's Finest
 * Muddy Waters
 * Muse
 * My Chemical Romance
 * Gianna Nannini
 * Nena
 * NOFX
 * Ted Nugent
 * Sinéad O'Connor
 * The Offspring
 * Mike Oldfield
 * Angel Olsen
 * Oomph!
 * Satyricon (band)
 * Otherkin
 * Outlaws
 * Papa Roach
 * Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
 * Phish
 * Point Blank
 * The Police
 * Porcupine Tree
 * Powerwolf
 * Pretenders
 * The Pretty Things
 * Primus
 * Public Image Limited
 * Queens of the Stone Age
 * R.E.M.
 * Radiohead
 * Rainbow
 * Rammstein
 * Marion Raven
 * Red Hot Chili Peppers
 * Return To Forever
 * Rockpile
 * Linda Ronstadt
 * Todd Rundgren
 * Mitch Ryder And The Detroit Wheels
 * Saint Jude
 * David Sancious
 * Michael Schenker Group
 * Screaming Trees
 * Shinedown
 * Silverchair
 * Simple Minds
 * Siouxsie and the Banshees
 * Smashing Pumpkins
 * Patti Smith
 * The Smiths
 * Sniff 'n' the Tears
 * Slipknot
 * Social Distortion
 * Sonic Syndicate
 * Sonic Youth
 * Soundgarden
 * Southside Johnny
 * Spirit
 * Spock's Beard
 * Stiff Little Fingers
 * Stranglers
 * Stray Cats
 * Streetwalkers
 * Talking Heads
 * Mick Taylor
 * Tears for Fears
 * Téléphone
 * Them Crooked Vultures
 * Therapy?
 * The The
 * Thin Lizzy
 * Richard Thompson
 * Thumb
 * Trust
 * Turbonegro
 * Eddie Turner
 * U2
 * UB40
 * UFO
 * Midge Ure
 * Van der Graaf Generator
 * Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble
 * Villagers
 * Andreas Vollenweider
 * Tom Waits
 * Weather Report
 * Weezer
 * The Who
 * Wille and the Bandits
 * Wilco
 * Ray Wilson
 * Edgar Winter
 * Johnny Winter
 * Wire
 * Wucan
 * XTC
 * The XX
 * The Zutons
 * ZZ Top