:The BossHoss

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| name =The BossHoss

| image =The Boss Hoss Rock im Park 2016 (22 von 18).jpg

| caption =The Boss Hoss at Rock im Park 2016

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| origin =Berlin, Germany

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| genre =Country rock, pop, rock

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| years_active =2004–present

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| associated_acts =The 2930s

| current_members =Alec "Boss Burns" Völkel
Sascha "Hoss Power" Vollmer
Malcom "Hank Williamson" Arison

Ansgar "Sir Frank Doe" Freyberg
André "Guss Brooks" Neumann
Tobias "Ernesto Escobar de Tijuana" Fischer

| past_members =Michael Frick
Mathias "Hank Doodle" Fauvet
Dean "Russ T. Nail" Micetech

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The BossHoss is a German band from Berlin, founded in 2004. They originally started with country and 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, and display whiskey bottles.{{Citation needed|date=October 2007}} The band refers to their music style as "Country Trash Punk Rock."{{Cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-bosshoss-mn0000904398/biography |title=The Bosshoss {{!}} Biography & History |last=Buchanan |first=John D. |website=AllMusic |publisher=All Media Network |access-date=2018-01-07 |df=mdy-all}}

Band history

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The band was formed in 2004 in Berlin by Alec "Boss" Völkel, Sascha "Hoss" Vollmer and Michael Frick,Oliver Wagner: "Micha Frick - Das wahre Leben", Dynamits! Magazin The World Of Rock´n´Roll Nr. 1/2011Christiane Schliekmann: "Der richtige Klang-Der Braunschweiger Michael Frick fertigt Kontrabässe für Musiker aus aller Welt" "Norddeutsches Handwerk Niedersachsen" 31.03. 2011 and named after the song "The Real BossHoss" by The Sonics.

They were featured in the trendsetting music show Tracks (on 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 signed a promotional contract with 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 Belgian artist Plastic Bertrand.

In 2006, BossHoss provided the soundtrack for the football film {{Ill|FC Venus (2006 film)|de|3=FC Venus – Angriff ist die beste Verteidigung|lt=FC Venus}}.{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0487027/|title = FC Venus (2006)| website=IMDb }} 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 the 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.

Band members

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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

Discography

= Studio albums =

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! colspan="3" | Peak positionsChartquellen: [https://www.offiziellecharts.de/suche?artist_search=The+BossHoss&do_search=do Deutschland] – [http://austriancharts.at/showinterpret.asp?interpret=The+Bosshoss Österreich] – [http://hitparade.ch/showinterpret.asp?interpret=The+Bosshoss Schweiz]

! width="205" rowspan="2" | Release date and sales

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! width="50"| GER

! width="50"| AUT

! width="50"| SWI

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| bgcolor="#f0f0ff" | 2005

| Internashville Urban Hymns

| align="center" | 11
(29 We.)

| align="center" | —

| Released: 6 June 2005
Sales: 300,000+

bgcolor="#eeeeee"

| bgcolor="#f0f0ff" | 2006

| Rodeo Radio

| align="center" | 6
(32 We.)

| align="center" | 40
(5 We.)

| align="center" | 83
(2 We.)

| Released: 2 June 2006
Sales: 200,000+

bgcolor="#E1E9F3"

| bgcolor="#f0f0ff" | 2007

| Stallion Battalion

| align="center" | 8
(43 We.)

| align="center" | 56
(5 We.)

| align="center" | —

| Released: 9. November 2007
Sales: 100,000+

bgcolor="#eeeeee"

| bgcolor="#f0f0ff" | 2009

| Do or Die

| align="center" | 4
(16 We.)

| align="center" | 38
(6 We.)

| align="center" | 32
(10 We.)

| Released: 3 July 2009
Sales: 100,000+

bgcolor="#E1E9F3"

| bgcolor="#f0f0ff" | 2010

| Low Voltage

| align="center" | 7
(5 We.)

| align="center" | 49
(1 We.)

| align="center" | 64
(1 We.)

| Released: 30 April 2010

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| bgcolor="#f0f0ff" | 2011

| Liberty of Action

| align="center" | 4
(72 We.)

| align="center" | 3
(59 We.)

| align="center" | 26
(31 We.)

| Released: 9 December 2011
Sales: 220,000+

bgcolor="#E1E9F3"

| bgcolor="#f0f0ff" | 2013

| Flames of Fame

| align="center" | 2
(26 We.)

| align="center" | 5
(13 We.)

| align="center" | 8
(17 We.)

| Released: 11 October 2013
Sales: 15,000+

bgcolor="#eeeeee"

| bgcolor="#f0f0ff" | 2015

| Dos Bros

| align="center" | 1
(67 We.)

| align="center" | 1
(33 We.){{Cite web|url=http://oe3.orf.at/m/charts/stories/2602614/|title = Ö3 Austria Top40: Longplay-Charts - Ö3 Charts}}

| align="center" | 14
(34 We.)

| Released: 25 September 2015
Sales: 207,500+

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| bgcolor="#f0f0ff" | 2018

| Black Is Beautiful

| align="center" | 1
(13 We.)

| align="center" | 8
(5 We.)

| align="center" | 14
(4 We.)

| Released: 26 October 2018

bgcolor="#eeeeee"

| bgcolor="#f0f0ff" | 2023

| Electric Horsemen

| align="center" | 7
(4 We.)

| align="center" | 26
(1 We.)

| align="center" | 17
(2 We.)

| Released: 5 May 2023

;Others

Stallion Battalion live from Cologne (Released March 7, 2008) (Double-CD plus DVD)

= Singles =

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! colspan="3"| Peak positions

! width="205" rowspan="2"| Release dates

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! width="50"| GER

! width="50"| AUT

! width="50"| SWI

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| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#f0f0ff" | 2005

| Hey Ya!
Internashville Urban Hymns

| align="center" | 41

| align="center" | —

| Released: 9 May 2005

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| Hot in Herre / Like Ice in the Sunshine
Internashville Urban Hymns

| align="center" | 83

| align="center" | —

| Released: 25 July 2005

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| rowspan="3" bgcolor="#f0f0ff" | 2006

| I Say a Little Prayer
Rodeo Radio / Low Voltage

| align="center" | 66

| align="center" | —

| Released: 12 May 2006

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| Ring Ring Ring
Rodeo Radio

| align="center" | 99

| align="center" | —

| Released: 1 September 2006

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| Rodeo Radio
Rodeo Radio / Low Voltage

| align="center" | 93

| align="center" | —

| Released: 29 December 2006

bgcolor="#eeeeee"

| bgcolor="#f0f0ff" | 2007

| Everything Counts / Truck ’n’ Roll Rules
Stallion Battalion

| align="center" | 67

| align="center" | —

| Released: 15 June 2007

bgcolor="#E1E9F3"

| bgcolor="#f0f0ff" | 2009

| Last Day (Do or Die)

| align="center" | 78

| align="center" | —

| Released: 19 June 2009

bgcolor="#eeeeee"

| rowspan="3" bgcolor="#f0f0ff" | 2011

| Heroes/Helden
Die Highlights

| align="center" | 28

| align="center" | 50

| align="center" | —

| Released: 24 November 2011
(with Nena, Xavier Naidoo and Rea Garvey)

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| Don't Gimme That
Liberty of Action

| align="center" | 8

| align="center" | 1

| align="center" | 49

| Released: 25 November 2011
Sales: + 315,000

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| L.O.V.E.
Liberty of Action

| align="center" | 74

| align="center" | —

| Released: 20 December 2011
(feat. Nena)

bgcolor="#E1E9F3"

| bgcolor="#f0f0ff" | 2011

| My Country
Rammstein

| align="center" | —

| Released: 11 November 2011

bgcolor="#eeeeee"

| bgcolor="#f0f0ff"| 2012

| Live It Up
Liberty of Action

| align="center" | 98

| align="center" | 52

| align="center" | —

| Released: 8 August 2012

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| bgcolor="#f0f0ff"| 2013

| Do It
Flames of Fame

| align="center" | 31

| align="center" | 40

| align="center" | 36

| Released: 16 September 2013

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| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"| 2015

| Dos Bros
Dos Bros

| align="center" | 33

| align="center" | 72

| align="center" | —

| Released: 21 August 2015

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| Jolene
Dos Bros

| align="center" | 35

| align="center" | 25

| align="center" | 29

| Released: 25 December 2015
(feat. The Common Linnets)

bgcolor="#eeeeee"

| bgcolor="#f0f0ff"| 2019

| Little Help

| align="center" | 32

| align="center" | 34

| align="center" | 41

| Released: 3 May 2019
(featuring Mimi & Josy)

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| bgcolor="#f0f0ff"| 2021

| Burning Love

| align="center" | —

| Released: 2 January 2021
(feat. OnklP)

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" by Wham! and "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)

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20080106205028/http://www.motor.de/kuenstler/the_bosshoss/biografie Biography at Motor Music]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20070926233639/http://www.gracenote.com/music/search.html?q=the+bosshoss&f=artist&x=0&y=0 Boss Hoss at Gracenote]

Category:German parodists

Category:Musical groups established in 2004

Category:German country rock groups

Category:German comedy musical groups

Category:Comedy rock musical groups

Category:Musical groups from Berlin

Category:Parody musicians

:The BossHoss

Band history

Band members

= Past members =

Discography

= Studio albums =

= Singles =

= DVDs =

See also

References

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