Florian Völker

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=0qTKsylr…

#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=nffOJXcJ…

#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=UoOIZfIl…

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=w3e8vxz1…

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=PL…

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