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Gotthard "Made In Switzerland" - CD & DVD

There are moments that one always remembers.

The 8th December 2005 in the Zurich Hallenstadion is one of those special nights. The lights dim and the seconds of darkness before the show begins are filled with the cheering of thousands of people.

It is the fantastic end of the most extensive and successful tour that the Swiss rock band Gotthard has ever completed. It’s the final European concert from a band that even after 15 years is still pushing the boundaries.

The microphones and cameras record not only the music of “Mountain Mama”, “Heaven” or “Lift U Up” but also the magical atmosphere that Gotthard concerts produce, especially tonight.

The resulting Live CD and Bonus DVD entitled ”Made in Switzerland” embodies this quality.

Since their formation more than 15 years ago they have been as consistent as Swiss clockwork. The second guitar position was filled permanently by Freddy Scherer only two years ago; the remaining four have been a fixed team since the creation of the band.

This consistency translates to top form on the stage every night. The “Lipservice” tour, with sold-out venues in Germany and Switzerland as well as Span and France, showed a live band in a class of its own: a sound that melts on your senses like the finest Swiss chocolate. Five professionals who give their all night after night and demonstrate their character with every note they play.

The current album “Lipservice” proves that Gotthard is one of those rare bands to dare a step back to its roots, to show that there is no more fun in the world than a rip-roaring rock song. The exuberant reaction from the press and fans, a few days after the tour started, was exciting. Gotthard demonstrated once again that good old solid rock ‘n’ roll is timeless.

Gotthard is at home both on a small stage and in a giant stadium, showing off its impressive authenticity, spontaneity and vitality in the endless range of old and new hits.

“Made in Switzerland” can be enjoyed at home in both audio and DVD quality. New explosive hits such as ``All We Are``, ``Anytime Anywhere`` or ``Lift U Up`` have the same intensive impact as the old popular songs of the standards ``Mountain Mama``, ``Sister Moon`` or ``One Life, One Soul``.

For this production, Gotthard used for the first time the largest indoor venue that Switzerland has to offer; the Zürich Hallenstadion. Here they wrote a small piece of rock history, as one of the few bands able to build on their success throughout Europe with the production of their 9th Studio Album.

As the most currently successful Swiss Rock band, they claim yet another record; “Lipservice” is the most successful national album and the 3rd most successful internationally in 2005 (just short of double platinum). A band originating from little Switzerland, internationally significant; a group of superb musicians supporting the exceptional voice of Steve Lee – this is a band which makes a great impression!

“Made in Switzerland” captures and communicates the amazing shivers you get when listening.
It not only displays quality and consistency but also crystallizes into one of the truly great moments.

Tracklist

CD (78 min)

01. All we are
02. Dream On
03. Hush
04. Mountain Mama
05. Let It Be
06. Top Of The World
07. I Wonder
08. Said And Done
09. One Life One Soul
10. Nothing Left At All
11. Sister Moon
12. Mighty Quinn
13. In The Name
14. Heaven
15. Lift U UP
16. Anytime, Anywhere
17. Immigrant Song

DVD (112 min)

01. All we are
02. Dream On
03. Hush
04. Mountain Mama
05. Let It Be
06. Top Of The World
07. I Wonder
08. Said And Done
09. One Life One Soul
10. Nothing Left At All
11. Sister Moon
12. The Other Side Of Me
13. Firedance
14. Battle Of Titans
15. Homerun
16. Mighty Quinn
17. In The Name
18. Heaven
19. Lift U UP
20. Anytime, Anywhere
21. Immigrant Song

Bonusmaterial : “Making Of Hallenstadion Show”
“Making Of Video Anytime, Anywhere mit Jenny”
+ Fotogallerie
+ Videos “Anytime,Anywhere, Lift U UP, Dream On”

Quelle: www.gotthard.com, www.nuclearblast.de

...tja - was soll ich dazu noch ergänzen ? Ausser, dass einer meiner absoluten musikalischen Favourites nach dem unplugged-Album "dfrosted" ein weiterer Meilenstein in Sachen "Live on Tape" gelungen ist, der seinesgleichen sucht !

Wer auf melodische Rockmusik mit intelligenten, eingängigen und absolut hörenswerten Texten steht, die aber auch mal knallhart zur Sache kommt und wo man eigentlich schon scheintot sein muss, um nicht laut mitzusingen und headzubangen oder bei den Balladen das Feuerzeug zu schwenken, ist hier genau richtig und "live" (wie ich sie gottseidank schon erleben durfte) sind Gotthard eh ein Muss !

Anspieltips: "All We Are", "Let It Be", "Said And Done", "One Life One Soul", "In The Name" (bislang nur als Bonus-Track auf der "Limited Tour Edition" von "Anytime Anywhere" erhältlich und musikalisch und textlich für mich einer der stärksten Songs, den die fünf Schweizer bislang geschrieben haben) und "Anytime Anywhere" !

Das Album läuft seit seiner Veröffentlichung am letzten Freitag bei mir auf "heavy rotation" und ich kann es jedem nur ans Herz legen, der musikalisch ein bisserl über den Tellerrand hinausblickt...

"doch wenn ich arm bin, habe ich nur meine träume. die träume breite ich aus vor deinen füßen. tritt leicht darauf, du trittst auf meine träume." (William Butler Yeats)