Rockpalast

Rockpalast (Rock Palace) is a German music television show that broadcasts live on German television station Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR). Rockpalast started on January 22, 1976 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 hosts of the Rockpalast Nacht events.

The J. Geils Band's song "Believe in Me" became the official Rockpalast intro tune ever since their first broadcast in 1976.

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.


 * !!!
 * 1000mods
 * 16 Horsepower
 * 18th Dye
 * 22-Pistepirkko
 * 3 Doors Down
 * 38 Special (band)
 * A (band)
 * AaRON
 * Abramis Brama (band)
 * Accept (band)
 * Charlie A'Court
 * Bryan Adams
 * Danny Adler
 * The Afghan Whigs
 * AFI (band)
 * Afrob
 * Agnostic Front
 * a-ha
 * Airbourne
 * AK4711
 * The Alarm
 * Alexisonfire
 * Alice in Chains
 * Alien Ant Farm
 * All Them Witches
 * Alpha Blondy
 * Alter Bridge
 * Amon Düül II
 * Amorphis
 * ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
 * Angelika Express
 * Annihilator (band)
 * The Answer (band)
 * Anthrax (American band)
 * Anti-Flag
 * Anvil
 * Apocalyptica
 * Die Apokalyptischen Reiter
 * Arctic Monkeys
 * Joan Armatrading
 * Armored Saint
 * Artillery (band)
 * Asaf Avidan
 * Ash (band)
 * Asian Dub Foundation
 * Asphyx
 * Assassin (deejay)
 * Aswad
 * Atari Teenage Riot
 * Athlete (band)
 * The Atomic Bitchwax
 * Audioslave
 * Avenged Sevenfold
 * Axxis
 * Die Ärzte
 * Baby Woodrose
 * Backyard Babies
 * Bad Religion
 * BadBadNotGood
 * Badly Drawn Boy
 * Band of Heathens
 * Band of Horses
 * BAP
 * Baroness (band)
 * Kris Barras Band
 * Beck
 * Dickey Betts
 * Black Pumas
 * The Beards
 * The Beat
 * Beatsteaks
 * Beginner (band)
 * Behemoth (band)
 * Adrian Belew
 * Benediction (band)
 * Edoardo Bennato
 * Biffy Clyro
 * Big Country
 * Big Sugar
 * Billy Talent
 * Biohazard (band)
 * Brant Bjork
 * The Black Crowes
 * Blackberry Smoke
 * Black Eyed Peas
 * Black Francis
 * Black Label Society
 * Blackmail (band)
 * Black Pumas
 * Black Stone Cherry
 * Black Uhuru
 * Blind Guardian
 * Blink-182
 * Bloc Party
 * Bloodhound Gang
 * Blue Cheer
 * Blues Pills
 * Blumfeld
 * Blur (band)
 * Joe Bonamassa
 * Bon Iver
 * Lizzy Borden (band)
 * The Bouncing Souls
 * Jean-Paul Bourelly
 * David Bowie
 * Boy Hits Car
 * Boysetsfire
 * Paul Brady
 * Billy Bragg
 * Brainstorm (German band)
 * The Brandos
 * The Brew
 * The Brian Jonestown Massacre
 * Brings
 * Brinsley Schwarz
 * Herman Brood & His Wild Romance
 * Edgar Broughton Band
 * Jackson Browne
 * Jack Bruce
 * Roy Buchanan
 * Bullet for My Valentine
 * Eric Burdon
 * Burning Spear
 * Bush (British band)
 * Paul Butterfield
 * Buzzcocks
 * John Cale
 * Caliban (band)
 * Candlemass (band)
 * Canned Heat
 * Carcass (band)
 * The Cardigans
 * Carl Carlton (German musician)
 * Carmel
 * Paul Carrack
 * Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine
 * Catatonia (band)
 * Harry Chapin
 * Chalice (reggae band)
 * Michael Chapman (singer)
 * Roger Chapman
 * Charlie Daniels Band
 * Cheap Trick
 * The Chemical Brothers
 * Neneh Cherry
 * Chicago
 * Children of Bodom
 * Tim Christensen
 * Popa Chubby
 * Chumbawamba
 * Cirith Ungol (band)
 * City (band)
 * Clawfinger
 * Jimmy Cliff
 * Climax Blues Band
 * George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic
 * Clueso
 * Clutch (band)
 * Bruce Cockburn
 * Joe Cocker
 * Coheed and Cambria
 * Cold Chisel
 * Coldplay
 * Colosseum (band)
 * Colour Haze
 * Coroner (band)
 * Corrosion of Conformity
 * Elvis Costello
 * Counting Crows
 * Graham Coxon
 * Kevin Coyne
 * Cradle of Filth
 * A. J. Croce
 * Sheryl Crow
 * Crowded House
 * Cutting Crew
 * Ry Cooder
 * The Cult
 * The Cure
 * Cypress Hill
 * D-A-D (band)
 * The Damned (band)
 * Danko Jones
 * Danzig (band)
 * The Darkness (band)
 * Dashboard Confessional
 * Julian Dawson
 * The Dead Daisies
 * The Deadnotes
 * Death Cab for Cutie
 * Deep Purple
 * Deftones
 * Deichkind
 * Jan Delay
 * Jingo de Lunch
 * Demon (band)
 * Depeche Mode
 * Rick Derringer
 * Destruction (band)
 * Deus (band)
 * Willy DeVille
 * Dexys Midnight Runners
 * Diamond Head (British band)
 * Die Happy
 * Dinosaur Jr.
 * Dir En Grey
 * Dire Straits
 * Dispatch
 * The Divine Comedy (band)
 * Dizzy Mizz Lizzy
 * DJ Shadow
 * Dog Eat Dog (band)
 * Donots
 * Doro
 * Doves (band)
 * Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show
 * Dr. John
 * Dread Zeppelin
 * dredg
 * Dritte Wahl
 * Dropkick Murphys
 * Drowning Pool
 * Dub Inc
 * Dub War
 * Candy Dulfer
 * Duran Duran
 * The Durango Riot
 * Ian Dury and The Blockheads
 * Eagles of Death Metal
 * Earth, Wind and Fire
 * Echo & the Bunnymen
 * Edguy
 * Editors (band)
 * Efterklang
 * Einstürzende Neubauten
 * Electric Light Orchestra
 * Element of Crime
 * Emil Bulls
 * Enter Shikari
 * Epica
 * Epitaph (band)
 * Roky Erickson
 * Eskobar
 * Equilibrium (band)
 * Evanescence
 * Every Time I Die
 * Exhorder
 * Exodus (band)
 * Explosions in the Sky
 * The Exploited
 * The Fabulous Thunderbirds
 * John Fahey
 * Fairport Convention
 * Faithless
 * Faith No More
 * Die Fantastischen Vier
 * Fear Factory
 * Feeder (band)
 * Fehlfarben
 * Fettes Brot
 * Lee Fields
 * Fields of the Nephilim
 * Filter (band)
 * Fishbone
 * The Fixx
 * The Flaming Lips
 * Fleet Foxes
 * Flogging Molly
 * The Flower Kings
 * Foo Fighters
 * Forbidden (band)
 * Robben Ford
 * The Frames
 * Franz Ferdinand (band)
 * Henrik Freischlader
 * Freundeskreis
 * Fu Manchu (band)
 * Fun Boy Three
 * Funeral for a Friend
 * Fun Lovin' Criminals
 * Fury in the Slaughterhouse
 * The Futureheads
 * Fünf Sterne deluxe
 * Peter Gabriel
 * Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
 * Rory Gallagher
 * Gang of Four
 * Garbage
 * The Gaslight Anthem
 * The Gathering (band)
 * The J. Geils Band
 * Gentleman (musician)
 * The Get Up Kids
 * Get Well Soon (band)
 * Gluecifer
 * The Godfathers
 * Gods of Blitz
 * Gogol Bordello
 * Gojira (band)
 * Golden Earring
 * Die Goldenen Zitronen
 * Goldie
 * Good Charlotte
 * Gov't Mule
 * The Great Crusades
 * Grateful Dead
 * Grave Digger (band)
 * Green Day
 * Green Lung
 * Green on Red
 * Grobschnitt
 * Gruppo Sportivo
 * Guano Apes
 * Guillemots (band)
 * The Gun Club
 * Guns N' Roses
 * Guru Guru
 * Nina Hagen
 * Haindling
 * Halestorm
 * HammerFall
 * Peter Hammill
 * Glen Hansard
 * Ben Harper
 * Roy Harper
 * Beth Hart
 * Hayseed Dixie
 * Hazeldine (band)
 * H-Blockx
 * HeadCrash (band)
 * Heaven & Hell
 * Heaven Shall Burn
 * The Heavy (band)
 * Hed PE
 * The Hellacopters
 * Helloween
 * Helmet (band)
 * High on Fire
 * HIM
 * The Hives
 * Tom Holkenborg
 * Jay Hooks.
 * Bruce Hornsby
 * Hot Water Music
 * Ben Howard
 * Sophie Hunger
 * Ian Hunter and Mick Ronson
 * HushPuppies
 * Billy Idol
 * Imperial Drag
 * Incognito (band)
 * Incubus
 * In Extremo
 * In Flames
 * Inner Circle (band)
 * Insomnium
 * Interpol
 * The (International) Noise Conspiracy
 * INXS
 * Irie Révoltés
 * Iron Maiden
 * Itchy (band)
 * Joe Jackson
 * The Jam
 * Rick James and The Stone City Band
 * Jamiroquai
 * Al Jarreau
 * Jefferson Starship
 * The Jesus and Mary Chain
 * Jet (band)
 * Jimmy Eat World
 * JJ72
 * Johnny Clegg and Juluka
 * Johnossi
 * Keziah Jones
 * The Joy Formidable
 * JPNSGRLS
 * Juliette and the Licks
 * Mickey Jupp
 * Kabaka Pyramid
 * Kadavar
 * Kaiser Chiefs
 * Kaizers Orchestra
 * Kamchatka (band)
 * Michael Karoli
 * Katrina and the Waves
 * The Kelly Family
 * Rose Kemp
 * Kid Creole and the Coconuts
 * Greg Kihn
 * The Killer Barbies
 * Killing Joke
 * Killswitch Engage
 * B.B. King
 * King's X
 * Kings of Convenience
 * Kings of Leon
 * The Kinks
 * Cosmo Klein
 * David Knopfler
 * The Kooks
 * Korn
 * Alexis Korner
 * Leo Kottke
 * Kraan
 * Kraftklub
 * Lenny Kravitz
 * Kreator
 * K's Choice
 * Kula Shaker
 * Kvelertak
 * Kylesa
 * Kyuss
 * L7
 * Lagwagon
 * Laith Al-Deen
 * Lamb of God (band)
 * The Lemonheads
 * Ronnie Lane from The Faces
 * Jonny Lang
 * Leatherwolf
 * Alvin Lee and Ten Years After
 * Less Than Jake
 * Level 42
 * Levellers (band)
 * Huey Lewis and the News
 * Life of Agony
 * Limp Bizkit
 * David Lindley (musician)
 * Linkin Park
 * Liquido
 * Aynsley Lister
 * Little Feat
 * Little Steven
 * Live (band)
 * Living Colour
 * Nils Lofgren
 * The Lords of the New Church
 * Loney, Dear
 * Long Distance Calling (band)
 * Lucifer (multinational band)
 * Lucilectric
 * Steve Lukather
 * Lynyrd Skynyrd
 * Machine Head
 * Mad Caddies
 * Madness
 * Madrugada
 * Madsen (band)
 * Magazine
 * Man (band)
 * Mando Diao
 * Manic Street Preachers
 * Marilyn Manson
 * Bob Marley & The Wailers
 * The Mars Volta
 * Marteria
 * John Martyn
 * Carolyne Mas
 * Matchbox Twenty
 * Dave Matthews Band
 * Maxïmo Park
 * Meat Loaf
 * Melvins
 * Men at Work
 * Natalie Merchant
 * The Mescaleros
 * Meshuggah
 * Metal Church
 * Metallica
 * MIA. (German band)
 * The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
 * Frankie Miller
 * Steve Miller
 * Mink DeVille
 * The Mission (band)
 * Miss Platnum
 * Mogwai
 * Mondo Generator
 * Monster Magnet
 * Morcheeba
 * Alanis Morissette
 * Van Morrison
 * Morrissey
 * Mother's Finest
 * Motorpsycho (band)
 * Motörhead
 * Mötley Crüe
 * Mr. Bungle
 * Muddy Waters
 * Muse
 * My Chemical Romance
 * Nada Surf
 * Gianna Nannini
 * Nashville Pussy
 * The National (band)
 * Nena
 * N.E.R.D.
 * Nestor (band)
 * Randy Newman
 * New Model Army (band)
 * The New Roses
 * Night Demon (band)
 * The Night Flight Orchestra
 * Nine Below Zero
 * NOFX
 * No Use for a Name
 * Heather Nova
 * Ted Nugent
 * Paolo Nutini
 * Conor Oberst
 * Obituary (band)
 * The Ocean (band)
 * Sinéad O'Connor
 * The Offspring
 * Mike Oldfield
 * Angel Olsen
 * Oomph!
 * Opeth
 * Orbital (band)
 * Otherkin
 * Outkast
 * Outlaws
 * Overkill (band)
 * Panteón Rococó
 * Papa Roach
 * Paradise Lost (band)
 * Parkway Drive
 * Patrice Bart-Williams
 * Pavement (band)
 * Axel Rudi Pell
 * Pennywise (band)
 * Pentagram (band)
 * Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
 * Pharrell Williams
 * Phish
 * Phoenix (band)
 * Pitchshifter
 * Pixies (band)
 * PJ Harvey
 * Placebo (band)
 * Plan B (musician)
 * P.O.D.
 * Ingo Pohlmann
 * Point Blank
 * Polarkreis 18
 * The Police
 * Iggy Pop
 * Popcaan
 * Porcupine Tree
 * Gregory Porter
 * Possessed (band)
 * Powderfinger
 * Powerwolf
 * Pretenders
 * The Pretty Things
 * Prince (musician)
 * Primordial (band)
 * Primus
 * Procol Harum
 * Prong (band)
 * Protoje
 * Public Image Limited
 * Pulp (band)
 * Queens of the Stone Age
 * Queensrÿche
 * The Quireboys
 * Radiohead
 * Radio Moscow (band)
 * Rainbow
 * Rage Against the Machine
 * Raging Speedhorn
 * Rammstein
 * Rancid (band)
 * Marion Raven
 * Razorlight
 * Chris Rea
 * Reamonn
 * Louisiana Red
 * Red Hot Chili Peppers
 * Lou Reed
 * Reef (band)
 * Achim Reichel
 * R.E.M.
 * REO Speedwagon
 * Return To Forever
 * Revolverheld
 * Keith Richards
 * Tarrus Riley
 * Riot V
 * Andrew Roachford
 * Rockpile
 * Paul Rodgers
 * Rollins Band
 * The Roots
 * Ross the Boss
 * Runrig
 * Linda Ronstadt
 * Uli Jon Roth
 * Royal Republic
 * The Rumour
 * Todd Rundgren
 * Mitch Ryder
 * Sacred Reich
 * Saint Jude
 * Samy Deluxe
 * David Sancious
 * Santana (band)
 * Eric Sardinas
 * Sasha (German singer)
 * Satyricon (band)
 * Saxon (band)
 * Michael Schenker Group
 * John Scofield
 * Scooter
 * Screaming Trees
 * Sea Power
 * Seeed
 * Selig (band)
 * Shinedown
 * Shout Out Louds
 * Sick of It All
 * Siena Root
 * Silbermond
 * Silverchair
 * Simple Minds
 * Siouxsie and the Banshees
 * Skindred
 * Skunk Anansie
 * Slayer
 * Slime (band)
 * Slut (band)
 * Smashing Pumpkins
 * Patti Smith
 * The Smiths
 * Sniff 'n' the Tears
 * Snuff (British band)
 * Slipknot
 * Social Distortion
 * Sodom (band)
 * Sofa Surfers (band)
 * Soft Machine
 * SOJA
 * Sonic Syndicate
 * Sonic Youth
 * Soulfly
 * Soundgarden
 * The Soundtrack of Our Lives
 * Southside Johnny
 * Regina Spektor
 * Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
 * Spirit
 * Spock's Beard
 * Sportfreunde Stiller
 * Starsailor (band)
 * State Radio
 * Steeleye Span
 * Stereophonics
 * Die Sterne
 * Stiff Little Fingers
 * Stone Sour
 * Stone Temple Pilots
 * Stranglers
 * Stray Cats
 * The Streets
 * Streetwalkers
 * Andrew Strong
 * The Subways
 * Such a Surge
 * Suede (band)
 * Suicidal Tendencies
 * Sum 41
 * Sunrise Avenue
 * Supergrass
 * System of a Down
 * Taking Back Sunday
 * Talking Heads
 * Tankard (band)
 * Mick Taylor
 * Tears for Fears
 * The Temperance Movement (band)
 * Kae Tempest
 * Terrorgruppe
 * Testament (band)
 * Téléphone
 * Them Crooked Vultures
 * Therapy?
 * The The
 * Thin Lizzy
 * Thirty Seconds to Mars
 * Richard Thompson
 * George Thorogood
 * Thrice
 * Thumb
 * Tiamat (band)
 * Tito & Tarantula
 * Tocotronic
 * Tomte (band)
 * Tonic (band)
 * Toots and the Maytals
 * Die Toten Hosen
 * Tower of Power
 * Travis (band)
 * Trettmann
 * Triggerfinger (band)
 * Triptykon
 * Truckfighters
 * Trust
 * Turbonegro
 * Turbostaat
 * Turin Brakes
 * Eddie Turner
 * The Twilight Singers
 * Ty Dolla Sign
 * Type O Negative
 * U2
 * UB40
 * UFO
 * Thees Uhlmann
 * James Blood Ulmer
 * Unleashed (band)
 * Urban Dance Squad
 * Midge Ure
 * Farin Urlaub
 * Urge Overkill
 * The Used
 * Utopia
 * Van der Graaf Generator
 * Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble
 * Velvet Revolver
 * Villagers
 * Villagers of Ioannina City
 * The Vintage Caravan
 * Virginia Jetzt!
 * Andreas Vollenweider
 * Von Wegen Lisbeth
 * Loudon Wainwright III
 * Tom Waits
 * The Walkabouts
 * Waltari
 * Patrick Watson (musician)
 * John Watts (singer)
 * Weather Report
 * Ween
 * Weezer
 * Paul Weller
 * White Lies (band)
 * The White Stripes
 * White Zombie (band)
 * The Who
 * Wille and the Bandits
 * Wilco
 * Ray Wilson
 * Edgar Winter
 * Johnny Winter
 * Wire
 * Wir sind Helden
 * Wishbone Ash
 * Within Temptation
 * The Wombats
 * Wovenhand
 * Wucan
 * XTC
 * The XX
 * Xzibit
 * Neil Young
 * The Zutons
 * ZZ Top