The BossHoss

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. The band refers to their music style as "Country Trash Punk Rock."

Band history
The band was formed in 2004 in Berlin by Alec "Boss" Völkel, Sascha "Hoss" Vollmer and Michael Frick, 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 FC Venus (2006 film). 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

 * 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

Studio albums

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

Singles
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)