KROKUS - 'Bedside Radio' Back On Swiss Hit Parade Charts After 28 Years!
KROKUS' website is reporting:
"As previously reported
here, the “classic” line-up of
Krokus (minus guitarist
Tommy Kiefer) performed a playback medley for the incredibly popular six-part Swiss TV series Greatest Swiss Hits Of All Times on November 18th.
The medley consisted of the songs
'Tokyo Nights', 'Bedside Radio' and
'Heatstrokes', all originally released on Krokus' first album featuring “the voice” Marc Storace. That album (Metal Rendez-Vous) put Krokus on the map internationally.
During the Swiss TV Show the musicians, much to their surprise, were presented by BMG (record label) with the Diamond Record Award for overall record sales in Switzerland during their tenure with the label (mainly in the '80’s). This is an extremely rare award to be handed out. To put this into perspective, the Diamond Record Award equals receiving 40 Gold Record Awards or 20 Platinum Record Awards in comparison.
Now
'Bedside Radio', originally released in November of 1979 as a single in Switzerland, is back in the Swiss Hit Parade Charts (equivalent to the US Billboard Charts). It shot from zero to #58 immediately in it’s first week after the broadcast.
While the nostalgic fans got their three minutes and 45 seconds fix, the current line-up consisting of Marc Storace, Mandy Meyer, Dominique Favez, Tony Castell and Stefan Schwarzmann are working on new song material for their follow-up album to Hellraiser. The Hellraiser Tour, in support of the current album, started in 2006 and is still going… and going… and going with two more concerts in mid-December (see
tour dates). When it’s all said and done, the Hellraiser Tour will be the most extensive European tour Krokus ever has performed in their 30+ year band history. Another milestone for Krokus!
With these current events taking place, it is appropriate to revisit Marc’s interview with the web based Hitparade CH (Billboard equivalent). The interview, originally released a year ago as part of the promo for the Hellraiser album, is copied
here for all German speaking fans, followed by a translation in English."
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