NEWS

Swiss legends KROKUS have issued the following update at their official website:


"It’s the final countdown…. In just one week about this time, those of us that travel to Bern, Switzerland, can enjoy the comeback of the 1982 original line-up for the first time in concert since over 25 years ago! What a rush! Take your vintage T-shirts out of the closet and wear them proudly. They’re baaaaack!

Winners of the contest have been contacted directly as well as those fans travelling from the USA. They all will be guests of Krokus after the show in the VIP lounge.

In case you wondered, these are the correct answers to the contest:
1. Which album gained "triple-platinum" record award status? Metal Rendez-Vous
2. What is the name of the groundbreaking album that propelled Krokus to International fame? Metal Rendez-Vous
3. What are the names of the Krokus record albums that feature exactly the same line-up as the current comeback formation? One Vice At A Time
4. There is only one Krokus song that was recorded twice. What's the name of that song? 'Winning Man'

Website changes:

With the return of the originals we focused mainly on keeping the spotlight on the upcoming concert as well as future events. And yet, Krokus has a rich history to share with old and new fans. And we have no intention to ignore this fact. We decided that the fans voice and past history would be better featured on our GLOBE CLUB page. If you visit that page, you will see the “main topics” in the left column of the page. Simply click on what’s of interest to you. I have restructured some topics and condensed some (not all of it will be done at the time of this mail, since I will be leaving for Europe to join Krokus this coming Tuesday – however I promise you new pictures and a nice overview of the more than 30 year history of our Swiss rock giants. As of today, you will find the following on the GLOBE CLUB page of our web site:

Guestbook: If you would like to let your voice be heard, make a comment and be part of the Krokus fan community, click on that topic and you will be heard.

History: You will find here 2 topics. From The Beginning: The History Of A Swiss Rock Giant and we plan to share with you very soon also the Krokus Family Tree. This was originally an idea of Marc Storace and he kindly let me run with this.

Globe Club Interviews: Here you will find two categories, Videos and Text. If you click on Videos you will be able to see my interviews with current (soon) and past band members. If you click on Text, you will be able to read interviews with current (soon) and past band members. The questions and answers are different on the “video” link and the “text” link.

Multimedia: This section offers four different topics of interest – Videos, Audio, Press & Pictures. Under Krokus Videos you will find concert footage from different time periods as well as the Malta videos I produced in 2006. The Krokus Audio section features audio interviews from the Lewis & Floorwax Radio Show” in 2005 plus “Eddie Trunk Radio Show” and “Nights with Alice Cooper” from a while ago. Marc and Chris will do an interview with Alice this coming Monday via phone and once I get a copy of the interview from the producer of the show, I will share that with you all. Krokus Press will feature interviews with the band and/or individual band members. At the moment we have only an interview that Dani Beck from Swiss Music Night TV show (I translated that one into English for our international fans). As we go on and I find old clips as well, there will be more.

Krokus Pictures: Here you will find pictures of the band, performing “live and uncensored”. I restructured this part (old Gallery) to condense things. As you will see, I grouped this into blocks per album/CD release and the year it was released rather than in the old format where we referred to dates only. I will be working on this more extensively once I return back from Switzerland. If you have good pictures of different time periods, feel free to send them to me at peter.waelti@krokusonline.com, so that we have visuals to each release over the three decades of Krokus.

Reviews: This link will offer you two topics – Albums/CD’s” and “Concerts. As the titles suggest, we will post here reviews from the press and group them into the two categories. This part I also will complete when I return back from my visit with the mighty Krokus.

Newsletters: This lists all the newsletters since I had the privilege to be the sixth Krokus. The newest one is always on top of the page. That way, if you want to look back at something, it’s easy to find all in one location.

Fan Photos: This link is split in three decades – the 1980’s, the 1990’s and the year 2000 and beyond. When you send me a picture of you and one of the Krokus band members in it (and tell me from which century it was taken), we will post your picture on this link. So, please send your pictures in, if you have not done so already. To quote Ray Davies of the KINKS in one of his songs: 'Everybody is in show biz and everybody is a star'!

I hope you like the new set-up of our web page where you will be able to enjoy features about the current line-up and at the same time can go back in time on our Globe Club page. In order not to miss a Krokus moment, check back often to see updates and additions.

I’m too wired to sleep already and I can’t wait to see old fans I met at earlier occasions and to make new friends. This concert will not only be special because of the return of the original Krokus, but also because of the Special Guest band Span. I used to manage them for a while in the 80’s as well and I have not seen them for over 28 years. The night will be magic.

So, let’s do the countdown together: Krokus in the original line-up of the glory years of the early 80’s will rock the Stade De Suisse football stadium in Bern Switzerland in exactly 1 week. For those of you that count precisely, that’s 7 Days, 168 hours, 10,080 minutes or in other words just 604,800 seconds. As the ROLLING STONES sing: 'Time waits for no one', so be there or be square!

Rock On, my friends!!!"