The Rocking Stars - The Rocking Stars (1965)

German R&R and beat band, founded in late 1950s in Karlsruhe.
Members: Dieter Kersten (voc,g)- Jürgen 'Jox' Lammer (lg) - Heinz Brunner (dr) - Curt Schwab (org) - Bodo Przyborowsky (b)

The fifties in the Federal Republic of Germany were not so much the Rockin' 50s, but rather a time in which German songs and pop songs were cultivated and the educated citizen booted into operetta. However, there were nests in which juvenile brood rehearsed the rebellion. In Rastatt in Baden, for example, there were four students who wanted to blow their ancestors' marches and show them the way. Dieter Kersten had a good voice, so he became a singer, and together with Jürgen 'Jox' Lammer he scrubbed the guitar.

The Jox turned out to be the better one on the six strings, and so he became a melodic guitarist. Heinz Brunner wanted to drum, Curt Schwab had had piano lessons, so it was predetermined where he would be used. Together the quartet had a penchant for rock 'n' roll - Elvis, Little Richard, Fats Domino - but also less known things. The proximity to the American occupying forces made it possible. Busy rehearsals were the order of the day, mostly in Brunner sr.'s restaurant. (which - see above - was suitably called 'To the stork's nest'). One must not hide the fact that occasionally a clarinet could be heard, but soon one became aware of the stylistic confusion, and the part was first banished into his suitcase. In June 1959, the four boys unanimously chose the name The Rocking Stars at the local bathing establishment.