Nocturn
NOCTURN from Hamburg, Germany. Southern Rock and Bluesrock at its best! They have played with Molly Hatchet and Doc Holliday (USA).
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rockin' and groovin' Southern Rock song with a catchy chorus
We are NOCTURN from Hamburg, Germany. We are deeply influenced by Southern Rock and Bluesrock. Besides our own material, that fills our CD and a list of 15 more songs, we play songs by Allman Brothers Band, Lynyrd Skynyrd, 38 Special, Doc Holliday, Molly Hatchet, Stevie Ray Vaughn, John Campbell...Band/artist history
1994: The band was founded in 1994 (in Hamburg, Germany). It was supposed to be a group that plays its own brand of Southern- and Bluesrock. At first, the five guys put together an extensive repertoire, mostly genre-typical tunes by the Allman Brothers, Lynyrd Skynyrd, ZZTop, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Molly Hatchet and other similar artists, and then they added more and more of their own tunes.
1995:
It was about time: NOCTURN debuted on stage at "Logo", a Hamburg music club, in front of over 250 enthusiastic guests. Their very first gig lasted longer than two hours and had the people up on their feet. A week before, they had recorded an unplugged trailer for this gig based on an Allman Brothers tune- along with an acoustic version of their hit "Carolina" at Radio Hamburg, the biggest commercial radio station in town.
There was also a gig at "Cuzco" in Bargteheide, among others.
1996:
Now they hit several stages in a row, for example "Knust" in Hamburg, "Lütt Huus" (Hamburg) together with THE JONES (Rock), "Logo" (Hamburg) with the BIG BOYS (Texas Rock from Mölln) and "Rider’s Cafe" in Lübeck, also with the BIG BOYS.
After that, NOCTURN went into the studio to record a Demo-CD with 3 tracks, which was finished in one day, recorded mostly live.
1997:
In 1997, the band widened its radius of action: there were still gigs in Hamburg, at "Knust" for example, but also in Düsseldorf, Ahrensburg (twice) and Lübeck (again at the "Rider’s Cafe" with the BIG BOYS), and as a highlight a two-hour concert at "Beck’s Open Air on tour" in Heide, at the huge market square. That’s a three-day-festival as part of a series which also features the "Rockspektakel" at the Hamburg Town Hall Square. In Heide, other bands which are well-known in Germany also played, like ILLEGAL 2001, for example.
1998:
Besides live concerts in Hamburg ("Knust") and Mölln, this year was another step forward, because the band had the opportunity to be special guests and the support group for well-known bands from the Southern Rock scene. They were booked as support for the band 38 SPECIAL (USA) in Hamburg at "Große Freiheit 36", but then the whole tour was cancelled.
Things were different in November: NOCTURN was the special guest and support band for MOLLY HATCHET (USA), and played in front of about 800 people at "Große Freiheit 36" in Hamburg. They rocked the place and gave a convincing performance not only to the audience but also to MOLLY HATCHET, who had already judged NOCTURN’s soundcheck as "great".
1999:
The year started out with a gig at a bikers' fair, the "Riders' Bikers' Classics" in Travemünde.
Then NOCTURN wanted to focus on recording again, so they went into the studio in Oldenburg, recording four of their own songs and overdubbing and remixing those 3 tracks from the old 1996 Demo-CD. The result: NOCTURN had a CD with 7 tracks. There were more live gigs, of course: among others there was a three-band-lineup at "Logo" Hamburg and at "Flohcircus" in Hanover with the bands FIREBALL (Deep Purple cover band from the Czech Republic) and MOKEY CAP (Melodic Rock) and a gig at the regular monthly "metal attack" at "Logo" (Hamburg) together with a Hardrock band called CATALINA. There was also an appearance at the "Bluesgarage" in Hannover-Isernhagen, a very genre-type club, where Molly Hatchet played a gig during their 2000 Tour, for example.
2000:
The year 2000 started out with another highlight: NOCTURN shared the stage with LIZARD, a German Southern Rock band, and DOC HOLLIDAY (USA), one of their big idols in the Southern rock genre who wrote two of NOCTURN’s cover tunes, for a support gig in Hamburg ("Logo"). It was very successful and a lot of fun, also they had the opportunity to meet these bands.
Over the year, there were more concerts, for example in Stade at the bikers' club "Born to be wild M.C.", at the GHS Rockfest (along with CAKEWALK and others), in September at the "Nacht der Clubs," a big live club-festival in Hamburg, in December at "Mayday" (Hamburg) and a showcase gig in Glinde at the western-store "Paul Hundertmark".
NOCTURN also went back to the studio twice, to record four more songs, as well as an additional acoustic track at their keyboarder’s home studio. By now they had put together 12 tracks for a full-length CD, which had to go through the mastering. Then they started to deal with the artwork and booklet design.
Raving reviews got them a gig at "Indra," a club in Hamburg-St.Pauli where the BEATLES hit the stage even before (!) they played the "Starclub" and "Kaiserkeller".
2001:
Finally NOCTURN went online with their own website, which was well accepted by internet users. It was linked on several other sites.
Also the CD was finished and it is now available in the official pressing with re-designed artwork since fall 2001! The CD got a lot of positive reviews and reactions in music magazines, webzines, by other musicians etc. .
During the year, they played a couple of gigs in clubs in Hamburg, for example at "Logo", at "Mayday" and at "Auerhahn"... especially a show at the legendary "Fabrik", entitled "Hamburg keeps on rockin' for a free world".
The highlight of this year for the band was the chance to be part of the fall tour of DOC HOLLIDAY (USA) and LIZARD. NOCTURN played the two dates in Northern Germany, in Hannover ("Bluesgarage Isernhagen") and Hamburg ("Logo") and rocked the audience!
At the end of the year, NOCTURN charted at a reader's poll of Hamburg's daily newspaper "Hamburger Morgenpost": they entered the Top Ten in the cathegories best live-show (at "Logo", with Doc Holliday), best Hamburg act and best song ("Shadow Hunter")!!
In 2002, there were more live-shows, highlighted by joining the tour of REBEL STORM (USA) for two dates, also a live appearance on local TV. The band got some airplay, on local stations as well as in France and even in Brasil! They topped the "Netcharts" of Kool-Media in May. The CD kept getting positive reviews.Have you performed in front of an audience?We do play live, mostly in the northern Germany area. And we sure like to play live!! Special moments were shows opening for Molly Hatchet (USA), and Doc Holliday (USA) for example.
Your musical influences
Well, Southern Rock and Bluesrock is what we are influenced by. Like I mentioned before, we play our own songs, but in the liveshows, we also do tracks by our favorites: Allman Brothers Band, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Molly Hatchet, Doc Holliday, 38 Special, Stevie Ray Vaughn, John Campbell...Anything else?
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