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The BossHoss
Origin	Berlin, Germany
Years active	2004-present
Genre(s)	Pop/Rock („Country Trash Punk Rock“)
Founding members
vocals, washboard	Boss Burns
vocals, acoustic guitars	Hoss Power

The BossHoss is a 7-piece band from Berlin, Germany who specialize in covering pop, rock and hip hop songs in country style. Examples of the songs they have covered are "Hot in Herre" by Nelly, "Toxic" by Britney Spears and "Hey Ya!" by Outkast. The group incorporates the typical cowboy-clichés: wearing stetson hats and tank tops, displaying whiskey bottles and screaming Yeehaw!. The band refers to their music style as "Country Trash Punk Rock".

Band members

Boss Burns (Alec Völkel; vocals, washboard)
Hoss Power (Sascha Vollmer; vocals, acoustic guitars)
Frank Doe (Ansgar Freyberg; drums)
Hank Doodle (Mathias Fauvet; mandoline, washboard, harmonica)
Guss Brooks (André Neumann; double bass)
Russ T. Nail (Dean Micetech; electric guitars)
Ernesto Escobar de Tijuana (Tobias Fischer; percussion)

Band Biography

The band was formed in 2004 in Berlin by Boss and Hoss, taking the name "Boss Hoss" from a song by the group The Sonics They played concerts on the show Tracks (on the french/german tv channel ARTE) and during the Kiel Week. In late 2004 they signed a record deal with Universal Music Domestic Division.

In 2005 they released their debut album entitled "Internashville Urban Hymns" and they signed an advertising contract with the ice-cream company Langnese, creating a cover of their jingle "Like Ice In The Sunshine". The band played about 180 concerts in 2005.

On April 28th, 2006, the Boss Hoss released their first single entitled "I Say A Little Prayer" from their album "Rodeo Radio", which itself was released on May 19th, 2006. Half of the songs on "Rodeo Radio" were original songs composed by the Boss Hoss.

When their second album "Rodeo Radio" was released, their first album "Internashville Urban Hymns" re-entered the charts and became gold status at the end of May 2006, with more than 100.000 copies sold.

Discography

Template:Charts Singles

Hey Ya!: DE: 41 - 05/09/2005 - 9 weeks
Hot In Herre/Like Ice In The Sunshine: DE: 83 - 07/25/2005 - 3 weeks
I Say A Little Prayer/You'll Never Walk Alone: DE: 79 - 05/12/2006 - 9 weeks
Ring Ring Ring: DE: 99 - 09/12/2006 - 1 week.
Rodeo Radio: DE: xx - 12/15/2006 - x weeks

Albums

Internashville Urban Hymns: DE: 11 - 06/06/2005 - 27 weeks.
Rodeo Radio: DE: 06 - 05/25/2006 - 15 weeks; A: 40 - 05/25/2006 - ...

Albums

Internashville Urban Hymns (Released Mai 23rd, 2005)
Rodeo Radio (Released Mai 19th, 2006)

Singles

Hey Ya! (2005) (cover of a song by the band OutKast)
Hot In Herre/Like Ice In The Sunshine (2005) – cover of the song by rapper Nelly and the Langnese-jingle.
Christmas-CD (2005) (Last Christmas & Riding Home For Christmas)
I Say A Little Prayer/You'll Never Walk Alone (2006)
Ring, Ring, Ring (2006)
Rodeo Radio (2006)

DVDs

Internashville Urban Hymns, die DVD (2005)

External links

Official site

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 == Band Biography ==
-The band was formed in 2004 in Berlin by Boss and Hoss, taking the name "Boss Hoss" from a song by the group "The Sonics". They played concerts on the show ''Tracks'' (on the french/german tv channel ''ARTE'') and during the ''Kieler Woche''. In late 2004 they signed a record deal with ''Universal Music Domestic Division''.
+The band was formed in 2004 in Berlin by Boss and Hoss, taking the name "Boss Hoss" from a song by the group [[The Sonics]] They played concerts on the show ''Tracks'' (on the french/german tv channel [[ARTE]]) and during the [[Kiel Week]]. In late 2004 they signed a record deal with ''[[Universal Music]] Domestic Division''.
-In 2005 they released their debut album entitled "Internashville Urban Hymns" and they signed an advertising contract with the ice-cream company ''Langnese'', creating a cover of their jingle "Like Ice In The Sunshine". The band played about 180 concerts in 2005.
+In 2005 they released their debut album entitled "Internashville Urban Hymns" and they signed an advertising contract with the ice-cream company [[Langnese]], creating a cover of their jingle "Like Ice In The Sunshine". The band played about 180 concerts in 2005.
 On April 28th, 2006, the Boss Hoss released their first single entitled "I Say A Little Prayer" from their album "Rodeo Radio", which itself was released on May 19th, 2006. Half of the songs on "Rodeo Radio" were original songs composed by the Boss Hoss.