Rough Silk are a German power metal band, formed in 1989 and they have rele… Read Full Bio ↴Rough Silk are a German power metal band, formed in 1989 and they have released seven studio and one best of album so far in their history. During 20 years of their career the band has defined their very unique sound which is best described by the band name Rough Silk: "Rough" stands for the real heavy (sometimes even thrash) metal influences and "Silk" for the unusual singer-songwriter elements and piano-parts, combining both to their very own brand of heavy but yet melodic metal.
Rough Silk build up a good reputation as a live-act by suporting bands like Helloween , Deep Purple, Dio, Savatage, Manowar, Fate's Warning, Accept, Whitesnake, Axxis, Europe, Saxon and Vicious Rumors among others.
The founding members were Ferdy Doernberg (keyboards, slide-guitars & vocals), Hilmer Staake (guitars), Jan Barnett (lead vocals, guitars), Ralf Schwertner (bass, vocals) and Herbert Hartmann (drums, vocals) but there have been some changes that created kind of different eras of the band’s history.
The first era contained the albums “Rough Silk” (Vinyl LP only), “Roots of Hate”, “Walls of Never”, “Circle Of Pain” and “Mephisto” followed by a first European tour with Savatage.
The second era started with the 5th album when Barnett left the band and was replaced by Thomas Ludolphy. In this period the band recorded the albums “Beyond the Sundown” and “Symphony of Life” and supported Savatage in Europe once more, on Savatage’s special wish. During this time Rough Silk brought out their first best of album “Wheels of Time”.
In 2002 Ludolphy left the band due to personal reasons and the band decided that they would not look for a new singer. On the band's 7th studio album "End of Infinity", Doernberg, Hartmann and Wunderlich shared the lead-vocals. But unfortunatly it became obvious that the band members had parted minds and had no common vision on this style anymore, so this finally led to the end of the era and Rough Silk was put on ice.
In 2009 Doemberg found the fitting band members for the reincarnation of Rough Silk, and due to the 20th band anniversary now the 3rd era starts – with “A New Beginning”.
Discography:
* Rough Silk – 1991 (no official release, only Vinyl)
* Roots of Hate – 1993
* Walls of Never – 1994
* Circle of Pain – 1996
* Mephisto – 1997
* Beyond the Sundown – 1998,
* Wheels of Time – 1999 (Best Off)
* Symphony of Life – 2001
* End of Infinity – 2003
* A new Beginning – 2009
Line Up:
Ferdy Doernberg - lead vocals, slide-, lead- & rhythm-guitars, keyboards
André Hort - bass, backing vocals
Mike Mandel - lead- & rhythm-guitars, backing vocals
Alex Wenn - drums & percussion, backing vocals
Rough Silk build up a good reputation as a live-act by suporting bands like Helloween , Deep Purple, Dio, Savatage, Manowar, Fate's Warning, Accept, Whitesnake, Axxis, Europe, Saxon and Vicious Rumors among others.
The founding members were Ferdy Doernberg (keyboards, slide-guitars & vocals), Hilmer Staake (guitars), Jan Barnett (lead vocals, guitars), Ralf Schwertner (bass, vocals) and Herbert Hartmann (drums, vocals) but there have been some changes that created kind of different eras of the band’s history.
The first era contained the albums “Rough Silk” (Vinyl LP only), “Roots of Hate”, “Walls of Never”, “Circle Of Pain” and “Mephisto” followed by a first European tour with Savatage.
The second era started with the 5th album when Barnett left the band and was replaced by Thomas Ludolphy. In this period the band recorded the albums “Beyond the Sundown” and “Symphony of Life” and supported Savatage in Europe once more, on Savatage’s special wish. During this time Rough Silk brought out their first best of album “Wheels of Time”.
In 2002 Ludolphy left the band due to personal reasons and the band decided that they would not look for a new singer. On the band's 7th studio album "End of Infinity", Doernberg, Hartmann and Wunderlich shared the lead-vocals. But unfortunatly it became obvious that the band members had parted minds and had no common vision on this style anymore, so this finally led to the end of the era and Rough Silk was put on ice.
In 2009 Doemberg found the fitting band members for the reincarnation of Rough Silk, and due to the 20th band anniversary now the 3rd era starts – with “A New Beginning”.
Discography:
* Rough Silk – 1991 (no official release, only Vinyl)
* Roots of Hate – 1993
* Walls of Never – 1994
* Circle of Pain – 1996
* Mephisto – 1997
* Beyond the Sundown – 1998,
* Wheels of Time – 1999 (Best Off)
* Symphony of Life – 2001
* End of Infinity – 2003
* A new Beginning – 2009
Line Up:
Ferdy Doernberg - lead vocals, slide-, lead- & rhythm-guitars, keyboards
André Hort - bass, backing vocals
Mike Mandel - lead- & rhythm-guitars, backing vocals
Alex Wenn - drums & percussion, backing vocals
Silicone
Rough Silk Lyrics
[Music : Doernberg, Wunderlich / Lyrics : Doernberg]
Maria called herself an actress.
She was waiting by the phone.
She was young and pretty but it never rang
so she bought some silicone.
And suddenly she became a star
and she never did sleep alone.
She got rich and famous and all because
two little pieces of silicone
So all you unknown ladies - in case you haven't known
just simply save your money up to buy some silicone !
"Thank you for calling the escape-reality-hotline.
Please enter your personal I.
D.-code now - please enter your personal I.D.-code now....."
Overkill - pay the bill - the writing's on the wall !
Ride on - long gone - heading for the fall !
Hold the line - the neon sign says : I don't care too much !
I don't know if you've noticed it - but you've got that special touch !"
On the road to infinity - the road to the stars.
We look oh so cool - just like brand new used cars.
"Tomorrow's sold out !" says the dog to his bone
and all because a little piece of ......
Silicone under the rainbow ( "Zero - Zero - One" )
pretty soon we'll be flyin' away ( "One - Zero" )
it's obvious you see -we've found the magic key
to the gods of the apemen we pray.
( "thank you for calling the escape-reality-hotline.")
Silicone - where did our brains go ?
I don't miss mine but got yours on the phone !
So in case you may need it - someone else tries to feed it
with the essence of bytes - Silicone !
"Thank you for calling the escape-reality-hotline.
If you dial 5-0-6 , your call will soon be transferred
to the brain-exchangement-section.
If you dial 6-8-9 an operator will speak to you in person.
Be well, citizen, your future is now.
Be well, citizen, your future is now.
Your future is now - your future is now........"
Technology - follow me - the factory of time.
Amateur - needs a cure - 'cause thinking is a crime.
Big Brother, too - is watching you - Metropolis by night.
The wicked ways of modern days make us dancin' side by side !
On the road to infinity ............
Silicone .......
"Your future is now !"
Maria called herself an actress.
She was waiting by the phone.
She was young and pretty but it never rang
so she bought some silicone.
and she never did sleep alone.
She got rich and famous and all because
two little pieces of silicone
So all you unknown ladies - in case you haven't known
just simply save your money up to buy some silicone !
"Thank you for calling the escape-reality-hotline.
Please enter your personal I.
D.-code now - please enter your personal I.D.-code now....."
Overkill - pay the bill - the writing's on the wall !
Ride on - long gone - heading for the fall !
Hold the line - the neon sign says : I don't care too much !
I don't know if you've noticed it - but you've got that special touch !"
On the road to infinity - the road to the stars.
We look oh so cool - just like brand new used cars.
"Tomorrow's sold out !" says the dog to his bone
and all because a little piece of ......
Silicone under the rainbow ( "Zero - Zero - One" )
pretty soon we'll be flyin' away ( "One - Zero" )
it's obvious you see -we've found the magic key
to the gods of the apemen we pray.
( "thank you for calling the escape-reality-hotline.")
Silicone - where did our brains go ?
I don't miss mine but got yours on the phone !
So in case you may need it - someone else tries to feed it
with the essence of bytes - Silicone !
"Thank you for calling the escape-reality-hotline.
If you dial 5-0-6 , your call will soon be transferred
to the brain-exchangement-section.
If you dial 6-8-9 an operator will speak to you in person.
Be well, citizen, your future is now.
Be well, citizen, your future is now.
Your future is now - your future is now........"
Technology - follow me - the factory of time.
Amateur - needs a cure - 'cause thinking is a crime.
Big Brother, too - is watching you - Metropolis by night.
The wicked ways of modern days make us dancin' side by side !
On the road to infinity ............
Silicone .......
"Your future is now !"
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
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