The AC/DC Tribute Band “Black Rosie” presented heavy current music from the first to the last song in the Cloppenburg station pub. Anyone who believed until then that hard rock music was still a male domain was terribly mistaken. “Black Rosie” is the name of the madness, which consists of five women and has been stirring up the music world since its founding in 2005.
This is probably due to the fact that band founder Gaby Neitzel and her colleagues have made it their mission, with world-famous songs like “Highway to Hell”, “Back in Black” or “Walk all over you” and the explosive solos of the guitar god Angus Young as well as the typical show of the Australians to fire up their audience. On Thursday evening it was the train station pub that had to believe in it – or rather, was allowed to.
“You want AC/DC? You’ll get AC/DC,” front woman Karo Blasek called out to the audience while the infamous chimes of “Hells Bells” announced what was to come. The professional musicians then really got the fans boiling and transformed the station pub into a small rock Olympus. An amazing show followed, with hard guitar riffs and pounding drums just cracking and rattling. Right from the first song, the party spark jumped over to an enthusiastic audience.
With an unbelievable stage presence, singer Karo Blasek rocked her heart out, swept across the audience, even jumped onto the bar while the fans paid homage to the rock goddess. Drenched in sweat, she roared “Back in Black” and sang “What’s next to the moon” at the special request of a visitor.
Dörte Baumeister (rhythm guitar) and bassist Jeanine Langgemach played their instruments in an apparently relaxed, easy-going and effortless manner, kept themselves discreetly in the background and enjoyed the gig with visible fun in their own way. The big performance then followed by drummer Dajana Berck. With her virtuoso drum solo, she captivated the audience so much that the atmosphere seemed to explode. And then they came, the announced super hits like “You shook me all not long”, “Highway to Hell” and “TNT”. There was no holding back.
For the boss of the station bar, Peter Blase, it was a reunion with old friends. “I just wrote an email to singer Karo and said: I’m still alive. Would you like to play in Cloppenburg again?” he said. And half an hour later the answer came: “Of course, if Sema cooks for us again”. A requirement that Peter Blase was of course happy to fulfill for his stars.
