Tag: Rockpalast

Vintage Video: Einstürzende Neubauten pounds through 70-minute set on 'Rockpalast'

Vintage Video: Einstürzende Neubauten pounds through 70-minute set on ‘Rockpalast’

For this week’s installment of Vintage Video, we once again trawl the archives of the East German TV show “Rockpalast” for this 70-minute performance by famed West German industrial act Einstürzende Neubauten that was filmed in 1990, just a few months after German reunification.

Vintage Video: INXS hits early career heights with 90-minute 'Rockpalast' set in 1984

Vintage Video: INXS hits early career heights with 90-minute ‘Rockpalast’ set in 1984

For this week’s installment of Vintage Video, we again turn to the era-defining West German TV show “Rockpalast” and this 1984 performance by INXS, who, in the course of 90 minutes, run through 20 songs from the band’s early catalog — including future classics “Don’t Change,” “Black and White” and “The Original Sin.”

Vintage Video: The Smiths preform hour-long set for German TV show 'Rockpalast' in 1984

Vintage Video: The Smiths preform hour-long set for German TV show ‘Rockpalast’ in 1984

For this week’s installment of Vintage Video, we dip into the vaults of “Rockpalast” for this performance by The Smiths in 1984. This 15-song set finds the band burning through its early material to the point that it encores with a couple of its best-known songs that already had been performed earlier.

Vintage Video: The B-52s dance this mess around in 1983 West German TV performance

Vintage Video: The B-52s dance this mess around in 1983 West German TV performance

For this week’s installment in the Vintage Video series, we revisit the classic, original lineup of The B-52s — including the late Ricky Wilson — as the band plays a 30-minute set in Dortmund, part of what was then West Germany, in 1983 for the TV show “Rockpalast.” The set comes a month after the release of “Whammy!”

Vintage Video: Simple Minds live at ‘Rockpalast’ 1982 — watch full 90-minute set

Vintage Video: Simple Minds live at ‘Rockpalast’ 1982 — watch full 90-minute set

For this week’s installment of Vintage Video we return to that treasure trove of quality early ’80s concert footage, the West German TV show “Rockpalast,” for this New Gold Dream-era performance by Simple Minds. Here, you can watch the full 90-minute performance by Jim Kerr and Co. filmed on June 6, 1982.

The Smiths' debut turns 30 today — celebrate with a full hour-long concert from 1984

The Smiths’ debut turns 30 today — celebrate with a full hour-long concert from 1984

Today marks the 30th anniversary of the genre-shaping debut album from The Smiths, the John Porter-produced self-titled effort that remains, these three decades later, a point of contention among fans: Did these recordings best represent Morrissey and Marr’s early songs?

Vintage Video: Public Image Ltd. live at 'Rockpalast' 1983 — watch full hour-long set

Vintage Video: Public Image Ltd. live at ‘Rockpalast’ 1983 — watch full hour-long set

For this week’s installment of Vintage Video, we bring you the full hour-long performance by Public Image Ltd. on the West German TV show “Rockpalast” in 1983, a 13-song set that recently was released on both CD and DVD — but the folks at the RockpalastOfficial YouTube channel put it online.