Former Scorpions and Kingdom Come drummer James Kottak died Tuesday morning in Louisville, Kentucky at 61. No cause of death has been given by his daughter, Tobi.
Scorpions paid tribute to Kottack in a Facebook post.
“Very sad news … our dear friend and Drummer for 20 years James Kottak has passed at the age of 61,” the band wrote alongside a black-and-white image of Kottak. “James was a wonderful human being , a great musician and loving family man … he was our Brother from another Mother and will be truly missed . … Rock ‘n Roll Forever. Rip James.”
Kottak was the drummer for Scorpions from 1996 to 2016, the longest stint for any member in the band.
Before that, he was the original drummer for another German hard rock band, Kingdom Come, from 1987 to 1995.
In a sideline, Kottak also made some reality TV show appearances, including 2012’s Ex-Wives of Rock.
Kottak struggled with alcoholism, and was arrested...
Scorpions paid tribute to Kottack in a Facebook post.
“Very sad news … our dear friend and Drummer for 20 years James Kottak has passed at the age of 61,” the band wrote alongside a black-and-white image of Kottak. “James was a wonderful human being , a great musician and loving family man … he was our Brother from another Mother and will be truly missed . … Rock ‘n Roll Forever. Rip James.”
Kottak was the drummer for Scorpions from 1996 to 2016, the longest stint for any member in the band.
Before that, he was the original drummer for another German hard rock band, Kingdom Come, from 1987 to 1995.
In a sideline, Kottak also made some reality TV show appearances, including 2012’s Ex-Wives of Rock.
Kottak struggled with alcoholism, and was arrested...
- 1/10/2024
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Ufa Distribution teams up with Global Screen to sell So Viel Zeit, based on Frank Goosen novel.
The newly launched Ufa Distribution is teaming up with Munich-based Global Screen to handle international sales on SS-gb director Philipp Kadelbach’s new feature So viel Zeit (translated as So Much Time).
The adaptation of Frank Goosen’s eponymous novel about the rock band Bochums Steine, who make a comeback after 30 years when a band member learns that he is terminally ill, features a stellar cast including Jan Josef Liefers (Vier gegen die Bank), Jürgen Vogel (The Wave), Armin Rohde (Taxi), Matthias Bundschuh (Wir sind die Neuen) and Richy Müller (Schlussmacher) as the boys in the band.
In addition, Kadelbach and the producers of Ufa Fiction and Feine Filme have landed Klaus Meine, Rudolf Schenker, Matthias Jabs of the legendary band Scorpions to make a cameo appearance.
Backing for the co-production with public broadcaster Ard Degeto and Sky has come...
The newly launched Ufa Distribution is teaming up with Munich-based Global Screen to handle international sales on SS-gb director Philipp Kadelbach’s new feature So viel Zeit (translated as So Much Time).
The adaptation of Frank Goosen’s eponymous novel about the rock band Bochums Steine, who make a comeback after 30 years when a band member learns that he is terminally ill, features a stellar cast including Jan Josef Liefers (Vier gegen die Bank), Jürgen Vogel (The Wave), Armin Rohde (Taxi), Matthias Bundschuh (Wir sind die Neuen) and Richy Müller (Schlussmacher) as the boys in the band.
In addition, Kadelbach and the producers of Ufa Fiction and Feine Filme have landed Klaus Meine, Rudolf Schenker, Matthias Jabs of the legendary band Scorpions to make a cameo appearance.
Backing for the co-production with public broadcaster Ard Degeto and Sky has come...
- 3/3/2017
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
What may be most surprising about Katja von Garnier’s music doc Forever and a Day, a contemporary portrait of iconic hard rock/heavy metal German band The Scorpions, is to note their five decades worth of musical presence. Formed by Rudolf Schenker in 1965, the band allowed Garnier to tag along as they embarked on what was meant to be their Final Sting tour, an eighteen month stretch of performances which were set to wrap up in Munich. However, based on the jubilant reaction as they performed, the band decided to then extend the tour. The result becomes a ruminative pondering on the nature of an artist’s retirement and what happens when creative outlets are eventually restrained. In between playdates, Garnier completes a historical portrait of the band’s ups and downs throughout the past fifty years.
As one of the band’s managers remarks early on, “it’s...
As one of the band’s managers remarks early on, “it’s...
- 1/5/2016
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
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