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 Februar 5th 2009
After the end of COURAGEOUS drummer Jan Mischon joined our friends from ABAONDONED. Their wild animal behind the drums, Sven, had to quit because of time and family problems.
Hit the shit out of the drums, Jan!
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Dezember 24th 2008
We wish you all a merry X-mas, some nice off-days and a happy New Year!
Rock On - Courageous
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 Dezember 20th 2008
Drummer Jan Mischon is very busy with christmas, so he joined the band ABANDONED, very good friends of us, for their dates with TANKARD. The original drummer of the thrashers isn't avaible, so Jan will hit the shit out of the drums. Support him and show up at one of the following shows in Germany:
25th Dec - Batschkapp/ Frankfurt, Main
26th Dec - Turock/ Essen
28th Dec - Quasimodo/ Pirmasens
Thrash On!
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 Dezember 3rd 2008
More reviews and pictures from our shows in the Netherlands:
Digital Steel
Den Of Iniquity
and Frankfurt/Main, Germany (on German):
Metal-District
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November 20th 2008
There are some really awesome and funny material in the world wide web from the last few concerts of the band COURAGEOUS - follow the white rabbit:
Nov 12th - Nachtleben/ Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Brothers In Mind Live
Congenital Defect Live
Downfall Of Honesty Live
The Puppeteer Live
Nov 8th - Rock Temple/ Kerkrade, Netherlands
Pictures
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 November 2nd 2008
Guitarist Gerd Lücking leaves the band.
Some days ago guitarist Gerd Lücking became a proud father. Now he decided to leave the band COURAGEOUS.
"That's a shock for us", singer Chris is still knocked on. "We are very disappointed, but we totally understand his decision. Maybe everybody would also do that. The only thing we can do is to make his last show to a killer blast. Now the anniversary-show has a happy and a sad face."
Gerds last show will be on Wednesday, November 12th 2008, at the Nachtleben in Frankfurt/Main, Germany. The first intention was to celebrate the tenth anniversary of their first album "Listen" only, but now it became the character of a goodbye-concert too.
"He joined the band exactly for ten years while we recorded the first album", means his "partner-in-crime" Oliver. "There is no perfect time to leave the band, but now it's like the end of a circle. Another chapter of history is done."
What will the band do next? We'll keep you informed.
Now it's time to catch one of the tickets for the show to make this evening to a unforgettable memory!
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 Oktober 22nd 2008
COURAGEOUS and their friends from VICIOUS RUMORS will play one more show together:
Monday, November 10th 2008
- Helvete Club/ Oberhausen (D)
After two shows in the Netherlands (Nov 8 - Rock Temple/ Kerkrade, Nov 9 - 013/ Tilburg) they will rock one more show in Germany. Another band, TRANSNIGHT, will also join the package in Oberhausen, Germany. Metal On!
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 Oktober 14th 2008
The next chapter of "Session Splash - Hard'n'Heavy Special" has been broken on! On Wednesday, October 15th, this event will rock you again at Kinocenter in Landau, Germany. Again COURAGEOUS-singer Chris and drummer Jan Mischon will be part of this happening - you will also hear Jan as a singer.
"We had so much fun the last time, it's honour to be a part of this again", says Jan. "Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, is very well-known for cover events, especially for Hard'n'Heavy. It's an awesome location, great musicians and many metal classics."
You can listen to some songs from SLAYER, METALLICA and MOTÖRHEAD, many modern stuff from SYSTEM OF A DOWN, LINKIN PARK and FOO FIGHTERS, very heavy neck-breakers from SLIPKNOT, FEAR FACTORY and SEPULTURA or classics from TWISTED SISTER, KISS and JUDAS PRIEST. Of course there will be many more! Metal On!
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 Oktober 2nd 2008
COURAGEOUS rocks The Netherlands!
It's time for Heavy Metal! COURAGEOUS will play two shows with their american friends VICIOUS RUMORS on November 8th and 9th in the Netherlands.
The dates:
November 8th - Rock Temple/ Kerkrade (NL)
November 9th - 013/ Tilburg (NL)
The second show is a festival called "Marios Metal Meeting II". The line-up is: VICIOUS RUMORS (US), WOLF (SWE), SHADOWKEEP (UK), ARCTIC FLAME (US) and COURAGEOUS (D). Metal On!
For further information: www.mariosmetalmania.com
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 Juni 4th 2008
posted by Oliver
"Slowly, but we are coming back to reality. I just have to take the chance to thank you all for your support last Monday night during our show with TESTAMENT in Stuttgart, Germany. DUDES, YOU ARE AWESOME! It was really a huge honour for us to play for you.
After the show we had so much fun with the guys from TESTAMENT. They watched our show and they really enjoyed it! They asked us for a CD!
But I can't stop saying "thank you" to all our fans for this magic moment on stage. Thank you very, very much! You rock!"
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 Mai 20th 2008 - Thomas Neitsch joins Holy Moses
From now on the bass player from COURAGEOUS, Thomas Neitsch, belongs to the backing band of HOLY MOSES from Hamburg, Germany, with female thrash vocalist Sabina Classen. The first show in Oslo, Norway, was a total success and the next show at the famous Wacken-Open-Air in Germany is confirmed.
Thrash On!
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Mai 7th 2008
A special event: On wednesday, May 14th, 8 p.m., there is the next chapter of the legendary "Hard'n'Heavy Splash" in Landau, Germany, at the "Universum Kinocenter". COURAGEOUS will be a part of it: Jan Mischon will be playing drums the whole evening and Chris Staubach will sing some metal classics.
It's a kind of metal-coverevent. A band of professional musicians play with different lead singers many classics from PANTERA, SLAYER, TESTAMENT, KISS, NIRVANA, SYSTEM OF A DOWN, FOO FIGHTERS and many more. A special party for every metalhead!
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 April 28th 2008
COURAGEOUS supports TESTAMENT!
The bay-area-thrashers will come over for their headliner show at the "rock hard festival" and will play only one more show in Germany: On Monday, June 2nd at the LKA-Longhorn in Stuttgart, Germany. As the support for Mr. Billy, Peterson, Skolnick, Christian & Bostaph COURAGEOUS is confirmed. Further opening acts are WARCRY and CHROME.
You can order tickets for 18 € (plus charges) in every ticketcenter in Germany.
www.ticketonline.com – Tickethotline: 0049 1805 4470
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April 15th 2008
News from the C-Camp
The band COURAGEOUS didn't renew the expired contract with Mausoleum Records, in spite of an existing option. They also didn't renew the expired contract with their management "Skydra Management" by mutual consent. Until further notice the whole band business, especially promotion and booking, will be handled by themselves.
"It was time for a change", tells singer Chris. "Many people say it's like a step back, but maybe sometimes you have to do a step back in order to see and think clear again. We reached a point where we couldn’t go any further. We had so many bad experiences in the past, this negative feelings started infecting the inner circle. So we had to act. The main thing was to recover control about what’s going on with the music and the business of the band."
As they are aware that they could hardly manage the whole thing all alone, they are looking for new partners, especially for a new record-company.
"We are not under pressure at the moment. And we are no greenhorns anymore. It must be acceptable for both sides. And if it doesn't work, we have also a plan for this situation."
Since a couple of days the band is back in the studio to record the follow-up of "Downfall Of Honesty". But Chris doesn't really want to tell us more.
"It's right. Jan already recorded his drumparts for the next album, but it's too early for details yet", Chris explains. "There are so many plans what's to do, when we could release and how the new album will sound like, but COURAGEOUS is really capricious, so everything could change within the next moment. We are feeling quite comfortable now, our batteries are reloaded and we are ready to rock."
Expect the unexpected.
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 Januar 22nd 2008
COURAGEOUS announces new bass player!
The new five-string-player is Thomas Neitsch. He is native from Berlin, Germany, and he already played a show with the band. The premiere was the show "Tribute To Elvis" at the Batschkapp in Frankfurt/Main, Germany, on christmas. Actually he joined the pre-production for the upcoming album.
"Thomas is a very nice person and his playing is really awesome", says Chris. "Though it was very hard for us to replace Jürgen, Thomas brought back some lost energy, we have a lot of fun together and there's no doubt he's one of the best bass player I've ever met. For us it was the best decision we could make. Now we are complete at last and the machine is still rolling!"
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Dezember 24th 2007
We Wish You A Metal X-Mas And A Heavy New Year!
You need a little Rock'n'Roll-break in the Christmas-time? Come on and visit on tuesday, december 25th the Batschkapp in Frankfurt/Main, Germany. Eleven rockbands will perform songs from the "King Of Rock'n'Roll". Elvis on speed? Elvis in metal? Elvis from hell? Expect the unexpected!
More details here
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 November 1st 2007
COURAGEOUS is enetering the record-studio.
"We decided to record a couple of songs", explains drummer Jan. "I don't know what will happen, but maybe we can do something special for our fans for christmas. We were hungry and we wanted to do this. There's no masterplan, there's no pressure. Expect the unexpected."
Finally Jan did a great job, because he finished his drum-recordings in a record time, so enjoy the beer - you deserve it!
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Oktober 12th 2007
COURAGEOUS confirms a new show.
They will be a part of the legendary tribute night at the Batschkapp in Frankfurt/Main, Germany, on Tuesday, December 25th. This year all the bands will pay tribute to the "King Of Rock'n'Roll", Mr. Elvis Presley - he died 30 years ago.
It will be like the years before when COURAGEOUS played THE BEATLES or THE ROLLING STONES. Every Elvis song will never be the same.
Expect The Unexpected!
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 September 3rd 2007
Singer Chris did a Track-Crossfire-Battle with his colleague Jensen from THE HAUNTED. Surprise, surprise - he has won narrowly against the swedish guitar player. You can read the whole crossfire with all the triumphs and embarrassments here
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 Juli 20th 2007
COURAGEOUS covers TANKARD
On Friday, August 31st, TANKARD will release a „Best Of“-Double-CD celebrating their 25th anniversary. They invited some bands and friends to interpret their songs for the bonus disc. COURAGEOUS too will be part of this with their version of the classic “The Morning After” from 1988.
“Both bands are very close friends, we are living in the same city and every single musician of COURAGEOUS has grown up with the music of TANKARD”, explains guitarist Gerd Lücking. “For us it’s an honour and a matter of course being part of this project. No question that we had to do it in our own special COURAGEOUS way.”
The double album, on the regular disc TANKARD re-recorded their own classics, will be released on August 31st by AFM Records/ Soulfood.
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 Juli 12th 2007
posted by Chris
"Hey dudes, I just want to give a sign of life from the depths of our rehearsal studio. We are focused on writing new material for the next album at the moment and it works great. A new musical direction? musical changes? I don't know yet, everything sounds awesome - too much information! I only can promise that the new album will be fucking heavy and some songs will be really fast.
Until now we don't have a release date, because there is still so many business to do first. But we leave this to our management. We do what we can do the best: making music!
But we needed a little break of everything, so Jan and Gerd took us to a show from CYNIC at the Nachtleben in Frankfurt/Main, Germany (see the picture). Thanks a lot to both, because so many notes, this was bad medicine for a singer :-) A new influence to our songwriting? Well, let's see ...
That's all for now, because Oliver bothers again with a new monster riff ... Rock On!"
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 Mai 18th 2007
Shock in the C-Camp
After more than twelve eventful years bass player Jürgen Wieland announced his retreat from the band. Within the last few months, the five-string player suffered lots of troubles in joining job, family and music responsibilities. So he felt that there was no other way than to leave. All of the band feel the deepest regret about his decision.
"Jürgen kept us posted all the time about his thoughts, so we were already prepared since some months to receive this slap", tells singer Chris. "Nevertheless, to find ourselves in front of the matter settled once and forever seems to be hard stuff to us. We are not only losing one of the most talented bass player, who influenced in a very important way the sound of our music, but also a very trustful person and a real good friend. Attributes, which are hard to find in music business."
You can find more information about Jürgen and his decision ... read more
Due to this fact COURAGEOUS is now looking for a new bass player (male/female). Whoever thinks him-/herself addicted to this position should not hesitate to contact the band immediately: contact@courageousmusic.de
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 April 28th 2007
Since now drummer Jan Mischon is an official endorser for REMO (drumheads) and VIC FIRTH (drumsticks) - also for MAPEX DRUMS. Congratulations.
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März 7th 2007
COURAGEOUS confirms another show on tuesday, april 17th at Schlachthof in Wiesbaden, Germany with the danish dynamite MERCENARY on their regular headliner tour 2007.
"It's great, that it worked out", says guitar player Gerd Lücking. "We're big fans of MERCENARY and ready to rock the venue to the bottom together with them."
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Februar 26th 2007
The online ticket pre-sale for the show on sunday, march 18th at Sinkkasten/ Frankfurt/Main, Germany with AMYRIS and IN EXILE has started. Just follow the white rabbit: http://www1.reservix.de/reservation/reservation_events.php?vID=1169
The price for a single ticket is 6,50 EUR - be there for the metal party of the year!
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