page_title: Chris von Rohr
section_title: Return of the original Krokus line-up and the third bestseller (2008 to present)
hierarchical_section_title: Chris von Rohr / History / Return of the original Krokus line-up and the third bestseller (2008 to present)
caption_attribution_description: Chris von Rohr of Krokus
context_page_description: Christoph "Chris" von Rohr is a Swiss rock musician, record producer, author, columnist, radio and television presenter. He is best known for being a member and founder of the hard rock band, Krokus.
context_section_description: After the artistic pause Krokus re-formed in the same line-up that at the end of 2007 performed in the TV show Die grössten Schweizer Hits (The Greatest Swiss Hits), i.e. frontman Storace, guitarist von Arb, bassist von Rohr and drummer Steady. Shortly thereafter, the return of rhythm guitarist Mark Kohler was announced, and the original line-up that recorded the 1982 album  One Vice at a Time was reunited at last. Subsequently, the original Krokus line-up performed their much acclaimed reunion concert at the Stade de Suisse football stadium in Bern; then the band contributed the anthem for the Hockey World Cup, that was held in 2009 in Switzerland, called "Live for the Action". Next started the work on Krokus' 16th studio album called Hoodoo, which was recorded mostly at the House of Audio in Winterbach and von Rohr himself is credited as the producer of the album, which was released in February 2010. It was the second time only in the history of Krokus that the album debuted at No.1in the Swiss album charts and ultimately earned the band platinum status in their home country. Following the release of the album, the band played numerous large festivals and a few headlining shows in Europe until late December 2010. Simultaneously von Rohr found himself again in front of a TV audience as of July 2010, hired as a profiler of 3sat and their broadcast Tonspur – Der Soundtrack meines Lebens (Soundtrack - The soundtrack of my life).
  Before the preparations on a new album of Krokus could take place, Chris von Rohr published his third book Sternenstaub (Stardust) in October 2011, which includes some of the columns he had written over the years for the renowned magazine "Schweizer Illustrierte". The literary work of the multi talented, most successful rock musician and producer in all of Switzerland even jumped to No. 9 of the Swiss Fiction Book Charts and therefore established itself as a bestseller, like his two autobiographies Hunde wollt ihr ewig rocken (Dogs, do you want to rock forever) and Bananenflanke. After von Rohr finished work on 2012 as executive producer of the debut album of Swiss hard rock band Fox, he started recordings of Krokus' seventeenth studio album in the famous Abbey Road Studios in London in the fall of 2012. Again, von Rohr is also credited as producer of Dirty Dynamite, which finally was released in February 2013. Mandy Meyer, who in the meantime had joined the band permanently (again) as third guitarist, was part of the recording of this album. Like his predecessor Hoodoo, it shot straight to No. 1 of the Swiss album charts before earning platinum award status in the Alpine republic of their home country, Switzerland. Krokus followed up with some headlining concerts in Switzerland, during which Flavio Mezzodi was introduced as the band's new regular drummer. In the summer of 2013 the band appeared at several festivals throughout Europe.
  In January 2014, 35 years after the release of Metal Rendez-Vous, Krokus receive from their record company a 4x Platinum Award. The album, which sold around 3 million copies worldwide and is considered the most successful hard rock album of Switzerland, was co-produced by von Rohr.
  Last year's 4th sold-out show at the Kofmehl, a.k.a. "The House Of Rust" in their hometown of Solothurn was recorded and the live album, produced by von Rohr, would be released in April/May 2014 in 45 countries around the world as Long Stick Goes Boom: Live From Da House Of Rust. Immediately after release it shot to #3 in the Swiss album charts. This was the first live album of Krokus that von Rohr played on. Starting out the 2014 concert season, the band embarks on a German tour, followed by multiple festivals all over Europe.
caption: Von Rohr at Stade de Suisse in Bern 2008
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