Truck Stop
Truck Stop is a German country band from Hamburg founded in 1973. Originally the band played English-language country music and released four albums, though sales began dropping. In 1976 they tried something different: “Die Frau mit dem Gurt” was their first song in German and was immensely popular. The band then decided to stick with German country songs.
Take it Easy, altes Haus
In 1979 Truck Stop took second place in the contest for the German contribution to the Eurovision Song Contest with “Take it Easy, altes Haus”. Since then the band has been a welcome guest on numerous television music shows and received many awards in the country music genre. They wrote and performed the title song for the popular television police show “Großstadrevier” and collaborated with Stefan Raab on the “Maschen-Draht-Zaun” title song in 1999.
First endorser
Truck Stop has been one of our endorsers since March 1998, making them our very first band. They kicked off our era of endorsements.
40 years and great times
2013 – the anniversary year: Truck Stop celebrated 40 years and great times. Under the same name “40 Jahre….geile Zeiten” the new album was released and the band presented special anniversary shows. German country music is a guarantee of success for the band and so in 2015 two albums were released: “Country Freunde für immer” and “Männer sind so”!
Hamburg Homage
Hamburg is the band´s hometome. For 40 years the songs tell of truckers´ dreams, love and Hamburg. In 2016 Truck Stop presented the album “Unser Hamburg” (our Hamburg) with songs about their hometown. They thus fulfilled a small dream for themselves.
Club-Tour 2017
“Made in Germany” Club-Tour: less clichés, more personality! Real music, handmade & honest!
45th anniversary
45 years of band history, that can show few artists in the music industry. A really good reason for the most successful German country band of all time to celebrate: 45 years – The great anniversary tour 2018. Also released was the associated album “The great anniversary”.
Already a year later, with the album “Ein Stückchen Ewigkeit” there was new music.
Online concerts & new album
Since the tour had to be postponed due to circumstances known worldwide, the band made online concerts possible. They were also busy in the studio and presented the new single “Mein Zuhaus” in November 2020 and the song “YEEHAW” in March 2021. The new album “Liebe, Lust & Laster” in the typical country sound was released in early April and in the summer they could finally play some open air concerts again.
At the end of the year the news was announced that after 44 years the bass player Uwe Lost leaves the band. His successor is also a Uwe. However, Uwe Frenzel is not the only newcomer. Also David Rick on guitar came, for Chris Kaufmann, in the following year new in the band. With this fresh spirit and the usual energy, the band headed into their 50th anniversary year in 2023, with a new album and, of course, the anniversary tour.
