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Bad Penny

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Bad Penny's music is a unique journey through the world of folk rock-from blues, polka,(kosaken?) to cajun and zydeco, all with a rockn' roll bands power. Especially popular are Eastern styles that they integrate into their music. By a large Open - Air - Festival or in an intimate cosy pub Bad Penny always gets close to its audience with a powerful and dynamic mix of Folk, Rock, Cajun and Blues. Their concert tours have already taken them to France, Ireland, Holland, Great - Britain and of course through out Germany. The called themselves “Bad Penny” after the song written by the famous Irish singer and guitar player Rory Gallagher...


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Member Since: 3/27/2007
Band Website: badpenny.de
Band Members: Ola Van Sander - guitar, vocals Axel Hennig - bass, background vocals peter Möller - keyboard, accordeon
Influences: As you all could read in our blog, Bad Penny is taking part of this theater play: the fisher and his wife. Last week the premiere of this play took place in a very speciall location: The tram of Rostock. This tram was full with guests and while the play was plaid, the tram drove through Rostock. A once in a lifetime experience!!!! For a small impression take a look at the video.
Sounds Like: Bad Penny in Doetinchem (Holland)
Record Label: Greentown-records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

on the road

07.05.2009On Thursday we went to Marschacht, a place a little south from Hamburg. In all pubs and clubs this theme dancing in May was held. Automatically our performance was changed in rocking in M...
Posted by on Thu, 21 May 2009 02:54:00 GMT

television

last week we played in a driving tram through Rostock. An unique experience. Check the video on the site.
Posted by on Mon, 20 Apr 2009 09:06:00 GMT

holland tour

31.03.2009Last weekend we went for a short tour to the Netherlands.  The first stop was in Beverwijk were we played in The Rose. This concert ended up in big jam session. Some Dutch music friends clim...
Posted by on Fri, 03 Apr 2009 02:07:00 GMT

Bad Penny and Rory Gallagher

Last week we played two wonderful concerts on the celebration of Saint Patricks Day, 14 March in Neubrandenburg and on the 17th of March in Berlin. These two pubs are one of the biggest of their kind...
Posted by on Sat, 21 Mar 2009 15:16:00 GMT

slideshow

we put a slideshow om our site. check the pictures!
Posted by on Thu, 12 Feb 2009 06:50:00 GMT

audio book

On 16.04.2009 this audio book "Der Fischer und seine Frau"  ( a modern rock fairytale ) will be released, on wich we support the music. The author Michael Terpitz have wrote two songs for our first al...
Posted by on Tue, 10 Feb 2009 01:21:00 GMT

new video on our my space site

we placed a new video on our my space site.The video was taken on this festival in Doetinchem (Holland). 
Posted by on Wed, 03 Dec 2008 07:33:00 GMT

review "Return of the G Man"

On this site you can read a cd review of our cd "Return to the G Man"   http://www.rocktimes.de/gesamt/b/bad_penny/return_to_the_g_m an.html
Posted by on Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:31:00 GMT

festival

On the 3rd of August Bad Penny will play at the streetlife festival in Leverkusen ( mid-west of Germany, at the Dutch border). During this festival you can watch several bands on different stages. No ...
Posted by on Tue, 24 Jun 2008 02:43:00 GMT

songs from "return to the G Man" on our myspace

From now you can hear 2 songs from our new album "Return to the G Man" on our myspace site.
Posted by on Fri, 06 Jun 2008 01:28:00 GMT