| After an internationally streamed “Baloise Session” gig in the legendary Atlantis of Basel-City in January, the first edition of the STORACE band embarked on a package tour of Switzerland with Megawatt and Coreleoni in March.
In May 2022, STORACE embarked on a headliner club tour with a newly formed band. He wanted to deliver with an increased amount of that good old school hard rock feel, so in addition to Turi Wicki (lead guitar), Dom Favez (ex-Krokus rhythm guitar) and Patrick Aeby (ex-Krokus drummer) joined the band, together with Emi-Meyer (bass).
The new STORACE band then went on to play at the Rock The Ring Festival near Zürich along with Alice Cooper and, on July 7, they opened for KISS at the Hallenstadion. Their headline tour continued further in 2022, with the new STORACE team becoming even more solid, delivering with much charisma and a strong punch!
On June 2, 2023, STORACE played at the Hallenstadion again, opening for Scorpions. Drummer Patrick Aeby managed to record a selection of material taken from these fresh touring years, included as a bonus disc in the reissue of ‘Live And Let Live.’
Maltese-born Swiss musician Marc Storace started his exceptional musical career in 1970, with the Swiss cult progressive band TEA, with whom he released 3 LPs and toured Europe and the UK. TEA also supported Queen during an early tour in Germany. Marc gained attention for his frontmanship and his high-pitched raunchy vocal tone.
Whilst in London in 1977, Marc formed Eazy Money whose song “Telephone Man” made it into the UK Metal Charts and is in the STORACE set list today.
In 1979, Marc became the voice of Krokus, the most successful Hard Rock Band from Switzerland. After their first album with Marc, ‘Metal Rendez-Vous’, Krokus played several world tours, sold over 15 million records, and won many gold and platinum awards.
When the group disbanded, Marc formed the band Blue, who released their self-titled album in 1991, including the widely known hit “You Can’t Stop The Rainfall”.
In the 90s and 2000s, Marc acted in 2 feature films (Anuk and Handyman) and reached gold status again with various Krokus formations and 3 LPs. With many guest appearances such as on ‘Rock Meets Classic’, ‘Sweet 50th Anniversary’, ‘Ken Hensley Live in Switzerland’, ‘Schubert In Rock’, and on Manfred Ehlert’s albums ‘Amen’ and the rock opera ‘Test’, Marc remained present with his fans.
In 2008, the scene was surprised with the news that the original Krokus formation would be touring again. The success was tremendous: tours in the USA, Japan, Europe, and South America as well as 2 new studio LPs, which in turn earned platinum status. In December 2019, Krokus played their farewell concert at the sold-out Hallenstadion in Zurich.
At the beginning of 2021, Marc started working on his solo career as STORACE and, at the end of 2021, he released his first solo album ‘Live And Let Live’. Marc started his first tour in Switzerland accompanied by the studio band in the middle of the difficult pandemic times. Since May 2022, Marc has been performing with his new band and rocking the stage like never before.
Marc spent 2023 and 2024 writing and producing the new album ‘Crossfire’, a monster piece of Hard Rock, with songwriting shared between Marc Storace, guitar player Tommy Henriksen (Alice Cooper band), and drummer Pat Aeby (Krokus, Gotus).
‘Crossfire’, produced by Tommy Henriksen and mixed by the award-winning engineer Olle Romo, features a collection of Hard Rock anthemic songs, with big choruses, great guitars, and an awesome rhythm section! |
: Ueli Frey
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