At the Toten Hosen concert in Leipzig last summer, 70 people sang "Get up when you're on the ground". In the middle of the song, Wölli suddenly came on stage and joined the choir, because the song was for him. Wolli had cancer. Until the end of the nineties he sat on the drums with the Toten Hosen, now the former drummer of the punk rock band has died at the age of 000.
Die Toten Hosen - Get up when you're on the ground - with Wölli @ Festwiese Leipzig - 22.08.2015/XNUMX/XNUMX
Wolfgang Rohde, whom everyone just called Wölli, was a member of the band when they released hit songs like "Here comes Alex" or "Everything from love". The former drummer of the Toten Hosen, who set the beat for the band from Düsseldorf from 1986 to 1999, was seriously ill two years ago. The kidneys were affected by cancer, and eventually the lungs as well. But the musician did not want to be defeated. So he drove to Leipzig by car to end up singing arm in arm with Campino and the thousands. The Toten Hosen were loyal to their ex-drummer, even after he left the band because his back couldn't keep up. Wölli was replaced by his roadie Stephen George "Vom" Richie but remained a member of the Hosen. Wölli did not drop the democratically organized band, which also splits the shares in the business equally. He kept the income, Richie got his share.
Wölli himself had replaced the former drummer Klaus-Peter "Trini" Trimpop in 1986, who switched to the band's management. With Wölli on drums, the band achieved their greatest successes, including the albums "Frauenwahl", "Until the bitter end" and "Opium fürs Volk". After several herniated discs, Rohde withdrew from the band because the physical strain was too much for him. His uncomplicated and cheerful nature brought him to the Toten Hosen, which was noted in the first band biography. Wölli was a nice, sometimes odd guy, with whom you quickly struck up a conversation. Also in Meerbusch, where the native of Kiel has lived for the past 17 years, he took hearts by storm. As soon as he settled in the Lank-Latum district, he organized a rock festival there for many years. Wölli also remained musically active. He regularly made guest appearances with the Hosen, including at Rock am Ring in 2004. In 2011 he gave several concerts with "Wölli und die Band des Jahres". Rohde appeared in the band as a singer. He sang the single "Everything from the front" in a duet with Hosen frontman Campino, Andreas "Kuddel" von Holst, also a member of Hosen, plucked the guitar.
Wölli & Die Band des Jahres (feat. Campino) - »All over again«
Wolli leaves behind two sons. At the beginning of 2015, the longtime manager of Toten Hosen, Jochen Hülder, died. He was buried in the rock band's communal grave in Düsseldorf's Südfriedhof. "Wölli" Rohde had also registered for a place in the "family grave". "If I have a few meters of earth above me, then please, where the boys will lie later, too!" he had said. The band shared the following on Facebook:
Musically, the pants don't mean much to me anymore, but I still think the albums from the 80s are great. Wölli sat behind the shooting gallery for this. I saw quite a few concerts back then and I will never forget them! And I will never forget Wolli. you were part of my youth Now you've lost the fight. The moment when a defiant “everything from scratch” no longer works. Farewell, old warhorse. The first of the legendary Düsseldorf Opelgang is now resting forever. Maybe in paradise after all. Thanks for good music! And now get the shit out and turn up the speakers! RIP Wolli!
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