Drumer of NEUSCHWANSTEIN wrote a review

Drumer of NEUSCHWANSTEIN wrote a review of his album NEUSCHWANSTEIN

NEUSCHWANSTEIN  Battlement
Review by Dr. Hans Peter Schwarz @ 5:17:03 PM EST, 4/19/2005
 —  Dear friends, I am so much surprised, reading so many good things about our album battlement - still after such a long time. Me - I am the drummer of Newschwanstein - and I got the information by my friend, Roger Weiler, who was playing the guitar, to have a look in this web site. I must agree with almost all of your assessments. Yes, in the late seventeenth, we have been oriented to Genesis, but we never had the intention, copying that excellent group. But when you like a certan kind of musik, you cannot avoid, beeing influened of that style. One thing is very interresting. One of the reviewer have got the opinion, that our vocalist, Frederic Joost, sings good English vocals with a charming German Accent - but he is French -that is surprising. To read all these nice things about our music, an idea is growing up. I wished, we could have a revival with Neuschwanstein, but I am afraid, it is not very realistic, because most of us are living somewhere in Germany and France. But who knows, somtimes strange things occure. But there is one point left. Oour manager, Ulrich Reichert, who made all these things possible with his enthusiasm, conviction and last but not least with his money, is never mentioned. I do this hereby and say thank´s for all. Many thanks for your good opinion, friends

 

Great to have you here!!

Hey, that's pretty cool- I like those guys!

Edited by Arsillus

Er... he is not actually on the forums, Hiwatter. He only wrote a review.

great!!!

He says Frederic Joost is doing the vocals, maybe this should be changed on the archives (it only says he's playin guitar). ..... dont wanna complain, just trying to help

 

Actually I was planning to write a review for "Battlement" soon, with a 5-star rating. I'm glad this guy feels so enthusiastic about the people who enjoy Neuschwanstein's music. There are lots of possitive reviews about that particular album in so many prog e-zines: all he has to do is google on and on and his joy will be increased.

It says a lot about him that he "only" gave his album a 4-star review!

Humility is well-respected in my books.

5 stars for Dr. Hans Peter Schwarz! A Class act!

(I still say they sound a lot like GENESIS, but that's not a bad thing)

BebieM wrote: great!!! He says Frederic Joost is doing the vocals, maybe this should be changed on the archives (it only says he's playin guitar). ..... dont wanna complain, just trying to help

He sang lead vocals (except for the namsake track) and played acoustic guitars.

Neuschwanstein's album Battlement for those who may not have heard it is very good...and while it is very Genesis oriented it is well worth checking out.  It is too bad that Dr. Schwartz isn't on the boards.  The question that I would have for him is in the packaging, and generally a trivial point:  the CD that I have states in the liner notes that the cover photo is a shot of a battlement at Neuschwanstein castle (Schloss Neuschwanstein), but it doesn't look like a location that I recall from that castle.  In fact it looks more like one of the castles along the Rhein River.  I'd be curious is the case.  (As I said, trivial) 

Anyway, a great album...but probably not in my top-50.