Artist description The Ayatollah Of Rock 'n' Rollah has been, without doubt, one of the World's most influential artists in the "Rock 'n' Death" sound over the past two decades.

Music Style Expansive Rock 'n' Death

Similar Artists The Fall, The Rolling Stones, The Rollins Band, Run DMC

Artist History The Ayatollah has no recollection of his life before January 1992, when Birgitte and Ludwig (aka Fußgängerzone) discovered him while in a drug-induced coma on the doorstep of Ludwig's apartment in Germany. They took him in and rehabilitated Rock 'n' Rollah, thus creating this great icon we see today. By the June of that year, The Ayatollah first discovered his unholy musical talent with the recording of 'Delilah' in Ludwig's German studio. In the early part of 1993, Birgitte and Ludwig recruited their surrogate friend as their minder and fixer after he displayed such a wide range of military and martial arts skills, with a hint of controlled aggression. In 1996, while on Fußgängerzone's "Fuzzbox Wah" tour, he became nearly as famous as the band themselves. It was on this World tour, when in Lithuania, that Rock 'n' Rollah's life changed forever whilst escorting two young ladies from Birgitte's dressing room, when an old Shaolin Monk handed him a tape of a track which The Ayatollah had himself originally recorded in 1991! This was the first evidence of his life before January 15th, 1992. Six months later, after being remixed, the song 'Blood '97' was released on Frostbyte Records (which closely proceeded the highly acclaimed six track 'The Return Of The Saint' EP). Since then, 'The Return Of The Saint' has been remastered and released as an album (including the version of 'Blood' featured on this website). The two occasional co-writers of The Ayatollah's material were tragically killed in a drink-drive incident on Christmas Day, 1999, so this site is dedicated to them both, with '...Suicide' and 'Blood' standing as their legacy. The Ayatollah has currently gone to ground after moving from his hometown of Portsmouth to Sutton in Surrey (due to his full time job as Fußgängerzone's minder). He is allegedly writing (but not yet recording) new material.

Group Members The Ayatollah Of Rock 'n' Rollah, The Quiff (deceased), Kermit Le Freak (deceased)

Instruments The Greater Mind, wooden blocks and castanets, Yamaha RM1x sequence remixer, Yamaha SY85 synthesizer, Akai S01 sampler, Yamaha P50-M piano sound module, Yamaha QY10 portable sequencer, Tanglewood Warrior bass guitar, Aria Pro II TA70 semi acoustic guitar, Washburn KC42V electric guitar, Roland VS-880 P digital studio workstation (using Iomega 100mb portable SCSI zip drive), Fostex X-28H high speed multitracker, Boss DF2 Super Feedbacker & Distortion effect pedal, Jim Dunlop Original Cry Baby Wah effect pedal, Rocktek Delay effect pedal, Rocktek Distortion effect pedal, Zoom 507 Reverb multi effects processor, Korg A5 guitar multi effects processor, Shure SM58 microphone.

Albums The Return Of The Saint - Special Edition

Location Sutton, Surrey - United Kingdom

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