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House of Schock was ex-Go-Go's drummer Gina Schock's short-lived solo project. Moving from drums to vocals, the former Baltimorean (who had played with local eccentric and John Waters star Edith Massey's performance art punk group Edie and the Eggs before moving to L.A.) hooked up with bassist Vance DeGeneres, a New Orleans native formerly of the local new wave institution The Cold. The duo gave their new project the rather unfortunate name House of Schock and drafted guitarist Chrissy Shefts and drummer Steven Fisher to record their sole album, 1988's "House of Schock". Although Capitol Records signed the new group,...

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Rudolf Schock (September 4, 1915 - November 13, 1986) was a German tenor. Schock had a wide repertory from operetta to Lohengrin, recording among others opera and lieder, doing television, radio and film work. Slim and handsome, he made many films. Blessed with a mezza-voice that rivaled Beniamino Gigli in sweetness, he had that Italian "tear" in his voice. His voice had a unique recognizable sound. Schock first burst on the scene after World War II in 1947. He was one of the first Germans to sing at Covent Garden in 1949. He sold over 3 million records and his...