To Rock or Not to Be

1995 studio album by Krokus

Studio album by

Krokus

Released

29 April 1995

Recorded

Winter 1994/1995

Studio

Pink Tonstudio, Zuchwil, Switzerland

Genre

Hard rock, heavy metal

Length

54:41

Label

Phonag

Producer

Fernando von Arb, Many Maurer

Krokus chronology

Stampede
(1990)

To Rock or Not to Be
(1995)

Round 13
(1999)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	8/10^[2]

To Rock or Not to Be is the twelfth studio album by the Swiss hard rock band Krokus, released in 1995. The album stayed seven weeks in the top ten of the Swiss charts, peaking at number 5.^[3]

The album briefly reunited 4/5th of the One Vice at a Time line-up, with only bassist Chris von Rohr missing who was working as a producer and songwriter for Swiss act Gotthard at the time.

Track listing

"Lion Heart" (Fernando von Arb, Jürg Naegeli, Marc Storace) – 5:16
"Flying Through the Night" (von Arb, Naegeli, Many Maurer, Storace) – 3:56
"To Rock or Not to Be" (von Arb, Storace) – 3:23
"In the Dead of Night" (von Arb, Maurer, Storace) – 5:07
"Natural Blonde" (von Arb, Naegeli, Maurer, Storace) – 5:12
"Doggy Style" (von Arb, Freddy Steady, Naegeli, Maurer, Storace, Mark Kohler) – 4:02
"Talking Like a Shotgun" (von Arb, Steady, Naegeli, Maurer, Storace, Kohler) – 4:08
"Soul to Soul" (von Arb, Naegeli, Maurer, Storace) – 4:55
"Stop the World" (von Arb, Naegeli) – 5:14
"You Ain't Got the Guts to Do It" (von Arb, Naegeli, Maurer, Storace, Kohler) – 3:06
"Wagon Gone" (Naegeli, Maurer, Storace, Kohler) – 5:01
"Stormy Nights" (von Arb, Naegeli, Maurer, Storace, Kohler) – 5:14

Personnel

Krokus

Marc Storace – lead vocals
Fernando von Arb – lead guitar, rhythm guitar, keyboards, bass, producer
Mark Kohler – rhythm guitar, bass
Many Maurer – bass, lead guitar, producer, engineer
Freddy "Steady" Frutig – drums, percussion
Jurg Naegeli – keyboards, bass, mixing, engineering

Additional musicians

Andy Portmann, Chris Egger, Tony Castell – backing vocals

Production

Ian Cooper - mastering

Charts

Chart (1995)	Peak position
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[4]	5

References

^ Anderson, Jason. "Krokus To Rock or Not to Be review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2012-08-22.
^ Popoff, Martin (August 1, 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 235. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
^ "Krokus – To Rock or Not to Be". Hitparade.ch (in German). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 2012-08-22.
^ "Swisscharts.com – Krokus – To Rock or Not to Be". Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 February 2021.