1967-77 

born and grown up as son from Christian and Verena Zeller in   Bern ,  Switzerland

1977-83 

Prime School in Hinterkappelen

1983/84

founding of Tape Label 'Zerfall Tapes' doing live tapes and starting with the One-Man- industrial rock'n'roll -Band “Taeb Zerfall“

-starting playing in a  New Wave Band calld “Anti Statek“,with michaela kozelka, making concetrs and Tape

1984-88

Starting Garage Punk and Primitive Rock'n'Roll Band “the  Monsters “:first tape and vinyl 7" on   Record Junkie, Swiss Independet Carts Place 7,div. Gigs in Switzerland, mostly in sqats, -monthly Comic Strip 'Beat-Man der Antiheld' in Blue Royal magazine, working as a electrician

1989-91

recording 2 LP’s with “the  Monsters “; 

starting the 60's Hammond Bougaloo Band:“the Coronets“, doing 7" on Record Junkie  and Demolition Derby in  Belgium ; div. gigs with Coronets and  Monsters in   Switzerland

1992-93

  Monsters CD reissue of the Hunch in  Germany (Rude rec.), Gigs in  Germany and  France with the  Monsters

Starting with One-man-band “Lightning Beat-Man“; first German and France Tour from  “the  Monsters “ und “Lightning Beat-Man“ ,

LP Production “Lightning Beat-Man“ (  1 0“LP on Rekord Junkie) ,TV und Radio shows in  Holland and  Switzerland , getting on the independet charts in  Holland

“the  Monsters “-Single in the   USA ; (Dionysus) 

Starting record Label “Voodoo Rhyhtm records“, first release 'swiss Garage punk 'combilation printet 500 copies all sold at the record release party, and never releared again.  “Lightning Beat-Man“ Single on demolition derby, coronets split up, 

1994

tour Germany/Belgium as  “Lightning Beat-Man“,LP from  the  Monsters and Lightning BEAT-MAN singles

-4 week  Europe Tour as support for “Swinging Neckbreakers“ (F,D,SP,GB,NL,B,CH,I),

-Expandition from Voodoo Rhyhtm with releases other bands, starting  working with distribution companies in CH,D, NL,B, I , USA

1995/96

-main role at Theater Club  1  1 1   “schmöcksch z’trotti“, Regie:Meret Matter,  Bern and Zürich., acting little rascal

-2 weeks touring in   Spain as Lightning Beat-Man and Las Monjitas (Dr. Explosion)

-organicing and touring 1 week in the “Bad Tast Rock’n’Roll Revue“ in  Holland ; 

LP Production in London with “the  Monsters “ together with a  European Tournee and CH Gigs; 

- Monsters LP “Jungle Noise“ (rec. in  Bern with  Kat Allen) release in  Germany . 

-Starting Do it Yourself Loundry Jet  Wash in  Bern ;

3 weeks European Tour as Roady and Suport act for “Swinging Neckbreakers“ (F,D,NL,B,CH) 

-3 weeks European Tour  “Lightning Beat-Man“ toether with “the Mysterious Astmatic Avenger“ (battle of one man bands); 

-Videoproduction vor “the  Monsters “: “voodoo love“  with Josh Collins in London; 

-Production Home Video “a hardly walking soul  Lightning Beat-Man“,

get showd  in  Berlin Offener Kanal, VIVA, VPRO  Holland , Private Stations in the  USA . 

- starting band the Skeleton Surfers

-releasing several records on voodoo rhythm

1997-99

  1 Month German Tour from  the  Monsters with interviews and gigs songs on VIVA TV, 

  1 Month Europe Tour as Lightning Beat-Man & The Never Heard Of ‘ Ems (D,CH,NL,B,GB,A) 

LP Lightning Beat-Man and the Never Heard of'ems  in  London (Toe Rag Studio) with Liam Watson, 

Videoproduction “the  Monsters “ und “Lightning Beat-Man“ with ingwer Bergman;

“ Monsters “:Video of the Week on VIVA 2! 

Live-apearence in Swiss TV  ‘Ventil’ 

- playing in a band calls OJ and the  Dead White People

 -recording songs with the Dry Heavs 

-recording and releasesing LP/CD “birds eat martians“  the  Monsters ; 

-Starting “Reverend Beat-Man“, Gigs in  Switzerland and  Austria 

-Episodrole in Theater “Calimbo“  Theater Club  1  1  1 , Regie:Meret Matter; 

-one houer  Videoproduction for VIVA TV and MTV in the US as Lightning Beat-Man;

-“Lightning Beat-Man“-Single in Schweden+  italy

- Monsters Single in CH, for  1 6 Tons

-“Reverend Beat-Man“; Italy Tour  mit den “Men from S.P.E.C.T.R.E“; 

-building a living room for the stage show  “Reverend Beat-Man“.mit Brother  Janosh

-starting rehurcal with Project Reverend Beat-Man and Herpes-Ö-de Luxe   

- releasing records on voodoo rhythm 

- working as a free grafic artist

2000-01

“Lightning Beat-Man“-Single on kubitsuri in  Japan; 

2 weeks in Bremen with  Reni Wünsch and Ingwer Bergmann building a Church for reverend beat-man show, and filming a silent movie 'oh lord' and koncert in Tor 47in Bremen, 

  1 Month Tour throu NL,B,F,D and  Spain as voodoo rhythm record revue  reverend beat-man, MAA, Thee Watzloves. 

  1 Month Tour with the Cirque electrique (dead brothers, bob log III,  DM Bob , Silky Watzlove,....) 

- getting father of a wonderfull boy named CHET,

.- recording Album in  London with Liam Watson at Toe Rag for Reverend Beat-Man and the Un-Belivers  (get on your knees) 

-spinning alot of records and working as DJ. 

- releaseing more than ever records on voodoo rhythm

-working as a free grafic artist

- releasing Reverend Beat-Man album and CD

2002

Playing on different festival such as Eurockeen, rock oz arenas, EXPO 02, Neuchatelle as a  1 1 pice  blueas trash orchestra, EXPO 02 Biel/Bienne as the one man band

-forming the band ‘die Zorros’ for theatre project ‘posse royal who gets playd at Rote Fabrik Zürich, Schlachthaus Bern, bananen und frucht  1 0 shows

-doing 2 Poetry Slams and playing as show band for the slammers

-working on musical project ‘Day of the  Dead ’ on EXPO 02 AMJ together with dead brothers,khan and eleny mandel  1 4 shows

-releaseing diverent records on voodoo rhythm

-releasing and recording album by the monsters ‘I see dead people’ and doing a 3 week tour throu Germany, Denmark, Sweden ,Switzerland as the  Monsters

2003

- appearing at the Bad Hotel in the Gessnerallee in Zürich as the reverend beat-man

-releasing several records on voodoo rhythm

doing shows with die zorros, record release party and shows with the  Monsters , as well with reverend beat-man 

-appearing in Bremen at the weeks show: Big Shit Show with the pogues and other artists

-making grafic artwork for several Bands and Clubs

-playing for several poetry slams, buchmesse  basel , kiff aarau…

- playing at jazz festifal montreux, rock oz arenes and eurokene

- doing and organicing a 3 week tour trou Am erica (Argentina,Brazil and USA) playing in such clubs as the black jack in sao paolo, CBGB’S ans Maxwells in New York as Headliner

- doing oriental live music for Matto Kämpf ’s Oriental Nights together with  Patrick Abt

- playing for severals poetry slams with die Zorros

- doing tour in  germany and switherland with Velevet Hammer and 50 foot Combo

-releasing a free voodoo rhythm compilation (5000 copies)  with lots of swiss bands to promote swiss music in other countries

2004

- doing theatre project with  Matto Kämpf ‘SAFARI’ and doing shows in Schlachthaus Bern and Rote Fabrik Zürich

-going 3 weeks on tour trou  Holland ,  France Germany and switherland with the monsters

-doing several poetry slam’s playing as Die Zorros

-forming and performing as Aki Bät-Män elektro trash trio at kafe kairo

-playing kings of psychobilly in  speyer

- heading place nr. 9 in switherland rockstar magazine voting for best band in history of swiss rock music

-exibit grafics and paintings at the ARTSOUK in  Bern

-releasing film-sound track for flammend herz by Andrea Schuler, winning first price at the Berlinale under Documentray movies, movie went to several cinemas in europe and solothurn film festspiele, swiss and german Television

-organicing tour for thee  Butchers Orchestra from  brazil trou whole  europe

-releasing several records on voodoo rhythm

-doing a show in  Brussels at the Art Museum and a show in  Los Angeles at the Big Foot Lodge

2005

- doing theatre project with Matto Kämpf ‘SAFARI’ and doing shows in Café Kairo Bern and Theater Care Du Nord Basel, Theater Spaktakel Zürich

- playing as Reverend Beat-Man in New York and Los Angeles, and in nantes at the Ideal Festifal with Einstürzende Neubauten, London and others

- doing Japan Tour with the  Monsters 1 4 shows

- working and organizing the  1 rst Voodoo Rhythm Hootenanny in Dampfzentrale Bern

- actor and musician for  Meret Matter ’s Movie/Theatre, play Orpheus

2006

- releasing and realizing Voodoo Rhythm Documentary filmed my marc littler  Germany

- organizing and promoting for cultural centre  Dampfzentrale, burlesque shows and others

- releasing several records on voodoo rhythm

- being father of my daughter Coco Grace January 17

- acting in Mar Littler’s movie the Road to  Nod’ (together with Franz Dobler, Delany Davidson a.o.)

- Releasing n playing as Reverend Beat-Man and the Church of  Herpes , after 5 Jears Recording, Industrial Gospel

- ‘get on your knees’ appearing in US-Movie the dead of michael smith by dan casey

- Playing 2^nd main role in  Meret Matter s’s Theatre play ‘Elsi’ by Jeremias Gothelf 

2007

- European tour with the monsters,  Holland ,  france denmark ,  Norway ,  Sweden ,   germany

- poster and Art Exibition in  Lyon together with Panti Christ  Rob ert Butler

- appearing in the ‘die gestalten’ graphic book SUPERSONIC visuals for music

- releasing reverend beat-man album 'surreal folk blues trash vol 1+2 and doing record release tour, switzerland germany

- playing  theatre at the 'deutsches theater ' in Hamburg in the play ELSI, 3 

- reciving cultural price from the coverment of switzerland for my cultural work in my home town

- filming 15 videoclips for the DVD surreal folk blues trash vol 3

RECORDS,CD'S, VIDEOS OF BEAT-MAN 

( 1 987 –  2007)

      The Monsters (beat-man -guitar,vocals)

Full Length LP’s/CD’s: 

§                                                   Masks 1 989 (Record Junkie ,junk 666)

§                                                   the Hunch 1 992 (Record Junkie, junk 668

§                                                   the Hunch-CD 1 993 (rumble rec. rumbcd 030)

§                                                   Jungle Noise 1 995 (Jungle Noise  apecall 0 1 0)

§                                                   Youth Against Nature 1 996 (record junkie junk 03 1 )

§                                                   Birds eat Martians LP/CD 1 999 (voodooo rhythm VR 1 203)

§                                                   Masks 200 1 (Crazy Love CLLP 6479) reprint

§                                                   The Hunch 200 1 (Crazy Love)

§                                                   I see dead people 2002 (voodoo rhythm records)

§                                                   Hide and seek 2005 (sazanami label, Japan )

§                                                   Hide and Seek 2005 (off the Hip , Australia )

§                                                   Garage Punk Switzerland 1 986-206   CH - 2006(voodoo rhythm)

Singles/EP’s:

§                                                   Nightmare 1 988 (Record Junkie, CH)

§                                                   Meets the betty pages of fright 1 992( Dionysus , USA )

§                                                   Rock around the Tombstone 1 995 (Voodoo Rhythm, CH)

§                                                   in Hell 1 995 (Jungle Noise, D)

§                                                   Skeleton Stomp 1 997 (G.I. records , USA )

§                                                   Walking through a cemetery 200 1 (Subway star records)

§                                                   This is rock’n’roll/fever 2006 (Screaming Aple D)

§                                                   I still love her / blues for joe / fever (Soundflat D)

Compilation LP’s/CD’s:

§                                                   tape-Santa clause vs. the caveman 1 987(left hand. CH) teenage werewolf; I love you, rosemary mc.coy

§                                                   Wrecking around the Christmas tree 1 99 1 (Jungle Noise, D) jingle bells

§                                                   Garage punk primitive Rock’n’Roll and Psychotic reactions from Switzerland 1 992 (Voodoo Rhythm/Record Junkie, CH) voodoo love

§                                                   Songs the Cramps taught us 1 993 (Jungle Noise, D) drug train

§                                                   SKAmpler 1 993 (Tudor, CH) whisky song

§                                                   5 years of Jungle Noise 1 995 (Jungle Noise, D) jungle noise

§                                                   burn my mind 1 996 (Record Junkie, CH)

§                                                   Larzen Fanzine 1 996 (Larzen, F) hold me hug me

§                                                   Straight into the action 1 998 (Wild weekend, D) sonic nightmares

§                                                   she’s my witch 1 997 (Mad driver records, I)

§                                                   swamp room happening 1 999 (swamp room, D) acid dreams

§                                                   surprise party    1 999   ( 1 6tons, CH) bumble bee

§                                                   mondo beat-man 7“   1 999 (rocking bones) I wanna be dead

§                                                   it came from hell 2000    (crazy love D) I drink myself to the grave

§                                                   Kongpilation 2000   (banana juice F) nothing

§                                                   Wild Sazanami Beat 2005 (sazanami, Japan )

§                                                   Riot on Soundflat strip 2005 (Soundflat D)

Videos

§                                                   Voodoo Love 1 996(Voodoo Rhythm, CH) by Josh Collins

§                                                   Wild Wild Lover 1 999 (Voodoo Rhythm. CH) by Ingwer Bergman

Reverend Beat-Man

Full Length LP’s/CD’s:

§                                                   Get on your Knees   200 1 (Voodoo Rhythm, CH) 

§                                                   Your fasvorite position is ou your knees 2006 -(Voodoo rhythm, CH) 

                                                      surreal folk blues trash vol1 -2007 (voodoo rhythm, CH)

                                                      surreal folk blues trash vol2 -2007 (voodoo rhythm, CH)

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 Compilation LP’s/CD’s 7“:

§                                                   MONDO MICHALKE comic 7” with king khan 2002 (sounds of subterrania D) 

§                                                   Bam ,comic fanziene IT- 2004 (bam)

§                                                   Killed by a one man band D- 2006 (I wanna know) (squoodge records)

Videos/ DVD’s:

§                                                   Oh Lord     2000 -(Voodoo rhythm, CH) by ingwer Bergmann