Acid (Austrian band)

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ACID
General information
origin Vienna , Austria
Genre (s) Rock , progressive rock
founding 1971, 2014
resolution circa 1980
Founding members
Herbert Novacek
Robert Ponger (until 1975)
Rudi Staeger
Johann Zekar (until 1978)
Current occupation
Vocals, bass
 Herbert Novacek
Drums
 Rudi Staeger
guitar
 Reinhard Kühne (since 1978)
Keyboard
 Wolfgang Staribacher
former members
Keyboard, percussion
 Robert Zidek (1975-1978)
guitar
 Peter Koller (1975–1978)

Acid was an Austrian rock band from Vienna . It was founded in 1971 by Robert Ponger and achieved great popularity in Austria after winning the Show-Chance talent competition in 1972. After three albums, it broke up around 1980.

history

Founded in 1971, Acid took part in the Austrian talent competition Show-Chance in 1972 and took first place. In 1974 the first album Acid was released . Successful hits were Hipguard (appeared as a single and was not part of the album) and Six To Seven , which at that time were played in a friendly manner every day on the radio station Ö3 of the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation in the programs Hitpanorama or Please . Then the line-up changed. Peter Koller was the first to play the guitar with Acid and later became guitarist with Wolfgang Ambros .

With the changed line-up Herbert Novacek (vocals, bass), Rudi Staeger (drums), Johann Zekar (guitar) and Robert Zidek (keyboard, percussion, Hammond B3) they played successfully until the mid-1970s. This was the composition of the album MORE ACID in 1975 with the hit single Hey Freddy (number 9 on the Austrian hit parade). The last line-up of the band included Herbert Novacek (vocals, bass), Rudi Staeger (drums), Reinhard Kühne (guitar) and Wolfgang Staribacher (percussion, keyboards, trombone), and the last album, Acid Age ( Polydor ), appeared in the Schmettersound -Studio was recorded in March / April 1978. Around 1980 the band broke up. In 2014 the band got together again with the line-up Herbert Novacek (vocals, bass), Rudi Staeger (drums) and Wolfgang Staribacher (percussion, keyboard, trombone) and they began to play smaller gigs with them. A limited new edition (500 pieces, vinyl only) of the debut album ACID will be presented on October 24, 2014 at a concert in the "Stage Purkersdorf". An Austria tour is planned for 2015.

Discography

Studio albums
  • 1974: Acid (CBS)
  • 1975: More Acid (CBS)
  • 1978: Acid Age (Polydor)
  • 2014: Acid (monkey., Re-release on vinyl limited to 500 copies)
Singles
  • 1972: Hipguard
  • 1973: Midnight Queen
  • 1974: Hey Freddy
  • 1974: Hard Rockin 'Band
  • 1975: You Caught Me Like a Spider
  • 1975: Rock'n'Roll band
  • 1977: I Wanna See You Boogie Tonight
  • 1980: Breaking Up the Dolls
  • 1981: Wild Thing ("The Marionettes")

Web links

supporting documents

  1. ↑ Die Show-Chance 1972. was-wurde-aus.at, accessed on September 13, 2013 .