Austria 3
Austria 3 | |
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Austria 3 live in Imst , June 30, 2006 v. l. To the right: Danzer , Fendrich , Bäer (background), Ambros |
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General information | |
Genre (s) | Austropop |
founding | 1997 |
resolution | 2006 |
Website | http://www.austria3.at |
Founding members | |
Rainhard Fendrich | |
Wolfgang Ambros | |
Georg Danzer |
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Austria 3 (short- A3 ) was an Austrian pop rock - band , and a so-called supergroup , as they had three successful also as soloists Members: Rain Fendrich , Wolfgang Ambros and Georg Danzer .
history
The name is an allusion to one of the first, cheapest and downright "feared" filterless cigarettes , which was produced by Austria Tabakwerke until the late 1970s, the Austria 3 (coll. "Dreier" ).
The group is the union initiated by Rainhard Fendrich in 1997 with the two Austrian songwriters Wolfgang Ambros and Georg Danzer , originally intended for a single benefit event for the homeless. The overwhelming success prompted the three artist friends to continue performing together until 2006, and joint live albums and compilations were created .
The band announced their upcoming separation on June 10, 2006. Their last concert took place on July 24, 2006 in Altusried , Swabia . Subsequently, Danzer developed lung cancer.
On April 16, 2007 the Freundeskreis met again at Georg Danzer's comeback concert in the Wiener Stadthalle to perform three of their old songs; Afterwards, several sides “thought out loud” about a possible 2008 revival .
In 2011, Rainhard Fendrich and Wolfgang Ambros thought about reunification, but a third party was needed because Georg Danzer died of lung cancer on June 21, 2007 . This led to a dispute between Fendrich and Ambros, as Klaus Eberhartinger proposed by Fendrich as the "third man".
On June 22, 2013 Wolfgang Ambros and Rainhard Fendrich performed seven songs by Austria 3 at the 30th Danube Island Festival .
Quotes
"Austria 3 is now history"
tape
guitar
- Ulli Bäer (1997-2006)
bass
- Harald Fendrich (1997-2001)
- Herwig Thoeny (2002-2005)
- Erich Buchebner (2006)
Keyboards
- Gary Lux (1997-1998)
- Christian Kolonovits (1999)
- Richard Schönherz (2000-2001)
- Günter Dzikowski (2002-2005)
- Dieter Kolbeck (2006)
Drums
- Harry Stampfer (1997-2005)
- Peter Wrba (2006)
Percussions
- Andi Steirer (1997-2001)
- Stephan Maass (2002-2006)
Discography
CDs
Austria 3
- 1998: Live from the Theater an der Wien
- 1998: Live - Vol. 2
- 2000: Live - The Third
- 2003: Weus'd mei Freund bist (Best-of)
Ambros-Fendrich-Danzer
- 1997: top three
- 1998: Top three - encore
- 2011: The big three
Series
- 2004: Austropop cult
- 2006: only the best
- 2008: Best of Austropop
- 2010: Austropop Parade (3-CD box)
- 2012: Krone edition
Singles
- 1998: Friends (studio recording)
Videos
- 1998: Live from the Theater an der Wien
- 1998: Weus'd be my friend
- 2000: Live in front of Schönbrunn Palace
- 2002: Austria 3 (AT:gold)
DVDs
- 2003: Weus'd mei Freund bist (double DVD)
Songbooks
- 1998: Live from the Theater an der Wien
- 1998: Live - Vol. 2
- 2000: Live - The Third
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Chart sources: Austria / Germany ( Memento of the original from September 27, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Awards for music sales: AT
- ^ Danzer's concert in the Wiener Stadthalle, April 16, 2007 (newspaper "Österreich" from April 18, 2007, PDF) ( Memento from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Fendrich and Ambros reconciled , ORF.at, June 23, 2013
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