Cagey strings

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Cagey strings
General information
origin Munich , Germany
Genre (s) Rock , pop , hits , evergreens
founding 1982
Website www.cageystrings.de
Founding members
Georg "Schorsch" Angerer (May 16, 1964 - March 9, 2018)
Current occupation
Oliver Frank (1993 - 2003, since 2012)
Thomas Dessau (since 2012)
Michael Peyerl (since 2018)
Marinus Christof (since 2018)

The Cagey Strings are a rock 'n' roll and party band from Munich, founded in 1982 . The formation's repertoire includes cover versions of rock, pop and party classics as well as their own titles. In addition to national and international appearances, the band has been playing at the Oktoberfest in the Hacker festival tent since 1996 .

history

founding

The four-piece band was founded in 1982 by Georg ("Schorsch") Angerer. In 1976 he was particularly inspired by the internationally successful German “Bill Haley”, Paul Würges and his band. In 1978, with the help of his music teacher, Angerer met the then twelve-year-old drummer Werner Heizenreder. In the following years, the two got to know the guitarist and pianist Bernd Bircks, as well as the bassist and accordionist Paul Kreil at their school, the Moosacher Gymnasium. During this time the band played at school events and parties.

In 1982 they appeared for the first time under the name Cagey Strings at a music competition in Munich-Schwabing, where they took 2nd place. From then on, the four students made numerous appearances. After graduating from high school, the band decided to make music professionally. In 1985 Paul Kreil left the Cagey Strings to pursue his studies. Bassist Peter Biermeier, who was a member of the band until December 31, 2017, joined him in the autumn of the same year.

Band name

The name Cagey Strings was created in 1982 by Schorsch Angerer with the help of his Langenscheidt dictionary. The word Cagey actually means "torn", in the sense of "clever", but is interpreted by the band as broken strings.

First records and successes

In 1986 the Cagey Strings won the Munich district competition and won two days of recording in the Downtown Studio. Two tracks were recorded: the Bernd Spier song Without a specific goal and the Bernd Bircks composition Superkarrn . In the same year the band met their future producer Harald Steinhauer and the manager Jürgen Thürnau. A first album followed in 1989, which contained songs by Steinhauer, who - together with Spider Murphy Gang - drummer Franz Trojan - also produced the album. The album and the three single releases were successful. In 1990 the band made more than 20 television appearances, including in programs such as ZDF Hitparade, Formula 1 and Schlagerparade. The songs got good airplay on many radio stations, the tracks 1000 times in my dreams and Tonight were found on various compilations that sold a total of over a million times. In 1992, the band released their second album, hot like fire , which was also well received by radio stations - and so provided the formation with many appearances.

Later occupations

In 1993 Bernd Bircks left the band; he was replaced by keyboardist and pianist Oliver Frank. After joining the band, they built their own recording studio, in which they record all of their CDs to this day. After a few attempts with new producers, they met their old companion Harald Steinhauer again and they recorded a new album together. With songs like Keine was wie du , Bossa Nova Baby , Zerbrich mein Herz and Schlagerzeit they were again in the radio charts and appeared more often on television.

In 1995 Werner Heizenreder left the band. Several drummers took his place in the following years: Henrik Ferstl, Reinhold Warmer and Robert Gorzawsky. Oliver Frank decided to leave Cagey Strings in 2003 in order to start his own music project. Keyboardist Kurt Heilmaier joined the band for him. Heilmaier and Gorzawsky dropped out in 2012 for personal reasons, whereupon Oliver Frank (* 1969) returned to the band - bringing with him the Augsburg-born drummer Thomas Dessau (* 1966).

In 2017 Peter Biermeier ended his musical career with the Cagey Strings. Michael Peyerl (* 1987) on bass followed him at the turn of the year.

On March 9, 2018, the band's founder Georg "Schorsch" Angerer died unexpectedly at the age of 53.

After this hard stroke of fate, a time followed in which the band mastered the gigs with the help of befriended guitarists until Marinus Christof (* 1988) was won over as the new guitarist in July 2018.

Television appearances

  • ZDF hit parade
  • ZDF The super request concert with Carolin Reiber
  • Your commitment, please, with Dieter Thomas Heck
  • 6 times German Schlager Parade
  • 3 times ZDF television garden
  • ARD wish box
  • ARD Formula 1
  • ARD Tele-Illustrierte
  • TV Total with Stefan Raab
  • Zapping on premiere
  • RTL music revue
  • RTL music cafe
  • 4 times The current showroom
  • NDR talk show
  • Evening show BR
  • Carolin Reiber's fleckerl carpet
  • Deutsche Welle TV
  • BR evening show
  • BR We in Bavaria
  • BR live broadcast Oktoberfest
  • WDR Hollymünd
  • WDR Nice presents
  • SWR The happy vineyard
  • SWR The happy end of work
  • TVM Noé Astro Show and various regional broadcasts

Discography

Albums

  • Forever (1990; Virgin)
  • Hot As Fire (1992; Virgin)
  • Oldies Vol. 1 (1992; Artvoice)
  • Oldies Vol. 2 (1993; DA Music)
  • In the office (1994; Artvoice)
  • Oldies Vol. 3 Powerplay (1995; DA Music)
  • Rock`n`Roll Dance Sensation (1995; DA Music)
  • Oldies Vol. 4 (1997; Artvoice)
  • Again and again (1998; Artists & Acts)
  • The 20 greatest hits (2001; Artists & Acts)
  • Cagey Strings live (2001; Artists & Acts)
  • Christmas Dreams (2002; Artists & Acts)
  • 7 days a week (2004; Artists & Acts)
  • Oldies Vol. 5 (2005; Artists & Acts)
  • Merry Christmas (2006; Artists & Acts)
  • 25 years of Cagey Strings (2007; Artists & Acts)
  • Heimspiel live DVD (2009; Artists & Acts)
  • Kings of the Night (2010; Artists & Acts)
  • Full program (2011; Artists & Acts)
  • Full throttle (2013)
  • Christmas with the Cagey Strings (2015; Artists & Acts)

Singles

  • A thousand times in my dreams (1990; Virgin Schallplatten GmbH)
  • Tonight (1990; Virgin Schallplatten GmbH)
  • Now or Never (1991; Virgin Schallplatten GmbH)
  • That must be a miracle (1992; Virgin Schallplatten GmbH)
  • Unknown Night (1992; Virgin Schallplatten GmbH)
  • Hot as Fire (1992; Virgin Schallplatten GmbH)
  • The mole (1995; Weryton Musik-BMG Ariola)
  • Anna Let It Dream (1996; Art Voice)
  • A Bacherl rushes (1996; Art Voice)
  • Nobody was like you (1997; maDam records)
  • Bossa Nova Baby (1998; maDam records)
  • Schlagerzeit (1998; maDam records)
  • Colder Even Than Ice (1999; maDam records)
  • At some point it will be like it used to be (1999; maDam records)
  • Break My Heart (1999; maDam records)
  • Christmas time (1999; maDam records)
  • Because you're with him (1999; funny artists)
  • And then everything was clear (2001; Artists & Acts)
  • Whenever the Rain Falls (2002; Artists & Acts)
  • Hacker Pschorr Song (2002; Artists & Acts)
  • Christmas Dreams (2002; Artists & Acts)
  • Mona (2003; Artists & Acts)
  • 7 days a week (2004; Artists & Acts)
  • Too Late (2005; Artists & Acts)
  • Through Tennessee in a Cadillac (2007; Artists & Acts)
  • Girls all clear (2007; Artists & Acts)
  • Remember (2008; Artists & Acts)
  • Get Out of Bed (2010; Artists & Acts)
  • Hörig (2010; Artists & Acts)
  • Rosenheim (2010; Artists & Acts)
  • I'm not going home today (2010; Artists & Acts)
  • Come on let's party tonight (2010; Artists & Acts)
  • Merry Merry Christmas (2010; Artists & Acts)
  • I don't know if it's love (2012; Artists & Acts)
  • BR Radltour Song (2013; Artists & Acts)
  • Oamoi Wiesn - Imma Wiesn (2014; Artists & Acts)

style

Cagey Strings' own songs are inspired by the rock 'n' roll and hit era of the 1950s and 1960s. Most of them come from Harald Steinhauer , who worked with artists such as Nicki , Juliane Werding , Marianne Rosenberg , Peter Kent , Nino de Angelo , Geier Sturzflug and Spider Murphy Gang . Some songs were composed by the Cagey Strings themselves.

The content of the texts is mostly about love, women, men, relationships, which are interpreted ironically, humorously and critically.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Wiesn bands in an interview: The Cagey Strings! | SchlagerPlanet . In: SchlagerPlanet.com . ( schlagerplanet.com [accessed March 3, 2017]).
  2. ↑ Florian Haas: Cagey Strings: Frontman Schorsch Angerer is dead. Bayerischer Rundfunk, March 10, 2018, accessed on August 20, 2019 .