Chutzpah (band)
| Chutzpah | |
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| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Punk , Postpunk , New Wave , NDW |
| founding | 1977 |
| Website | www.chuzpe.at |
| Founding members | |
Vocals , electric guitar, later bass |
Christian Brandl (until 1987 †) |
Vocals, electric guitar
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Robert Wolf |
| Rudolf Barcal (until 1979) | |
| Albert Griehmann | |
| Current occupation | |
Vocals, electric guitar |
Robert Wolf |
Keyboard, vocals |
Stephan Wildner |
Synthesizer, electric guitar |
Kolm |
| former members | |
Electric guitar |
Andi Kolm (1982-1984) |
Drums |
Andi Jallits (1981–1984) Gunulf 'Guni' Krauss (1979–1981) Stefan Pfeistlinger (1983–1984) Mike Metal (Chuzpe77, 1999–2011) |
Vocals, electric bass |
Jimmy Deix (1987–1992) Harry Ramone Müller (Chuzpe77, 1999–2011) |
Vocals, keyboard |
Stephan Wildner (1979–1984) |
Keyboard |
Charlie She-Wolf (1991-1992) |
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Chuzpe is an Austrian underground / new wave band founded in 1977 around the singer, guitarist and lyricist Robert "Räudig" Wolf, whose line-up changed frequently.
history
Chutzpah sing in English and German. They were best known for their cover version of the Joy Division song Love Will Tear Us Apart , which made it to number 8 in the Ö3 hit parade in 1980. A year later came “Marilyn”, a homage to the film diva of the same name, at number 14 in the Austrian charts . In addition, the band, which developed from the 1970s underground to the 1980s New Wave, experienced some big gigs in the Wiener Stadthalle and on Rathausplatz . There was also an appearance in the ORF production “Neonmix” (with Wilfried in the leading role), with Robert Wolf in his profession as a real post clerk.
The LP “1000 Takte Tanz” was produced in 1982 in the age of the NDW and offered a good cross-section of the band's work at that time. After the suicide of the singer and bassist Christian Brandl in 1987 and the end of the New Wave era, the story of chutzpah came to an end for the time being in the early 1990s.
As "Chuzpe77" the band released 16 songs from their prehistoric times in 2003 in heavily guitar-heavy versions. After a farewell gig in 2004, the “Chuzpe77” project was buried.
In 2014 Chutzpah released the new album '100,000 Years Ago'. It contains ten new pieces. Carried by the Zwiegesang of Robert Wolf and Stephan Wildner and musically supported by Andreas Kolm, the work follows on from the over thirty year old album '1000 Takte Tanz'.
In 2017, the documentary film Chutzpah by Peter Ily Huemer was released , which illuminated the band in Vienna in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Discography
- (They Can't Beat) The Beat Single (1979)
- Love Will Tear Us Apart Single (1980)
- Charlie Chan Single (1981)
- Charlie Chan (Remix Version) maxi single (1981)
- Marilyn Single (1981)
- 1000 bars dance LP (1982)
- Too Smart For This World Single (1982)
- The Master and Margerita Single (1982)
- Unpop Mini-LP (1987)
- Hooper Single (1988)
- Obscure and Rare, Lies and Truths of the formidable formation Chutzpah LP (1990)
- Hi Ho How Low Can You Go LP (1992)
- Chutzpah 77 revisited CD (2003)
- Anarchy Bla Bla LP (2011)
- Nervengas EP (2011)
- 100 thousand years ago LP (2014)
- The Rhythm Of This Town Recordstore Day Single (2015)
swell
- ↑ Chart discography Austria
- ↑ Spiegel Online last.fm - Chutzpah ( Memento of the original from January 29, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Chutzpah at diagonale.at
