first general uncertainty

first general uncertainty
EAV at the Donauinselfest 2008
General information
origin	Styria
Genre (s)	Rock , pop-rock , comedy , musical theater
founding	1977
resolution	2019
Website	www.eav.at
Founding members
Guitar, vocals	Thomas Spitzer
Keyboard, choir singing	Nino Holm (until 1995)
Bass, vocals	Eik Breit (until 1995)
Drums	Anders Stenmo (until 1998)
Last occupation
Singing, emcee	Klaus Eberhartinger (since 1981)
Guitar, vocals, producer	Thomas Spitzer
Guitar, keyboard, choir singing, producer	Kurt Keinrath (since 1997)
Keyboard, saxophone, accordion, choir singing	Franz Kreimer (since 2001)
Bass, choir singing	Alvis Reid (since 2015)
Drums	Aaron Thier (since 2015)
Guitar, choir singing	Reinhard Stranzinger (since 2010 replacement for Thomas Spitzer on best of tours)
former members
Stage show, costume tailor	Marina Tatic (1977-1979)
Singing, emcee, manager	Walter Hammerl † (1978–1981)
Vocals, producer	Wilfried Scheutz † (1978–1979)
Stage show, saxophone, choir singing, manager	Günther Schönberger (1978–1996)
singing	Gert Steinbäcker (1979–1983)
Stage show, light & sound technology	Günter Timischl (1977-1983)
Stage show	Schiffkowitz (1979)
Keyboard, vocals	Mario Bottazzi (1983–1990)
Keyboard, accordion, choir singing	Andy Töfferl † (1990-2001)
Keyboard, choir singing, producer	David Bronner (1994-1995)
Bass, choir singing	Leo Bei (1996-2014)
Keyboard, saxophone, trumpet, flute, choir singing	Franz Zettl (1998-2001)
Drums	Alex German (1998)
Drums	Robert Baumgartner (1998-2014)
Presentation, costumes, finances	Gabi Aigner
environment
producer	Peter Müller (1984–1991) Gernot Resch (1996–1998) Mark Duran (since 2003) Fritz Jerey (since 2003)

Singer and front man Klaus Eberhartinger at Nova Rock 2016

Performance: Kiss the hand, beautiful woman, 2008

Performance: Sandlerkönig Eberhard, 2008

Guitarist Reinhard Stranzinger, Nova Rock Festival 2016

The First General insecurity (SAB) was an Austrian pop rock - band , which was founded in the 1977th The band's lyricist and composer was Thomas Spitzer . The name is based on the former Austrian insurance company Erste Allgemeine Versicherung . On September 14, 2019, she gave her last concert in the Wiener Stadthalle .

The beginnings and antipasta

Eik Breit was the founder of the band Antipasta, which split up after three years. A little later he founded a new band with his friend Thomas Spitzer, who had only joined Antipasta as guitarist a few weeks earlier , as well as Nino Holm and Anders Stenmo , which initially lacked an appropriate name. During a bus trip together, Spitzer and Holm passed the headquarters of the Erste Allgemeine Versicherung (EAV for short), which gave them the joke idea of ​​leaning the band name on the insurance company - the Erste Allgemeine Verunsicherung was born. The company was not very enthusiastic about the change of its name and took legal action against the band. The lawsuit was withdrawn after a short time, and a few years later the company even sponsored the penguin tour.

Career

At the end of the 1970s, EAV began as a rock comics band and celebrated its first successes in the alternative club scene in Germany . With the fifth album Money or Life! (1985) finally achieved the breakthrough in the entire German-speaking area with the publication of a cartoon penned by the EAV musicians on the cover of the Austrian monthly magazine for musicians and studio technology Tschin-Bumm . At the height of their success, the band withdrew from the music business for three years. When it came back in 1994, it was no longer possible to build on the great commercial successes of the late 1980s and early 1990s.

public perception

The songs of the First General Insecurity were often understood as pure joke songs, especially in the 1980s. Due to the success of songs like Ba-Ba-Bank robbery , Prince Charming , Kiss the Hand of the Beautiful Woman , Fata Morgana or Ding Dong , they were often given the label of a slapstick, which was reinforced by the success of the song Three White Doves in 1999 . The band itself blamed the commercial success of individual songs torn from the overall context of an album for this misunderstanding. In fact, EAV was always offensive with its political statements. The former Austrian Federal President Kurt Waldheim threatened to file a lawsuit after Wann one must go, but withdrew it in the face of negative public reactions.

The group's engagement against right-wing extremists and right-wing violence was strong (in songs like: Eierkopf-Rudi, Neandertal ). Already in 1984 there were bomb threats from neo-Nazis after a TV show, the Austrian right-wing populist Jörg Haider sued the band for "defamation" and numerous titles were boycotted by radio stations because of their church and socially critical content. One of the most famous cases is the 1988 released single Burli , dealing with the possible consequences of the meltdown of a nuclear power plant employs (The Burli has left and right three Ohrli / on each hand ten fingers, and hands he has four / none plays as fast piano) . The band was then accused of mocking disabled people. The Bayerische Rundfunk broadcast the song s'Muaterl not because of his criticism of the then Pope and the Catholic Church.

EAV since 2005

From autumn 2005 to the end of 2007 the first general uncertainty was with the program for the album 100 Years EAV ... You wanted it that way! traveling in German-speaking countries; In addition to the well-known hits and classics of the band's history, new songs were also played. The album was in the charts in Austria for 113 weeks. Due to the success of the live concerts, the EAV went on tour again from spring 2008 with its new program Amore XL .

On February 5, 2010 the album New Heroes Needs the Land was released . On the accompanying tour, the band performed in Austria, Germany and Switzerland from March of that year . From May 2010 to the end of 2014 Thomas Spitzer suspended his stage career for the time being; Reinhard Stranzinger played for him during this time . In 2014, the EAV took a break from the stage. On January 30th, 2015 the new album Werwolf-Attacke - Monsterball ist everywhere , was released , from which the promo singles What is going on? Whistle it! and theater about art, each with a music video. This was followed by a tour through Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Since the summer of 2016, the EAV has performed at festivals and open airs, this time again without Thomas Spitzer, who was working on a new album in Kenya. Reinhard Stranzinger, who also played in the best-of concerts after the Neue Helden tour, stepped in for him on guitar.

On September 28, 2018, the 17th studio album Alles ist permitted was released , with which the band went on tour for the last time in 2019. The band said goodbye to the stage with the tour "1000 Years of EAV - Farewell Tour (Die Erste)" through Austria and Germany. The tour started on February 3, 2019 with four concerts in Fehring in Styria. On September 14, 2019, the group gave their last concert in the Wiener Stadthalle .

occupation

In the course of the band's history there have always been changes in the line-up. In the years from 1974 to 1977, the EAV founding members Eik Breit , Nino Holm (both from 1974) , Anders Stenmo (from 1976) and Thomas Spitzer (from 1977) came together through the previous band Antipasta . From 1978 to 1979 the soloist Wilfried Scheutz was the band's singer. From 1979 to 1983 the band STS and the EAV were a band according to Thomas Spitzer , because Gert Steinbäcker was a singer, Günter Timischl was a technician and Helmut Röhrling alias Schiffkowitz was a stage actor of the band on a tour. After the manager Walter Hammerl had committed suicide in February 1981, Klaus Eberhartinger was hired as the new singer.

When Gert Steinbäcker and Günter Timischl left in 1983, Mario Bottazzi and producer Peter Müller joined the group. In 1990 Bottazzi got out and was replaced by Andy Töfferl . In 1994, producers David Bronner and Kurt Keinrath joined the band. When Nino Holm retired, David Bronner was hired. Due to commercial disputes, Eik Breit and Günther Schönberger separated from the group in late 1995 and early 1996 . Kurt Keinrath became a permanent member of the group in the same year. 1997 came Chefpartie- bassist Leo Bei alias Karl Horak to a year later the keyboardist Franz Zettl . After Anders Stenmo suffered a sudden hearing loss shortly after the premiere of the Himmel & Hölle tour in the same year , Alex Deutsch and - after his departure due to pneumonia in the same year - Robert Baumgartner joined the band as drummers.

2001 Andy Töfferl and Franz Zettl left the band. Andy Töfferl tried his hand at being an entertainer and Franz Zettl became the keyboard player and saxophonist of the accompanying band of STS until they were dissolved in 2014. As a replacement, the Ausseer Hardbradler and music teacher Franz Kreimer came to the band, initially as a studio musician and since 2004 as an integral part of the group. Since 2010 Reinhard Stranzinger has occasionally stepped in for Thomas Spitzer on tours on guitar. At the beginning of 2014 Leo Bei and Robert Baumgartner announced their departure from the band and were replaced by Alvis Reid and Aaron Thier a year later .

Discography

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Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		DE	AT	CH
1978	1. General uncertainty	-	AT17 * (4 weeks) AT	-	First published: October 1978 * Chart entry when re-published in 2015
1981	Café Passé	-	-	-	First published: May 1981
1983	Spitalo Fatalo	-	AT5 gold (10 weeks)AT	-	First published: October 1, 1983 Sales: + 25,000
1984	À la carte	-	AT11 gold (14 weeks)AT	-	First published: December 18, 1984 Sales: + 25,000
1985	Money or life!	DE10 platinum (60 weeks)DE	AT1 × 5 Quintuple platinum (78 weeks)AT	CH3 platinum (15 weeks)CH	First published: June 25, 1985 Sales: + 800,000
1987	Love, death & the devil	DE3 platinum (53 weeks)DE	AT1 × 6 Six-fold platinum (38 weeks)AT	CH1 × 2 Double platinum (34 weeks)CH	First published: October 26, 1987 Sales: + 900,000
1990	Neppomuk's revenge	DE2 platinum (41 weeks)DE	AT1 × 4 Quadruple platinum (28 weeks)AT	CH3 platinum (23 weeks)CH	First published: May 21, 1990 Sales: + 750,000
1991	Watumba!	DE17th gold (25 weeks)DE	AT1 × 3 Triple platinum (22 weeks)AT	CH15th gold (7 weeks)CH	First published: November 21, 1991 Sales: + 425,000
1994	Never again art (as always ...)	DE40 (12 weeks) DE	AT1 × 2 Double platinum (25 weeks)AT	CH17 (10 weeks) CH	First published: November 24, 1994 Sales: + 100,000
1997	Hell is going on in heaven	DE37 (6 weeks) DE	AT1 platinum (19 weeks)AT	CH20 (7 weeks) CH	First published: August 25, 1997 Sales: + 50,000
1998	Raspberry Country	DE55 (4 weeks) DE	AT2 platinum (21 weeks)AT	CH30 (5 weeks) CH	First published: October 19, 1998 Sales: + 40,000
2003	Slut	DE90 (1 week) DE	AT1 gold (18 weeks)AT	-	First published: April 28, 2003 Sales: + 15,000
2007	Amore XL	DE46 (3 weeks) DE	AT1 platinum (30 weeks)AT	CH83 (1 week) CH	First published: October 12, 2007 Sales: + 20,000
2010	The country needs new heroes	DE26 (6 weeks) DE	AT1 platinum (29 weeks)AT	CH34 (3 weeks) CH	First published: February 5, 2010 Sales: + 20,000
2015	Werewolf Attack - Monster Ball is everywhere	DE15 (5 weeks) DE	AT1 platinum (21 weeks)AT	CH16 (5 weeks) CH	First published: January 30th, 2015 Sales: + 15,000
2018	Everything is allowed	DE7 (5 weeks) DE	AT2 (34 weeks) AT	CH13 (3 weeks) CH	First published: September 28, 2018

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

Fonts

• 1988: Can bullshit be a sin ...? 10 years of madness. Peter Leopold (editor), Ueberreuter Verlag, Vienna 1988, ISBN 3-8000-3296-1 .
• 1991: The EAV Songbook. Edition DUX, ISMN M-50017-101-0

List of tours

• 1978–1979: Uschi in luck
  • Winter 1978: tinsel world of appearance
  • Winter 1979: Your little children are coming
• 1980–1982: Café Passé
• 1983–1984: Spitalo Fatalo tour
• 1985–1986: Money or Life Tour
• 1988–1989: Penguin Tour
• 1990–1991: Neppomuk tour
• 1995–1996: art tour
• 1998–1999: Heaven and Hell tour
• 2000–2004: Best of Show
• 2005–2007: 100 years of the EAV tour
• 2008–2009: Amore XL tour
• 2010: New Heroes Tour
• 2012–2013: Best of Show - Neandertal Tour
• 2015: Werewolf Tour
• 2015–2016: Best of Show
• 2019: 1000 years of EAV - farewell tour

Awards

• 1982: German Record Critics Award
• 1982: Berlin alarm clock
• 1986: Austropop-Columbus
• 1986: Golden tuning fork
• 1987: Orfeus
• 1987: Berolina
• 1988: Berolina
• 1988: Golden tuning fork
• 1991: World Music Award
• 1992: RSH Gold
• 2006: Golden tuning fork
• 2018: Grand Josef Krainer Prize
• 2018: Austrian Cabaret Award - Special Award
• 2019: Amadeus Austrian Music Award - category "Songwriter of the year", together with Lemo
• 2019: Amadeus Austrian Music Award for life's work

Trivia

During a robbery on a BAWAG branch in Vienna on February 27, 2007, a resident played the song Ba-Ba-Bank robbery loudly over the stereo set by the window until the police stopped it.

literature

• Werner Jauk : First general uncertainty (EAV). In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2002, ISBN 3-7001-3043-0 .
• Peter Leopold (Ed.): First general uncertainty. Can bullshit be a sin? 10 years of madness. Ueberreuter , Vienna 1988, ISBN 3-8000-3296-1 .

Web links

Commons : First general uncertainty  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website of the First General Insecurity
• 1977 to 1982 - The beginnings of the first general uncertainty
• Notes on the general uncertainty
• Lexicon of Austrian Pop Music on the Ö1 website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ eav.at
2. ↑ eav-archiv.de
3. ↑ eav-archiv.de
4. ↑ musiklexikon.ac.at
5. ↑ eav.at
6. ↑ [1]
7. ^ Band at that time. The 7 lean years (1977–1984). At: EAV.at. Retrieved July 17, 2017.
8. ↑ ^{a b} laut.de biography. First general uncertainty. At: laut.de. Retrieved August 27, 2014.
9. ↑ [2]
10. ↑ [3]
11. ↑ [4]
12. ↑ [5]
13. ↑ [6]
14. ↑ ^{a b} EAV band history 1980–89. ( Memento of November 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ).
15. ^ First general uncertainty (EAV). Hit factory in the 1980s. At: wissenswertes.at. Retrieved July 17, 2017.
16. ↑ First general uncertainty - 100 years EAV - you wanted it that way! At: austriancharts.at. Retrieved July 17, 2017.
17. ↑ Tiroler Tageszeitung: Farewell Tour: Strong pieces are never a thing of the past: EAV started the “1000 Years” tour . Article dated February 4, 2019, accessed February 24, 2019.
18. ↑ Last concert of the EAV: Say “Ding Dong” softly as you say goodbye. In: ORF.at . September 14, 2019, accessed September 14, 2019 . 
19. ↑ Volume today. At: EAV.at. Retrieved July 17, 2017.
20. ↑ Antipasta.
21. ↑ Austrian Library Association - First general uncertainty: can nonsense be a sin ...? 10 years of madness. Retrieved August 15, 2013.
22. ↑ The EAV Songbook. ( Memento of July 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Retrieved August 15, 2013.
23. ^ Krainer Prize for EAV and Elisabeth Gürtler. At: ORF.at. March 20, 2018, accessed March 20, 2018.
24. ↑ orf.at: Cabaret award for Günther “Gunkl” Paal . Article dated September 4, 2018, accessed September 4, 2018.
25. ↑ EAV receives Amadeus Award for life's work. April 16, 2019, accessed April 16, 2019 . 
26. ↑ The hostage-taking in Wiener Bank ended after hours without blood. In: The world .