Grabowsky
GRABOWSKY is a German-speaking rock band from Frankenthal .
| GRABOWSKY | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Genre (s) | skirt |
| founding | 1994 |
| Website | www.rieslingschorle.de |
| Current occupation | |
| Alexander Hüther | |
| Jürgen Hauser | |
| Erhan Yilmazlar | |
| Oliver Herrmann | |
| Christian Gass (from 2007) | |
| former members | |
Singing , accordion, melodica, percussion |
Stefan Born (until 2001) |
| Willi Brausch (from 2001 to 2007) | |
Band history
The band was founded in 1994 by Erhan Yilmazlar, Jürgen Hauser and Alexander Hüther, who already played together on various previous projects. After a long and unsuccessful search, suitable front men were found in the two singers Oliver Herrmann and Stefan Born. With this line-up, the band toured Germany - primarily through Rhineland-Palatinate . There were also some appearances in Austria. Since 1997 the band has released their CDs on the independent label "DUST Records" in Offenburg. In the first five years GRABOWSKY produced three albums and two maxi CDs.
The title “ Straw Hat Festival ” was composed as an anthem for the Frankenthal street festival of the same name and premiered for the first time in 2001 with great media success. Since then it has been an integral part of the festival.
In 2001 Stefan Born left the band and was replaced by Willi Brausch. With this line-up, three albums, including a live double album, were released. After Willi Brausch left in December 2007, Chris Gass joined the band as the new singer.
In 2002 the audience set a new world record during a concert in Frankenthal / Palatinate. Longest applause after a concert that was recognized by the Guinness Book of Records in 2006 .
For the 20th anniversary in 2014, the band released a best-of CD entitled “So far, so good”.
concept
The band consists of a trio of drums, bass and guitar and two singers. The idiosyncratic stage performance in connection with polyphonic choral singing is characteristic. The basic concept of the band is to use your own compositions and texts in German. Alexander Hüther is primarily responsible for this. The mostly ironic / satirical texts are the real trademark of the band, the spectrum of which goes beyond the classic topics such as relationships and their problems and also includes peculiarities that are said to be of the Palatinate . One example of this is the song "Riesling-Schorle".
Members
- Oliver Herrmann alias Olli H. GRABOWSKY (vocals and saxophone)
- Chris Gass alias Chris G. GRABOWSKY (vocals and percussion) since 2007
- Alexander Hüther alias Alexander H. GRABOWSKY (guitars and vocals)
- Jürgen Hauser alias Jürgen H. GRABOWSKY (bass)
- Erhan Yilmazlar alias Erhan Y. GRABOWSKY (drums)
former members
- Stefan Born alias Stefan B. GRABOWSKY (vocals and various instruments) until 2001
- Willi Brausch alias Willi B. GRABOWSKY (vocals and various instruments) from 2001 to 2007
Publications
- Riesling-Schorle (Maxi, 1997, DUST-Records, DR.PD-96001),
- ... everything GRABOWSKY ?! (1997 DUST Records, DR.PD-97001),
- That's OK! Live. (1998, DUST Records 98001),
- Silver is Gold (1999, DUST Records DR.PD-99001),
- Straw Hat Festival (2000, Maxi, DUST-Records DR.PD-20001),
- Weinkönig (2001, DUST-Records DR.PD-01001),
- Full pipe - live! (2003, DUST Records, DR.GB-03001),
- Radio (2006, DUST-Records, DR.GB-06001),
- Great friendship, Dan! unplugged (2008, Maxi, DUST-Records, DR.GB-08001),
- VYMPH (2011, DUST-Records, DR.GB-11001),
- So far so good. (2014, DUST-Records, DR.GB-14001),