Emperor Franz Josef (band)

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Emperor Franz Josef
Emperor Franz Josef at Rock am Ring 2017
Emperor Franz Josef at Rock am Ring 2017
General information
origin Vienna , Austria
Genre (s) Hard rock
founding 2010
Website www.kfj-music.at
Founding members
Lead guitar , vocals
Sham
Tom
Current occupation
Lead guitar , vocals
Sham
Tom
Pete
Chart placements
(preliminary)
Explanation of the data
Albums
Reign Begins
  AT 10 03/01/2014 (4 weeks)
Make Rock Great Again
  AT 16 07/14/2017 (2 weeks)
III
  AT 45 07/31/2020 (... Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / provisional / 2020 where.)
Singles
How Much Is a Mile
  AT 8th 11/22/2013 (1 week)
Found My Way in the Deepest Darkness
  AT 46 04/10/2013 (2 weeks)
Why Does It Take So Long
  AT 61 11/22/2013 (1 week)

Kaiser Franz Josef ( KFJ for short ) is a rock band from Austria .

history

The group was founded in 2010 and was the opening act for the hard rock band AC / DC in May of the same year at their concert in Wels , which was attended by 82,000 people. In 2013 the group took part in the talent show Die große Chance on ORF eins and reached fifth place in the final on November 8th. The sound of the Viennese rock trio is compared to that of Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple .

The EP How Much Is a Mile was released on November 8, 2013 and was immediately ranked number one on iTunes Austria. The single of the same name reached number 8 in the Austrian charts in the distribution of Columbia (Sony Music Austria) . On the occasion of the DFB Cup final in 2017, Emperor Franz Josef gave a concert in front of over 50,000 people on the ARD stage in front of the stadium in Berlin . In June of the same year they played as one of the first Austrian bands on the main stages of the " Rock am Ring " and "Rock im Park" festivals. In August of the same year the three Austrians played at the Wacken .

In 2018 they were on a European tour with Billy Idol .

Awards

Discography

gallery

Web links

Commons : Kaiser Franz Josef  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c chart discography Austria
  2. ↑ stormbringer.at
  3. ↑ enemy.at
  4. ↑ weekender.at
  5. ↑ Österreich.at
  6. ↑ Österreich.at: Our new chart emperors
  7. ↑ redbull.com
  8. ↑ wacken.com
  9. ↑ Kaiser Franz Josef: Confirmed as support from Billy Idol. Time for Metal, July 1, 2018, accessed July 18, 2018 .