Music machine
| Music machine | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| origin | Fürstenfeld , Austria |
| Genre (s) | Rock , blues rock , hard rock |
| founding | 1969 |
| resolution | 1972 |
| Founding members | |
| Boris Bukowski | |
Vocals, guitar
|
Schiffkowitz (until 1971) |
Guitar, vocals |
Josef Jandrisits |
Bass , vocals |
Erich Reinberger (1969) |
| former members | |
| Michael Millner (1970–1971) | |
Bass, vocals |
Petrus Wippel (from 1969) |
singing |
Ulli Podrepsek (1970 (?) - 1971) |
Music Machine was an Austrian rock band that was founded in Fürstenfeld in 1969 . Although the group did not publish any sound carriers during its three-year existence , it gained a loyal following and, along with bands like Magic 69, was one of the most important scene figures in Styria .
history
Establishment (1966–1970)
In 1966 the group The Dirtles developed from the Fürstenfeld group FBI Man. Members were singer and guitarist Alfred "Fredl" Lang, drummer and singer Fritz "Goochie" Bukowski , bassist Erich Reinberger and guitarist and singer Helmut "Schiffkowitz" Röhrling . Due to his airs, Lang was replaced in 1969 by Josef “Pepsch” Jandrisits and the band renamed itself Music Machine.
Jandrisits took on the role of lead guitarist , while Röhrling appeared as rhythm guitarist . Bukowski and Röhrling shared the lead vocals, Jandrisits and Reinberger also acted as singers in the background . Reinberger soon had to leave the group for professional reasons and was replaced by Petrus Wippel. The band performed cover versions of well-known pop and rock songs - due to "higher financial powers" also "popular music" had to be included in the program - mainly in Styria and Burgenland and earned a group of several 100 regular concert-goers. At Christmas and New Year's Eve she gave guest appearances in Switzerland . In a newspaper column , Music Machine was described as follows:
"Thrown together from all parts of Styria, including Graz, four musicians come together here in a progressive-melodic machine (...) They have one thing in common: the effort to break out of the clichéd pop scheme and pursue their own ideas."
Short-term expansion and trio (1970–1972)
In 1970 the medical student Michael Millner joined the group as a pianist and soon afterwards the group tried to expand their repertoire with self-written numbers. An old farmhouse near Fürstenfeld has meanwhile served as a creative retreat. There were increasing musical differences between the members: While Bukowski, Jandrisits and Wippel preferred long instrumental improvisations , Millner and Röhrling felt connected to the polyphonic singing of groups such as Crosby, Stills & Nash . Finally, the two "musical aesthetes" Millner and Röhrling as well as the singer Ulli Podrepsek, who had joined them for a short time, left the band. The remaining trio then performed increasingly with songs by Cream , Jimi Hendrix or Taste . Winning the Styrian band competition was followed by some spectacular concerts, including on the legendary music festival Popendorf 71 and the free jazz - trombonist Eje Thelin . On the occasion of an appearance at the Graz art market, the Kleine Zeitung wrote of “deafening beat music” that older semesters would shake their heads about.
In 1972, the Music Machine, which had become a cult band, disbanded and the individual members split up into other groups. While Bukowski switched to Magic 69 , Jandrisits and Wippel founded the Styrian supergroup Mashuun together with Gert Steinbäcker (Mephisto), Franz Posch and Peter Szammer (both Magic 69) .
Discography
Songs
- 2010: Flies (live recording at Kulturhaus Feldbach 1970) *
* The band never released a sound carrier, the title Flies appeared in 2010 on the compilation Rockmusik in der Steiermark until 1975 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Josef Jandrisits : Music Machine. Josef Jandrisits, accessed on November 16, 2019 .
- ↑ David Reumüller, Robert Lepenik & Andreas Heller (ed.): Rock music in Styria to 1975. Edition Keiper , Graz 2010, ISBN 978-3-9502761-7-6 , pp 39-40.
- ↑ a b c Petrus Wippel: Petrus Wippel - The music. Petrus Wippel, 1998, accessed November 16, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Music Machine - Interview with Schiffkowitz. Rockarchiv Steiermark, accessed on November 16, 2019 .
- ↑ a b c d Reumüller et al., Pp. 71-72.
- ↑ a b Bobby Bummler: Music Machine. In: Neue Zeit , edition of June 12, 1970, p. 9.
- ^ 1. Graz Art Market. In: Kleine Zeitung , edition of June 20, 1971, p. 1.