Robby Musenbichler

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Robby Musenbichler at the Donauinselfest 2007

Robby Musenbichler (born January 17, 1955 in Knittelfeld ) is an Austrian guitarist , composer and music producer .

Life

In 1971 Robby Musenbichler performed with the band Freak Out at the Styrian music festival Popendorf 71 . In 1972 he recorded his first record. From 1974 to 1978 he was the guitarist of the band Magic , which at that time also included Boris Bukowski and Günter Timischl ( STS ). In 1978 Musenbichler left Austria for Frankfurt am Main, where he was involved in more than 500 music productions until 1990 as a studio musician, producer and composer.

Frankfurt times

Michael Wynn Band

Robby Musenbichler became a sought-after musician for band projects in Frankfurt. His first stop was the Michael Wynn Band of the singer and guitarist Michael Winzkowski. He played there with the drummer Fritz Matzka (1950-1993), who also came from Austria, and the brothers Norbert Schmitt (bass) and Thomas Schmitt (keyboards). With this formation Musenbichler toured the globe, among other things as support for Uriah Heep . Two LPs by the Michael Wynn Band are now documents of this Musenbichler career phase, well-known songs from this time are Backstage , Waiting for the Day , Lisa and Shanty Town .

Tokyo

In 1981 Robby Musenbichler founded the band Tokyo , in which Fritz Matzka again took part as a drummer and in Klaus Luley a distinctive and extravagant singer and guitarist could be won. Musenbichler was also able to convince two members of the Supermax Band, keyboardist Lothar Krell and bassist Ken Taylor, who later belonged to the regular line-up of the Peter Maffay Band. The title track of the first LP Tokyo became an international hit and is now a classic.

The second LP, Fasten Seat Belts , was released in 1982 and sold even more successfully than the debut album. Keiko, World of Promises and the instrumental ballad Bliss were the highlights of this album. The third LP, San , was released in 1983 and can be described as a mainstream album. With his own plans, however, Klaus Luley left the band and founded Craaft , which is why Tokyo split up in 1984.

Yo-yo

Two years later, Musenbichler returned with a new band called Jojo . With this band he presented a debut album in 1988, the pieces of which are reminiscent of bands like Toto or Journey . This band existed until 1989 before they broke up. Individual musicians founded other bands (e.g. Roko), but they were only moderately successful.

Return to Austria

Robby Musenbichler returned to Austria in 1990 and has lived near Graz ever since . With his projects during his time in Germany, he can tour with Uriah Heep, Colosseum, David Bowie, The Tubes, Hot Chocolate, Meat Loaf, Commodores, Kool & The Gang, Rod Stewart, Robert Palmer, Joe Cocker, The Kinks and others look back. He acted as a sideman in his home country for Boris Bukowski, Bilgeri, Wilfried, Supermax, Gert Steinbäcker, Cari Peyer, EAV, STS and many others.

In 1990 Robby Musenbichler was hired as guitarist for the production Toto in Classic featuring Bobby Kimball . In the same year he produced and composed the song contest number for Thomas Forstner.

In 1992 Robby Musenbichler grabbed the strings in the studio for Marc Storace from the Swiss heavy rock band Krokus , for the Italian pop duo Al Bano and Romina Power and also STS and toured with Bukowski and Bilgeri. He composed the bodybuilding world championship anthem Body and Muscles and also wrote for Frank Farian's Far Corporation .

In 1993, his long-time friend Fritz Matzka died of leukemia. Robby wrote the Special Olympics anthem 10000 People . He stood for people like Johnny Logan, Powerpack, Tony Wegas, Sally Oldfield, Lorry Jones and others in the studio. In 1994 he founded the Robby & The Splash project . In 1995 the debut album Making Waves was released .

Robby Musenbichler has been the guitarist of the Rainhard Fendrich Band since 1999, on stage and in the studio. In 2004 Musenbichler founded the ROX4 project .

Further musical work

Activities as guitarist, singer, composer and producer - approx. 1000 music productions internationally

  • Chi Coltrane
  • Jennifer Rush
  • Tony Carey (ex Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow)
  • Boney M.
  • The Searchers
  • Johnny Logan
  • Bobby Womack
  • Neville Brothers
  • Sally Oldfield
  • Nino de Angelo
  • Milva
  • Richard Sanderson
  • Chris Norman
  • Planet P.
  • Far Corporation
  • Peter Hoffmann
  • Edo Zanki
  • Ina Deter
  • Markus
  • Hubert Kah
  • Yo-yo
  • Tokyo

Music productions Austria

International studio sessions

Composer, producer and singer for event productions

  • the Special Olympics anthem 10,000 People
  • the bodybuilder world championship anthem Body & Muscles
  • the song contest title for Thomas Forstner and Boris Bukowskis Kokain .

Event activities

  • For Frank Farian's Far Corporation , Musenbichler was the winner of the Austria Song Competition with Austria .
  • The stadium song Ready to win opened the Arnold Schwarzenegger Stadium.
  • With his band Robby & Splash and an orchestra, he opened two state exhibitions and World Ski Championships, for which he also wrote the anthem Reach for the Skies .

Founding member of the bands

  • Tokyo
  • Yo-yo
  • Robby & Splash

other activities

  • Since his return to Austria, Musenbichler has been running his own recording studio, in which he produces recordings for his band Robby & Splash , commercials, film music and demos with young musicians.
  • His guitars are u. a. can also be heard in the respective film music by Starmania , Kommissar Rex , Schloßhotel Orth and on Eurosport .
  • As a studio musician, Musenbichler worked with the hit bands Nik P. & Reflex , Rose Visions , Mr. Voice and Rio Rio .
  • Musenbichler can be heard as a producer, composer or guitarist in the techno sector as well as on party and party CD productions.
  • After his commitment to Jugend am Werk , for which he wrote and produced the song Side by Side , he founded the band ROX 4 in 2004 .
  • Robby played on June 23, 2007 with Rainhard Fendrich at the Danube Island Festival in front of 200,000 people, instead of and for Georg Danzer .

Awards

For his commitment to the Special Olympics, which were carried out in 1993 under the patronage of Arnold Schwarzenegger, he received the Golden Medal of Honor of the State of Styria from Governor Josef Krainer .

Borderless

David Bell, Ken Taylor and Linda Rocco and Edo Zanki took part as co-authors . Rainy Days was written for Frank Farian's Far Corporation , with Bobby Kimball singing from Toto. With “Takin it easy” you can hear Depeche Mode drummer Christian Eigner differently than usual. Keiko and Too high - two tracks that he wrote for Tokyo were re-produced for ROX4 on "Borderless" . In fashion arose in a time when there was still no rap or hip-hop and he was already making use of these elements.

Discography

Band albums

  • Tokyo with Tokyo (1981)
  • Fasten Seat Belts with Tokyo (1982)
  • San with Tokyo (1983)
  • Back to the Fire with Tokyo (1986)
  • Jojo with Jojo (1989)
  • Makin 'Waves with Robby & Splash (1995)
  • Wheels in Motion with Robby & Splash (1997)
  • Bursting Bubbles with Robby & Splash (1998)
  • Pearls with Robby & Splash (1998)
  • Changes with Robby & Splash (2002)
  • Breaking Ground with Rox4 (2004)
  • The Path of Life with Rox4 (2006)
  • Borderless with Rox4 (2007)
  • Look at your World with Rox4 (2012)

Solo albums

  • Magic guitars solo project (1999)
  • Magic guitars - Volume 2 solo project (expected release date 2008)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Styrian "Woodstock". ORF , June 27, 2019, accessed on November 10, 2019 .
  2. ↑ [1]
personal data
SURNAME Musenbichler, Robby
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian guitarist, composer and music producer
DATE OF BIRTH 17th January 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Knittelfeld