Solrize
| Solrize | |
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 Solrize backstage before the Europe Support gig (January 31, 2010) |
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| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Stoner rock |
| founding | 2006 |
| Website | www.solrize.com |
| Current occupation | |
| Elvis Nine | |
| Michele Fontanarosa (since 2013) | |
| Simone Vian (since 2013) | |
| Alberto Trevisan (since 2013) | |
| former members | |
Drums |
Markus Freudenthaler (until 2009) |
bass |
Martin Hosserek (until 2011) |
guitar |
Marco Kohl (until 2012) |
Drums |
Mike Gröger (2009-2012) |
bass |
Arthur Darnhofer (2011–2012) |
Solrize is an originally Austrian , now in Italy -based, stoner rock band.
history
Solrize was born in December 2006 by Martin Hosserek (former guitarist with Only Attitude Counts), Elvis Nine (formerly vocals and drums with PSY-9), Marco Kohl and Markus Freudenthaler (formerly drums with EMS and Cyruss) in Vienna , Austria founded.
In June 2007 Solrize played their first gig at the aftershow party in the Vienna Arena following the open air concert of Queens of the Stone Age . In August Solrize recorded their first demo EP with six songs in a recording studio in Vienna.
In February 2008, the first album March of the Maraboo was recorded in the same studio.
2009 was Solrize's most successful year to date. Mike Gröger, who also operates the drums at Hollenthon , replaced Markus Freudenthaler on drums in the spring. The album March of the Maraboo was nominated for the Amadeus Austrian Music Awards in the categories "Hard & Heavy" and "Album". Solrize also opened for Marilyn Manson and ZZ Top .
In 2010 concerts followed in the U4 , in the Gasometer as a support band for Europe , at the Donauinselfest , in the Arena (Vienna) as a support band for Garcia Plays Kyuss and at the opening of the Two Days a Week festival in Wiesen .
In 2011 the band played again at the Donauinselfest and took over the support for Rob Zombie in the Vienna Gasometer. In August, the second album was recorded in California in the studio of Scott Reeder , the former bassist of The Obsessed and Kyuss , who also acted as producer. This album is called Mano Cornuta . Shortly afterwards, bassist Martin Hosserk left the band. He was replaced by Arthur Darnhofer.
In June 2012 Solrize played at the picture on festival . Then guitarist Marco Kohl left the band. He was followed a few months later by Mike Gröger and Arthur Darnhofer.
At the end of 2012, the band in Italy was completely re-formed with Simone Vian on bass, Michele Fontanarosa on guitar and Alberto Trevisan. Elvis Nine is the only remaining founding member in the band.
In 2013 Solrize are again nominated for the Amadeus Austrian Music Awards in the “Hard & Heavy” category for their album Mano Cornuta .
Discography
- 2007: Demo (EP)
- 2008: March of the Maraboo (album, Burnside Records)
- 2012: Mano Cornuta (Album, Go Down Records)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ M. ETL interview with Elvis Nine from August 14, 2010
- ↑ Blinddog article ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Stormbringer Live Report from June 20, 2011
- ↑ Stormbringer SOLRIZE - Studio Diary
- ↑ Stormbringer Live Report from December 9, 2011
- ↑ Stormbringer Live Report from June 10, 2012
- ↑ a b Facebook official Facebook page
- ↑ Amadeus Awards nominees for the category Hard & Heavy 2013 ( Memento of the original from December 28, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
