Tom Pettings heart attacks

Tom Pettings heart attacks
General information
Genre (s)	New Wave , New German Wave
founding	1980
resolution	1985
Last occupation
Vocals , guitar	Eberhard Forcher ("Tom Petting")
Guitar, vocals	Peter Gruber ("Peter Groover")
guitar	Klaus Egger
Bass , vocals	Walter Marchart
Drums	Helmut Mutschlechner
Keyboard	Franz Dorfner ("Fono dor")
former members
bass	Christian Brandl ("Christian Crucifix", "Christian Cholera", "Chromosome")
Keyboard	Gerrit Engelke

Tom Pettings Hertzattacken was an Austrian rock band that was founded in 1980 by Eberhard Forcher and which landed an Austropop hit in 1983 with Bis zum Himalaya . The name of the band was based on the American band Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers .

history

The band was founded in 1980, and within a week both the band and the first gig in the Amerlinghaus in Vienna .

Already in June 1980 the band was represented with Tonight on the sampler EP Donaustrand and the following year with Radio Radio on the compilation Wienmusikk by the Schallter label and with All That I Can Feel Is Not for Real on U4 Live .

In 1982 the first album Tom Pettings Hertzattacken was released with the single Endlich on the radio and the following year the second album Parties nach Zwölf followed with the single Bis zum Himalaya , which, however, was to remain the only real hit (and the only chart position) of the band.

In 1985 the band broke up after they had released the album Echo der Liebe under the name Tom Petting & die Silhouetten .

Discography

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Singles

To the Himalayas   AT 18th 09/15/1983 (2 weeks)

Singles
year	Band name	title	Remarks
1982	Tom Pettings heart attacks	Finally on the radio	c / w stick in iron
		Natalie	c / w Cold times
1983		To the Himalayas	c / w Get out of here
		Televisions	c / w Without di
		All or nothing	c / w All or Nothing (instrumental)
1985	Tom Petting & the Silhouettes	Echo of love	c / w The only game in town
		A piece of heaven	c / w Nothing can happen to us

LPs
year	Band name	title
1982	Tom Pettings heart attacks	Tom Pettings heart attacks
1983		Parties after twelve
1985	Tom Petting & the Silhouettes	Echo of love

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ORF customer service: Eberhard Forcher ( Memento of the original dated December 24, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ Sources for chart placements: AT , accessed on August 28, 2011.

Web links

• SRA: Tom Pettings heart attacks