Garish, formed in February 1997, is an

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

alternative rock Alternative rock, or alt-rock, is a category of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1970s and became widely popular in the 1990s. "Alternative" refers to the genre's distinction from Popular culture, mainstre ...

band. After having asserted themselves in the alternative scene inside and outside Austria's borders with their first two records ''amaurose pur.'' and ''wo die nacht erzaehlt vom tag'', their third album ''Absender auf Achse'' gained favorable press and fan reaction. The band was nominated for the Austrian music award "Amadeus" five times (2001, 2003, 2005, 2008 and 2010), but never won it. The band's name is an English adjective meaning dazzling, stridently coloured or excessively ornamented, gaudy, ostentatious, tastelessly showy, tacky or in raucously poor taste. Other music projects with garish' band members include "Polman Reisen" (Thomas Jarmer & Matthias Kertal), "Esteban's" (Christoph Jarmer), "...Auf Pomali" (Julian Schneeberger with others), "Bo Candy And His Broken Hearts" (Julian Schneeberger with others) and "The Beautiful Kantine Band" (Markus Perner; 2002 to 2007)

Members

* Kurth Grath (bass, melodica, synthesizer, backing vocals *1980) * Markus Perner (drums, percussion, piano *1980) * Julian Schneeberger (guitars, banjo, percussion, glockenspiel, piano *1980) * Thomas Jarmer (vocals, piano, accordion, acoustic guitar, e-guitar, keyboards, synthesizer, oypiano, banjo, percussion, hammond, glockenspiel, singing saw *27/04/1979) File:Garish Heimatsound Festival 2015 (08).jpg, Thomas Jarmer File:Garish Heimatsound Festival 2015 (25).jpg, Julian Schneeberger File:Garish Heimatsound Festival 2015 (28).jpg, Markus Perner File:Garish Heimatsound Festival 2015 (14).jpg, Kurt Grath Former member: * Christoph Gausch (hammond & live effects; August 2000 to April 2001) * Christoph Jarmer (guitars, percussion, glockenspiel, rhodes, synthesizer *1981)

Albums

* ''Amaurose pur.'' (2000) * ''Wo die Nacht erzählt vom Tag'' (2002) * ''Absender auf Achse'' (2004) * ''Zu Gast im Studio 2'' (Live album from a radio session; 2005) * ''Tintenfischalarm'' (original soundtrack, 2006) * ''Parade'' (2007) * ''Wenn dir das meine Liebe nicht beweist'' (2010) * ''Trumpf'' (2014) * ''Komm schwarzer Kater'' (2017)

External links

www.garish.at

(Austrian Fansite with complete discography) Austrian alternative rock groups {{Austria-band-stub