Krautschädl is an
Austria
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n rock band from
Wels
Wels (; Central Bavarian: ''Wös'') is a city in Upper Austria, on the Traun River near Linz. It is the county seat of Wels-Land, and with a population of approximately 60,000, the eighth largest city in Austria.
Geography
Wels is in the H ...
(
Upper Austria
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). Despite their name, the group cannot be considered a
Krautrock
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act. The band performs a mix of
rock
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* Rock music, a genre of popular music
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,
funk
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, and
ska
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, and they also draw some influences from
metal
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. The lyrics to their songs are in the
Upper Austrian dialect.
Background
In spring 2004 Krautschädl began playing concerts. One year later they released their first demo tape with 3 tracks -''s'Gösserl'', ''Zeit zum Denga'' ("Time to Think") and ''Sandlerstah''- and started recording tracks for their album. They finally signed in with
Sony BMG
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and re-recorded these tracks in 2005. In March 2006 their first eponymous LP was released and subsequently the single ''Zeit zum Denga'' was played on the Austrian TV-channel "GoTV".
In February 2012 they participated in the national preselection contest for the
Eurovision Song Contest 2012
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with the song "Einsturzgefohr".
And a song released on 2014 for the WM "gib ma scho den boi".
In 2015 come the album "Immer mit da Ruhe".
In 2019 they gave their final concert in
Salzburg
Salzburg (, ; literally "Salt-Castle"; bar, Soizbuag, label=Bavarian language, Austro-Bavarian) is the List of cities and towns in Austria, fourth-largest city in Austria. In 2020, it had a population of 156,872.
The town is on the site of the ...
after they announced that they would dissolve.
Discography
* ''Demo-CD''
P(2004)
* ''Krautschädl''
P(2006)
* ''Da Wein''
ingle(2006)
* ''Im Kraut''
P(2007)
* ''GemmaGemma''
P(2011)
* ''Da Sommla''
ingle(2015)
* ''Feiah Fonga''
ingle(2015)
* ''Imma mit da Ruhe''
P(2015)
Members
* Philipp "Mölgie" Sikora – vocals/guitar
* Stefan "Sonti" Sonntagbauer – bass guitar
* Lukas "Plescha" Plescher – drums
References
External links
Official homepage; (in German)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Krautschaedl
Austrian rock music groups