Excuse Me Moses
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Excuse Me Moses is an Austria
n rock
band
from Vienna
.
Deduction in 2002 and released their album Perfekta in 2004 which shortly appeared on #42 in the Austrian charts. They didn't reach a broad audience with their Funk rock
music style. After Gerhard Bergauer had left the band in May 2005, Martin Scheer appeared at the drums. Funkalicious redefined themselves as Excuse Me Moses and emphasized their style on rock music.
. They reached third place. In the course of the promotion of the band contest, the band played as a warm-up at a concert of Bon Jovi
and Nickelback
in Innsbruck
in May 2006.
Excuse Me Moses signed a record contract and released their single Summer Sun which reached #33 in Austria. Some months later their second single Not In Love Anymore came out, but it was no success.
Excuse Me Moses released their first album 1st Last Will in June 2007, climbing up to #13 in the Austrian album charts. In this time they also had a third single called Butterfly Tree/Vital Signs, reaching #20 in the single charts.
In the same month they performed their largest gigs at the Austrian Nova Rock festival and the Vienna Donauinselfest
.
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
n rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
band
Musical ensemble
A musical ensemble is a group of people who perform instrumental or vocal music. In classical music, trios or quartets either blend the sounds of musical instrument families or group together instruments from the same instrument family, such as string ensembles or wind ensembles...
from Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
.
Funkalicious
The band was formed in 2000 under the name Funkalicious. They produced the EPExtended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
Deduction in 2002 and released their album Perfekta in 2004 which shortly appeared on #42 in the Austrian charts. They didn't reach a broad audience with their Funk rock
Funk rock
Funk rock is a music genre that fuses funk and rock elements. Its earliest incarnation was heard in the late 1960s through the mid-1970s by acts such as the Jimi Hendrix Experience , Eric Burdon and War, Trapeze, Parliament-Funkadelic, Betty Davis and Mother's Finest. The 1990s were known for acts...
music style. After Gerhard Bergauer had left the band in May 2005, Martin Scheer appeared at the drums. Funkalicious redefined themselves as Excuse Me Moses and emphasized their style on rock music.
Excuse Me Moses
In 2005 the band took part in the Ö3 Soundcheck band contest arranged by the Austrian radio station Hitradio Ö3Hitradio Ö3
Hitradio Ö3 is one of the national radio stations of Austria's state-run broadcaster ORF.The station focuses on contemporary music. Until 1995 its schedules included many specialist music shows, but following a reorganization of ORF's channels shortly before the introduction in Austria of private...
. They reached third place. In the course of the promotion of the band contest, the band played as a warm-up at a concert of Bon Jovi
Bon Jovi
Bon Jovi is an American rock band from Sayreville, New Jersey. Formed in 1983, Bon Jovi consists of lead singer and namesake Jon Bon Jovi , guitarist Richie Sambora, keyboardist David Bryan, drummer Tico Torres, as well as current bassist Hugh McDonald...
and Nickelback
Nickelback
Nickelback is a Canadian rock band from Hanna, Alberta. Since 1995 the band has included guitarist and lead vocalist Chad Kroeger, guitarist and back-up vocalist Ryan Peake and bassist Mike Kroeger.. The band's current drummer and percussionist is Daniel Adair who has been with the band since 2005....
in Innsbruck
Innsbruck
- Main sights :- Buildings :*Golden Roof*Kaiserliche Hofburg *Hofkirche with the cenotaph of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor*Altes Landhaus...
in May 2006.
Excuse Me Moses signed a record contract and released their single Summer Sun which reached #33 in Austria. Some months later their second single Not In Love Anymore came out, but it was no success.
Excuse Me Moses released their first album 1st Last Will in June 2007, climbing up to #13 in the Austrian album charts. In this time they also had a third single called Butterfly Tree/Vital Signs, reaching #20 in the single charts.
In the same month they performed their largest gigs at the Austrian Nova Rock festival and the Vienna Donauinselfest
Donauinselfest
The Donauinselfest is an annual open-air free music festival happening on Vienna, Austria's Donauinsel. It usually happens in mid-June...
.
Albums
| Year | Albums | Austria Austria Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the... |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Deduction (EP, as Funkalicious) | – |
| 2004 | Perfekta (as Funkalicious) | 42 |
| 2007 | 1st Last Will | 13 |
Singles
| Year | Singles | Austria Austria Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the... |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Summer Sun | 33 |
| Not In Love Anymore | – | |
| 2007 | Butterfly Tree/Vital Signs Butterfly Tree/Vital Signs "Butterfly Tree/Vital Signs" is the third single by the Austrian rock band Excuse Me Moses. It was released on May 11, 2007 and peaked #20 in the Ö3 Austria Top 40. It is their second single which was able to reach the charts after Summer Sun in 2006... |
20 |