Years active 1980–1982 | Origin Switzerland (1978) | |
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Albums Die Sunrise Tapes, Grauzone 1980-1982 Remastered, Grauzone Members Stephan Eicher, Martin Eicher, Marco Repetto Genres Neue Deutsche Welle, Post-punk Record labels EMI, [PIAS] Germany, mital-U Similar Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft, Fehlfarben, Ideal, She Past Away, Extrabreit Profiles | ||
Grauzone film 2 remastered official video
Grauzone (German for grey area, [ˈɡraʊ̯.tsoːnə]) was a band from Berne, Switzerland that was active and disbanded in the early 1980s.
Contents
- Grauzone film 2 remastered official video
- Grauzone eisbaer remastered official video
- Foundation
- After Grauzone
- Studio albums
- Compilation albums
- Singles
- Songs
- References
Grauzone is most famous for their 1981 hit "Eisbär" ("Polar Bear"). The single charted at #12 in Germany and #6 in Austria. In addition to "Eisbär" they had some success with the singles "Film 2" and "Wütendes Glas".
Grauzone eisbaer remastered official video
Foundation
At the end of 1979, Marco Repetto (drums) and GT (bass) left the punk band Glueams to form a new band called Grauzone with Martin Eicher (guitar, vocals, synthesizer). Martin had already supported Glueams on their single '"Mental". They gave their first concert in March 1980 at club Spex in Berne. Martin's brother Stephan Eicher (guitar, synthesizer), Max Kleiner and Claudine Chirac (saxophone) supplemented the group temporarily in live appearances and recordings.
After ten concerts, four singles and an album the group split up at the end of 1982.
After Grauzone
GT and Marco Repetto formed a new band Missing Link, later Eigernordwand, with the former Glueams guitarist Martin Pavlinec and the drummer Dominique Uldry. GT supplemented the futurism oriented performance group "Red Catholic Orthodox Jewish Chorus" around performance artist Edy Marconi, in which occasionally Marco Repetto also played. Later the group changed their name to I Suonatori.
Stephan Eicher started a successful solo career.
In 1988, Martin Eicher published his solo-EP Spellbound Lovers. In 1989, Marco Repetto started a new career as a Techno and Ambient DJ, musician and producer (a.o. mittageisen v2).
Studio albums
Compilation albums
Singles
Songs
EisbärAmelie on Ice · 2002
Der Weg zu ZweitGrauzone · 1981
Film 2Grauzone · 1981