Erste Allgemeine Verunsicherung
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| Erste Allgemeine Verunsicherung | ||
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 Singer Klaus Eberhartinger
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| Background information | ||
| Origin |  Austria |
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| Genre(s) | Pop music | |
| Years active | 1978 — present | |
| Label(s) | EMI Austria | |
| Website | eav.at | |
| Members | ||
| Klaus Eberhartinger Franz Kreimer Robert Baumgartner Thomas Spitzer Kurt Keinrath Leo Bei |
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| Former members | ||
| Andy Töfferl Franz Zettl Anders Stenmo Eik Breit Mario Pottazzi Gert Steinbäcker Walter Hammerl (deceased) Günter Schönberger Günter Heinemann Reinhard Brummer Alex Deutsch Nino Holm |
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The EAV (Erste Allgemeine Verunsicherung, German for "First Public Uncertainty") is an Austrian band that got together in 1978. They initially faced legal difficulty in Austria due to the (obviously intended) similarity of their band name to that of the corporation "Erste Allgemeine Versicherung" ("First Public Insurance").
Their songs are mostly jovial in nature, but the lyrics contain hints of social criticism as well. For example, "Cinderella" (1994) is one of their "fun" songs, in which they tell the tale of Cinderella in a funny way: "Sie schlief im Kohlenkeller, trotzdem war sie bettelarm, weil sie von der vielen Kohle, die da lag, zu wenig nahm" ("She slept in the coal cellar, but she was dirt-poor, because she didn't take much of the plentiful coal that lay there"). The word "Kohle" ("coal") is a colloquial word for money in the German language.
More critical lyrics can be seen in the song "Burli" (1987), which tells the story of a boy born shortly after the Chernobyl accident in an exaggerated and humorous way: "Herr Anton hat ein Häuschen mit einem Gartenzwerg und davor, da steht ein Kernkraftwerk. Da gab es eines Tages eine kleine Havarie, die Tomaten war'n so groß wie nie…" ("Mr. Anton has a small house with a little garden, and nearby there's a nuclear power plant. One day there was a small accident - the tomatoes were bigger than ever before…"). Both "Burli" and the song "Afrika" led radio stations to boycott the band.
The EAV often changed their members. The original members are Klaus Eberhartinger (Vocals), Thomas Spitzer (Guitar, background vocals), Kurt Keinrath (Guitar, bass guitar), Leo Bei (Bass guitar), Franz Kreimer (Keyboard) and Robert Baumgartner (Drums).
[edit] Discography
- 1978 "1. Allgemeine Verunsicherung"
- 1981 "Café Passé"
- 1983 "Spitalo Fatalo"
- 1984 "A la Carte"
- 1985 "Geld oder Leben" (Money or life)
- 1985 "Das Beste aus guten und alten Tagen" (The best of good and old days)
- 1987 "Liebe, Tod & Teufel" (Love, Death and Devil)
- 1988 "Kann denn Schwachsinn Sünde sein?" (Can imbecility be a sin?)
- 1988 "Erste Allgemeine Verunsicherung" (GDR-Release)
- 1990 "Neppomuk's Rache" (Neppomuk's Revenge)
- 1991 "Watumba!"
- 1994 "Nie wieder Kunst" (Never ever art)
- 1995 "Kunst Tour '95"
- 1996 "The Grätest Hitz"
- 1997 "Im Himmel ist die Hölle los" (In heaven hell is the matter)
- 1998 "Himbeerland" (Raspberry Country)
- 2000 "Let's Hop to the Pop - Das Aller Beste aber Feste"
- 2000 "Austropop in Tot-Weiss-Tot" (released under the band name "Klaus Eberhartinger und die Gruftgranaten")
- 2003 "Frauenluder"
- 2004 "The Very Best Of"
- 2005 "100 Jahre EAV ...Ihr habt es so gewollt" (100 years EAV... you wanted it)
