| Cornerstone | |
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F.l.t.r.: Steve, Patricia, Michael and Mike |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Moedling, Lower Austria, Austria |
| Genres | Rock, Pop, Mainstream rock |
| Years active | 1998 – present |
| Labels | ATOM Records (U.S.A.) |
| Website | www.cornerstone.co.at |
| Members | |
| Patricia Hillinger Michael Wachelhofer Steve Wachelhofer Mike Pawlowitsch |
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| Past members | |
| Markus Bousska Hannah Wachter Martin Key Anja Schirmer Carina Sethaler |
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Cornerstone is an Austrian rock band formed in 1998 in Moedling, Lower Austria. The band has gone through several phases, but its strongest success came 2008, when they signed a record deal with US-label ATOM Records and released their debut "Head Over Heels” in the same year. ATOM is working with artists like Jon Butcher and Barefoot Servants in the United States.[1] In March 2008 the band has won the “Next Big Thing Contest,” sponsored by Alternative Addiction, and reached No. 1 on Chungardio (Scottsdale/AZ, U.S.A.) Statesides.[2] In the same year the band toured Austria and UK, where they did a lot of interviews at radio stations, f.e. on ARFM-Radio/London with the legendary Steve Price. In 2009 another UK tour happened, the band appeared at the famous Z Rock Festival, together with Ted Poley and John Waite (Ex-Bad English, Ex-The Babys), and in summer 2009 they did a three weeks USA-tour and appeared on several Radio- and TV-stations. In the spring of 2011, Cornerstone released their sophomore effort “Somewhere In America”, which first pressing sold out within three weeks and do several shows in Austria, the surrounding countries and in the UK.
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The band started in summer 1998, when Steve and Michael Wachelhofer began to play bass/guitar and formed a band, together with drummer Markus Bousska, interpreting cover songs, originally played by The Cure, R.E.M. and Soul Asylum. During this period the band started writing their first originals, but a few internal difficulties arose - new band members came and went again - and after many personnel changes, some moderately successful gigs and a disastrous recording-session, which has never been finished, the band teetered on the brink of collapse in summer 2004. But after Hannah Wachter and Rock-Shouter Anja Schirmer joined the band per accident, the band decided to go forward.
In 2007 the band played on several Open-Air Festivals in Europe, f.e. in Italy at the "Spirit of Woodstock Festival". In accordance to this, the band started to record their debut "Head Over Heels", which was released in 2008 and received very positive reviews from the European and American press and radios.[3] The worldwide promotion tour for the album was done with Carina Sethaler (voc, g) and Martin Key (dr, perc), the optimum Line-Up was found after the tour with Mike Pawlowitsch on drums, who has already played in some local bands before, and the talent Patricia Hillinger. Hillinger: "The people, the music they make, everything was great from the very beginning. I knew one thing right away: If I want to play in a band, then in this one".[4]
Although the band registered their bandname as international trademark, there is another band used this name, too, so they have mostly added an ® or an (AT) to their bandname.[5]
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