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 WIPEOUT - THE STORY SO FAR...
Wipe Out was found in 1992 as the result of a free-style electronic/techno jam at the end of an extatic X-Mass-Party, where they played a wild sound mixture produced with turntables, tapeloops, DATs, analogue-synthesizers, guitars and vocals. Even though the majority of the audience left the club because of the immense loundess and weird noises and sounds, they were hired for playing a show at a big local festival. Based on the effect their music had on the audience they decided to call the band WIPE OUT and played their second ever gig in front of over 700 people. After this show WIPEOUT got offers from all over Austria and started playing with bands like Consolidated, Attwenger, Disharmonic Orchestra, Scorn, Dodgy, Fetish 69 to name but a few.
In 1993 Wipe Out released their first CD "COME INTO MY BIOMECHANICAL LOVEBOAT", which sold over 1000 copies in Austria without distribution in less then one year. The CD got euphoric reviews in the?national music press and at the end of 1993 Wipe Out entered the year pools of several music magazines as "best austrian band" and "best austrain debut of the year". But Wipe Out was also successful in the critic's pool of the "Rot-Weiss-Rote"-Radio. Their song "Lenny" (about Elvis Presley and Jimi Hendrix coming back from their graves to kill Lenny Kravitz) won place four, the entire CD got place six in the album charts and the band was labeled fourth-best dance act.
After this successful year the band started recording their second CD entitled "COUNTRY & WESTERN" and finished the work on it in early 1994. Due to mismanagement and troubles with the record label the CD was released in 1997. Instead of getting into a state of depression WIPE OUT hit the road and played shows in nearly every place in Austria and also crossed the boarders to do a two weeks tour in Germany (with british industrial-metal-heads Skin Limit Show, Ex-Pitch Shifter) and several gigs in Budapest (Hungaria) and Ljublijana (Slovenia).
Even they had no actual record out WIPE OUT again entered the pole positions in the year pools of the national music magazines and confirmed their reputation as Austria's best live performing group. 1995 saw the release of their genuine masterpiece "SWAMPS OF HAPPINESS". Till this day the CD has sold over 3000 copies in Austria, which is a very big ammount in terms of the independent business, specially for a little country like Austrian. At this time the average number of the WIPE OUT live audience raised constantly. Often billed with no support band, but accompanied with selected DJs, WIPE OUT got realy famous for their extatic and entertaining shows which often can last over two hours if the audience "makes" it. At the end of the year WIPE OUT had finally strengthened their position as "best austrian band". Their international format was also shown at the year pool of the national independent-radio station FM4. With their song "I've Started To Read" WIPE OUT engaged place three, beaten only by Tricky and The Prodigy.
Now, on their 1996 CD "SALIVA" you can hear the whole potential of WIPE OUT in full force. It's a schizophrenic journey into strange sounds and sleazy grooves. By mixing Techno, House, Dub, Industrial, Trip Hop, Ambient, Electronic Listening, Disco and Glam-Pop they produce a bizarre dancefloor full of fake sweetishness, gutter glamour, mental, psychic, physical and sexual irritations. Hybride electronic popmusic-deformations your ears won't believe, but your feet wanna dance to. Get yourself a WIPE OUT massage and taste the saliva!
In 1997 Wipeout released a remix 12" with four mixes by Image 2040, Sonic Fusion, Opproductive. Having troubles with their record company CCP Wipeout had to wait until 1999 to release new material. In january 1999 Wipeout released a 4-track MCD "WIPEOUT" which was only distibuted in Austria and sold at shows. The cd sold about 1000 copies within some months. At the end of 1999 Dee Dee Neidhart left the band and after playing half a year as a duo Dieter Kern, drummer of Fuckhead fame joined Wipeout on electronic drums and as composer. After a year of performing Kern got totally into the Wipeout thing and started to compose several tunes for the band. The same did Alex Jöchtl, an excellent guitar player and our soundman who transformed from a rocker into an electronic music zealot.
In the mid of 2000 Wipeout started to produce two records: a CD for the NÖ-Donaufestival Edition and a 7" for KLANGGALERIE. The CD "Nestroy.SetNewParameters ("Wipeout",2001)" was presented in June 2001 at the NÖ-Donaufestival and smashed the audience because of German vocals. At the request of the festival Wipeout had to bring the lyrics of Johann Nepomuk Nestroy (Austrian "super"-poet from the 18th century) alive in an updated version. Tracks like "Der Zerissene" made journalists swarm that a new age of "Austro-Pop" started and fans of German lyrics persuaded the band to switch into German. Fascinated by the idea Wipeout think about a late 2002 release with harsh industrialiued disco tunes with german lyrics for the industrial obscure label KLANGGALERIE which released early 2001 a very limited 7" edition (150 copies).
2002 Wipeout released a new album for ANGELIKA KÖHLERMANN "ANTHMENS FOR THE UNDERACHIVERS": "Straight out austrias "stahlstadt" linz come these three gentlemen with a truck full of loaded weapons, aiming at your ears, hearts and minds. Forget everything you heard about electronic pop music and open wide to recieve an ultimate mix of petshopboys-like eurodisco sound, with a sexy touch of Amanda Lear, blendend with harsh "pansonical" technobasskillertrax and vocals that make you cry... "Athems For The Underachievers", WIPEOUTs new release on Angelika Koehlermann, features 11 top-tracks and 4 videoclips, showing WIPEOUT live on stage. Only out since a few days - already a legendary album. Dont let it pass by, catch it while you can and get infected with that unstoppable "WIPEOUT"-virus. Or, feel seriously sorry for a lifetime! Make up your mind, leave all behind!"
2004 erschien das Album "Black Light District Boys" auf dem Liebhaber-Label Klanggalerie.
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Wipeout sind:
DIDI BRUCKMAYR - vocals. Also known as singer / frontman of the radical music/extreme body performance-avantgarde band FUCKHEAD. These pranksters really kick ass in the tradition of the viennese actionists. If in doubt, just ask fans like The Jim Rose Circus - Sideshow.
WOLFGANG "FADI" DORNINGER - synths, samples, programming, electronics. The pioneer of experimental electronic pop and lounge music in Austria. With bands like Monochrome Bleu and Josef K. Noyce he played shows all over europe an did several US-tours.
DIETER KERN - electronic drums, programming. Dieter is bandmember since autumn 1999. He plays also drums for FUCKHEAD, PEST, WOK. Releases music as Dual 606, The K. for base records, Dow_Funk_Index and Mego.
ALEX JÖCHTL: sound engineer. Plays guitar in bands like WOK, The Smiling Buddhas, sound engineer also for Fuckhead, Attwenger, Salzburg Festival.
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