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STS
12+ albums
austropopaustrianMundartrapdeutsch
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There are at least six artists with this name: 1) acoustic Austrian trio; 2) a rapper from Atlanta who moved to Philadelphia; 3) a dutch band; 4) a solo project from William Rehn of Detroit, Michigan, currently based in Los Angeles; 5) Hardcore band from Punxsutawney, PA; 6) French jazz trio; 1) S.T.S. is an Austrian band-trio that was founded in 1978 by Gert Steinbäcker, Günter Timischl and Schiffkowitz (also known as Helmut Röhrling ). All three musicians were born in Styria (a state/ Bundesland of Austria). This not only influenced the lyrics of a lot of songs, they also sing their songs in Styrian dialect. All three play acoustic guitar and they sing their refrains in three voices, while the solo-part of the song is, except of some songs, sung alone by the composer of the song. It is believed that the band "Crosby, Stills and Nash" was an important role model for S.T.S. Till now S.T.S. received 13x gold, 8x platin, 2x double-platin and 1x quadruple-platin for their productions. They gained a big part of their popularity and famousness due to the loyalty to their own musical style and their love & passion for live-performances. One of their most famous songs are beneath of „Fürstenfeld“ and „Da kummt die Sunn“: „Großvater“, „Gö, Du bleibst heut Nacht bei mir“, „Wunder meiner Seligkeit“, „Überdosis G'fühl“ and „Irgendwann bleib i dann dort“. The early years: All three musicians went separate ways till 1975 and played in several different Styrian and German bands till t
