Guitar
Player, Singer, Songwriter and more.....
Michael was born in Wels, Austria on a 5th of October.
He started playing classical guitar at the age of 12 at a private classical
guitar school in Lambach in Upper Austria near his hometown.This was not that
kind of stuff he wanted to play, but important basics for his further way. So
he bought some books to learn the basic stuff for playin electric guitar. He
practiced exercising nearly every day and found his first band with some friends
called "EINBAHN". He had the first gig at the age of 17 in a local
club. Now he knew what he would like to do: To be on stage as often as possible!
Here some bands he played with:
1980 - 1983"EINBAHN"
1983 - 1984 "ASH" (with a few members of Einbahn)
1984 - 1991 "SPLIT" -In SPLIT he also was the leadsinger and recorded
2 singles and a lot of demotapes. with both singles they entered the austrian
top 40 charts and they did a lot of shows in the german spoken area. The airplay
was very well at the radio stations and for the first time he got some money
for playing guitar...that was really cool;-) In 1990 the bandmembers of SPLIT
went their own ways and quit playing in bands.
1991 - 1993 " Surrender" - a local metal band where mike played together
for the first time with leadsinger RITCHIE KRENMAIER. mike & ritchie grew
up in the same street in their hometown and they are still good friends. ritchie
also is the singer in mike’s current band DELLA STREET and in the well known
metal band from salzburg "STYGMAIV".
1993 - 1995 "PHOENIXX" in phoenix he also did the part of the leadsinger
and played support shows for bands like: DEEP PURPLE, JETHRO TULL,SWEET, PRETTY
MAIDS only to name a few.
1995 - 1997 "MIND GALLERY" in mind gallery mike tried to go the progressive
way of rock and he wrote some great songs together with ritchie, who joined
the band to put in his great voice. they did a couple of shows in local clubs
and one of it was recorded on video tape which still exists. this was the music
mike really loved and a lot of songs were written by him, but not performed
anymore because the other members prefered other ways to go in their private
life.
1997- 2007 "DELLA STREET" - one of the most important music projects,
because this was the first time mike did it as a professional. Until now he
nearly played 350 shows with della street and a lot more will follow. della
street is a cover rock project with some great musicians.
Currently Michael is responsible for the booking & management and website
maintance.
2005 - 2007 "WATERLOO & ROBINSON" - in summer 2005 mike already
had the second request from the very well known austrian pop duo waterloo &
robinson to join them on the guitar. waterloo & robinson are the performers
of such great hits like "HOLLYWOOD, BABY BLUE, MY LITTLE WORD and a lot
more. mike enjoys his work with them and they will have a good time together!
2005 - ? "KARMA KILLER" is that project formerly known as "MIND
GALLERY". The name mind gallery already is used by other bands, so michael
decided to rename it in KARMA KILLER. the line up consists of great musicians
and already 7 songs those exist again to be revised and recorded.
2007 - ? "STEIRERBLUAT" Since the End of August Michael is the new
Guitar Player in the very well known and succesful Austrian Pop Band. He will
play 180 - 200 Shows per year, what means this is his main job now. The band
has a major deal with Sony BMG and will release new Albums regularly. The Steirerbluat
Guys are really great people and musicians and Michael enjoys their company!
