3 Feet Smaller
3 Feet Smaller is an Austrian Pop-Punk/Rockband from Vienna.
History
3 Feet Smaller were founded in 2000. In the former occupation, the band has already played in 2001 at one of Austria's most famous festival, the Two -Days -a -Week Festival in Burgenland meadows. There they were honored as the best Austro -act of the festival. Two months later they played the only Austrian Act on the A2A music fair in Amsterdam.
The first single from the first album was positioned over several weeks in the FM4 - Top Ten. Already the second single was known about the Austrian borders and over several weeks at number one in the hit parade of the eastern Swiss radio station " toxic.fm ".
In 2004 came the most successful album of the band, 3rd Strike, on the market. In this was, among others, the single " Let it out" until today contain the most famous song of the band. In the same year Schorsch onion Mayer left the band. Was replaced the former bassist of Phillip Hörmann aka. " The General" by the Viennese band dump.
On 23 April 2005, the band WUK in Vienna celebrated its 5th anniversary. Before the concert was " The Dipmaster ", his characters a second guitar player of the band known at that day no longer part of 3 Feet Smaller to be. His partner then took over " The General", the bass was taken over by El Howdy, then bassist for the punk rock band No More Encore. In addition, in 2005 the album 3rd Strike in Japan and France were published and 3 Feet Smaller nominated for the FM4 Alternative Amadeus Award.
2006, the film was released in 3 days you're dead 3 Feet Smaller this contributed several songs to the official soundtrack for.
In 2007, Phillip Hörmann aka left. " The General" the band. His position was no longer vacant, so 3 Feet Smaller occurred after he left as a trio.
After the fans were waiting for a new album by the band for four years, this The pre-release single " Lie Baby Lie " was released on January 2, 2009. Was published in April 2008. To promote the album was created with the friendly Viennese band Julia, who released their new album on October 10, 2008 entitled "The Scars We Hide", called a " contest " to life. This was called "Last band standing ". The users were able to vote online for the better music video for the singles. 3 Feet Smaller sat through this with " Lie Baby Lie " against Julia's "A Hell of Speech" with 58 % -42 %. The Battle followed in October / November 2008, a joint tour of the two bands.
On 29 August 2008 it was announced as part of the performance at the Two -Days -a -Week Festival in Wiesen, the separation of bassist El Howdy, for Hörmann aka Phillip returned. " The General" as a guitarist back in the band. Shortly thereafter, signed 3 Feet Smaller also their first major record deal with the major label Sony Music. On the Danube Island Festival 2010, the band played four of us for the first time in two years. Mark Jurgensen, so far at No More Encore, rising under the pseudonym "The Reverend " as a bass player in the band.
The fifth studio album of the band called 3FS appeared on June 24, 2011.
Live presence
3 Feet Smaller play annually by the 70 concerts in Austria, Germany and Switzerland. And, they already played in Italy, Holland, Hungary, Slovenia and France. They played at all major Austrian festivals - including several times at the FM4 Frequency Festival, the Two Days A Week, the Forest Glade and the Nova Rock Festival, where they played in 2005 as the opening act for Green Day. They also stayed several times at the Danube Island Festival occurred in Vienna.
Also, they played as support further international greats such as The Offspring, Flogging Molly, No Fun At All, Sportfreunde Stiller, Propagandhi, Wir sind Helden, The Donots, Bloodhound Gang, NOFX and The Doctors.
Discography
Studio albums:
- 2001: " Damn, We Need a Title for This Record"
- 2002: "Insert Album Title Here ... "
- 2004: " 3rd Strike "
- 2009: "December 32nd "
- 2011: " 3 Feet Smaller "
- 2005: " Five Years of Bowling Punk" (Live DVD)
EPs, Compilations, Other:
- 2000: " A Very Special Christmas Day" ( Christmas CD)
- 2001: "What About You, Me and a Horse " ( online album )
- 2002: "One Night Stand EP"