The single of the Austrian Hard Rock Band GALLOWS POLE "Summerdays" was released on Soundcloud. The release date of the new album „This Is Rock" on CD August 30th, 2019 via PURE ROCK RECORDS. The pre-order phase will start on August 16th, 2019 in Pure Steel Webshop.
You can get satisfaction! The 9th album from the Austrian cult band GALLOWS POLE is finally ready and you will get even more than you expect. Great songs as usual from driving Hard Rock to dreamy ballads, but fresh and up to date without losing any roots from the past.
Mastermind Alois Martin Binder (vocals/guitars/bass) with his colleagues Andy Wagner (drums), Harald Prikasky (guitars) and Harry Fischer (guitars/vocals) show the BEST what rock has to offer at the moment. New „on stage“: Female vocalist Dina Höblinger, who gives an additional unique touch with her fantastic voice. Needless to say, that this album is a must have!
We want more, more, more!
Coverartwork:
Markus Vesper - http://www.markusvesper.de/
TRACKLIST:
1. Summerdays
2. Heaven Knows
3. Midnight Gambler
4. Point Of No Return
5. You Got Me
6. Daylight
7. When I Sleep
8. Move On Out
9. When You Love
Total Playing Time: 40:42 min
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LINEUP
Alois Martin Binder – vocals, guitars, bass
Dina Höblinger – vocals
Harald Prikasky – guitars
Harry El Fischer – guitars, vocals
Andy Wagner – drums
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GALLOWS POLE was formed back in 1977 in Vienna, Austria. The band members were Alois Martin Binder (vocals, guitars), Reinhard Schebiak (drums) and Walter Novacek (bass). In 1979 the band released their first single “Shut up/Destiny” under the band name ANGELINA. The single was number one in the Austrian charts. Then the band decided to change their name, and so GALLOWS POLE was born.
In 1980 the band went to England to record their first full length album “In Rock We Trust” and signed a deal with CBS (Sony) Records. From the beginning, the album was a huge success and is still a cult-record. It was released all across Europe. To promote the album in the United States, the band went to Los Angeles. GALLOWS POLE signed a record deal with AZRA Records in the States and they released the album “In Rock We Trust” as a picture disc. It was sold out immediately and is a collectors’ item since then.
GALLOWS POLE played a lot of gigs in the States and a few of those rare live recordings can be listened to on the albums “We Wanna Come Home” (re-release, KARTHAGO RECORDS) and “We Wanna Come Home” remasters (BGG-ENTERTAINMENT).
In 1985 the band again went to England to record their second album “We Wanna Come Home”. During these recording sessions the drummer became ill and the recording had to be stopped. The band returned to England two years later to continue the recordings with John Lingwood, the drummer of MANFRED MANN. In 1989 the record was released, but GALLOWS POLE’s drummer unfortunately died. The band decided to stop releasing albums for a while, because there was no other drummer, who was good enough, and John was on tour this time.
In 1992, because of the big demand, GALLOWS POLE released a sampler also called “In Rock We Trust”, including a few songs from “We Wanna Come Home” and the hit-single “Summerrain”. Then Walter Novacek left the band and Alois Martin Binder continued alone. During this time the album “The Smile of the Dolphins” (BGG-Entertainment) was produced, which sounds quite different from the other records; it was released in 1998.
Around this time, Alois Martin Binder got in touch with Stefan Riermaier from Karthago Records, who knew the band from the early days. But it took anothersix years (though the demand for GALLOWS POLE albums never stopped) until Karthago Records and GALLOWS POLE released the album “We Wanna Come Home” again in 2006. Alois Martin Binder had found new musicians by this time: Lubi Ivic (bass) and Stefan Winkler (drums).
The old-time member Günther Steiner is still in the band and plays the keys. In 2007 the album “Gallows Pole IV” was recorded and is available as download all over the world and will be released as CD pretty soon. In 2008 the band started the recordings for the album “Revolution”, which was released on 15 January 2010 by Karthago Records. It seems like it's the best album GALLOWS POLE ever recorded. And maybe “Revolution” will pretty soon also be a cult-album, just as “In Rock We Trust” was before.
DISCOGRAPHY
1982 - In Rock We Trust
1989 - We Wanna Come Home (re-release 2006 on CD)
1999 - The Smile Of The Dolphins
2008 - IV
2010 - Revolution
2011 - Waiting For The Mothership
2013 - And Time Stood Still
2016 - Doors Of Perception
2019 - This Is Rock