Garish

Garish

Garish is an Austrian alternative rock band. After having asserted themselves in the alternative scene inside and outside Austria's borders with their first two records "amaurose pur." and "wo die nacht erzaehlt vom tag", their third album "Absender auf Achse" gained favorable press and fan reaction. Despite German lyrics, it is said that their emotional style of music is their "real language".Fact|date=February 2008

The band was nominated for the Austrian music award "Amadeus" three times (2001, 2003, 2005).Fact|date=February 2008

The band's name is an English adjective meaning dazzling, stridently coloured or excessively ornamented, gaudy, ostentatious, tastelessly showy, tacky or in raucously poor taste.

Members

* Kurth Grath (bass, *1980)
* Christoph Jarmer (guitars, *1981)
* Markus Perner (drums, *1980)
* Julian Schneeberger (guitars, *1980)
* Thomas Jarmer (vocals, *1979)

Albums

* "amaurose pur." (1999)
* "wo die nacht erzaehlt vom tag" (2002)
* "Absender auf Achse" (2004)
* "Tintenfischalarm [Original Soundtrack & Movie Score by garish] " (2006)
* "Parade" (2007)

External links

*de icon [http://www.garish.at www.garish.at ]


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  • Garish — Gar ish (g[^a]r [i^]sh), a. [Cf. OE. gauren to stare; of uncertain origin. Cf. {gairish}.] 1. Showy; dazzling; ostentatious; attracting or exciting attention. The garish sun. A garish flag. Shak. In . . . garish colors. Asham. The garish day. J.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Garish — Allgemeine Informationen Genre(s) Pop Gründung 1997 Website http://www.garish.at …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • garish — [gar′ish, ger′ish] adj. [earlier gaurish, prob. < ME gauren, to stare] 1. too bright or gaudy; showy; glaring [garish colors] 2. gaudily or showily dressed, decorated, written, etc. garishly adv. garishness n …   English World dictionary

  • garish — I adjective bedizened, blatant, blinding, cheap, cheaply magnificent, coarse, crude, dazzling, flamboyant, flashy, flaunting, gaudy, glaring, glittering, in bad taste, indelicate, loud, obtrusive, ostentatious, pompous, pretentious, showy,… …   Law dictionary

  • garish — 1540s, possibly from obsolete M.E. gawren to stare (c.1200), which is of uncertain origin (perhaps from O.N. gaurr rough fellow ) + ISH (Cf. ish). Related: Garishness …   Etymology dictionary

  • garish — *gaudy, tawdry, flashy, meretricious Analogous words: resplendent, gorgeous, *splendid: *showy, ostentatious, pretentious Antonyms: somber …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • garish — [adj] flashy, tasteless blatant, brassy, brazen, cheap, chintzy, flaunting, gaudy, glaring, glittering, kitschy*, loud, meretricious, ornate, ostentatious, overdone, overwrought, raffish, screaming*, showy, tawdry, tinsel, vulgar; concept 589 Ant …   New thesaurus

  • garish — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ obtrusively bright and showy; lurid. DERIVATIVES garishly adverb garishness noun. ORIGIN of unknown origin …   English terms dictionary

  • garish — [[t]ge͟ərɪʃ[/t]] ADJ GRADED (disapproval) You describe something as garish when you dislike it because it is very bright in an unattractive, showy way. They climbed the garish purple carpeted stairs... Residents have boycotted the restaurant… …   English dictionary

  • garish — adjective Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1545 1. clothed in vivid colors 2. a. excessively or disturbingly vivid < garish colors > < garish imagery > b. offensively or distressingly bright ; glaring 3. tastelessly showy …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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