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Gerspunken is a glam/metal band from Mayrhofen, Austria. Formed in 2002, the band released their first album, ''Geworden Spunker!'' ('Get Spunked!') in 2005. Gerspunken's combination of classical instrumentals and themes into their tracks (The band's front-man and bassist Bruno Speltervasser and lead guitarist Hans Burstein met whilst studying at the Konservatorium Wien, Vienna's Conservatorium of Music, in 2001) is unique in the glam genre. This facet of their composition has attracted mixed criticism,〔Harpen, Dan, ''Bad Alchemy'', "Taking Punk Head-On", Issue 51 July 2006〕 as has their utilization of electronic music generation.〔 == Origins == The group’s origins can be traced to the time Speltervasser and Burstein spent at the Konservatorium Wien in 2001. The duo were familiar with each other from their youth in the Tyrolean town of Mayrhofen, and had worked together for a short period at the Peter Habeler Mountaineering Academy during the summer of 2000. Burstein, born in Poland, moved to Austria when he was seven. The pair were accomplished young musicians at this point but played exclusively in the classical genre, Burstein as a flautist and Speltervasser playing Violin and Viola for the Tyrolean Youth Orchestra. Burstein took up a position at the Konservatorium in late 2000 at the suggestion of his parents, and Speltervasser joined his friend at the institution the following year. ===Konservatorium Incident=== During 2002 the duo caused considerable drama at the Conservatorium, which Speltervasser accounted to his disenchantment with the rigid and uncreative structures of the institution. Immediately before the annual enrollment, Burstein changed his name by deed-poll from ''Hans Rinehold Burstein'' to ''Megatrön'', with the specific intention of irritating the college staff who by law were forced to print the Annual Vienna Orchestral Roll with Burstein's new legal name. When asked by the Konservatorium's Dean about the deed-poll incident, Burstein claimed that he had been "..inspired by Megatron's example of fortitude and leadership in the quest of the Decepticons for the Creation Matrix," and that the gratuitous heavy metal umlaut was the "sign of the beast."〔Burstein, H., Interview with Greysteins, D of http://www.metal-planet.com Oct 2005〕 When the Konservatorium demanded that he change the registered name, Burstein refused and consulted a friend engaged in legal studies and successfully petitioned the authorities to allow him to register his new legal name in the Tutonic Blackletter of the Mötley Crüe Logo, thus becoming the only person in Austrian history to have legal name in a specific font. After his expulsion from the Konservatorium, Burstein changed his name back to that of his birth. Disenchanted with the classical establishment, the duo resigned from their courses in 2002, joining with fellow Mayrhofen local Karl Steiner, then living in Vienna playing drums for a local band, and Munich guitarist and singer Reinhold Mayer. During the summer of 2002 the band played in many venues throughout Vienna and at Tyrol, and were the resident act at the Blue Tomato Nightclub on Johnstrasse in Vienna. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gerspunken」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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