.sPout. was founded in April 1997 in Graz - Austria. Aaron recorded the first versions of the .sPout. songs in his flat with his computer. With these recordings he started the search for musicians. Line- Up: Stefan Unterweger - vocals Aaron Schüssler - guitar, vocals Rene Juri - guitar Manfred Sattler - bass Heimo Glatzl - drums Mario Frajuk - turn tables unique selling points: > label, managements: - ruff.tunes records (publishing & licensing / DI Aaron Schüssler for .sPout.) - Edel Records (distribution Austria) - Pate Records / Ixthuluh (T.U.L.C & SickSong Single / EUROPE) - RB Records (JAPAN) - NTVM (Nippon Television Music) - Subpublishing (JAPAN) - Nova Bomb Records - Subpublishing (United Kingdom) - Extratours Konzertbüro GMBH i.G (Booking - GERMANY) - triple.m management (personal management - WORLDWIDE) > Internet & Charts: - www.hmv.co.jp japanese charts (Summer 2003) - www.soundpark.at Radio FM4 - Site - www.netmusiczone.com 3rd place (25.04. - 23.05.01) - www.mp3.com 23 & 34 place (rapcore - charts) - www.newmetalring.com 1st place (28.09.02) - www.track4.de - www.bands.co.at 3rd place (November 2002) > live mindage: - over 150 gigs in Europe - United Kingdom Tour - Germany, Austria & Italy Tour - two days a week+1 Festival Wiesen with Monster Magnet, Keith Caputo, Clawfinger, Placebo - Popkomm 2003 / Köln; Viva Bühne with the Rasmus & Reamonn, Outlandish,... - Machine Head support, Vienna - Die Happy support, Rock am Bach - two days a week +2 Festival Wiesen with KoRn, Slipknot, Puddle of Mud, Nickelback, NoFX,... - vorForestGlade Festival Wiesen (opener Act 2002) - H-Blockx support, Donauinsel Festival Vienna - nominated out of 1500 bands for the EU sponsorship (Gig in Bilbao / Spain) - over 150 gigs with acts like: - Drowning Pool, Dog Eat Dog, Pitchshifter, Such a Surge, the Donots, Incognegro, Emil Bulls, - Swingin Utters, Strung Out, Cortizone, 4LYN, Garish, Core, Zero Cipher, CrossCut,... - many skate & snowboard festivals - winner of the Carinthian Band Battle in Wolfsberg / 30 May 1998 - winner of the Sparkassen Band Battle in Klagenfurt / 10. July 1998 - 2nd place Yamaha Band Contest Vienna > press & radio & tv: - reviews in european and japanese magazines, fanzines, daily newspapers, ... - airplays all over Europe (FM4, 97.9FM, Radio Agora, Radio Orange) and Japan - nominated for the radio FM 4 contest, out of about hundred bands, May 2001 - SICKSONG the VIDEO -> MTV Europe, MTV Japan, VIVA, ORF, ATV, Onyx TV,... > age: - the average is 25 years > Future: - Spring / Autumn 2005 - Release of our new CD .sPout. "we brake for nobody..." in the UK and JAPAN - Spring / Autumn 2005 - "we brake for nobody" Promotion Tour through Europe