Press & Booking Kit

LAUSCH

Alternative Rock from Vienna, Austria

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Live

Fortitude (live) - Live version of the single, recorded at Echoes of Erebos Festival, Arena Vienna, April 2026

At a glance

Based in
Vienna, Austria
Genre
Alternative Rock · post-rock, 90s rock, progressive
Active since
2005
Releases
6 studio albums, 1 live EP
On stage
4-5 musicians
Travel party
5 on stage, 7 travelling (incl. FOH engineer and tour manager)
Set lengths
30 / 45 / 60 / 75 min
Lyrics
English

Core line-up

  • Alexander LauschGuitars, Lead Vocals
  • Arnold ZanonBass, Backing Vocals
  • Matthias FröhlichDrums, Backing Vocals
  • Ines DallajiBacking Vocals, Percussion

Extended line-up

  • David RuhmerGuitars, Percussion, Backing Vocals

The five-piece is the preferred configuration for festival stages and plays subject to David Ruhmer's availability. He is also part of the band's current writing and recording.

Travelling crew

  • Bernd NeuwirthSound engineer (FOH)
  • Martin SchwödiauerTour management (subject to availability)

Press shots

All photos, high resolution · ZIP · 55 MB
Press shot 2026 - spotlight Portrait · 6240×8320
Press shot 2026 - spotlight Photo: Jonah Pettrich
Press shot 2026 - field, wide Portrait · 3391×4522
Press shot 2026 - field, wide Photo: Laurenz Kerschbaumer
Press shot 2026 - field Landscape · 3684×2763
Press shot 2026 - field Photo: Laurenz Kerschbaumer
Press shot 2026 - brick wall Landscape · 4692×3519
Press shot 2026 - brick wall Photo: Alexander Lausch

Live

Echoes of Erebos Festival, Arena Vienna 2026 Landscape · 3500×2329
Echoes of Erebos Festival, Arena Vienna 2026 Photo: Andreas Jakwerth
Echoes of Erebos Festival, Arena Vienna 2026 Landscape · 3500×2329
Echoes of Erebos Festival, Arena Vienna 2026 Photo: Andreas Jakwerth
Echoes of Erebos Festival, Arena Vienna 2026 Landscape · 3494×2329
Echoes of Erebos Festival, Arena Vienna 2026 Photo: Andreas Jakwerth
Echoes of Erebos Festival, Arena Vienna 2026 Landscape · 3500×2329
Echoes of Erebos Festival, Arena Vienna 2026 Photo: Andreas Jakwerth

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Downloads

Complete press kit ZIP · 55 MB Photos, high resolution ZIP · 55 MB Electronic Press Kit (English) PDF · 80 KB Electronic Press Kit (German) PDF · 80 KB Band biography, short / standard / full, EN + DE TXT · 7 KB Band biography (PDF, EN + DE) PDF · 9 KB Logos - wordmark, symbol, lockup (SVG + PNG) ZIP · 126 KB Tech rider & stage plan PDF · 11 KB

Press

Were LAUSCH British and not Austrian, they would have made their breakthrough long ago.

ROCK HARD (TRANSL. FROM GERMAN)

…brilliantly masters the advanced non-mainstream rock sound.

MICHAEL TERNAI, MICA (TRANSL. FROM GERMAN)

Love & Order is relevant for the Austrian music scene.

THE GAP (TRANSL. FROM GERMAN)

More quotes and the full biography: lauschmusic.com/epk

Live highlights

  • Echoes of Erebos Festival, Arena Vienna (2026)
  • Ottensheim Open Air Festival (2023)
  • Lott Festival, Raversbeuren (2018)
  • Support for Mudhoney, Szene Wien (2016)
  • Donauinselfest, FM4 Planet Stage, Vienna (2016)
  • Nova Rock Festival (2016)
  • ORF Radiokulturhaus, Vienna (2016)