S.T.S.

The Austrian pop/rock trio of Gert Steinbäcker, Günter Timischl, and Schiffkowitz, known simply as S.T.S., rose to chart-topping success in 1984 with the breakthrough smash "Fürstenfeld" and remained one of the German-speaking world's most popular recording acts and concert draws in the decades that followed. Often compared to Crosby, Stills & Nash, the trio members write the bulk of their own material, generally apart from one another and often in a Styrian dialect. Adaptations of English-language pop/rock classics are common, including adaptations of the Beatles' "Here Comes the Sun" ("Da Kummt die Sunn") and Bob Dylan's "Mr. Tambourine Man" ("He, Alter Liedersänger"). ~ Jason Birchmeier