Its most famous songs are "Großvater", "Irgendwann bleib i dann dort", "Gö, du bleibst heut Nacht bei mir" and "Fürstenfeld".

The trio was founded in 1978[1] by Gert Steinbäcker, Günter Timischl and Schiffkowitz (real name Helmut Röhrling).

The three musicians played acoustic guitar and sang the chorus of their songs in three-part harmony whereas the solo part was sung by the composer with a few exceptions.

's most popular songs include Fürstenfeld, Da kummt die Sunn (Here Comes the Sun), Großvater (Granddad), Gö, Du bleibst heut Nacht bei mir (Help Me Make It Through the Night), Kalt und kälter (Cold and colder), Mach die Aug’n zu (Close your eyes), Wunder meiner Seligkeit (Wonder of my bliss), Überdosis G’fühl (Overdose of feeling) und Irgendwann bleib i dann dort (One day I'll stay there).

After Gert Steinbäcker and Schiffkowitz had at times formed a loose formation, Günter Timischl finally joined them.

A first short public appearance took place in the course of the "Forum Stadtpark" in Graz – a small event to which mainly poets were invited.

Nevertheless, after this regional tour they wanted to go their separate ways again and gave their supposed farewell concert in Graz in April 1976.

Meanwhile, Schiffkowitz traveled to the United States in the summer of 1976 to conduct a series of interviews with well-known musicians for a radio station.

According to his own statement, the excursion made a significant contribution to his personal development, whereby he wanted to "... bring the idols of (his) past down from their pedestal".

Timischl met his future wife Lotte, Steinbäcker worked, among other things, as a stage worker and composer for plays for children and young people.

and produced the single Da kummt die Sunn, a Schiffkowitz adaptation of the Beatles classic Here Comes the Sun.

The contract with Ariola had long been dissolved when the musicians produced the single Irgendwann bleib i dann dort (1983) in a small recording studio in Oberschützen, Burgenland.

At the beginning of 1984, concrete considerations on the subject of quitting were formulated, with the aim of continuing until the end of the year at the most in the event of failure.

During this phase, the band members received a call from the Viennese record company Amadeo, which had become aware of demo tapes that had been sent.

In discussing the situation, Schiffkowitz recalled a song that the East Styrian musician Josef Jandrisits had composed in 1982 and which was entitled With a Little Help.

The song, which was now called Fürstenfeld, was aimed at Günter Timischl, who is passionate about being and coming to his homeland, and was initially intended as a parody.

On the record, in addition to the number Kalt und Kälter, was also the title Irgendwann bleib i dann dort, which climbed the Austrian hit parade two years after its creation.

The album's success was followed by a sold out autumn tour, with the trio being supported for the first time by keyboardist Ewald Beit, who had already participated in the first recordings.

The fourth LP, Augenblicke, followed in August 1987, and the familiar studio musicians from the previous productions were involved in its creation.

The year 1989 did not bring any musical innovations either, but two samplers (Glanzlichter and Gö, du bleibst…), a best-of selection from the four previous albums.

Above all, the band's personal commitment against right-wing extremism becomes clear here, culminating in the song Und es ist so schön da, in which Schiffkowitz refers to the events in concentration camps.

In the course of the subsequent tour they played almost without exception on large stages such as the Wiener Stadthalle and four times at the Circus Krone in Munich.

The response of the radio stations was very reserved; the song's topic, which refers to the conflict between Islam and the western world, must have sat too uncomfortably.

Lyric lines such as "you western, decadent asses" or "mufti" were among the reasons for Styria's local radio station refusing to play the song.

In a newspaper interview, the station's manager responsible for music selection stated that this song did not represent the "positive attitude towards life" that Radio Styria wanted to convey.

[4] As a final token of appreciation, all three members of the band, Schiffkowitz, Timischl and Steinbäcker, received Decorations of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria.

made a guest appearance on the Opus farewell tour, with all three band members performing together on stage for two nights.