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Opus

Opus formed in 1973 in Graz, Austria, with Ewald Pfleger, Kurt Rene Plisnier, Herwig Rüdisser, and Günter Grasmuck. They started playing hard rock and...

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Live Is Life 11 visits arrow_forward Best Thing 9 visits arrow_forward How Can Exist 9 visits arrow_forward Can You Hear Me 8 visits arrow_forward Follow Me 8 visits arrow_forward All I Wish 7 visits arrow_forward
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Opus, the Austrian band behind Live Is Life

A Graz rock group that started progressive before landing a global anthem.

If you only know Live Is Life, try Best Thing or All I Wish. They show the band's other side.

They're the band that gave us Live Is Life, a song that topped charts in over 30 countries in 1984. It's a straightforward rock anthem that defined them more than any lineup change or debate about its sound. For a lot of people, that song is Opus.

They formed in Graz in 1973, playing hard rock and progressive music first. After Live Is Life hit, they kept releasing albums like Flyin' High and Up and Down through the 1980s and 1990s.

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Opus formed in 1973 in Graz, Austria, with Ewald Pfleger, Kurt Rene Plisnier, Herwig Rüdisser, and Günter Grasmuck. They started playing hard rock and progressive music before shifting toward a more accessible sound. In 1984, they released 'Live Is Life,' which became a global hit, topping charts in over 30 countries.

After Pfleger left in 1985, the band continued through the 1980s and 1990s, releasing albums like 'Flyin' High,' 'Up and Down,' and 'Opus.' They also put out songs such as '(Nevermore) The Curtain Down,' 'All I Wish,' and 'Best Thing.'

At times, critics called their music too commercial, and there were questions about similarities between 'Live Is Life' and 'Zorba's Dance.' But the song remained their best-known work, a straightforward rock anthem that defined them more than any lineup change or debate.

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