the tomatoes were bigger than ever before…"). Both "Burli" and the song "Afrika" led radio stations to boycott the band. The band is known for open statements against political extremism especially on the right ("bacillus nationalis") and was sued by prominent politicians of the political right like Kurt Waldheim for drawing attention to his past in the 3rd Reich and Jörg Haider, then-head of the right-leaning FPÖ. Songs on this topic include e.g. "Eierkopf-Rudi" or "Wir marschieren". Members Deaths of members In February 1981, group member Walter Hammerl (b. 1952) committed suicide by hanging. He had attempted suicide before. He was a close friend of Klaus Eberhartinger, who took over his duties. Bandmate Thomas Spitzer commented that it was worrying how the band got on and felt so close to Walter Hammerl, but without actually knowing him. Hammerl had mainly done managing and stage directing work for the band, however he did sing on a few tracks. In May 2012, former group member Andy Töfferl died of a heart attack at the age of 56 years. In July 2017, former singer Wilfried Scheutz died after a short battle with cancer at the age of 67 years. Timeline of members Line-ups Discography 1978: 1. Allgemeine Verunsicherung (1st General Confusion) 1981: Café Passé 1983: Spitalo Fatalo (Hospitalo Fatalo) 1984: À la Carte 1985: Geld oder Leben! (Your Money or Your Life!) 1987: Liebe, Tod & Teufel (Love, Death & The Devil) 1990: Neppomuk's Rache (Neppomuk's Revenge) 1991: Watumba! (Watumba!) 1994: Nie wieder Kunst (No More Art) 1997: Im Himmel ist die Hölle los! (All Hell is Breaking Loose In Heaven!) 1998: Himbeerland (Raspberryland) 2000: Austropop in Tot-Weiß-Tot (Austropop in Dead-White-Dead; ['Dead-White-Dead' is a pun on the colours of the Austrian national flag: Red-White-Red, German: Rot-Weiß-Rot]) 2003: Frauenluder (Woman Slut) 2007: Amore XL (Love XL) 2010: Neue Helden braucht das Land (The Nation Needs New Heroes) 2015: Werwolf-Attacke! (Werewolf Attack!) 2016: Was haben wir Gelacht (How We Laughed) 2018: Alles ist erlaubt (Anything Goes) 2021: Ihr Sünderlein kommet (Oh Come, Ye Little Sinners) References External links www.eav.at: Official Homepage of Erste Allgemeinen Verunsicherung and the EAV-Fanclub (in German) EAV-Fanpage about the early years of the band (in German) Unofficial fan site (in German) Austrian pop music groups