Seer or Die Seer is an Austrian musical pop and schlager band founded in 1996 by Alfred Fred Jaklitsch after the break-up of the Austrian pop band Joy he was part of. After a brief solo career as Freddy Jay, he founded the band that comes from Grundlsee in Styria, Salzkammergut region of Austria.
The band had a long string of album releases many reaching number 1 on the Austrian official charts. The band also had a number of hit singles. It won the Amadeus Austrian Music Award in the category Group Pop / Rock in 2003 followed in 2009, with another Amadeus Award win in the Schlager category.
Members
The members have changed throughout the years.
Founding members
Alfred Fred Jaklitsch – vocals, guitar
Astrid Wirtenberger – vocals
Sabine Sassy Holzinger – vocals
Wolfgang Luckner – drums
Friedrich Spitz Hampel – vocals (until 2012) Alois Huber – keyboards (until 2010) Manfred Temmel – E guitar (until 2008) Franz Rebensteiner – bass (until 2006) Klaus Neuper – Styrian harmonica (until 1999)
Present line-up
Alfred Fred Jaklitsch – vocals, guitar
Astrid Wirtenberger – vocals
Sabine Sassy Holzinger – vocals
Wolfgang Luckner – drums
Jürgen Leitner – Styrian harmonica (since 1999) Thomas Eder – E guitar (since 2003) Dietmar Kastowsky – bass (since 2006) Mario Pecoraro – keyboards (since 2010)
Discography
Albums
Compilations
2002: Das Beste (Wild’s Wasser) 2003: Das Beste 2 2006: Seerisch – Ihre größten Stimmungshits 2016: 20 Jahre – Nur das Beste!
Live albums
Special releases
2001: Gold (Double-CD Über’n See/Auf und der Gams nach) 2003: Gold Vol. 2 (Double-CD Baff!/Gössl) 2004: Über’n Berg (Limited Edition and bonus online song "I vermiß di") 2006: CD-Box Das Beste (albumsDas Beste/Das Beste 2/Das Beste 3) 2007: Junischnee Limited Edition of original and bonus tracks) 2007: Aufwind – Limited Edition of original and bonus tracks)