Opus
Formed in Graz, Austria in 1973, Opus is a pop rock band best known for their
1985 hit “Live is Life”. Founded by Ewald Pfleger (guitar), Walter Bachkönig
(bass), and Kurt-Rene Plisnier (keyboards), they were joined by drummer Günter
Grasmuck in 1975. Vocalist Herwig Rüdisser joined at the end of the decade and
they released their first album, Daydreams, in 1980. The band continued
releasing albums that were successful in their homeland – Eleven (1981), The
Opusition (1982), and Up and Down (1984) – but they finally achieved massive
success outside of Austria in 1985 with the sin...
