Apartment 26

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Apartment 26
General information
origin Leamington Spa , England
Genre (s) Nu Metal , Alternative Metal , Industrial Metal
founding 1998
resolution 2004
Last occupation
Biff Butler
Jon Greasley
Louis Cruden
Andy "AC" Huckvale
Brad Booker
former members
Drums
 Kevin Temple
Drums
 Jeremy Colson

Apartment 26 was an English Nu , Alternative and Industrial Metal band from Leamington Spa that was formed in 1998 and split up in 2004.

history

The band was formed in 1998 by high school students Biff Butler (vocals), son of Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler , Jon Greasley (electric guitar) and Louis Cruden (bass). The line-up was completed by keyboardist Andy "AC" Huckvale and drummer Kevin Temple. In 1999 the self-financed EP Within followed. In the same year the group played at the Ozzfest . After appearances with System of a Down , Fu Manchu , Sevendust , Rollins Band and Powerman 5000 , the debut album Hallucinating was released on Hollywood Records in 2000 . The album was produced by Ulrich Wild . In the song Void 's Burton C. Bell of Fear Factory and Evan Seinfeld of Biohazard in the song Backwards heard. The release was followed by appearances with Papa Roach , Pantera , Soulfly , (hed) pe and Fear Factory. In the same year, the band was also on the soundtrack to the films Mission: Impossible II and Heavy Metal: FAKK² . Music was also used for the PlayStation game Gekido . In 2001 another appearance at the Ozzfest followed. The band also worked on their second album Detachment , produced by Jason Slater and Troy Van Leeuwen of A Perfect Circle . However, the publication never took place. Drummer Jeremy Colson had previously left the band to join the Michael Schenker Group and Steve Vai . Brad Booker came as a replacement. The first appearance with a changed cast was held on June 26, 2002 at Whiskey a Go Go in West Hollywood as an opening act for Stone Sour . In November, the band was working on their next album, Music for the Massive , while looking for a label. In February 2003 the release was announced on Atlantic Records . In October and November, Evanescence went on tour through Great Britain . Finally, in January 2004, the release took place during the ongoing tour with Life of Agony through the USA . Due to poor sales, the label separated from the band three months later, whereupon it came to a breakup.

style

According to Christian Graf in his Nu Metal and Crossover Lexicon , the band was initially influenced by Nine Inch Nails and Fear Factory. Huckvale added industrial influences in the style of The Prodigy , making it comparable to Pitchshifter . Joel McIver also drew a comparison to Pitchshifter and described Apartment 26 as a metal band that processed influences from drum and bass and techno , among other things . Allmusic's Heather Phares described the music as an aggressive mix of hard rock , drum and bass and rave . According to Tommy Udo in his book Harte Brocken , the band initially tried grunge , before moving stylistically in the direction of the Fear Factory and Nine Inch Nails through electronic experiments. Hallucinating suggests a comparison with The Prodigy, Korn and Deftones . In his review of this album, Matthias Mineur from Metal Hammer wrote that Industrial Metal with "alienated vocal passages and technoid instrument sounds" can be heard on it. The music sounds cold and even if it is occasionally melodic, it appears gruff and surreal . The keyboard is particularly important in the songs, and influences from Ministry and Nine Inch Nails can be heard. An issue later, Mineur interviewed Biff Butler, who said he liked Bjork and Sade- style pop music from the 1980s . Other members are fans of Death Metal , Techno or Pink Floyd . He himself describes the music of Apartment 26 as "dance metal". He also stated that the music was influenced by electronica and rap as well as Fear Factory, Nine Inch Nails and Pitchshifter. On the album one tried to combine the sound of Pantera with the energy of Deftones.

Discography

  • 1999: Withing (EP, Murph Records )
  • 2000: Hallucinating (album, Hollywood Records )
  • 2000: Backwards (single, Hollywood Records)
  • 2000: Basic Breakdown (single, Hollywood Records)
  • 2003: 88 (EP, Atlantic Records )
  • 2004: Music for the Massive (Album, Atlantic Records)
  • 2004: Give Me More (single, Atlantic Records)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c d e Christian Graf: Nu Metal and Crossover Lexicon . Lexikon Imprint Verlag, 2002, ISBN 3-89602-515-5 , p. 21 .
  2. ↑ a b c d Biography. (No longer available online.) Rockdetector.com, archived from the original on March 3, 2012 ; accessed on January 31, 2016 .
  3. ↑ a b c d Joel McIver: The Next Generation of Rock & Punk Nu Metal . Omnibus Press, 2002, ISBN 0-7119-9209-6 , p. 31 .
  4. ^ A b Tommy Udo: Hard chunks . Brave Nu World The triumph of Nu Metal. Hannibal-Verlag , 2003, ISBN 3-85445-228-4 , p. 196 f .
  5. ↑ Heather Phares: Apartment 26. Allmusic , accessed January 31, 2016 .
  6. ^ Matthias Mineur: Apartment 26 . Hallucinating. In: Metal Hammer . June 2001, p. 84 .
  7. ^ Matthias Mineur: Apartment 26 . Biff & Butler. In: Metal Hammer . July 2001, p. 67 .