Bad Yodelers
| Bad Yodelers | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| origin | Salt Lake City , Utah , United States |
| Genre (s) | Crossover , alternative metal |
| founding | 1983 |
| resolution | 1993 as Season of the Spring |
| Last occupation | |
| Steve Peacock | |
| Brent Peacock | |
| Mark Allen | |
Electric guitar |
Dan Keough |
| Terrance DH | |
| former members | |
singing |
Karl Alvarez |
singing |
Brian Szugye |
singing |
Norman Frazier |
singing |
Kevin Golding |
singing |
Dow Patten |
singing |
Laura Jones |
Bad Yodelers was an American crossover and alternative metal band from Salt Lake City , Utah , that was formed in 1983 and split up in 1993 under the name Season of the Spring .
history
The band made their first appearance in 1983 in Jon Shuman's basement, bassist for Massacre Guys, together with Victims Willing. In the same year the group recorded a first demo , with Brian Szugye as the second singer. The demo includes a cover version of the song One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish , originally by Dr. Seuss . The demo allowed the band to increase their popularity and play as an opening act for Discharge at the Salt Lake Indian Center. Before the performance, Szugye had left the cast and was replaced by Norman Frazier. During the performance Frazier knocked out his front teeth while stage diving . After the performance, Road Manager Kevin Golding took over his position. In 1984 an audio cassette containing eleven songs was released. Then it went on tour through the Mountain States . Golding left the band later that year and was replaced by Karl Alvarez of Massacre Guys. The group recorded nine songs with him before he left the band after touring. His place was taken briefly by Dow Patten, a long-term friend of the members, before Laura Jones held this position for two appearances. 1986 Terrance DH took over this post permanently. After the band had signed a contract with Semaphore , the debut album I Wonder was released in 1990 . In the same year it went on a tour through Europe . A second album followed in 1991 under the name Window , which was followed by the EP South in 1992 . After being renamed Season of the Spring , a self-titled album was released in 1993, before it was dissolved shortly afterwards.
style
According to Martin Büsser from ZAP fanzine , the band plays a "mixture of dry metal - riffs and melodic pop -Gesang in DESCENDENTS style". In an interview with Büsser, Terrance DH stated that all members are fans of the Descendents and would prefer groups like ALL . Brent Peacock also did not deny influences from Metal, with Metallica being the biggest influence . Dan Keough gave the Beatles as another inspiration . He himself would describe the music of Bad Yodelers as "metal pop". Terrance also added that it was influenced by performances by hardcore punk bands such as Circle Jerks and Minutemen . Andrea Nieradzik from Metal Hammer placed the band in her review of I Wonder… between Bad Religion and Das Damen . The vocals have nothing to do with hardcore punk or metal, but are tough, tearful and fragile and consistently in the same vocal range. The electric guitars sound metallic and dominant, while the bass and drums are in the background. The group play an original mix of melodies and hard metal parts that takes some getting used to, although the speed is rarely high. In a later issue, Martin Groß, in his review of Window, described the band as a "power- thrash combo", which plays at a high technical level and borrows from progressive metal . The songs are not very accessible and the singing takes getting used to, although it is a bit mixed back and sounds wistfully plaintive and melodic. The guitars create a disharmony, the melodies are interleaved and the riffs are “thrashy”.
Discography
- as Bad Yodelers
- 1990: I Wonder ... (album, semaphore )
- 1990: 1984-1986 (EP, self-published)
- 1991: Window (album, semaphore)
- 1992: South (EP, Salt Flat Records )
- 2009: Best of Bad Yodelers (compilation, Running Records )
- as Season of the Spring
- 1993: Season of the Spring (album)
Web links
- Bad Yodelers at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bad Yodelers - I Wonder ... Discogs , accessed August 6, 2016 .
- ^ Bad Yodelers - South. Discogs, accessed August 6, 2016 .
- ↑ SALT LAKE HARDCORE 101: BAD YODELERS. grudgecityactivities.com, accessed August 6, 2016 .
- ↑ Martin Büsser: Bad Yodelers . The good Waldorf school children? In: ZAP Fanzine . No. 33 , February 1991, p. 24 ff .
- ↑ Andrea Nieradzik: Bad Yodelers . I wonder. In: Metal Hammer / Crash . No. 6 , 1990, pp. 31 .
- ↑ Martin Groß: Bad Yodelers . Window. In: Metal Hammer . January 1992, p. 52 .