Brats (band)
| Brats | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| origin | Copenhagen , Denmark |
| Genre (s) | Punk , hard rock , heavy metal |
| founding | 1978 |
| resolution | 1980 |
| Last occupation | |
| Rene Krolmark aka Hank De Wank | |
Electric guitar |
Carsten Falkenlind Volsing aka Carsten Van der Volsing |
| King Diamond | |
| former members | |
Electric bass |
Michael Hillerup aka Mickey Rat |
Drums |
Milan Balsgaard aka Eddie Haircut († 1992) |
singing |
Michael Gorm aka Franz De Zaster |
Electric bass, vocals, acoustic guitar
|
Jens “Yenz” Arnsted |
Drums |
Lars "Monroe" Nybo |
Electric guitar |
Michael Denner |
Brats was a Danish punk , hard rock and heavy metal band from Copenhagen that was formed in 1978 and disbanded in 1980.
history
The band was formed in May 1978 and consisted of the singer Michael Gorm aka Franz De Zaster, the bassist Michael Hillerup aka Mickey Rat, the guitarist Rene Krolmark aka Hank De Wank and the drummer Milan Balsgaard aka Eddie Haircut. It was initially a punk band that can be heard on the 1979 sampler Pære Punk . After that, in February of that year, it almost came to an end. Krolmark reformed the group as a hard rock band. In addition to him, the line-up consisted of bassist Jens “Yenz” Arnsted, guitarist Michael Denner (both former members of the Jezebel group) and drummer Lars “Monroe” Nybo. During a gig in Copenhagen, Franz Beckerlee and producer Niels Erik Lund became aware of the group, whereupon they informed the A&R department of CBS . In 1980 the group signed a contract with the label. After the single B-Brains had been released on a sampler containing well-known foreign bands, the debut album was released a little later in 1980 . In the same year there was also a split release with Tyrantz. However, since the album was selling very poorly and only brought moderate success in France , the contract was terminated. After further line-up changes, including King Diamond as a singer, the band broke up. The reason for the dissolution was a lack of support from CBS. In addition, the label had asked that the band sing their songs in Danish . The members then founded the bands Geisha and Mercyful Fate . Milan Balsgaard died in 1992 after an illness at the age of 33. 2008 appeared on Aarg! Records the compilation The Lost Tapes (Copenhagen 1979) .
style
According to Eduardo Rivadavia from Allmusic , Brats were initially a pure punk band before they later approached hard rock. In an interview with Matthias Mader from Rock Hard , Arnsted stated that the members were influenced by groups like the Ramones , The Stooges , Kiss and UFO . According to Mader, the group had developed from a "three-chord punk band" to hard rock and heavy metal within a year. The album is a mixture of punk, hard rock and proto- metal . 1980 is described by many experts as Denmark's first heavy metal album.
Discography
- 1980: 1980 (album, CBS )
- 1980: B-Brains / Vivian Wants to Dance (Split with Tyrantz, CBS)
- 2008: The Lost Tapes: Copenhagen 1979 (compilation, Arg! Records )
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Various - Pære Punk. Discogs , accessed June 2, 2020 .
- ^ A b c Matthias Mader: Danish Dynamite . The Danish metal of the eighties. In: Rock Hard . No. 392 , January 2020, p. 44 ff .
- ↑ a b c d Paweł Więcek: Brats biography. mercyful-fate.coven.vmh.net, accessed June 2, 2020 .
- ↑ Biography. musicmight.com, archived from the original on August 7, 2016 ; accessed on June 2, 2020 .
- ^ A b Eduardo Rivadavia: Brats. Allmusic , accessed June 2, 2020 .
- ↑ Jane Wallace: King Diamond . An audience with the king. In: Metal Hammer . August 1988, p. 114 f .
- ↑ Dorte Søholm: Da Pære Punk indtog Aarhus. dengamleby.dk, accessed June 2, 2020 .
- ^ Brats - The Lost Tapes (Copenhagen 1979). Discogs, accessed June 2, 2020 .