Bullet LaVolta

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Bullet LaVolta
General information
origin Boston (USA)
Genre (s) Hardcore punk
founding 1986
resolution 1992
Founding members
Clay Tarver
guitar
 Corey "Loog" Brennan
Bill Whelan
Chris "Cougar" Guttmacher
Last occupation
Kurt "Yukki Gipe" Davis
guitar
 Clay Tarver
guitar
 Duke Roth
bass
 Bill Whelan
Drums
 Todd Philips
former members
guitar
 Kenny Chambers

Bullet LaVolta was an American band active between 1986 and 1992 . Because of the melodious nature of their hardcore punk , hardcore crossover or just crossover is often used as a style designation .

history

At the end of 1986, Clay Tarver, Corey “Loog” Brennan and Bill Whelan broke away from the DJ staff of the Harvard Campus broadcaster WHRB to start a band as guitarists and bassists, respectively. As a drummer they first found Chris "Cougar" Guttmacher. Kurt Davis from Indiana joined them later , who took over the vocals and called himself "Yukki Gipe" from then on. The band name was taken from a suggestion list by Beatnik author Marianne Moore , which the Ford Motor Company had asked for in 1955 to name their latest models. In College -Shows renowned artists such as Henry Rollins ( Rollins Band ) is served as the opening act on before the jump succeeded the music business.

In 1988 the band released their first EP "Bullet LaVolta" on Taang! Records , which was released in Germany under the title Dead Wrong around November 1988 on Funhouse Records . Brennan was still responsible for the guitar work on the three songs on the A side, while the three songs on the B side were recorded by the new guitarist Kenny Chambers. Their first LP The Gift was released again in 1989 by Taang !. This was followed by a US tour with Soundgarden in late 1989 . In 1990 the next EP Gimme Danger was released by Metal Blade Records , which contains two studio recordings and three live pieces, including a cover version of Detroit Rock City , which had been recorded with Todd Philips, who had since taken over the drums.

Due to risk of downtime, the band moved in the same year by the indie care to the major label RCA Records , which the rights for the re-release of Bullet Lavolta and The Gift acquired, which then together on a CD was reissued. On November 24, 1990 she took part in the WDR Rocknacht 7 . Before the studio stay in March / April 1991, Kenny Chambers, who had co-written three songs, got out because he returned to his previous band Moving Targets. Duke Roth was accepted as a new addition to the band. Dave Jerden ( Anthrax , Social Distortion , Jane's Addiction , Alice in Chains ) produced the next album Swandive , which was released in the USA in September 1991 on RCA and in Germany in May 1992 on Glitterhouse / Sub Pop .

In 1991, Matador Records released a compilation of live recordings from 1987 called The Gun Didn't Know I Was Loaded . A US tour followed in November / December 1991 with Corrosion of Conformity and Prong , which was followed by a club tour in Germany in May / June 1992. At the end of 1992 the band broke up.

style

Mark Day introduced in Metal Hammer found that the typical Bullet Lavolta style from the hardcore out had been developed and punk - and metal - riffs with melodies and rock leg holding structures.

In relation to the newcomer, Andrea Nieradzik spoke in Metal Hammer and Peter Weiß in Break Out of Hardcore. Hardcore crossover was what John Duke called the style, again in Metal Hammer . Andrea Nieradzik changed the description to Metal-Core because the heavy metal part had increased on The Gift . The Musikexpress editorial team used the term guitar core . The Iron Pages means the same thing with the term Power-Rock-Core. Doris Busch from EB / Metronom decided on the crossover category. The band itself spoke of punk, which was linked to rock of the 1970s.

Discography

  • 1988: Bullet LaVolta (also: Dead Wrong ) (EP, Taang! Records)
  • 1989: The Gift (Album, Taang! Records)
  • 1989: Over The Shoulder / X Fire (promo single, RCA Records)
  • 1990: Gimme Danger (EP, Metal Blade Records)
  • 1990: Every Hungry Rabbit (single, Glitterhouse Records)
  • 1991: Swandive (album, RCA Records)
  • 1991: Swandive (promo single, RCA Records)
  • 1991: The Gun Didn't Know I Was Loaded 1987 (Album, Matador)
  • 1992: My Protector (Promo EP, BMG)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Angela Nescerry: Bullet LaVolta . In: Metal Hammer . July 1992, p. 134 .
  2. ↑ Ralph Heibutzki: Wig Out at Dando's. Ten Years in the Life of the Lemonheads. (No longer available online.) In: evandando.co.uk. December 1994, archived from the original on March 3, 2016 ; accessed on April 21, 2016 (English, chapter "The Harvard Connection"). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.evandando.co.uk
  3. ↑ Bob said Yukki Gipe, Bullet LaVolta… (No longer available online.) In: primallunch.com. July 6, 2015, archived from the original on April 21, 2016 ; accessed on April 21, 2016 (English, lowest section). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.primallunch.com
  4. ^ A b John Duke: Bullet LaVolta. The band that takes its name from a beatnik poet who was hired by the Ford Motor Company in the 1950s to dig up a name for their latest model! In: Metal Hammer / Crash . No. 17/1989 , August 11, 1989, Heavy Metal Worldwide, pp. 106 .
  5. ↑ New publications at Funhouse . In: Metal Hammer / Crash . November 1988, last news, last news, p. 169 .
  6. ^ Bullet LaVolta - Bullet LaVolta. In: discogs.com. Accessed April 21, 2016 .
  7. ↑ Karen Seeking: Soundgarden. Sowing the Seeds of Sound . In: Metal Hammer / Crash . No. 1/1990 , December 29, 1989, pp. 18th f .
  8. ↑ 7th WDR Rock Night . In: Musikexpress / Sounds . No. 419 , December 1990, tours, p. 70 .
  9. ^ Bullet LaVolta - Swandive. In: discogs.com. Accessed April 21, 2016 .
  10. ↑ a b J.J .: Bullet LaVolta. This is Boston not Seattle . In: Iron Pages . July / August 1992, no. 18 , 1992, p. 12 .
  11. ^ Bullet LaVolta . In: Musikexpress / Sounds . No. 437 , June 1992, tours, p. 65 .
  12. ↑ Small suicide record on the edge . In: Metal Hammer . March 1993, Hard Fax, pp. 8 .
  13. ↑ Mark Day: Origins. Here it is at last! The story of the two most important rock 'n' roll movements of the past ten years - hardcore and thrash! In: Metal Hammer / Crash . No. 26/1989 , December 15, 1989, The Metal Decade. Origins, S. 56 ff .
  14. ^ Andrea Nieradzik: Bullet LaVolta . In: Metal Hammer / Crash . December 1988, LPs, p. 71 .
  15. ↑ a b Peter Weiß: Bullet LaVolta. Crossover's not dead . In: Break Out . September 1992, p. 32 .
  16. ^ Andrea Nieradzik: Bullet LaVolta . In: Metal Hammer / Crash . No. 16/1989 , July 28, 1989, LPs, p. 38 .
  17. ^ Bullet LaVolta. Swan Dive . In: Musikexpress / Sounds . No. 438 , July 1992, Redaktions-Tips, p. 37 .
  18. ↑ JJ: Bullet LaVolta . In: Iron Pages . The World City Mag. No. 18 , August 1992, p. 32 .
  19. ^ Doris Busch: Bullet LaVolta . In: EB / metronome . No. 38 , July 1992, Just for the Record, pp. 58 .