Crack up

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Crack up
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General information
origin Hünxe , North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany
Genre (s) Death Metal (initially), Death 'n' Roll , Death-Rock (later)
founding 1992
resolution 2003
Website http://www.crackup.de/
Last occupation
Tim Schnetgöke
Electric guitar , vocals
 Torben Voight
Electric guitar
 Dirk Oschatz
Andi Nohlen
former members
Electric guitar
 Helvin Pour
Electric guitar (live)
 Florian Müller
Drums, vocals
 Frank Schlinkert

Crack Up was a German death metal band from Hünxe , which was founded in 1992 and disbanded in 2003.

history

After the members had previously been active under the name Rotting Misery and had released a demo called Endless Coma , Crack Up was founded in 1992. A first demo followed in 1994 under the name Forsaken Dreams , of which over 1,000 units could be sold, whereupon the group reached a contract with We Bite Records , about which the debut album Blood Is Life was released in 1996 . In addition, the band could also be heard with a song on the sampler Assassins by Thunder Lizard Records . After switching to Nuclear Blast , the album From the Ground was released in 1997 , which was produced by Andy Classen . The album also featured a cover version of Fangs Money . In the same year the band also took part in the European tour of Unleashed and Driller Killer . Furthermore she played together with Crematory , Night in Gales , Dimmu Borgir , In Flames and EverEve in Cologne . In 1998 further appearances followed together with Dew-Scented and Disbelief . Here the Dew-Scented guitarist Florian Müller temporarily took over the position of Helvin Pour, who could not play due to personal problems. In October the third album Heads Will Roll was released , which was again produced by Classen. This included two cover versions, Turbonegros Bad Mongo and Next Big Thing by The Dictators . At that time, two guitarists, Helvin Pour and Torben Voight, were active in the band. The band then went on tour with Benediction and Death and also played with Hypocrisy , In Flames and Covenant . In September the band replaced Gorgoroth as support for Dismember . In 1998 the band also played at the Wacken Open Air . In March 1999 the band went on tour. Meanwhile, the guitarist Pour left the band, so Müller from Dew-Scented stepped in again. Dirk Oschaltz joined the group as a permanent member, although he had already played as an original member of the band. In July 1999 the band played on Summer Breeze . In addition, the band separated from Nuclear Blast, switched to Moonstorm Records , as the band did not feel supported enough, according to Schnetgöke, and released the album Dead End Run in March 2000 , which was produced by Classen. Then the drummer Frank Schlinkert left the band and was replaced by Andi Nohlen. After a dry spell with weekend appearances in mini-clubs and youth centers, often just for the fuel money, this new line-up went on tour with Pro-Pain in 2001. In the same year, a split was released together with The Now Noise! at Wanker Records . In addition, the band played again at Summer Breeze that same year. In 2002 the band continued to hold concerts and played with Pro-Pain, Do or Die and Against All in Berlin and with Dew-Scented and Night in Gales in Salzgitter . In the same year, the band's last album, under the name Buttoxin 'Bloom, joined Moonstorm Records before the group announced their breakup in November 2003.

style

In the Metal-Hammer interview, Tim Schnetgöke stated that in his youth he was influenced by bands such as Metallica and Sodom as well as by death metal releases such as Cause of Death by Obituary or Entombed's Left Hand Path . Torben Voigt stated in Metal Hammer that he would tune his electric guitar down five semitones , which is why he sometimes had to use bass strings. Björn Friedetzky from Metal Hammer assigned Heads Will Roll to Death Rock and drew a comparison to Babylon Whores . In another metal hammer interview with Schnetgöke, Martin Wickler stated that on Dead End Run “the more traditional Death Metal of the old days has given way to a very rocky variant”. Robert Müller also remarked in the review of the album that the band no longer had much to do with Death Metal, whereas for him the band was previously considered the Bolt Thrower of the Ruhr area . Instead, the album features "super-wide guitar riffs , singers who sound like men, and powerful drums". In the metal hammer interview with Schnetgöke about Buttoxin 'Bloom, Anzo Sadoni stated that the band had allowed more and more rock influences to flow in over the course of their career, which is why the band was often referred to as Death' n 'Roll, which he didn't like . Schnetgöke stated that he was initially moved to Death Metal by Obituary and Entombed. The fact that she is now devoting herself more to rock was not intended, but it was also due to the fact that the members were increasingly listening to Queens of the Stone Age and Morphine . Petra Schurer wrote in the Metal Hammer review of the album that "basic structures reduced to the bare essentials, pithy choruses, memorable melodies and a broad vocal spectrum, ranging from deep growl thunderstorms to polyphonic party-ready choruses". She assigned the band to Death 'n' Roll and went on to write that the band had managed a balancing act between Swedish old-school death metal and punk on their predecessors . In Rock Hard, too, the term Death 'n' Roll was used consistently, with Frank Albrecht emphasizing the short playing time of the "no frills" songs of two to three minutes in his review.

Discography

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Marcel Rudoletzky: Tim Schnetgöke . Ex-crack up. In: Metal Hammer . September 2011, p. 160 .
  2. ↑ Crack Up . Leaving Mexico. In: Metal Hammer . March 2002, p. 36 .
  3. ^ A b Steven McDonald: Crack Up. Allmusic , accessed May 25, 2014 .
  4. ↑ Garry Sharpe-Young : AZ of Death Metal . Cherry Red Books, London 2001, ISBN 1-901447-35-9 , pp. 90 f .
  5. ↑ Robert Müller: Crematory + Dimmu Borgir In Flames Ever Eve Crack-Up Night In Gales . Cologne: Stollwerk. In: Metal Hammer . October 1997, p. 129 .
  6. ^ Björn Friedetzky: Death + Benediction + Crack Up . Munich: Incognito. In: Metal Hammer . December 1998, p. 36 .
  7. ↑ bands. BILLING 1998. (No longer available online.) Wacken.com, archived from the original on May 30, 2014 ; Retrieved May 25, 2014 . 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.wacken.com
  8. ↑ Review 1999. Saturday, 03.07.1999. (No longer available online.) Summer-breeze.de, archived from the original on April 16, 2014 ; Retrieved May 25, 2014 . 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.summer-breeze.de
  9. ↑ a b Martin Wickler: Crack Up . Get out of the dead ends. In: Metal Hammer . June 2000, p. 64 f .
  10. ↑ a b c Frank Albrecht: 3 questions - 3 answers with Tim from Crack Up . Crack Up has been rolling through the metal landscape for years. With “Dead End Run” they recently released another good-class album. In: Rock Hard . No. 159 , August 2000, Die Stahlkocher. Opinions, tips, curiosities, p. 72 .
  11. ↑ Biography. (No longer available online.) Rockdetector.com, archived from the original on May 25, 2014 ; Retrieved May 25, 2014 . 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.rockdetector.com
  12. ↑ Review 2001. Friday, 2001/08/24. (No longer available online.) Summer-breeze.de, archived from the original on April 17, 2014 ; Retrieved May 25, 2014 . 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.summer-breeze.de
  13. ^ Stefan Müller: Pro-Pain + Crack Up + Do or Die + Against All . Berlin: Knaack. In: Metal Hammer . July 2002, p. 135 .
  14. ↑ Leif Jensen: Dew-Scented + Crack Up + Night In Gales . Salzgitter: Forellenhof. In: Metal Hammer . April 2002, p. 133 .
  15. ↑ Crack Up - Buttoxin 'Bloom. Discogs , accessed May 25, 2014 .
  16. ↑ Crack Up. (No longer available online.) Bnrmetal.com, archived from the original on May 25, 2014 ; Retrieved May 25, 2014 . 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.bnrmetal.com
  17. ↑ Torben Voigt: Laney . GH100L. In: Metal Hammer . November 1998, p. 116 .
  18. ^ Björn Friedetzky: Crack Up . Heads will roll. In: Metal Hammer . November 1998, p. 80 .
  19. ↑ Robert Müller: Crack Up . Dead End Run. In: Metal Hammer . April 2000, p. 64 f .
  20. ↑ Anzo Sadoni: Crack Up . Poisonous ass flowers? In: Metal Hammer . May 2002, p. 93 .
  21. ↑ Petra Schurer: Crack Up . Buttoxin 'Bloom. In: Metal Hammer . March 2002, p. 93 .
  22. ^ Frank Albrecht: Crack Up . Dead End Run. In: Rock Hard . No. 156 , May 2000, pp. 88 .