Crank (band)

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Crank
General information
origin Zurich , Switzerland
Genre (s) skirt
Current occupation
Adrian Weyermann
Bass , vocals
 Géza Burghardt
Thomas Winkler
Lukas Weyermann (from 1998)
former members
Drums
 Beni Schindler (1982–1998)

Crank was a Swiss rock band from Zurich .

history

They gave the first concert as a primary school student, followed by appearances on radio and television. With titles like Crank (1989) and Lifedive (1993) the band became known throughout Switzerland and the expectations of the press grew, which they apparently never quite fulfilled.

The band leader and singer was guitarist Adrian Weyermann . The band was active with numerous concerts and reception in the press, mainly in the 1990s. With the album Torture King , the band entered the Swiss album charts for the first time in 1996 (number 48), further album successes were We Hope To Meet You There (1998 at number 35) and Crank (2000 at number 25).

In 2011, after the band split up, the four band members gave another concert, at which the band's breakup was confirmed.

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Torture King
  CH 48 05/12/1996 (1 week)
We Hope to Meet You There
  CH 35 02/15/1998 (5 weeks)
Crank
  CH 25th 06/11/2000 (2 weeks)

Albums

  • 1993: Lifedive (Sound Service)
  • 1996: Torture King (Tudor Rock)
  • 1998: We Hope to Meet You There (Universal)
  • 2000: Crank (Universal)

Singles and EPs

  • 1990: Sounds Session 6 (EP, Sounds!)
  • 2000: Sister (single, universal)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Markus Ganz: The Zurich rock duo The Weyers - Die Familienbande. NZZ, October 23, 2013
  2. ↑ Two brothers choke the drums. (to The Weyers, looking back at the former band) - Tagblatt, January 7, 2014
  3. ↑ a b Chart sources: CH
  4. ^ Crank - youngsters of rock from Zurich. Radio SRF 3, October 18, 2013