Count Orlock

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Count Orlock
General information
Genre (s) Grindcore
founding 2003
Website http://www.graforlock.com/vitriol/
Founding members
Kalvin Kristoff
Electric guitar , vocals
 Jason Schmidt
Sven Calhoun
Alan Hunter
Current occupation
singing
 Karl Bournze (since 2008)
Electric guitar, vocals
 Jason Schmidt
bass
 Sven Calhoun
Drums
 Alan Hunter
former members
singing
 Kalvin Kristoff (2003 to 2008)

Graf Orlock is a grindcore band from Los Angeles , California . The band was named after the vampire Count Orlock from the film Nosferatu - A Symphony of Horror . The band consists of the members of the hardcore punk bands Greyskull, Arctic Choke, Dangers, and Ghostlimb. Graf Orlock uses audio clips and dialogues from science fiction films like Terminator , Alien and RoboCop in all of their songs. This mixture is also jokingly referred to as “cinema grind”.

history

The band was formed after Jason Schmidt and Alan Hunter were working together on a script for a work at UCLA . It was named Destination Time Yesterday and it sparked controversy at the school as it did not refer to any source. Ultimately, the controversy sparked an uprising, so that a deployment of the Los Angeles Police Department could not be avoided.

Schmidt and Hunter were then expelled from school. Together with bassist Sven Calhoun and singer Kalvin Kristoff, they founded Graf Orlock and released EPs and split albums. In 2006 they started a trilogy based on the controversial script. Destination Time Yesterday was the first part of it. The EP Destination Time Tomorrow was the second part in 2007, which was number 16 in Decibel magazine 's Top 40 of 2007. The last part of the Destination Time Today trilogy was published in 2009.

At the moment the members of Graf Orlock are working on their own label, which is called Vitriol Records. Bands like Ghostlimb, Robotosaurus, Owen Hart, Dangers, and Totalt Jävla Mörker are under contract there.

particularities

All members use a variety of pseudonyms , but the ones listed are the most common.

Discography

  • Graf Orlock (EP, 2004)
  • Corpserate Greed (EP, 2004)
  • Split w / Hurry Up and Kill Yourself (Split, 2004)
  • Split w / Greyskull (Split, 2005)
  • Destination Time Yesterday (album, 2006)
  • Destination Time Tomorrow (EP, 2007)
  • Destination Time Today (album, 2009)
  • Doombox (EP, 2011)
  • Los Angeles (EP, 2012)
  • Trailer (EP, 2014)
  • Crimetraveler (album, 2016)
  • An Examination of Violent Cinema Vol. 1 (Album, 2018)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://freelancemonkey.blogspot.com/2009/02/graf-orlock-july-2007.html
  2. ↑ http://www.scenepointblank.com/features/89
  3. ^ Decibel , No. 53, March 2009.
  4. ^ Decibel , No. 39, January 2008.

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