Hybrid Children
| Hybrid Children | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| origin | Loppi , Finland |
| Genre (s) | Rock , punk |
| founding | 1991 |
| Website | http://www.hybridchildren.net/ |
| Current occupation | |
| Jasse salons | |
| Paul "Pale" Kyyrö | |
| Sasu "Saska" ketones | |
Electric guitar |
Juho |
| former members | |
Drums, vocals |
Jani "Kelly" ketones |
Electric guitar |
Turkka Vuorinen aka Timo aka TV |
Electric bass |
Jarno |
Drums |
Kari "Headache" "Kartsa" "Korak" Reini |
Electric guitar |
Lauri Koski |
Hybrid Children is a Finnish rock and punk band from Loppi that was founded in 1991. The band has now moved to Helsinki .
history
The band was founded in 1991 and consisted of Jasse Salonen (vocals, electric guitar), Jani "Kelly" Ketonen (drums, vocals), Turkka Vuorinen (electric guitar) and Jarno (bass). After releasing several singles through Alternative Action Records , the band signed a 1992 recording deal with Gaga Goodies Records , a sub-label of Poko Rekords . The following year Bleed Baby Bleed !!! the band's debut album, after which Jarno left the line-up and was replaced by Pale. In order to promote the album, performances were held in other parts of Europe . In the following years the band went on tour and there were other albums with Honeymoon in Babylon (1994), Uncensored Teenage Hardcore (1996) and Drugster (1998). In the meantime, the band toured Japan in 1997 . After the latter album, Ketonen left the group and was replaced by Kari Reini. All album releases took place through Gaga Goodies Records. After a short switch to Dream Catcher Records , which released Stardom Is Here in 1999 , Bad Habits Records followed up with two more albums: Ghost Town Carnival (2004) and Fight As One (2009). The latter album was released on January 14th in Finland and on March 20th in Germany , Austria , Belgium , Switzerland , the Netherlands and Luxembourg . The album was recorded over a year at Suomenlinna Seawolf Studios , located in an old castle on a Finnish island, at Bad Habit Studio and at Nosturi Studios under the direction of Sammy Aaltonen ( Private Line ) and mixed by Teemu Aalto been. In spring 2006 Reini had left the band and was replaced by Sasu Ketonen, who had been contacted by Salonen. Salonen and Ketonen have known each other since childhood, with Sasu being the younger brother of the original drummer Jani Ketonen. In addition, the guitarist Vuorinen had left the group after the appearance of Stardom Is Here to emigrate to Peru . Lauri Koski could then be heard on Ghost Town Carnival as guitarist before he too left the band and was replaced by Juho after a year-long search. In their career the band was able to hold several European tours and also play together with Subway to Sally and the Toten Hosen , among others .
style
According to Allmusic's Mike DaRonco , the band was influenced by 1970s rock music as well as British punk bands like Stiff Little Fingers , Angelic Upstarts and The Undertones .
Claudia Nitsche from Metal Hammer found that the band's music is better off in Swedish Metal than in Finnish. In an interview with her, Salonen stated that they “committed to rock with punk attitudes” because they did not want to devote themselves to styles of music like speed metal . In music, the focus is on the melody and not on the technology. For Nitsche, the group combines the suppleness of Bad Religion with the "rougher pace" of the Backyard Babies . In a later interview with Henning Richter, Salonen confirmed that they would remain true to their punk and rock 'n' roll roots. According to Salonen, the group is often compared to The Wildhearts and 3 Colors Red . He described the music of Hybrid Children as being more melodic and simpler than that of Backyard Babies or The Hellacopters . He cited the Misfits and the Ramones as influences . He also described himself as a big fan of the band Hanoi Rocks , which would also have decisively shaped the style.
In a rock-hard interview by Wolf-Rüdiger Mühlmann, the band stated that they were all fans of Subway to Sally. She compared herself with the group, although musically they had nothing in common, but both were "fun-loving and always available for a joke", which is also an expression of punk rock . In a later interview, conducted by Francoise Berger, the group was compared to the Backyard Babies. Marcus Schleutermann from Rock Hard wrote in his review of Honeymoon in Babylon that the path of the debut album will be continued. This is expressed in the cover design, which is reminiscent of the Sex Pistols , the unchanged style and the high quality of the songs. You can hear carefree, fresh and melodic punk rock, with the songs usually being two to three minutes long. The songs would contain “chanting choruses”, some of which would come close to the level of the Toten Hosen. The rhythms are mostly in the medium speed range, the guitar work is riff- oriented and more like rock. Musically, the group can be classified between Green Day and Sator . In a later issue, Wolf-Rüdiger Mühlmann described Uncensored Teenage Hardcore as a “mixture of Peter And The Test Tube Babies , Toy Dollz , NOFX and HC- like power”. For Francoise Berger, Drugster was "Party-Finn-Power-Punk-Rock in the alcohol limit range between good and bad". The band avoids sounding new and instead relies on “straight-hard shredded guitars, power tin drums and snot singing, mixed without frills and served from avanti to piano”. Andreas Herz found that Stardom Is Here combines “the power of heavy metal and the attitude of punk”. Particularly characteristic are the “powerful riffs, sweeping melodies and Jasse's dynamic vocals”, which spread an infectious energy. Even after listening to them several times, you can still find new things in the songs.
Joachim Hiller from Ox-Fanzine stated that the band can be compared to the Backyard Babies, Gluecifer and The Hellacopters, who had also revived the sound of Hanoi Rocks in a more modern form in the 1990s. The group combines pop-punk and rock. In an interview with him, Sasu Ketonen stated that the band was initially influenced by groups like the Ramones, the Sex Pistols and Finnish punk bands from the mid / late 1970s such as Pelle Miljoona . Later other influences such as the Finnish rock band Hurriganes were added. Jasse Salonen added Stiff Little Fingers, The Adverts , Anti-Nowhere League , the Buzzcocks , Generation X , The Clash , Iggy & the Stooges , Metallica , The Beatles , Jethro Tull of the late 1970s, Eurythmics and Hanoi Rocks as other original influences before Bad Religion , The Wildhearts and the early Manic Street Preachers , among others , were added. Hiller wrote in an older review of Honeymoon in Babylon that Hybrid Children is the Finnish version of Psychotic Youth (Sweden). There is very melodic rock to be heard, which only has something to do with punk. All in all, there is a "[g] lucid production, highly melodic choral singing and an endless flood of harmonic chords". In a later edition, Simon Brunner reviewed Drugster and found that there were influences from punk rock, heavy metal and hard rock , but the band could not be clearly assigned to a genre. The group uses choirs that are reminiscent of Def Leppard , and influences from the first two albums of the Goo Goo Dolls and the Altar Boys can also be heard on the album. Lauri Wessel discussed in another issue Fight As One , which contained a mixture of Backyard Babies and Heideroosjes . The songs are melodic and in some cases almost approach pop music .
Discography
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- 1991: Another Dose Up Your Nose ... (EP, Alternative Action Records )
- 1991: Reveal Your Charms (EP, Alternative Action Records)
- 1992: Brutal Babies (EP, Alternative Action Records)
- 1993: Bleed Baby Bleed !!! (Album, Gaga Goodies Records )
- 1994: Honeymoon in Babylon (album, Gaga Goodies Records)
- 1995: Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things! (EP, Gaga Goodies Records)
- 1996: Uncensored Teenage Hardcore (album, Gaga Goodies Records)
- 1996: Happiness Is A Loaded Gun (single, Gaga Goodies Records)
- 1997: No Apologies (single, Gaga Goodies Records)
- 1998: Drugster (album, Gaga Goodies Records)
- 1999: Down for Evermore (single, Gaga Goodies Records)
- 1999: Stardom Is Here (Album, Dream Catcher Records )
- 2000: Urban White Boy Blues (single, Gaga Goodies Records)
- 2001: Hybrid Moments (compilation, Gaga Goodies Records)
- 2004: Ghost Town Carnival (album, Bad Habits Records )
- 2009: Fight As One (Album, Bad Habits Records)
Web links
- Website of the band
- Hybrid Children at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Mike DaRonco: Hybrid Children. Allmusic , accessed June 2, 2018 .
- ^ A b Francoise Berger: Hybrid Children . Breast milk and vodka. In: Rock Hard . No. 146 , July 1999, p. 70 .
- ↑ a b Claudia Nitsche: Hybrid Children . Finnish sun. In: Metal Hammer . May 1999, p. 67 .
- ^ Hybrid Children. Discogs , accessed June 2, 2018 .
- ↑ Info. Facebook , accessed June 2, 2018 .
- ↑ a b Ollie Fröhlich: HYBRID CHILDREN . The children have grown up. In: Ox-Fanzine . 83, April / May, 2009 ( ox-fanzine.de [accessed June 13, 2018]).
- ↑ a b Henning Richter: Hybrid Children . Stubborn bastards. In: Metal Hammer . May 1999, p. 10 .
- ↑ a b Wolf-Rüdiger Mühlmann: Hybrid Children . Short nights with plush bunnies. In: Rock Hard . No. 116 , January 1997, p. 88 .
- ^ Marcus Schleutermann: Hybrid Children . Honeymoon in Babylon. In: Rock Hard . No. 89 , October 1994, p. 82 .
- ^ Wolf-Rüdiger Mühlmann: Hybrid Children . Uncensored Teenage Hardcore. In: Rock Hard . No. 113 , October 1996, p. 106 .
- ^ Francoise Berger: Hybrid Children . Drugster. In: Rock Hard . No. 144 , May 1999, p. 102 .
- ↑ Andreas Herz: Hybrid Children . Stardom Is Here. In: Rock Hard . No. 161 , October 2000, p. 92 .
- ↑ Ollie Fröhlich: HYBRID CHILDREN . Honeymoon In Babylon CD. In: Ox-Fanzine . No. 21 , 1995 ( ox-fanzine.de [accessed June 14, 2018]).
- ↑ Simon Brunner: HYBRID CHILDREN . Drugster CD. In: Ox-Fanzine . No. 35 , 1999 ( ox-fanzine.de [accessed June 14, 2018]).
- ↑ Lauri Wessel: HYBRID CHILDREN . Fight As One. In: Ox-Fanzine . 83, April / May, 1999 ( ox-fanzine.de [accessed June 14, 2018]).
- ↑ Chart sources: FI