Boar head

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Boar head
General information
origin Ulm , Baden-Württemberg , Germany
Genre (s) Crossover , metal , rock , hip-hop , hardcore punk
founding 1995-1997
resolution 2001 or later
Last occupation
Jochen Speidel
Mark Toth
Achim Lindermeir
Drums (live)
 Frank Hammer
Double bass (live)
 Florian Galow
former members
Drums
 Jürgen Schlachter
Drums (studio)
 Ben Lauber

Keilerkopf was a Baden-Württemberg crossover band from Ulm , which was founded sometime between 1995 and 1997 and dissolved around 2001.

history

The graphics student Jochen Speidel and the budding doctor Mark Toth had known each other since 1991 and initially played in the band Frank's Chop House , which initially only had cover versions in its repertoire before they wrote their own songs. The freelance music teacher Achim Lindermeir joined as a further musician in 1994, while the group changed its style. The first twelve songs in the new style were then released on CD in 1995 via ZYX Music under the name Frank's Chop House - Public Meat Inspectors . Since the release was unsuccessful, the then drummer and bassist left the line-up. At this time the first boar head songs like Anytime and Nobody were written. Speidel, who played the keyboard and contributed samples, the singer Toth and the guitarist Lindemeir then dissolved Frank's Chop House and founded Keilerkopf.

From January to March 1997 a first demo containing five songs was recorded and sent to various record companies. As a result, the group reached a recording deal with Universal Music Group in May . After several test recordings with various producers, the self-titled debut album was recorded in Vienna from November 1997 to February 1998 . The Viennese duo Beat4Feet was the producer team. In addition, additional remixes by Thomas Rabitsch were added. The material was mastered by Sterling Sound in New York City . The first rehearsals for holding performances began in May. In addition, Frank Hammer on drums and Florian Galow on double bass were added as live musicians. In August 1998, the first single was released under the name Nobody , for which a music video was created. The first appearances were also given at Popkomm on the roof of the Karstadt building as part of the WOM (World of Music) rooftop concerts. The group was also seen in various formats on MTV , VIVA and VIVA Zwei . On October 5th, the debut album was released. From October 1998 to January 1999 the group went on tour with Molotov and then with H-Blockx through Germany , Austria and Switzerland , before the second single called Anytime followed at the end of January . There were also performances with Cypress Hill , Sepultura and Blackeyed Blonde . The video for the single Nobody was nominated for the 1999 Clip Awards. By the end of 1998 half of the songs for a second album had already been written. However, since the band was dissatisfied with the producer, they started looking for a new one, who was found in the person of the Berlin-based Moses Schneider . In April 2001 the second album Dreimannmensch was released . As singles were Traumschloss and Nothing to Lose decoupled.

style

laut.de found that the band members are “middle-class guys like the Fantas , who, despite the hip-hop boom of guitar and metal , can'tstop”, resulting in a kind of crossover, with the lyrics in German be. In the band name, the word "Keiler" stands for aggressiveness and the "head" for everything that Mark Toth goes through his head. The group draws its influences from hip-hop, hardcore punk , bands like Rage Against the Machine and Beastie Boys, as well as all music that has something to do with guitars. At the beginning of every song there is the sequencer and not the jam session in the rehearsal room. For the sound, hip-hop is the main pillar. The second album Dreimannmensch again takes up the lyrics of mostly personal experiences of the singer Toth. According to Christian Graf in his Nu Metal and Crossover Lexicon, the band crosses rock , rap and metal and uses German lyrics so that they can be classified between Rage Against the Machine and the Beastie Boys.

Marcus Schleutermann from Rock Hard wrote in his review of Keilerkopf that the band can be classified between Die Fantastischen Vier and the Rödelheim Hartreim project , with many of the songs underlaid with metal guitars. This means that the group as a whole can be assigned to the crossover. Claudia Nitsche from Metal Hammer found that the band was helping to revive the crossover, which was believed to be dead, using "samples, a guitar and a lyricist that everyone over 35 may shake their head at". In an interview with her, Mark Toth stated that there were only two or three fun and ironic songs on the debut album and the rest was in a different style, as the group tried to offer variety. The work on the songs looks like that the members work on samplers, as each member works out their part on their own, before they are then put together. In the same issue, Matthias Weckmann also reviewed the self-titled debut album. In addition to the crossover, he also assigned Keilerkopf to rap metal . There are also a few songs that are pure hip-hop in the style of Die Fantastischen Vier. Dani Schneider from Powermetal.de reviewed Dreimannmensch and stated that the group was closer to hip-hop than to metal or something similar. The electric guitar hardly comes into its own and the drums are not available and are being replaced by samples or a drum computer . The music is not suitable for metal fans and can only be recommended to a limited extent for nu-metal fans as the hip-hop proportion was very high.

Discography

  • 1997: Demo (demo, self-publication)
  • 1998: Keilerkopf (album, Universal Music Group )
  • 1998: Die Tüte (Single, Universal Music Group)
  • 1998: Ja Ja (Kiss My Ass) (Single, Universal Music Group)
  • 1998: Nobody (Single, Universal Music Group)
  • 1998: Godzilla (single, Universal Music Group)
  • 1998: Keilerkopf (single, Universal Music Group)
  • 1998: Anytime (Single, Universal Music Group)
  • 2000: Keilerkopf 1 (Single, Motor Music )
  • 2000: Traumschloss (Single, Motor Music)
  • 2001: Dreimannmensch (Album, Motor Music)
  • 2001: Nix To Lose (Single, Motor Music)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Marcus Schleutermann: Boar head . Godzilla sings. In: Metal Hammer . January 1998, p. 15 .
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g boar head. laut.de , accessed on August 12, 2017 .
  3. ↑ a b c History. keilerkopf.de, archived from the original on April 22, 2001 ; accessed on August 11, 2017 .
  4. ^ A b Christian Graf: Nu Metal and Crossover Lexicon . Lexikon Imprint Verlag, 2002, ISBN 3-89602-515-5 , p. 141 .
  5. ↑ Marcus Schleutermann: Boar head . Boar head. In: Rock Hard . No. 138 , November 1998 ( rockhard.de [accessed August 12, 2017]).
  6. ^ Matthias Weckmann: Boar head . Boar head. In: Metal Hammer . January 1998, p. 84 .
  7. ↑ Dani Schneider: KEILERKOPF - three-man man. Powermetal.de , accessed on August 12, 2017 .