Last crack
| Last crack | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| origin | Madison , Wisconsin , United States |
| Genre (s) | Progressive metal , heavy metal |
| founding | 1987, 1994, 2002 |
| resolution | 1992, 1994 |
| Current occupation | |
| Chris Havey | |
| Paul Schluter | |
Electric guitar |
Don Bakken |
| Todd Winger | |
| Buddo | |
| former members | |
Drums |
Randy Landphier |
Drums |
Jake Moldenaur |
Electric bass |
Brain manganese |
singing |
Todd Brown |
Drums |
Phil "Philo" Buerstatte († 2013) |
singing |
Dennis Richards |
singing |
Shawn Anthony Brown |
Last Crack is an American progressive and heavy metal band from Madison , Wisconsin , which was founded in 1987, disbanded in 1992, briefly reunited in 1994 for another album and has been sporadically active again since 2002.
history
The moment the band was founded is when the singer and lyricist Buddo met the other members via an advertisement. This happened in 1987. After the band had signed a contract with Roadrunner Records in 1988, Sinister Funhouse # 17 was their first album in 1989, with Buddo leaning naked against a red splattered white background on the cover. The album was recorded at Paisley Park Studio , which was owned by musician Prince . On the next album Burning Time , which was released in 1991, Dave Truehardt replaced bassist Todd Winger. The sound carrier was produced by Dave Jerden and was released via Roadracer Records and Roadrunner Records. The members wavered when choosing the album title between Chocolate Church , Wicked Sandbox and Down Beat Dirt Messiah , but the album was called Burning Time by Roadrunner Records , as it was expected to increase sales. Singer Buddo, on the other hand, favored Wicked Sandbox because he considered the title Burning Time to be too common. At the beginning of 1992 the singer decided to resume his abandoned philosophy studies. At first it was said that the band wanted to continue, but it soon broke up. In 1994 the band came together again for a short time and released the third album Runheadstartscreaming , which appeared on Diamond Records , whereupon Shawn Anthony Brown could be heard as the new singer, while drummer Phil Buerstatte was replaced by Chris Havey. Some of these songs were produced by Brian Malouf . The album was later remastered by John Machnik and re-released in 2002 on Rökker Records . In the same year the band also performed at the Dynamo Open Air .
For a single appearance on August 3, 2002 in Madison, the band came together again, with Shawn Anthony Brown as a singer. For the birthday party of Rökker Records on November 15th, 2002 the band got together again, whereby the group consisted of the original line-up, but without the drummer Phil "Philo" Buerstatte, but with Chris Havey. Another concert followed on New Year's Eve together with Magic 7. In 2004, singer Buddo returned to the band. The other members at that time were guitarists Paul Schluter and Don Bakken, bassist Todd Winger and drummer Chris Havey. Together they recorded new demos. In November 2006, Metal Mind Productions released Sinister Funkhouse # 17 and Burning Time , with a limited edition of 2000 copies. The group held another appearance in 2009. Since then, the band, which consists of singer Buddo, guitarists Paul Schluter and Don Bakken, bassist Todd Winder and drummer Chris Havey, has been on a break. Ex-drummer Phil Buerstatte died in 2013.
style
According to Prog Sothoth progarchives.com the band play a mixture of psychedelic and progressive rock , funk and blues and can be compared to groups like Faith No More , King's X and Jane's Addiction . The band itself gave groups like Rush and Fear as influences. According to singer Buddo in the Metal Hammer interview with André Verhuysen, Schluter, Bakken, Winger and Buerstatte had a more classic heavy metal background such as B. Van Halen , while he was more influenced by hardcore punk and progressive metal bands like Fear and Black Flag . Usually Schlueter write the riffs first . If these would agree with the other members, the members, except for Buddo, would continue to work on the song before Buddo wrote the text for it. The text for Mini Toboggan originated from a poem that Buddo wrote about a childhood experience in which he played with his siblings in the snow. According to Martin Groß from Metal Hammer, the band played “ Crossover- Psychedlic-Funk- Metal ” on the album , with the vocals reminiscent of Jim Morrison and the solos of George Lynch . According to John Duke of Metal Hammer, the group has parallels to the early Ratt . In addition, the music would often be classified between Aerosmith and Guns N 'Roses .
Pano Christodulopulos wrote about Burning Time in the Revelation , all the songs differed greatly from each other, but if fully listened to, everything sounded like “one piece”. For Andy Stout from Rock Power , the band presents a soul striptease to powerful but confused sounds. After Chris Glaub ( Break Out ) had been brought to the comparison with Warrior Soul by the promotion department , he didn't find it absurd. Manfred Upnmoor had completely different associations in the Zillo : He said that the hard to digest audio food could have come from Killing Joke on a metal instead of wave basis.
Discography
- 1987: Sinister Funkhouse # 17 (demo, self-publication)
- 1989: Sinister Funkhouse # 17 (Album, Roadrunner Records )
- 1990: Last Crack (single, Red Decibel Records )
- 1991: Energy Mind (single, Roadrunner Records)
- 1991: Down Beat Dirt Messiah (single, Roadrunner Records)
- 1991: Burning Time (Album, Roadracer Records / Roadrunner Records)
- 1994: Runheadstartscreaming (Album, Diamond Records )
- 2004: Demo 2004 (demo, self-published)
- 2005: Burning Funkhouse Live (Live-Album, Rökker Records )
- 2019: The Up Rising (Album, EMP Label Group)
Web links
- Last Crack at Allmusic (English)
- Last Crack at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Manfred Upnmoor: Brief portrait of the band . Last crack. In: Zillo . The independent music magazine. June 1991, p. 37 .
- ↑ a b c André Verhuysen: Last Crack . It's Burning Time For Last Crack. In: Metal Hammer . June 1991, p. 122 f .
- ↑ James Christopher Monger: Last Crack. Allmusic , accessed June 14, 2014 .
- ↑ a b Holger Stratmann: Rock Hard Encyclopedia . ROCK HARD GmbH, 1998, ISBN 3-9805171-0-1 , p. 208 f .
- ↑ a b Last Crack . In: Rock Power . 10 (new count), March 1992, News, pp. 6 .
- ↑ a b c Prog Sothoth: LAST CRACK. Last crack biography. progarchives.com, accessed June 14, 2014 .
- ↑ Biography. (No longer available online.) Rockdetector.com, archived from the original on July 14, 2014 ; accessed on June 14, 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.
- ↑ Martin Groß: Last Crack . It's Burning Time For Last Crack. In: Metal Hammer . June 1991, p. 122 f .
- ↑ John Duke: Last Crack . 'Waiting for Buddo'. In: Metal Hammer / Crash . No. June 15 , 1989, pp. 106 .
- ^ Pano Christodulopulos: Last Crack . In: Revelation . No. 2 , p. 9 ff .
- ^ Andy Stout: Last Crack . Burning time. In: Rock Power . 1 (new census), June 1991, p. 84 .
- ↑ Chris Glaub: Last Crack . A basic philosophical course. In: Break Out . June 1991, p. 43 .
- ^ Manfred Upnmoor: Last Crack . Burning time. In: Zillo . The independent music magazine. June 1991, p. 28 f .
