Lunacy

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Lunacy
General information
origin Wettswil am Albis , Switzerland
Genre (s) Rock , (initially) hardcore punk , thrash metal , crossover (later)
founding 1988
Website http://www.lunacy.ch/
Current occupation
Dirk Schmidt
René Schmidt
singing
 Bozsek
Tom
Roland Ribi
former members
Drums
 Nick
Electric guitar
 Chris Dorner
singing
 Chris "Zisti" Walder
singing
 Roger "Nasty" Gautschi
Drums
 Yvan

Lunacy is a Swiss crossover band from Wettswil am Albis , which was founded in 1988.

history

The band was founded in 1988 by the brothers René (electric guitar) and Dirk (electric bass) Schmidt. After a suitable singer and a drummer had been found, the first appearances and a first demo followed a year later . Lunacy played as the opening act for bands like Coroner and Sodom . Three years later, a new singer joined the line-up, followed by appearances in Switzerland, Germany , Austria and Hungary . Then the band went to the studio to record a demo. It was followed by the EP Sickness on the Witchhunt sub-label Suffering Records, thanks to an acquaintance employed there, and the album Face No More (1991) on the even smaller label Magic Records. The band consisted of the singer Roger "Nasty" Gautschi, the guitarist René, the bassist Dirk and the drummer Yvan. Then the album Believe? (1993) and the EP Gray Silence (1997). In the meantime a second guitarist had been announced, initially Oli Ender (later PX-Pain ). Ultimately, it became Chris Dorner, who brought progressive metal experience. In the following years the second guitarist and the drummer separated from the band due to musical differences. Then came keyboardist Tom, who was already on the album Believe? could be heard. Shortly afterwards, a drummer Nick joined the band as a new member. After half a year the band had developed four songs. The band then went to the Woodhouse Studio in Hagen in June 1999 , where the band recorded the EP Fairytales of a New Breed . The edition of the sound carrier was limited to 1000 copies. A little later, however, more were pressed in. A song from this was also heard on the rock-hard sampler Unerhört Vol. 6 . A little later, singer Roger "Nasty" Gautschi left the band and was replaced by Bozsek in the summer of 2000. Then the group went to the studio of a band they were friends with to record a new demo. This was followed by appearances at home and abroad before drummer Nick left the band and was replaced by Roland Ribi.

style

According to bassist Dirk, the band initially played rock, but that changed after singer Nasty, who previously worked for the hardcore punk band Exxor, joined the band. According to Martin Groß from Metal Hammer, "[they] primarily devote themselves to hardcore and crossover, for which a proper Thrash line can be clearly seen".

According to Groß, sickness is for people who “are devoted to Thrash-influenced hardcore or crossover sounds”. Spoken singing is also as characteristic on the album as changes in tempo . Uwe Schnädelbach from Metal Hammer said that the band played “quite independent Thrash with hardcore and punk elements ” on Face No More . And: "Lyrically, the four Swiss rely on a healthy mixture of serious, critical and fun lyrics". According to Oliver Recker from Metal Hammer , is the band moving towards Believe? "In older Thrash orbits (Sternzeit 1987 plus)" and "beams some weird guitar runs and hardcore parts on board"

Discography

  • 1988: Lunacy Demo (demo, self-release)
  • 1989: Landscape of Insanity (demo, self-published)
  • 1990: Sickness (EP, Suffering Records )
  • 1991: Face No More (album, Magic Records )
  • 1992: Lunacy Promo (demo, self-release)
  • 1993: Believe? (Album, Suffering Records)
  • 1997: Gray Silence (EP, Suffering Records / SPV )
  • 2000: Fairytales of a New Breed (EP, self-published)
  • 2001: Lunacy Promo (demo, self-release)
  • 2004: NINE (album, self-published)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b David Ivanov: Lunacy. Crazy by full moon light? In: Horror Infernal . October / November, No. 55 , October 1994, p. 92 .
  2. ↑ a b Uwe Schnädelbach: Lunacy. Face No More . In: Metal Hammer . October 1991, p. 68 .
  3. ↑ LUNACY - Believe? (1993). metal-treasures.com, accessed December 31, 2013 .
  4. ↑ Untitled . In: Break Out . October 1992, News, p. 7 .
  5. ↑ Biography. lunacy.ch, accessed on December 31, 2013 .
  6. ↑ Martin Groß: Lunacy . In: Metal Hammer . November 1991, p. 152 .
  7. ↑ Martin Groß: Lunacy. Sickness . In: Metal Hammer . February 1991, p. 60 .
  8. ↑ Oliver Recker: Lunacy. Believe? In: Metal Hammer . August 1994, p. 54 .