The freeze

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The freeze
General information
origin Cape Cod (USA)
Genre (s) Hardcore , punk rock
founding 1978, 1990
resolution 1989
Current occupation
Cliff "Hanger" Croce
DB
Electric guitar
 Zach Carmichael
Molusk
Aaron Hjalmarson
former members
Drums
 Johnny Baxter
Electric guitar
 Rob DeCradle
Electric bass
 Pat Leonard
Drums
 Pat Brady
Electric guitar
 Paul Delano
Drums, vocals
 Scott Moulaison
Electric guitar
 Steve Wood
Electric bass
 Rick Andrews
Electric guitar, vocals
 Marc Thalasitas
Electric bass
 Daniella Thalasitas
Electric bass
 Craig Adams
Electric guitar
 Eric Short
Electric guitar, vocals
 Joe Koonz
Electric guitar
 Ronald Cormier
Drums
 Kevin "Kev" Vicha
Drums
 Lou "Chip" Cataldo
Drums
 Walter Gustafson
Electric guitar
 Chuck Stilphs
Drums
 Jason Stone
Electric bass
 Mark Leonard
Drums
 Chris Barone
Electric guitar
 Anthony Pizzo
Drums
 Patrick "Swedish" Souza
Electric guitar
 Slade Anderson
Electric guitar
 John
Electric guitar, vocals
 Joshy Wastrel
Drums, vocals
 Gizz Lazlo
Electric bass
 Arvin Mani
Drums
 Frank Anderson
Electric bass, electric guitar
 Kevin Bonelli
Drums
 Anthony Barbaria
E-Guitar, E-Bass (Studio)
 Bill Close

The Freeze is an American hardcore and punk rock band from Cape Cod , Massachusetts that was founded in 1978, disbanded in 1989 and has been active again since 1990.

history

The band was formed in 1978. All members were still in high school at this point . In 1980 the single I Hate Tourists was released via Rebel Records , whereupon the band consists of the singer Cliff "Hanger" Croce, the guitarist Rob DeCradle, the bassist Rick Andrews and the drummer Lou Cataldo. In 1982 the group was heard on the sampler This Is Boston, Not LA , which made them known nationwide. The song of the same name also gave the title for this sampler. In Modern Method Records , which also the sampler had been published already, published in 1984, the EP Guilty Face and the debut album Land of the Lost . The album was recorded in 1983 at Baker Street Studios in Watertown . In 1985, the second album under the name Rabid Reaction , which had been recorded in the Boston Newbury Studios , joined via Modern Method Records . After a first US tour, the band fell silent between 1986 and 1990, when only four songs were composed. In 1989 the group even split up before they got together again in 1990 for a benefit concert. In 1991 the album Misery Loves Company was released , with The Freeze now becoming Taang! Records had changed. In addition to Croce, the line-up consists of the drummer Cataldo, Bill Close, who took over the bass and electric guitar and has been in the band since the debut album, and the guitarist Joe Koonz. The album sold worse than its predecessor. Thereupon the band was given a first European tour by Lost & Found Records , whereby the label initially recorded material for the live album Five Way Fury (1992). Pat Brady was now the drummer, while Pat Leonard played the bass. In the same year Bitzcore Records released the album Double Dosed , which contains the songs from the sampler This Is Boston, Not LA (for legal reasons, however, without the title song) and recordings of a session from 1988. The first studio album on Lost & Found Records followed in 1994 under the name Crawling Blind , on which Walter Gustafson can be heard as the new drummer. As with the previous album, the guitarist Close took over the bass again. In autumn they went on a second tour through Europe. On the 1995 album Freak Show , the line-up had again changed significantly. In addition to Croce, it consisted of guitarist Bill Close, drummer Scott Moulaison and bassist Craig Adams. After the release, the group separated from Lost & Found Records and signed with Dr. Strange Records , which released the album One False Move in 1999 . Since 2005, the band has been performing again in the Boston area, with Croce as the only remaining original member.

style

Matthias Mader stated in his book This Is Boston… Not New York that The Freeze is one of the longest-serving Boston hardcore punk bands and is even older than SS Decontrol . Musically, ideologically, visually or geographically, the band did not fit into the Boston scene: they did not dress according to a certain order and occasionally consumed legal and illegal drugs. The music is far more melodic than that of DYS , SS Decontrol and The FU's . I Hate Tourists was the first vinyl release by a Boston hardcore punk band. Mader gave a statement from the band's homepage that the band was listening to bands like Bad Religion , Channel 3 , Circle Jerks and Social Distortion when This Is Boston, Not LA was released . The song This Is Boston, Not LA is aimed at the emerging Boston scene, not just copying the Los Angeles scene . Idiots at Happy Hour , another song by the sampler, reflects the state of the home. The song No Exposure from the debut album criticizes the local hardcore punk scene and a local fanzine called Forced Exposure . American Town is socially critical and inspired by Dead Kennedys . The songs on the album were produced raw, quickly, with dashing guitar riffs and with melodic, charismatic vocals. Misery Loves Company is about the drug problems of each member. While Crawling Blind was produced very cleanly, the production of Freak Show was much rougher. The songs are fast and melodious and are sometimes comparable to Bad Religion and ALL .

Brian Cogan noted in his Encyclopedia of Punk Music and Culture that the band played hardcore punk, which was significantly more melodic than the Boston scene.

According to Jan Jaedike from Rock Hard , the band sees itself between hardcore punk and punk rock. In an interview with him, Cliff named Croce Dead Boys , Sex Pistols , Ramones , Black Flag and Circle Jerks as early influences.

In an interview with Martin Büsser from ZAP Fanzine , Joe Koonz gave Dead Boys, Ramones and UK Subs . Koonz denied heavy metal influences on Misery Loves Company ; at most influences from hard rock are audible, otherwise they see themselves as a hardcore punk band. In her music, she does not deal with topics such as anarchism , rather you just play for fun. Political ideas are not avoided, but they are only discussed superficially.

In the book American Hardcore by Steven Blush, a statement by the DJ Shred was reproduced: The Freeze had a great influence on today's bands. Their melodic style was influenced more by punk rock than by hardcore punk. Due to their drug use, the band did not fit into the straight edge scene.

Joachim Hiller from Ox-Fanzine wrote in his review of Boston Wolfpack that it contained the three essential albums Land of the Lost , Rabid Reaction and Misery Loves Company , which would contain lids “the finest snotty hardcore” that “despite all snottiness with catchy melodies ”. In a later issue, Hiller reviewed One False Move , which offers "catchy punk rock", which is supplemented by "Hanger's distinctive, dumpling organ". The songwriting is experienced, Close's guitar playing is aggressive and the melodies are catchy. Five years later, Hiller discussed the compilation Land of the Lost / Rabid Reaction : The songs on the two albums are much more melodic than in the days of This Is Boston and Not LA and are an essential part of The Freeze's discography. Two issues later, Hiller commented on the compilation Crawling Blind / Freak Show : The two albums would offer “driving, rocking and melodious punk songs ” and, together with the liner notes, would deal with the subjects of drugs, death and despair, thus reflecting Croce's state of mind at that time . The singing is unmistakable, while a “classic Boston guitar rock sound” can be heard on the albums.

David Wienand from Metal Hammer wrote about Misery Loves Company that the band has its roots in hardcore punk, but the album leans heavily against hard rock and has only slight hardcore influences. The music is now less loud, aggressive and chaotic, but more straightforward and more suitable for the masses.

Discography

  • I Hate Tourists (single, 1980, Rebel Records )
  • Land of the Lost (Album, 1984, Modern Method Records )
  • Guilty Face (EP, 1984, Modern Method Records)
  • Rabid Reaction (album, 1985, Modern Method Records)
  • Misery Loves Company (album, 1991, Taang! Records )
  • Bloodlights (single, 1991, Taang! Records)
  • Double Dosed (album, 1992, Bitzcore Records )
  • The Freeze / Straw Dogs (Split with Straw Dogs , 1991, Lost & Found Records )
  • Five Way Fury (Live album, 1992, Lost & Found Records)
  • Crawling Blind (Album, 1994, Lost & Found Records)
  • The Freeze and Killrays (Split with Killrays , 1995, Lost & Found Records)
  • Freak Show (album, 1995, Lost & Found Records)
  • Boston Wolfpack (Compilation, 1996, Lost & Found Records)
  • A Deadly Duo (Split with The Bolweevils , 1996, Dr. Strange Records )
  • 11/2/96 (Fireside Bowl - Chicago, IL) (EP, 1996, VML Records )
  • Token Bones (Compilation, 1997, Dr. Strange Records)
  • One False Move (Album, 1999, Dr. Strange Records)
  • Tearin 'It Up. EP (split with Assert and Swellbellys, 2002, Hideous Eye Records )
  • Land of the Lost / Rabid Reaction (Compilation, 2003, Dr. Strange Records)
  • Crawling Blind / Freak Show (Compilation, 2004, Dr. Strange Records)
  • Live from Cape Cod 1980 (Live album, 2007, Schizophrenic Records )
  • Blood Flows Home (EP, 2011, Rabid Reaction Records )
  • Someone's Bleeding (EP, 2016, Dr. Strange Records)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Chris True: The Freeze. Allmusic , accessed August 2, 2016 .
  2. ^ A b c d e Matthias Mader: This Is Boston ... Not New York. A hardcore punk encyclopedia . 3. Edition. IP Verlag / Jeske Mader GbR, Berlin 2010, ISBN 3-931624-19-6 , p. 141 ff .
  3. ↑ Bio. Myspace , archived from the original on February 8, 2012 ; accessed on August 6, 2016 .
  4. ↑ a b The Freeze. Discogs , accessed August 6, 2016 .
  5. ↑ a b c Jan Jaedike: Boston's last heroes . The freeze. In: Rock Hard . No. 82 , March 1994, p. 98 f .
  6. ^ Brian Cogan: Encyclopedia of Punk Music and Culture . Greenwood Press, Westport, Connecticut 2006, ISBN 0-313-33340-8 , pp. 77 .
  7. ↑ Martin Büsser: The Freeze . We had everything we wanted And we owed it all to crime We must have fed a thrill a minute To the criminal inside. In: ZAP Fanzine . No. 41 , October 1991, p. 30th f .
  8. ↑ Steven Blush: American Hardcore . A Tribal History by Steven Blush. 2nd Edition. Feral House, Port Townsend, Washington 2010, ISBN 978-1-932595-89-5 , pp. 186 f .
  9. ↑ Thomas Hiller: FREEZE . Boston Wolfpack. In: Ox-Fanzine . No. 26 , 1997 ( ox-fanzine.de [accessed August 6, 2016]).
  10. ↑ Thomas Hiller: FREEZE . One False Move CD. In: Ox-Fanzine . No. 35 , 1999 ( ox-fanzine.de [accessed on August 6, 2016]).
  11. ↑ Thomas Hiller: FREEZE . Land Of The Lost / Rabid Reaction CD. In: Ox-Fanzine . No. 54 (March / April / May), 2004 ( ox-fanzine.de [accessed on August 6, 2016]).
  12. ↑ Thomas Hiller: FREEZE . Crawling Blind / Freak Show CD. In: Ox-Fanzine . No. 56 (September / October / November), 2004 ( ox-fanzine.de [accessed on August 6, 2016]).
  13. ^ David Wienand: The Freeze . Misery Loves Company. In: Metal Hammer . August 1991, p. 56 .