Walter Schreifels

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Walter Schreifels, Groezrock 2013
Schreifels at an appearance with Rival Schools in 2009

Walter Schreifels (born March 10, 1969 in New York City ) is an American rock musician and producer. In the 1980s Schreifels was a member of the hardcore punk bands Youth of Today and Gorilla Biscuits , later he was active in the bands Quicksand , Rival Schools , Walking Concert and as a solo artist.

life and career

In the late 1980s, Schreifels was a member of many New York hardcore bands, including Youth of Today , where he played bass, and Gorilla Biscuits , where he played guitar. Both groups were committed to the straight edge idea.

From 1989 - before the Gorilla Biscuits dissolved - Schreifels founded the band Moondog, whose unpublished recordings and demos were only released in October 2006 by Anthology Recordings. After a concert at the CBGB , Moondog became the more metal-oriented post-hardcore band Quicksand . In these projects Schreifels was the frontman and main songwriter.

In the mid-1990s, Schreifels continued to work in the CIV group with the musicians of his former band Gorilla Biscuits and, according to his own account, wrote the first CIV album Set Your Goals without being considered a member of the band.

In 1997 Schreifels founded the label Some Records together with Sammy Siegler and Matt Pincus . In 1999 he produced the album No Division by Hot Water Music . He later formed the melodic indie rock band Rival Schools . This released the album United by Fate on Island Records in 2001 and separated in 2003. Walking Concert , his next project, is influenced by British bands and performers such as Elvis Costello , The Kinks and The Smiths and released the album Run to be Born in 2004 . In 2005 there was a reunion of the Gorilla Biscuits; Since 2006 Schreifels has been living temporarily in Berlin . Since 2008 the band Rival Schools has been active again and in 2011 released their second album "Pedals". In addition, Rival Schools released the material recorded in the follow-up phase to "United by Fate", which had leaked and appeared on the Internet for several years and "lost", in 2013 on the album "Found".

In 2010 Schreifel's solo acoustic LP An Open Letter to the Scene was released , on which he covered the agnostic front song Society Suckers . His backing band for the tour that same year consisted of bassist Arthur Smilios (Gorilla Biscuits), drummer Drew Thomas (Youth of Today), guitarist Dave Hill and guitarist / keyboardist John Herguth (Atlantic / Pacific, House & Parish).

He also took over background vocals in the song Kotzen (feat. Walter Schreifels) on the 2008 album Egotronic by the band of the same name (German electro / punk ) . In 2012 he sang the chorus in the song Love is a Killer feat on the album Wo es Beginnt by the band Madsen . Walter Schreifels .

Web links

Commons : Walter Schreifels  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information on Moondog ( Memento of the original dated February 13, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) 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. on the label's website (accessed December 13, 2007) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.anthologyrecordings.com
  2. ↑ Jason Schreurs: Walter Schreifels Talks New Rival Schools LP, Solo Album and No Chance of Quicksand Reunion - Ever , exclaim.ca, March 29, 2010 (accessed September 1, 2011): “[...] And I wrote that whole CIV album [1995's Set Your Goals, so I wanted to try a different version of my song "(in relation to the CIV cover Don't Gotta Prove It on his solo album)
  3. ↑ Walter Schreifels: Reunited States , Spin, May 8, 2007 (accessed September 14, 2011)
  4. ↑ Walter Schreifels - Man, Myth, Legend ... and simply nice. ( Memento of the original from May 4, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) 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. Interview at peta2.de (accessed on September 14, 2011) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.peta2.de
  5. ^ Mathias Frank: Alone. Especially. Mysterious. , Interview with Schreifels on gaesteliste.de (accessed on September 14, 2011)
  6. ↑ Marc Peschke: He said goodbye to the noise , St. Gallener Tagblatt Online, May 18, 2010 (accessed on September 14, 2011)
personal data
SURNAME Schreifels, Walter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American musician and record producer
DATE OF BIRTH March 10, 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City , United States