THE CHROME CRANKS reunion with WOMAN, The Headless Hookers and Brownbird Rudy Relic May 15, 2009

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FRIDAY, MAY 15th

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Reunion of NYC dirt-swamp-noise legends

THE CHROME CRANKS

with

WOMAN

The Headless Hookers

Brownbird Rudy Relic

at

GLASSLANDS
289 Kent Ave
b/t S1st & S2nd
BROOKLYN

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http://www.myspace.com/chromecranks
http://www.myspace.com/womannyc
http://www.myspace.com/theheadlesshookers
http://www.myspace.com/brownbirdrudyrelic

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The Chrome Cranks to Reunite for May Shows, Release of New Album

Despite the recession, severe back ailments, untold family tragedies, the devastating effects of Hurricane Katrina on one member’s family, a derigueur divorce, and the inevitable and sundry mid-life crises, after more than a decade New York City’s infamous garage/punk-blues/noise kings the Chrome Cranks are back. The band’s best and best-known lineup of vocalist/guitarist Peter Aaron, guitarist William Weber, drummer Bob Bert, and bassist Jerry Teel has reunited for a limited series of shows to take place in May 2009—and is ready to once again roundly kick the world square in its soft, pathetic, and pain-deserving ass.

Also this spring the revered Spanish label Bang! Records will release The Murder of Time: 1993-1996, a career overview on CD and double vinyl LP featuring remastered tracks from the band’s first three studio albums (1994’s The Chrome Cranks, 1995’s Dead Cool, and 1996’s Love in Exile; all now out of print) and 1997’s in-concert Live in Exile, plus several rare cuts.

Formed by Aaron and Weber (a sometime G.G. Allin side man) during the late 1980s in Cincinnati, Ohio, the Chrome Cranks became a true force to be feared when the band moved to New York in 1992 and acquired ex-Honeymoon Killers leader Teel and, eventually, ex-Sonic Youth/Pussy Galore member Bert. Dark, explosive, and overwhelmingly raw, the Cranks’ corrosive sound proudly references masters like the Stooges, the Scientists, Suicide, the Gun Club, the Doors, the Cramps, the Birthday Party, the Rolling Stones, and the Jesus Lizard, interweaving these feral scraps with the band members’ singular Midwest garage-meets-Lower East Side-alley breeding to create a jagged, black pastiche unrivaled since the quartet’s 1998 breakup.

Known equally for their unhinged, decibel-destroying live performances and their volatile studio recordings, the Chrome Cranks have been cited as an influence by the White Stripes, the Mooney Suzuki, and other leading neo-garage acts. Additionally, the group’s songs have been covered on stage and on record by many younger bands.

At this point the Chrome Cranks have no plans to resume performing regularly after these dates, making the reunion truly one not to be missed. Consider yourself warned.

Official Website: http://www.myspace.com/chromecranks