Formed in March 2004 by Ben Rodecker on rythm-guitar & vocals, Darwin Baker on bass & vocals, Stevey-Handsom on the drums, Scott Robson handling the lead-vocal duties, and Danny-Ransom on lead guitar, The Crackdown is a 77' influenced street-rock 'n' roll band from the heart of Canada - Winnipeg, MB. Coming from Winnipeg is both a blessing and a curse explains Danny; "On one hand there's a ton of great bands from Canada .... On the other hand it sucks because it's a gigantic geographic country, you can drive 18 hours in either direction of Winnipeg before you hit another major city." But the upside is that the Canadian punkrock scene, although small, is thriving with great bands, both past and present. "I listen to a lot of Canadian punk," adds Ben, "Mostly old stuff like Teenage Head, The Forgotten Rebels, The Viletones, Pointed Sticks, D.O.A. Lately we've got some great bands too .... The Tranzmitors, The Wednesday Night Heroes, Knucklehead, The Fallout, & The Farrell Bros. All of those bands are top notch!"
Although the band is relativly young, the members have been playing music together for over 10 years, and combined have shared the stage with such notable acts as; The Casualties, Death By Stereo, Mad Caddies, The Horrorpops, Left Alone and the Satanic Surfers. "We actually all, except Steve, went to highschool together" says Danny, "which is either cool or pathetic when you consider we're all in our mid-20s and haven't found anybody cool enough to start a band with outside of ourselves." Orignally when the band formed they went through a revolving door of drummers until Stevey-Handsom was recruited permantly in the summer of 2006 after being the on-again-off-again fill-in drummer.
Musically, The Crackdown attributes their influences anywhere from the early sounds of The Clash to Rose Tatto. "(Basically, we're) 5 pissed off, broke as hell, shitty job working guys getting together, drinking a lot, and then playing '77ish rock and roll with a bit of a modern twist to it all." says Dan. And although the band isn't too concerned with their genre or which specific facet of punkrock they fall in, Ben explains that - "... we don't really aim for anything other than for each song to kick more ass than the last."
The new album Broken Guitars & Trashy Bars, is a 12-song split CD/vinyl with Germany's Hiroshima Mon Mour. "Each band has 6 Tracks on it..." says Ben "... (I think) you can defiantly hear a maturity in our sound compared to the last release ... and the Hiroshima tracks just plain rule." The album is the second release for the band, their first being a 6 song EP entitled Rebel Radio - released in 2004 independantly by the band. Now working with New York-based Long Shot Records the match-up has brought the band to a new level explains Ben; "Mike has a real great reputation with Canadian bands. He was the first label we contacted and he seemed really interested in the whole thing so we just went with it."
Gearing up for the release of BG&TB, The Crackdown are currently prepairing for what else? World Domination. "Of course," adds Danny; "We pretty much figure we're on the road, to opening for U2 and doing multiple nights at arenas worldwide."
Videos of The Crackdown
"Death & Dishonesty" - Live Clip from Tribute to Devin Mitchell
Hiya there The Crackdown! Here is a brand new tune, sound & images of the forthcoming album of *Salvation City Rockers*... Hope you will enjoy our moody Steet Punk sound from Paris. Keep the faith! *SCR*
Just stopping by to say hi and give you some news. The award winning album 'Welcome To Murraysville' from Phil Murray and the Boys From Bury is available worldwide from CD Baby and directly from the merchandise page of the official website. You can also get the album from Apple iTunes, MSN Music, Rhapsody, Napster, Amazon and many more.
Ya os podeis hacer con la nueva edición de los SUBVERSION-X, un libro + cd con toda su historia, otro legado de la MARGEN IZQUIERDA www.wcdiscos.com/tien Pasaros por la pagina MUSICA Y DECIBELIOS
HUMDRUMPUNK PODCAST Episode 04 Season 03 - NEW Online now streaming and download versions on our myspace page. Featured releases by DIP DAP /NIESTROY /BORN TO DESTRUCT/ THE KING CROWS - Also tracks by : CONTROL / FLIPPER /THE STALIN / TSUNEMATSU MASATOSHI /GEOFFERY OI!COTT / THE LAST RESORT / SUBURBAN REPTILES / RAXOLA / ZARTAKO / THE JANITORS / EXTINCTION OF MANKIND / X RIPPERS / VICE CREEMS / ARGY BARGY / QUICK & THE DEAD / WORLD WAR XXIV/ THE EXSERTS / THE INFIRM / SLICK 46 / THE KNIFE PARTY/ COLOURED RICE MEN / GOOD NEIGHBOUR POLICY / APOCALYPSE BABIES / DOGSFLESH /CHARRED HEARTS / VEGETABLE TRUCK / COMBAT 77 / ACCELERATORS / CHARGE 69 / ASSHOLE SYNDICATE / SCREAMING TRIBESMEN
Hey all you Mafia fans!
We've got some awesome news, and some not so awesome news. The awesome news is that we have a SHOW ON JUNE 12TH at the 1st Baptist Church in Westfield, NJ! It's gonna be an wonderous lineup.
The not so awesome news is that we're breaking up, and THIS IS THE LAST TIME EVER TO SEE THE MAFIA PLAY. After this, there will be no more Cats Pooping on Pillows, no more Michael J Fox attempting to play Nintendo Wii, and most of all, no more Nosebleeds.
And we're gonna divorce Awful Waffle LIVE on stage.
Brick By Brick Productions Presents:
June 12 @ Westfield 1st Baptist
170 Elm St, Westfield NJ
6pm, All Ages, $10
The Mafia
Awful Waffle
Banana Hammock
Infinite Detour
Click on the flyer to get your tickets today!