The sonic black eye that is the Crack W.A.R. was spawned from a cough syrup-fueled dream in 1995 somewhere in the Midwest. When King Riff, the founder later relocated to San Francisco the line up went through a ton of different members until synthesizer aficionado Obscuratron & vocalists L’Erin & Le Kim signed on.
In 2001 Crack W.A.R. (which stands for Crack We Are Rock) released their debut album, a split 12″ with Wolf Eyes & Ann Arbor. In ‘02 Tigerbeat6 released Silent Fantasy & the next year “Cosmic Mind Flight’ & had ‘Animal Trap’ remixed by Tommie Sunshine.
Crack: We Are Rock - The Skull (Download)
Crack: We Are Rock - Baby Devil (Download)
For fans of ADULT., Crossover, Revl9n & Cobra Killer.
The act later disbanded for unknown reasons. Kim West is now in Death Sentence: Panda! which we will talk about in a future post. Unsure what the other Crack: W.A.R.er’s are up to. We’ll keep you posted.
No Ratings Yet
It’s a shame they disbanded. They were a great band to see LIVE! I guess adding Zeek Sheck into the mix didn’t provide the equal dynamic as having the original stable with Eric Bauer (King Riff) banging away, abusing his synths+sampers.
Well, at least they left one final- but limited release (333 to be exact) to the brief CRACK:WAR discography. An Untitled 7″ with 333 recordings, which is quite worth attaining, either through P2P download (if you can find it) or some Bay Area music historian-freak who is willing to unload it (good luck).
BTW: Other projects worth noting with Crack War Band members: particularly Eric Bauer were: DJ Shitbird, Big Techno Werewolves, Chop Chop Powers. And apparently he still runs his F-Cute clothing line.
damn son! science! thanks!
& yep, saw that 7 inch on 333 at streetlight the other week. but i was broke. :C