Interview With Simon Cruz and Eric Young of Crashdiet

Conducted by Erich Heintzelman

Photos Courtesy of Erich Heintzelman and Dustin Hardman

Crashdiet played the final two dates of their North American tour in Florida, both being added with only two weeks notice.  When I got the notice from AFM promoter Dustin Hardman that the band would be coming to St. Petersburg for a show, I jumped at a chance to interview the band and find out how their first nation-wide tour of the United States had gone.  Joining the band on these dates was the all-female Swedish band Crucified Barbara, and Montreal, Canada’s Snaskeskyn Whiskey.  Against my better judgement, I dragged my wife along as well, knowing that she likes limited quantities of metal, but I was sure she would appreciate the vocal harmonies and general upbeat sound of Crashdiet.  I got to the venue, Jannus Live, early.  If you have never been to Jannus, I heartily endorse it.  They truly have an awesome setup which I will describe more in my review of the actual concert.  I chatted for awhile with a Crashdiet uber fan from Minneapolis, who in his dedication had managed to track down Simon Cruz’s demo from his time in the band Jailbait.  An hour before Crashdiet were scheduled to go on stage, the band invited me up to their rehearsal area for the interview and my wife tagged along.

Right off the bat I met all of the guys in the band and I have to say they were extremely friendly, down to earth and acted like your everyday average guys.  We exchanged pleasantries, imbibed a few beverages and then got down to the business of the interview.  A few of the guys from Snakeskyn Whiskey came in after finishing their set, and they were good guys too as well as a talented band, as I managed to catch most of their set before the interview. Read the rest of this entry »

Interview with Simon Cruz and Martin Sweet of Crashdiet

Conducted by Robert Williams

Video and Photography courtesy of Sandra Torres

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Crashdiet: Scandinavian Hell Tour 2013

Sister – special guest
Toxic Rose – support act

Kulturbolaget, Malmoe, Sweden
6/2 – 2013

Reviewed and live pictures by: Anders Sandvall

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Swedish Punk, Sleaze and Metal bastards SISTER support CRASHDIET also on the Scandinavian leg of their European tour!
Sweden’s most dangerous rock’n'roll outfit SISTER will be supporting their fellow countrymen CRASHDIET on their Scandinavian tour in February 2013.

CRASHDIET
+ SISTER
+ TOXIC ROSE
15/02/13 – SE – Gothenburg – Sticky Fingers
16/02/13 – SE – Malmö – KB
22/02/13 – SE – Gavle – Gasklockorna
23/02/13 – NO – Oslo – Betong
27/02/13 – SE – Stockholm – Klubben
01/03/13 – SE – Uppsala – Hallarna
02/03/13 – SE – Borlange – Bolanche

SISTER will be also direct support on the full European tour of CRASHDIET in May of 2013!

CRASHDIET
+ SISTER
09/05/13 – DE – Hamburg – Logo
10/05/13 – DE – Dortmund – FZW
11/05/13 – DE – Berlin – Magnet
12/05/13 – DE – Frankfurt – Nachtleben
13/05/13 – DE – München – Backstage
14/05/13 – CH – Bern – Rock City
16/05/13 – IT – Rome – Circolo Degli Artisti
17/05/13 – IT – Milano – Factory
18/05/13 – IT – Ravenna – Rock Planet
20/05/13 – ES – Barcelona – Sidecar
21/05/13 – ES – Madrid – Sala Boite Live
more dates t.b.a.

Comments SISTER: “The tour you all have been waiting for is finally here! Sweden’s Crashdïet and Sister on the same stage, destroying Europe together. This trip of living hell will blow you away. Now, the Swedish invasion of Europe is a fact. We can’t wait to hit the road again and this time is gonna be something special! This will be the last part of Sister’s HATED Over Europe Tour. Next time we will be back with a new album. C’mon out and show us your hate one last time. Let Europe burn! See you on the field.”

http://www.sisteronline.net/
https://www.facebook.com/sisterband
https://twitter.com/sister_official

You can pre-order “Reborn In Sleaze: A Tribute To Dave Lepard”, which is to be released on the 1st October, on www.streetsymphonies.com from the 1st September. There will be just 200 numbered copies of the album available, 150 of which sold by Street Symphonies and the other 50 copies by Lepard Store of Uppsala, Sweden (the shop managed by Dave’s mother, Lisbeth Hellman). Part of the earnings will be given to the “Dave Lepard Memorial Fund” to support young musicians.

"Reborn In Sleaze: A Tribute To Dave Lepard"

Dave Lepard (born David Roberto Hellman, May 28, 1980 – died January 20, 2006, Uppsala, Sweden) was the lead singer and guitarist in the Swedish Glam metal band Crashdïet.

Let Me Hear You Scream Sweden Rockkkk.Well the annual roadtrip to Swedenrock by the Finnish Metal Rules.com team is already into it’s 11th year!  The  2011 line up presented a wide range of metal and hard rock in the line-up. Over 70 metal and rock bands offered one hell of an experience for the attendees. Sweden Rock has been successful during the past ten years as the festival has always been sold out. This year wasn’t any exception as the fest was sold out despite the lousy economic situation worldwide and the ticket price had risen a little bit. ver these 11 years of coverage, it has become quite logical for us to give an in depth article of several bands performing at Sweden Rock to all the readers out there. The  weather once again showed positive and negative aspects like in 2010. It either rained or was windy with a little sunshine. But we were there for bands, not for having some beach party crap. Unfortunately, we are not able to cover every bloody band, but hopefully you will have a pleasant reading experience… Enjoy or die!!!

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69 Eyes

The Dark Decadence Tour 2011

Crashdiet – support act

Rock The Night Club
The Rock, Copenhagen, Denmark
14/4 – 2011

Reviewed and live pictures by: Anders Sandvall

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Crashdiet

Winter Tour – 2010

Nasty Idols – special guest

Dirty Passion – support act

Kulturbolaget

Malmoe

Sweden

10/12 – 2010

Reviewed and live pictures by: Anders Sandvall

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Crashdïet

Crashdïet’s debut “Rest in Sleaze” (2005) put the New Wave of Sleaze on the Swedish media-map. Some time later tragedy struck when vocalist Dave Lepard committed suicide. And his replacement Olliver Twisted turned out to be wrong for the band and exited following the second album “The Unattractive Revolution” (2007). However, Crashdïet refused to give up. They found sensational front man Simon Cruz and released last year’s “Generation Wild” – a knock-out comeback and a big success on the band’s home turf. Crashdïet will now return to SRF with renewed vigor, as one of Sweden’s hottest bands once more.

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It’s now less than 1500 4-day tickets left!

Ozzy Osbourne
Judas Priest – last show ever in Sweden
Whitesnake – with very special guests
Rob Zombie
The Cult
Saxon
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
Helloween
Kansas
Styx
Mr Big
Hawkwind
Molly Hatchet
Rhapsody of Fire
Stryper
Clutch
Mustasch
Destruction
Overkill
The Haunted
Buckcherry
The Damned
Jason & the Scorchers
FM
Electric Wizard
Doc Holliday
Crashdïet
Moonspell
Agent Steel
Ghost
Dan Reed Band
Walter Trout
Raubtier
Groundhogs
Mason Ruffner
Fläsket Brinner
Rage (Acoustic)

The tickets to Sweden Rock Festival 2011 are now released and you buy them directly online at our homepage.

More information at:
www.swedenrock.com

MAY 30th, 2010

REVIEW AND PICTURES BY MARKO SYRJÄLÄ

Rarely, if ever, has one festival organization gone through so many difficulties as Stockholm Rockout faced out during this spring. First, there were many cancellations for whatever reasons, even some headliners got canceled, and finally the volcano eruption in Iceland and its ash clouds meant that most of the U.S. bands not reaching Sweden in time. The organizers of Rockout didn’t give up and they decided to organize a small-scale one day event with bands which were now available. The actual Rockout -festival will then be re-arranged for later next September. 
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