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The Cranks is a power duo out to do one thing: control the goddamn rock and roll. With their unpredictable, irresistible, and relentless set of all original tunes, they continue to defy categorization. Crankabilly, swamp jazz, lounge metal, cosmic punk, euro-mex, motordisco, satanic folk, original roots rock....call it what you will. The Cranks sound is chingón, as well as unique to and evocative of the place it comes from: the central coast of Califaztlan. Musically representing this area with pride for what they do. The Cranks will most happily turn your shit upside down any night of the week, cheap!...

Mary Prankster was a singer-songwriter from the Baltimore area from the mid-90's through 2005 when the character was retired. Her music was frequently vulgar and often funny with several literary references and styles ranging from country to jazz. Her self-described genre was cowpunk She collaborated with Colouring Lesson for the song Love Has a Rumble and frequently worked with her friend Val Yumm She's played as a solo artist and in collaboration with a band. The musicians who have played in her band include Phil "The Machine" Tang, Jon "E. Cakes" Seidman, Dave "E. Rocket" Vergauwen, Mike Lackey, Cord Neal,...

Chrome Cranks were a NYC band active from 1989 till 1998. They played raw brooding garage-punk blues rock following in the lineage of the likes of the Scientists, the Gun Club, the Cramps and the Stooges. Prior to this at least one of them (how many?) had played in the band the Honeymoon Killers. Their first release was a track called Fool on Ice on a 1991 compilation on Atavistic Records. First single Eight Track Mind was released on PCP records in 1992. There followed singles with such underground rock labels as Sympathy for the Record Industry, Demolition Derby and...

Crankshaft may refer to: 1. (A Demoscene) artist Mikko Karvonen also known as Yolk. 2. An American Punk Funk/Punk Pop band from Clearwater, Florida who recorded a 7inch entitled Shankcraft 7" on the legendary Gainsville, Florida label No Idea Records. 3. A Portuguese Alternative/Industrial band that was founded on December 1993. A lot of concerts were played all across Portugal from '93 to 2000 and some of them in a lot of reknown places, like JOHNY GUITAR, MARQUES ROCK CLUB, RITZ, SWING, ROCKLINe and ROOKIE. In 2000, the band went to the studio and in 2005 came back to the...