The Bronx Casket Co.

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Name = The Bronx Casket Company


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Origin = New York City, New York, U.S.
Years_active = 1998 – present
Genre = Heavy metal Gothic metal
Label = The Music Cartel (1999-2003) Candlelight Records (2005-)
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Current_members = Myke Hideous Jack Frost D.D. Verni Charlie Calv Tim Mallare
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URL = [http://www.bronxcasketco.com www.bronxcasketco.com]
Associated_acts = The Misfits Overkill Seven Witches Metalium

The Bronx Casket Co. is a band from New York City. They were formed in 1998 by Overkill bassist D.D. Verni, initially as a means to explore different musical interests.

History

Their first release, simply titled "The Bronx Casket Company", was met with great reviews and a strong cult following was to follow. Songs like "Who Lives Forever" and "No Miracles" quickly let the world know what the band is: a blend of Goth and Metal, with melodies that are instantly memorable.

2001 saw the release of their second full length release, "Sweet Home Transylvania", which was met with the same great enthusiasm. Although the band had never played a live show, fan interested continued to grow with songs like "Jesus Doesn’t Live Here Anymore", "The Other Me" and "Black Valentine".

The strength of the songs on the bands second release caught the ear of playwright Andrea Lepcio. Soon after Verni and Lepcio were collaborating with 3-time Tony Winner Hinton Battle to direct and choreograph, and the seeds of "The Bronx Casket Co… A New Musical" were planted. Verni quickly recruited several members from the Trans-Siberian Orchestra to perform the show’s music and, likewise, when the cast consisted of performers from Broadway shows Hairspray, Rent and Dance of the Vampire. There have been several performances off-Broadway for producers/backers and the show is still in the writing stages. It has a gothic/Broadway score with a twisted love story woven throughout. Songs from the first two Bronx Casket Co. releases are included in the show, as well as 13 new songs D.D. Verni penned just for the musical.

2005 marked the release of "Hellectric", their first CD with new label Regain Records, and on this, their third full length CD, the band has found their own unique voice. "It takes three records I think", states Verni, "to really decide what a band is going to be". Hellectric is a blend of the more doom sound of the first release with the more metal sound of the second. Produced and engineered by Verni at his New Jersey-based Gear Recording Studio it is an amazing sonic record.

Long time friend Michael Romeo of Symphony X contributed all the orchestrations as well as co-mixing the record with Verni. Together with the most commercial, yet heaviest BCC recording to date, rock radio will be all to eager to get their hands on this!Songs like "Little Dead Girl" and "Sherimoon" are instantly catchy, while others like "Bleed With Me" and "Can’t Stop The Rain" show the band using more orchestral arrangements and finesse. Fans of classic rock will certainly want to check out the Goth rendition of the Lynyrd Skynyrd hit "Free Bird" - "If you're going to do a cover tune, you may as well defile a classic" states Verni.

Hellectric also marks the first video from the band. Directed by Lee Lanier at Beezubugbit Studios in Las Vegas, "Little Dead Girl" is an animated masterpiece in the vein of Tim Burton’s immortal The Nightmare Before Christmas. {Taken from the official site}

Jack Frost has stated on the official Seven Witches website that The Bronx Casket Co. Will return to the studio in late 2007 to record new material

Personnel

* Lead Vocals: Myke Hideous a.k.a. Spy
* Guitars: Jack Frost
* Bass: D.D. Verni
* Keyboards: Charlie Calv
* Drums: Tim Mallare

Discography

* 1999 - "The Bronx Casket Company"
* 2000 - "Sweet Home Transylvania"
* 2005 - "Hellectric"
* 2009 - Untitled fourth studio album

References

External links

* [http://www.bronxcasketco.com/ Official Site]
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