Crash (South Korean band)

Crash
Origin	Seoul, South Korea
Genres	Thrash metal[1]
Years active	1991−present
Labels	Seoul Records Metal Force
Members
Ahn Heung-Chan Jung Yong-Wook Ha Jae-Yong Lim Sang-Moook
Past members
Yun Du-Byung Lee Sung-Soo Oh Young-Sang Kim Yu-Sung

Crash is a thrash metal band from Seoul, South Korea.

History

Crash was formed in 1991 with the lineup of Ahn Heung-Chan (vocals, bass guitar), Jung Yong-Wook (drums) and Yoon Doo-Byung (guitar). They were also the first Korean band provoking slam dance and stage diving in their concert.

In 1993, they recorded their debut album Endless Supply of Pain with an internationally famous death metal producer Colin Richardson with whom the band will collaborate in their third and fourth album again. Endless Supply of the Pain was a critical and commercial success with more than 80,000 copies sold in 1993^{[citation needed]}.

Ahn Heung-chan has also provided his backing vocals on two hardcore rap tracks of third album of Korean pop superstars, Seo Taiji & Boys.

After a more death metal-oriented second album To Be or Not to Be, original guitarist Yoon was fired from the band. Their third album, Experimental State of Fear, was recorded in 1997 with two new guitarists, taking a more experimental approach, with the introduction of an industrial aspect to their thrash sound.

As of today, Crash has released five full-length albums. They participated in the D.R.I. tribute album We Don't Need Society with a cover version of "Acid Rain" as well as a Stormtroopers of Death tribute album with a cover of "Sargent D & the S.O.D.".^[2]

On August 10, 2010, Crash released their 6th album.

Current members

• Ahn Heung-chan (Korean: 안흥찬) − vocals, bass (1992−present)
• Jung Yong-Wook (Korean: 정용욱) − drums (1992−present)
• Yoon Doo-Byung (Korean: 윤두병) − guitar (1992−1996, 2008−present)

Former members

• Lee Sung-Soo − guitar (1996−1999)
• Oh Young-Sang − guitar (1999−2002)
• Kim Yu-Sung − synthesizer (1999−2002)
• Lim Sang-Mook − guitar (2002−2007)
• Ha Jae-Yong - guitar (1996−2010)

Discography

• Endless Supply of Pain (1993)
• To Be or Not to Be (1995)
• Experimental State of Fear (1997)
• Terminal Dream Flow (2000)
• The Massive Crush (2003)
• The Paragon of Animals (2010)

References

1. ^ Sharpe-Young, Garry. "Rockdetector Biography". http://rockdetector.com/artist/south+korea/crash. Retrieved 2008-09-08. ^{[dead link]}
2. ^ http://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LSD&mid=sec&sid1=106&oid=312&aid=0000001312

External links

• Crash - Official website
• Crash at Encyclopaedia Metallum