THE KRANKSQUAD is a scam created by PEET
GOLAN, who is known around the Northeast U.S. for playing Bass with bands such
as PSYCHOTIC LARRY, W.O.C.C., Earthwurm and PIPSQUEAK (a band Peet
started with two Bass players and no guitar).
In Fall of 1999 Peet’s Side Project
PIPSQUEAK ended up disbanding because of members moving to Minneapolis
and New York. However, Peet’s addiction to playing in multi-Bass bands
didn't stop.
It was time for something new! Another
project?
While sitting in the park in his home
town of Waltham, MA., gently sipping on a bottle of Krank 2.0, watching
special needs kids and the elderly dance to the cover band playing
center stage. Peet noticed the dancers sporadic gyrations appeared to
resemble something being kranked. Peet looked at them and thought "
what a krankin' lookin squad, What a great name for a band, but it's
gotta be somethin' krazy and every song has to has to have the word
krank in it."
Dueling basses didn't satisfy Peet’s
lust for "Low End" so Voila! An upright was thrown into the
mix. Peet changed his name to Kapt. Krank and made a web site for the
band, then told the rest of the Squad they were in the band after he
published the site to the web and the rest, as they say, is history.
Viva Krank!
Kapt. Krank (Bass and vocals) enlisted
the skills of Gkrank, an old high school friend from Waltham, MA , (bass
and vocals) Dark Mark Krank, ex-Fire Pig, Twitcher (upright bass) and
VomitKrank, ex-Spermatazoa (Drums) and the Krankin’ ensued!
The Kranksquad played their first show in
Allston Rock City, Boston in January 2000. It was a great night, the
club was sold out and the crowd was screaming Krank at the top of their
lungs by the end of the set.
A week after the show, they took the wad
of cash from their first show and hit the studio at the Pino Ranch in
Waltham, MA. to record their first record "Less talk, More Krank"
due out in late November 2000.
The Kranksquad rocked on until May of
2000 when Vomitkrank got married and moved away, leaving the 3 Bassists
without a drummer. The Squad then recruited Kranky Spears, (of the band
Glutton/cousin of the famous Brittany Spears) to fill the
void left by VomitKrank on skins and tins.
The Kranksquad continues to conquer the
Northeast with their catchy multi-Bass party band.
Keep an eye out for the release of "Less talk, More Krank"
available on the web or shows only.