THE CLOWNS
not funny ... but hot! The Clowns are a band consisting of two failed clowns named Frederick Obando (gui/vox) and Dino Castelli (bass/synth/vox) plus a disillusioned pantomime named Eugene Bakarow (drums).
For several years they’ve tried to gain success in circus arenas throughout the world, only to find, that they were not funny enough ... or, in Eugene Bakarows case, failed to live up to familiy traditions.
After sharing the stage in East Europe with Pro-Pain and Zuul FX, Blasted release their first full-length, “ALCHEMY”. Produced by themselves, “Alchemy” packs plenty of energy and neck-breaking riffs and hopefully would drive you nuts! Their way quite impressively evolved since the story began in 2000, in Martigny (CH) when Yomgui (bass) joined Nico (guitar) and Simon (drums). Their common love for heavy sounds blended with ultimate grooves inspired them to composing their own songs, trying to fill the gap between Pantera and Machine Head.
'Eno' is a name used by at least three musical performers: 1. "Eno was the original stage-name of experimental musician Brian Eno prior to the release of the Discreet Music album. Eno studied at art school, taking inspiration from minimalist painting, but he had little musical education or playing experience when he joined the band Roxy Music as their keyboards and synthesisers player in the early 1970s.
There's few bands and projects called "Krokodil": 1) Swiss Krautrock group from the 70s; 2) Swedish jazz duo; 3) Resnik experimental metal project; The first group consists of three musicians, two of them from Zurich, Switzerland and an Englishman - Krokodil were an early 70's Swiss-Krautrock group who mixed blues based jam music with psychedelic Indian sitar and tablas. Drummer Dude Durst had been in the popular Swiss 60's beat band Les Sauterelles.
there are 6 bands with the name Frantic: 1. a swiss indie band:
an autumn day in the year 2000: four youths met spontaneously for a jam-session. what began with occasional playing of cover versions for pure fun, developed soon to a serious band-project with regular practice-sessions. the guitarists mike sarbach and michael gysel discovered early their talent in songwriting. all bandmembers have their own music-interests, what led gently to the typical sound of frantic.
There are at least four artists/bands called Sina: 1) Sina is a swiss pop singer. She sings mainly in swiss-german with a dialect from Wallis. 2) A Turkish pop singer. 3) An alternative Iranian band. 4) A Slovak singer, now a member of the band Longital.
Antoine Chessex is a Swiss saxophone player, improviser, composer and experimental musician born in 1980 in Vevey, Switzerland. His works are based on the exploration of the physicality of sounds and spaces. Nowadays Chessex plays mostly as a solo performer appearing either in fully acoustic settings where his circular breathing textures react with the sonic architecture of the space he is performing in or amplifying his horn with amps or PA systems and electronic devices often resulting in intense live actions.
The Powermetal Band Ravenheart was established by Roger (vocals and drums) in 1997.
Suitable band members were found quickly with Greg (guitar), Marco (guitar), Luca (bass) and Bea (key). After several concerts and the fist demo CD ‘Timeless Knights’ Ravenheart worked on producing
a full-length album. During the time of recording Luca was tragically taken away from us in 2006 and the whole production was put on hold.
Swiss hard rock band formed by members of the original Brainticket, Toad's history is obscure and largely undocumented. Their debut is said to be in the realms of Dies Irae, being heavy, bluesy and experimental. Their second album, "Tomorrow Blue" was surprisingly straight hard-rock, akin to Sperrmüll, with Hendrix, Status Quo and R&B influences. Their original lead singer Benjamin Jäger went on to Island. Also, Toad is the name of an underground hip hop artist.