Band: Die Kreuzen

by **Severance Package** on Thu Jul 29, 2004 6:06 am

This is one of the few hardcore bands I still enjoy listening to. Their early records offer straight-ahead, blazing music with a sharp edge, and their slightly more experimental later ones (minus the bad finale Cement) are great too. I consider them to be, along with Killdozer, Wisconsin's finest contribution to society.

by **endofanera** on Thu Jul 29, 2004 9:08 am

Totally not crap -- I did sound for them way back when they were touring on their first record and it was fucking astounding -- tight, relentless, harsh sounding, loud, and faster than fuck. I had never seen a band play that hard without a break, the guitarist tuning during songs, etc. They totally reshaped my idea of what a good band should bring.

The records may not reflect this; it's been a while since I listened to them, but I can remember not being as blown away as I was by the live experience.

by **Dylan** on Thu Jul 29, 2004 9:16 am

They did that tribute to Metallica, didn't they?

by **the Classical** on Thu Jul 29, 2004 9:44 am

man I have never understood the draw of this band, so many friends love em, but everything I have heard is totally crap

by **Severance Package** on Thu Jul 29, 2004 10:25 am

Dylan wrote:They did that tribute to Metallica, didn't they?

I think that was a band called Die Krupps. I don't really know anything about them.

by **Redline** on Mon Aug 02, 2004 9:59 am

SO not crap- many spanky "hardcore punk" bands probably called it quits after seeing die kruezen play. The first Touch and Go lp is pretty much the tombstone for hardcore, I haven't heard anything better since.

Personal highlight: Filling in for Eric on drums at the 7th street entry when he couldn't make the show. Fun as hell and a trial by fire all rolled in to one....

And they did draw the ladies...

Jay

by **horsewhip** on Mon Aug 02, 2004 3:02 pm

As good as the first two records are, I can't help but say that most of their other recorded output is CRAP.

by **lungboy** on Tue Aug 03, 2004 11:08 pm

I saw them at GS Vigs in Madison, at the Turf skatepark in Milwaukee, and at COD in Chicago, they were exactly spot on and real every time.

Plus, the singer sang all crouched over and waved the mic in front of his mouth. Can't beat that.

by **Angus Jung** on Wed Aug 04, 2004 5:36 pm

We're all gonna die, so we might as well Die Cruisin'!!!!

N/C

by **spitfister** on Wed Mar 09, 2005 5:02 pm

Definitely not

by **CJMcG** on Sun Nov 18, 2007 12:36 am

While doing some spring cleaning (clearing space on my CD shelf), I picked up October File w/ Die Kreuzen because I had always heard their name, but never heard them before.
I'm liking what I'm hearing.

by **Brett Eugene Ralph** on Sun Nov 18, 2007 1:09 am

Circa 1983, Die Kreuzen was perhaps the finest live band I have ever seen.

by **Mark Hansen** on Sun Nov 18, 2007 3:04 am

Brett Eugene Ralph wrote:Circa 1983, Die Kreuzen was perhaps the finest live band I have ever seen.

Yeah, I saw them a bunch of times.

Excellent live band.

by **Marsupialized** on Sun Nov 18, 2007 3:53 am

yeah they were real good live

by **DregsInTheCrowd** on Sun Nov 18, 2007 11:31 pm

What an incredible band. Yet another band that was in its prime when I was an infant. Fuck, I was born fifteen years too late.

The first album is just about perfect, one of the five or ten best records to come out of the shitfest known as hardcore. There's not a wrong note to be heard. Genius, among the most ferocious albums I own.

by **Mark Hansen** on Mon Nov 19, 2007 11:30 am

DregsInTheCrowd wrote:What an incredible band. Yet another band that was in its prime when I was an infant. Fuck, I was born fifteen years too late.

The first album is just about perfect, one of the five or ten best records to come out of the fuckfest known as hardcore. There's not a wrong note to be heard. Genius, among the most ferocious albums I own.

"Cows and Beer" was a good 45.

by **yaledelay** on Mon Nov 19, 2007 11:33 am

not crap, the two members I know are some of nicest guys you will ever meet...

by **The MayorofRockNRoll** on Mon Nov 19, 2007 7:20 pm

Not Crap...shit, I even like Cement (it's got some nice hooks and tricky chords and shit).

Anyways...all those San Diego fashion rock bands like the Locust and Antioch Arrow obviously took some cues from them early on, and I'm still gonna say Die Kruezen still blows them out of the water...and without all the uppity "my daddy owns Airwalk" posturing of those twats.

by **ssakmule** on Tue Dec 18, 2007 3:04 am

Not Crap

by **mackro** on Tue Dec 18, 2007 4:29 am

The MayorofRockNRoll wrote:Not Crap...shit, I even like Cement (it's got some nice hooks and tricky chords and shit).

Anyways...all those San Diego fashion rock bands like the Locust and Antioch Arrow obviously took some cues from them early on, and I'm still gonna say Die Kruezen still blows them out of the water...and without all the uppity "my daddy owns Airwalk" posturing of those twats.

Hmm, never really heard the Kruezen in the Gravity bands to be honest.. more Crass, Birthday Party or Napalm Death.

"my daddy owns Airwalk"

This phrase is funny in any context though! Congrazzi

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