The Crags

The Crags

performing at the Caribana Festival , June 2014
Background information
Origin Switzerland
Genres Rock/pop/indie
Years active 2009 (2009) – present
Website thecrags.ch

The Crags are a rock band based in Geneva, Switzerland, created in 2009. Their influences are mainly English-singing rock and pop music, going from vintage to actual sounding bands. The band is also known under its previous name "Drama" (2004-2009).

Members

History

The band rose from the ashes of its previous line-up, then called Drama. Formed in 2004, the band published a first album in 2006 named A morning after...,[1] from which one of its songs was spotted and regularly broadcast on local Swiss radio station Couleur 3. From that point, the band started gigging on regular bases, mainly in the French speaking part of Switzerland and nearby France.

In 2009, "Drama" became "The Crags" after a member change in the band[2] and recorded a new twelve song LP the same year. This new step was followed by numerous live performances, including the Montreux Jazz Festival 2010 (Music in the park),[3][4] Rock en Stock 2010 Festival (Pas-de-Calais, Northern France),[5] a gig in London,[6] the 2011 Balélec Festival[7] and also regular airplay on Swiss radio couleur 3, leading to a TV performance on musical program "Musicomax", on Swiss national television station RTS.[8]

In 2012, the band published a new 4 song EP named Loola Loola ! on vinyl format. The downloadable version of this record became available in different ways through Bandcamp,[9] iTunes[10] or Amazon mp3.[11]

In June 2014, a new EP was recorded and published, The universal part of love which constituted the following up to the previous EP, under CD format this time. This one included the four songs of the Loola Loola record, completed with six new songs, recorded at Rec studios in Geneva, in April of the same year.

A musical video clip was shot on that occasion for the song "barrel of a gun";[12] a single which also got regular airplay on Swiss radio stations once the CD was released. The publicizing of this new record led to a series of concerts, including festivals, such as Caribana Festival (whom which the band shared the bill that evening with bands such as Queens of the Stone Age, Miles Kane, Kodaline)[13] and the Mardisablés Festival.[14]

During the writing process of a new album, a new song named "Please, sniff the air"[15] was recorded in June 2015 and released at the end of August of the same year, along with its musical video clip on YouTube, for free via the usual musical platforms.

Discography

References

  1. ↑ Drama interview on Azimut.fm (Radio Cité), 16 January 2007
  2. ↑ http://www.daily-rock.ch/index.php?kro=1466&action=view The Crags interview in Daily Rock Magazine N. 40, May 2010
  3. ↑ Band's presentation on Montreux Jazz Festival's website, July 2010
  4. ↑ Newspaper article about local bands playing the Montreux Jazz Festival, 24 Heures newspaper, 5 July 2010
  5. ↑ Rock en Stock Festival's 2010 Program, 31 July 2010
  6. ↑ Band's London gig announcement by Songkick.com, 29 September 2010
  7. ↑ Balélec Festival 2011 programm announced by Nyoncore.com, 11 May 2011
  8. ↑ Band's performance on RTS Swiss television station, 29 January 2011
  9. ↑ The Crags on Bandcamp
  10. ↑ The Crags on iTunes
  11. ↑ The Crags on Amazon
  12. ↑ video clip Barrel of a gun on YouTube
  13. ↑ Caribana Festival 2014 Program
  14. ↑ Festival 2014 program
  15. ↑ video clip Please, sniff the air on YouTube
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