Music Style Commercial Hard Rock/Metal (Crash Alley & Loud 'n' Ugly) Industrial Power-Groove (SWAG)

Musical Influences Led Zepplin, Black Sabbath, Stone Fury, Def Leppard, Journey, Night Ranger, AC/DC, Queensryche, Van Halen....

Similar Artists Skid Row, Pantera , Savatage, NIN, Ministry, Metallica

Artist History Summer 1989 - Crash Alley is born & puts together an album worth of originals along with an exciting live show. January 1990 - The debut album is released & receives rave reviews from several publications including Kerrang! magazine. The band plays six nights a week across the country building a loyal following of hard rock fanatics. September 1991 - The recording of the 2nd Crash Alley album LOUD 'N' UGLY debuts a new rhythm section but a greedy & apparently tone-deaf studio makes it impossible for release to the public. October 1991 thru February 1992 - The band heads for a Wisconsin studio to repair the damage to LOUD 'N' UGLY & while there are inspired to write & record four additional "lost" songs that send the band hurtling forward into a new & exciting direction. The songs "Cherry Lane" and "Too Much Attitude" manage to attract the attention of several record labels and land the band a major label showcase with Atlantic Records. January 1993 - The LOUD 'N' UGLY album is released and the relentless, non-stop touring continues. May 1995 - The band evolves into an industrial, melodic power groove machine with the addition of a new rhythm section and the release of the adventurous and experimental SWAG album. April 1996 - The band calls it quits due to the financial hardships of the club scene, record label disinterest in heavy music, health reasons & all of the other petty crap that most bands that eat, sleep, travel, drink and play together 52 weeks a year for many years break up over!!

Group Members Eldon "Big E" Fisher - guitar, vocals (All Albums) Wayne "Bean" Estrada - vocals, guitar (All Albums) Mike "Doc Nock" Pennock - guitar (Crash Alley, Loud 'N' Ugly) Don "Don" Cooper - drums (Crash Alley) Dave "Caveman" Vossler - bass (Crash Alley) Dean Fiala - bass, vocals (Loud 'N' Ugly, The Lost Sessions) Kevin "Yogi" Elsing - drums, vocals (Loud 'N' Ugly, The Lost Sessions) Phil "Swill" Brungardt - bass, vocals (SWAG) Steve Kennedy - drums, vocals (SWAG) Doug Jackson - Lighting Director/Road Manager Tom "Buford" Poss - Sound Engineer

Albums CRASH ALLEY (1990) LOUD 'N' UGLY (1993) SWAG (1995) THE LOST SESSIONS (1999)

Press Reviews The Self-Titled 1990 release on Paphian Records: Kerrang! magazine gave it a "KKKKK" and called it "Krikey!...Great, Gutsy and well produced."

Location Sioux Falls, SD - USA

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