Artist description The band's 1988 bio stated: "We throb in darkness, exude hallucinogens." True words indeed, borne out by their big bad bass riffage, heavy beats, dense webs of ominous guitar, and atop it all the capering insanities of a vocal gnome.

Music Style Darkly intense and abrasive noise-rock

Musical Influences Butthole Surfers, Bauhaus, Big Black, Joy Division, Led Zeppelin, Black Flag, Swans, Killing Joke, Black Sabbath, Birthday Party, Foetus

Similar Artists Butthole Surfers, Bauhaus, Big Black, Joy Division, Swans, Killing Joke, Black Flag, Birthday Party, Foetus

Artist History Wrench (no relation to other bands with this name, thus the "NY" appelation here) began some time during 1987, centered around the rhythm section of bassist Chris Mehl and drummer Jim Moffitt. The original guitar player drifted away, and by December 1987, guitarist Greg Fasolino (formerly of The Oppressed, Outcry, The Cave, The Naked and the Dead, Burning Rome, Rawhead, Goatblood Sacrifice, and Pump) had stepped in. The trio soon began fermenting a potent brew of crunching, abrasive, morbid noise in Fasolino's rehearsal space in Queens, NY, and were eventually joined by caterwauling "screech-owl" singer Craig Colligan, who hailed from Long Island. Divergent priorities caused Fasolino's departure from the group in early spring of '88. Reconciling with the previous Wrench guitar player, Mehl, Moffitt, and Colligan managed several gigs in NYC and colleges before finally petering out later that spring. Singer Craig has been a member of NYC industrial-noise band Teenmilk (aka Teen Milk, aka 5 Techniques) since the early 1990s. They have released one single on Cacophone Records ("Student-Athlete" b/w "Sawed Off") and the track "Erotic Gun Head" on the compilation "UltraSwank." Bassist Mehl relocated to North Carolina. In 1993 he cofounded experimental neo-folk band Harvest Rain (http://harvestrain.virtualave.net/history.htm), releasing two albums "Seek the Fallen Leaf" (1996) and "Evenings of Devotion" (1998) on the Haunted Showers label. He now performs his own music. Wrench drummer Jim Moffitt ended up joining notorious NYC anarchic noise band Missing Foundation, and toured Europe with them. He was last known to be drumming for War Hippies. Greg Fasolino later played with They Eat Their Gods, Lusting for the Cheetah, Sea of Fur, The Sea Beasts, The Deno Blues Gang, and a 2002 Naked and the Dead reunion. He is currently working on new post-punk band Bell Hollow with former Naked and the Dead bassist Christopher Bollman.

Group Members Craig Colligan: screeching; Greg Fasolino: guitar; Chris Mehl: bass; Jim Moffitt: drums

Instruments guitar, bass, drums

Location Huntington, NY - USA

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