Artist description Crave is an alternative Rock band based in NYC. Their sound is very diverse...heavy but melodic. m

Music Style dark and heavy

Musical Influences Radiohead, Deftones, Portishead, Massive Attack, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Smashing Pumpkins

Similar Artists Radiohead, Deftones, Staind, Creed

Artist History Singer/songwriter Erik John started the band with college buddy and bassist Vincent Martone in 1995. Both went to Parsons School of Design in NYC. a

Group Members Erik John, Vincent Martone, Wayne Collier, Terrah Schroll. V

Instruments guitar, bass, drums, keyboards, DJ (turntables), samplers, analog synthesizers.

Albums Crave.

Press Reviews ROLLINGSTONE.COM - "Some zoo's have all the fun. Apparently, the one where scratch-happy Crave frequent is an interactive free-for-all. Which is kinda the same attitude Crave has with their beats, grooves and radio-samples --a mix-it-up mentality of merging rock with hip-hop, dance, and any other genre at hand. "Let's go Swimming With The Polar Bears" is a shotgun-riddled romp that may not always make sense, but at least it's entertaining"-Rolling Stone.com SOUNDSXP.COM- "Crave are a New York 4-piece who are not entirely happy bunnies - in their world even the polar bears are up to mischief with shotguns. However, whilst lyrically, it's all dark and moody, the styles change from one song to the next to ensure you don't get too down. Musically they fuse rock and keyboards with subtle sampling/scratching and occasional vocal effects and some of the songs are pretty good: the anti-tech, which is three parts Radiohead to one part Bowie, stirring and brooding: my plea, which is Been Caught Stealing but sung by Kurt Cobain; and my favourite, black hole, a Pumpkins-ish number with an excellent sligltyly off-kilter drum beat....Anyway if you like Radiohead, Deftones, Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins and homicidal bears you'll probably find something of interest here. I did" -Soundsxp.com Crave appeared as finalists on Tommy Hilfiger's Unsigned Bands contest and appeared in a nationwide in Tommy.com's ad campaign.

Location New York, NY - USA

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