CROCODILES

In the organizer's words:

CROCODILES is a noise pop/indie punk band from San Diego, California, USA. The group was founded in 2008 by Brandon Welchez and Charles Rowell after their previous punk bands "Some Girls" and "The Plot to Blow Up the Eiffel Tower" disbanded.

While the debut "Summer Of Hate" from the same year was still quite a noise orgy, the songs on follow-ups such as "Sleep Forever" and "Endless Flowers" were given more room to breathe. Less noise, more epic moments, which in no way detracted from CROCODILES ' music and by no means deprived them of the title "noise pop".

On subsequent albums, the fuzzy guitars gave way to more and more keyboards and other instruments, the arrangements became poppier and in some cases even more psychedelic/dreampop-influenced than on their predecessors, which made the arrangements much lighter and airier. The band thus remained unpredictable and yet unmistakable.

They have the rare ability to marry noise-pop with beautiful 60s melodies. Their latest album "Upside Down in Heaven" from 2023, now their 8th, is the perfect summer record and wouldn't be out of place playing on the beach with a beer or three on the stereo. We look forward to presenting the CROCODILES to you at one of their few live shows this Saturday in August at Mergener Hof.

For fans of: Jesus & The Mary Chain, The Velvet Underground, Ramones, Wavves, The Vivian Girls.

Price information:

21,35 € incl. advance booking fee