Band
Bludgeoned are an extreme Metal band from Augsberg, Germany trying to create something new by combining Jazz theory with the raw power of Death Metal. The sound of that may put some people off - but its all about being loud and being Metal, so its worth checking out (IMHO)!
Biography
In the summer of 2001 Clive moved back to Germany (him being British,
having moved to Germany with his parents first when he was six,
but later returning to England to finish off school, do University and
work for a few years) and was looking for a drummer to form a new band with,
having played successfully with
Beyond Redemption in the UK
before that.
As luck would have it Mess had just finished with his previous band
Monophox and was looking for something new
also. Both Clive and Mess were into heavier music as well as lots of other
kinds of music and desided to try and form a Metal band to vent some aggression
and try some new material. They gelled straight away and before too long had
written several songs together. Some more straight forward. Some way out.
However, the band was having no luck in finding a bass player. Briefly, it
looked as though we were in luck - an old friend of Mess' from another band
he'd played in said he'd like to give it a go, but that person's other band
mates (although I use the latter term losely) forbade him to play with us.
Go figure. Then we had about four people who were likelies - but before any
of them could try out for us, they'd been snatched up by other bands.
While waiting for one of the bass players to turn up for a try out, we were
approached by a guitarist who was looking for his try out, and after we'd told
him we were waiting for a bass player he commented: "Ah well - perhaps you'll
have better luck in your next life!".
But thankfully this turned out to be wrong! We found a bass player in the summer of 2005 :) Sebastian is his name, and he also hails from our neck ot the woods. So the next few months were filled with showing him the songs and practising them and getting ready for our first GIG!
This turned out to be at the Jugendtreff Bäumenheim. The venue was packed with mates and people who had heard we'd (finally) be playing. It was awesome to be back on stage! This got our juices flowing, and so we set out to write more material and polish the show even more. Soon after the band was offered a gig at the Cirus in Augsburg thanks to some PR by Mess' singer in his 'real' band Cosmic Casino, Rich.
Members
- Clive Jevons - guitars and vox
- Mess Guersoy - drums
- Sebastian Vogel - bass