CrashCarBurn…

                          … a power pop / rock band from South Africa.

CrashCarBurn formed in London in 2006. They recorded their first album This City Needs a Hero ,with  Colin Richardson and Matt Hyde in London. Since then they have been ruling local airwaves in South Africa, their home country. Their first single Serenade topped national radio stations and campus stations across the country and was also the most voted for song of 2007 by the South African public. The band was selected to play alongside international acts Korn, 30 Seconds to Mars, Good Charlotte and Muse at My Coke fest 2008 and quickly set their place in the SA music scene.

CrashCarBurn made South African rock history in 2008 when they became the first African act to be included on the Vans Warped Tour. The band played alongside acts like  Angels and Airwaves, Paramore, Gymclass Heroes, Katy Perry and 3OH!3. CrashCarBurn completed a nationwide tour with USA pop-punk legends The Ataris ,after returning to South Africa in 2009 and started to write new material.

They then got two SAMA (South African Music Awards) nominations for their album Long Live Tonight. Long Live Tonight is a incredibly polished piece that has set a new standard in terms of local music production. CrashCarBurn’s first single of their second album Twisted became the most downloaded track on the Nokia Music Store and took local radio stations such as Highveld 94.7, Algoa fm , Jacaranda 94.2 and 5fm by storm topping all the charts! They have played at a lot of places and went on a lot of tours including another national tour along the coast of South Africa ,the “XBOX 360 Summer Tour” in 2007 and the “Powerzone Roadshow”, “God Save the Clubs Tour” the “Powerzone Summer Tour” in 2008 and many more. CrashCarBurn performed their first tour in Asia in March 2011 playing 6 shows.

They have awesome music videos and have been nominated for two SAMA awards in 2011 in the MTN Record of the Year and Best Engineer categories. The SAMA’s are South Africa’s most prestigious music awards.

Go listen to some of their songs :

♪  Serenade

♪  Twisted

♪  Long Live Tonight

♪  Skin vs. Bone

♪  Broken Skyline

♪  Get Away