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
Sooo cool !! love their music ,and your blog :)
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