Falkönner
Santa Rosa, California, United States | Established. Jan 01, 2017 | SELF
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There was a razor's edge of time in the 1980s when heavy metal and big hair ruled the airwaves, when bands like WASP, Dokken and Ratt dominated the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles with heavy riffs, pop hooks and glam-inspired outfits that lit the crowd's blood on fire.
Then, in a flash, it was gone, annihilated by a nuclear warhead name Kurt Cobain, and the once thriving heavy metal scene was buried in a wasteland of flannel and bad beards. For years, heavy metal was mired in the no-fun-at-all sounds of Nu metal, rap-metal and all those other troubled genres that fought it out in a Mad Max thunderdome of banality.
But there was one band from the '80s that never died, because they never really lived back then. Born out of the North Bay's flourishing music scene of the last decade is a new champion of heavy metal, transported straight from the '80s with all their hair and leather boots done up to the nines.
They call themselves Falkönner, and they're ready to take to the skies in Sonoma County, performing original '80s-inspired, radio-friendly heavy metal.
This is no tribute band, kids; this is a time capsule of fist-pumping fuck-yeah heavy rock from the golden age, delivered with authentic ass-kicking riffs and blistering guitar solos from founding members Vincent Michael Michaels Vincent and Lorde Spyte, brothers in arms with axes.
The irreverent and crass Michaels Vincent and the guitar-obsessed Spyte emerged from the dust several years ago, still glowing from the fallout, and they've been traversing the wastelands to recruit the ultimate army of hell raisers, starting with lead vocalist CeCe Chaztayne, whose screaming eagle of a voice is helped by the bottle of booze that's never far from the mic. They then picked up Feets, who despite his name has two perfectly capable arms with which he pounds on the drums when he's not stoned out of his mind. Brand-new recruit Ash Fenixx on bass is the dark horse of the group, a mysterious presence with a penchant for fiery outbursts of intensity.
Falkönner have already invaded the North Bay with shows at local dives and soon they will debut their EP, Enter the Falkon, a bombastic collection of songs about sex, drugs—and whatever else they want. - North Bay Bohemian
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Enter the Falkon
5-song EP • 2018 • self-released
https://falkonner.bandcamp.com/
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It's not the 21st century, it's 1985. It's not the internet, it's the Sunset Strip. Off-the-shelf hair bands modeling corporate biker fashion are still just a twinkle in Bret Michaels' eye.
Falkönner is everything you love about that razor's edge in musical history (1983-1987) when seriously shreddy guitar riffs collided with catchy hooks and lush vocal harmonies to land heavy metal on the pop radio dial.
No tribute band, Falkönner is THEE all-original, radio metal song machine. The best hair metal band you've never heard of. A time capsule of fist-pumping f$%k-yeah.
Born of the North Bay's newly-flourishing metal music scene of the last decade is a new champion of heavy metal, transported straight from the golden age.
They call themselves Falkönner, and they're ready to take to the skies, performing original '80s-inspired, radio-friendly heavy metal, delivered with authentic ass-kicking riffs and blistering guitar solos courtesy of founding members Vincent Michael Michaels Vincent and Lorde Spyte, brothers in arms with axes.
Irreverent, crass Vincent and guitar-obsessed Spyte emerged from a post-apocalyptic cloud several years ago and, still glowing from the fallout, traversed the wastelands to recruit the ultimate army of hellraisers, starting with lead vocalist CeCe Chaztayne, whose screaming eagle of a voice is helped by the bottle of booze that's never far from the mic. They then picked up Feets Lightnin', who despite his name has two perfectly capable arms with which he pounds the skins. Newest recruit Ash Fenixx on bass is the dark horse of the group, a mysterious presence with a penchant for fiery outbursts of intensity.
Falkönner have already invaded the Bay Area with frequent shows at all the usual suspects, and have recently debut their incendiary premiere EP, Enter the Falkon, a bombastic collection of tight riffs for wett chicks.
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