Here's some of our older clippings...
Crash Pad reminds me of the White trash Debutantes, but faster, more
melodic, and less sexual. They play a speedy punk with a garage/surf
influence... [P]retty decent stuff with some good choruses.
Spoiled Whine Zine, Alberta, Canada
I have been following Brian Kruger's music career for a few years now, and
musically this is the strongest project he's been involved with in a long
time.
Gizzard Gazette, Tallahassee, Florida
From a description of the Hardback Cafe, one of our fave venues:
The Hardback Cafe does not really serve food any longer, [but w]hat they
do have on the menu is pure, unadulterated, eardrum-piercing punk bands
like... Crash Pad.
Alligator, New Student Edition,
August 19, 1996.
CRASH PAD-- Local rock band that urges its listeners to play their music loud.
Alachua Music Harvest IV
Schedule, October 4-6, 1996.
Later that night,... Crash Pad ...[will be] at the Lyric. If you've been waiting for some genuine punk at the former Hardback, get over there.
Crash Pad has proven that there's more than one way to blow out eardrums
with high-quality tunes like "Cookie Aisle." You won't find love songs
here, unless "Shocked In The Mouth" takes on a masochist tone.
Alligator , Detours magazine,
Radio Free Gainesville column, February 13, 1997.
Local band Crash Pad plays the Lyric Cafe Saturday night. This melodic,
somewhat punk rock-oriented trio is comprised of veterans of the
Gainesville music scene.
Gainesville Sun , Scene magazine,
Out Late column, February 14, 1997.
Crash Pad are two guys, one on guitar and the other on drums, and one girl on bass. They all sing and they all write the songs. There's the shouting, fast tempo, and scattered instrumentation that is so common to punk rock, that most anti-establishment, yet quite profitable of musical styles.
Yet there is also a genuineness to Crash Pad that is seldom found in both signed and unsigned bands. Where most punk bands hide their lyrics behind the distortion of their guitars, Crash Pad makes it a point to be heard.
You need not speak in tongues to understand the lyrics. The surprising
harmonies put forth by the interplay of both male and female voices are
an added bonus. Crash Pad are one of those bands that you'll go see over
and over.
Alligator, Detours
magazine, Radio Free Gainesville column, May 23, 1996.
Old interview with the original members of Crash Pad for "How to Take Over the World in 77 Days" Zine.
Note from the band regarding all the "loudness" references above. Brian admits to scrawling "PLAY LOUD" on our demo for one Alachua Music Harvest. But no one has ever proven, in a court of competent jurisdiction, that Crash Pad has ever "pierced" or otherwise breached anyone's timpanic membrane. Thank you, and enjoy!