Biography
Band Members:
Mark Senicki : drums,screams, and whispers
Mick Lauer : vocals
Cedric Witek : Bass
Mikko Majanen : Guitars
Band Email:the_fallen@hotmail.com
All of us used to go to ISKL (International School of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia).
We met at ISKHell three years ago. None of us spent much time together
back then. Two years ago Mikko was asked to play for a
funk/rock band called "spade foot". Mark was the drummer in this band
with a bunch of other really talented musicians. But, as time went
by Mikko and Mark wanted to do something heavier, something meaner, and
as the band split up, they saw it as a perfect oportunity for them to
write something
they really wanted to play. So, about one and a half years ago as the summer
holidays started, Mikko and Mark hung around with their good friend,
Gareth Hewitt and jammed every once in a while. They realized that
there was something in the way they both played that
should be taken to a higher level, so to speak.
When school started again they had a couple of songs written, and
thought that "the Fallen" would be a two-men band. Mark would have
played the drums and sang and mikko would have taken care of the string
instruments. Back then, the band was known as "Classical Destruction"
or "Mankind" .
Then one day,after school, they were going to a 7-11 near by, with their
school mate, Mick Lauer. They were talking about the band on their way
to have some drinks and Mick started imitating some death metal singers.
As he did so, Mark came up with an idea to see what
Mick can do with the songs that Mikko had already written. They took
Mick to one of their regular jam sessions and were surprised. Mick
was the man for the job.
by the next Christmas they had four or five songs completed
and decided to cut a demo. The demo was poorly produced but gave 'em
an idea of how they would sound, which kept them together. right
after christmas, ISKl held a shitty talent show where they just had
to play, as it was the only opportunity to get heard back then. some time
during this period Cedric Witek was chosen to play the bass. After that
nothing happened for about two months, untill Andrew Niski, a friend,
introduced Mikko to "Dark-E" , a guitar player in one of
Malaysia's top metal bands, Sil Khannaz. Mikko past on the shitty demo tape to him,
and people actually liked it (shock, horror). So the Fallen got a slot on a serious
metal gig in a club called Fire. After that they got an offer
to record under an indipendent label called "Pshychic Scream".
The Fallen cut another demo on the last week of May(97)which
sounded, by far, much better than the earlier one. They were quite
happy with it and left for holidays in their native countries.
In august they were all together in KL again and knew that
if they were going to get an EP out, They would have to record it right
away because at least half of the band would be moving away from
Malaysia, so the material was recorded in about sixteen hours(holy hell!!)and
mixed in about 9 hours. they were all satisfied with their creation (although there are
spots where anyone of them would kill to re-do a part or two).
The album is scheduled to be released by October,in
Malaysia only. Copies will be sent to interested people
(Metal radio stations and so on).
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All photos taken by Brandy Jean, Sound clips
ŠThe Fallen under "Psychic Scream" productions
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