Red Aim was a German rock band. The group was founded in 1995 and mainly played
stoner and
raga rock
Raga rock is Rock music, rock or pop music with a pronounced Music of India, Indian influence, either in its construction, its timbre, or its use of Indian musical instruments, such as the sitar, tanpura, tambura, and tabla. The term "raga" ...
. After the change of vocalist to
Karsten Brill, the music started to go more into the direction of
punk rock
Punk rock (also known as simply punk) is a rock music genre that emerged in the mid-1970s. Rooted in 1950s rock and roll and 1960s garage rock, punk bands rejected the corporate nature of mainstream 1970s rock music. They typically produced sh ...
and
heavy metal.
History
Red Aim was formed in 1995. Pascal Flach and
Benjamin Buss
Benjamin Buss (; born 7 October 1977), best known by his stage name Matthew Greywolf, is a German musician, best known as the lead guitarist and a main songwriter in the power metal band Powerwolf.
He's married to a photographer Janine Buss.
...
knew each other from school. The band released two independent
EPs
An extended play (EP) is a Sound recording and reproduction, musical recording that contains more tracks than a Single (music), single but fewer than an album. Contemporary EPs generally contain up to eight tracks and have a playing time of 1 ...
''Sinai Jam'' (1996) and ''Orange'' (1998) before signing a deal with 'I Used to Fuck People Like You in Prison Records' (later known as People Like You Records). Red Aim's first album with them was ''Call Me Tiger''. The album contained two bonus tracks from ''Orange''. It was recorded again after Karsten Brill replaced Pascal Flach. Stefan Gemballa joined the band as a drummer. In the same year, Red Aim released their cover of
Iron Maiden's "
The Trooper
"The Trooper" is a song by the English Heavy metal music, heavy metal band Iron Maiden, released as the second single on 20 June 1983 from the band's fourth studio album, ''Piece of Mind'' (1983). It was one of only a few Iron Maiden songs to ac ...
".
In 2000, Red Aim was on a tour with Dutch band 7Zuma7. In the same year, they released ''The Aprilfuckers EP'' and in 2001 ''
Saartanic Cluttydogs''. After signing a deal with American label
Metal Blade Records
Metal Blade Records (often shortened to Metal Blade) is an American independent record label founded by Brian Slagel in 1982 based in the U.S. state of California. The label primarily focuses on heavy metal.
History
Metal Blade Records was ...
, the band changed their line-up. Bassist Thorsten Erbel was replaced with
David Vogt and
Christian Jost joined as a keyboardist. In August 2001, they played a concert at
Summer Breeze Open Air
Summer Breeze Open Air is an annual German heavy metal music festival. It was first held in 1997. The festival had been held in Abtsgmünd until 2006 when it was moved to its new location of Dinkelsbühl, Bavaria. The festival draws around 40,00 ...
. In 2002, they released ''
Flesh for Fantasy''. In April 2002, Red Aim supported
In Extremo
In Extremo (Latin for ''At the Edge''; abbreviated InEx or IE) is a German medieval metal band originally from Berlin. The band's musical style combines metal with medieval traditional songs, blending the sound of the standard rock/metal instr ...
during their tour.
In the beginning of August 2002, the band played on
Wacken Open Air
Wacken Open Air (, abbreviated as W:O:A) is a Heavy metal music, heavy metal music festival, held annually since 1990 on the first weekend of August in the village of Wacken, Schleswig-Holstein, Wacken in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Almost all ...
. In 2003, they released ''
Niagara''. On 6 December 2003, Stefan Gemballa got badly injured by a drum monitor that hit him in the head during a concert in
Saarbrücken
Saarbrücken (; Rhenish Franconian: ''Sabrigge'' ; ; ; ; ) is the capital and largest List of cities and towns in Germany, city of the state of Saarland, Germany. Saarbrücken has 181,959 inhabitants and is Saarland's administrative, commerci ...
.
In 2003, Red Aim musicians founded a new band
Powerwolf
Powerwolf (often stylized in all caps) is a German power metal band founded in 2004 in Saarbrücken by members of Red Aim. The band consists of vocalist Karsten Brill as "Attila Dorn", lead guitarist Benjamin Buss as "Matthew Greywolf", bassist/ ...
.
Members
Final lineup
*
Karsten "Dr. Don Rogers" Brill – vocals (1999–2006)
*
Benjamin "B.B. Foxworth" Buss – guitar (1995–2006)
*
David "El Davide" Vogt – bass (2002–2006)
*
Christian "Ray Kitzler" Jost (2002–2006)
* Stefan "Mitch Buchanan" Gemballa (2000–2006)
Former members
* Pascal Flach – vocals (1995–1999)
* Thorsten Erbel – bass (1998–2002)
* Patrick Schappert – bass (1995–1998)
* David Kiefer
* Thore Huppert
* Christian Theisinger
Discography
* ''Sinai Jam'' (EP, 1996)
* ''Orange'' (EP, 1998)
* ''Call Me Tiger'' (1999)
* ''The Aprilfuckers EP'' (EP, 2000)
* ''
Saartanic Cluttydogs'' (2001)
* ''
Flesh for Fantasy'' (2002)
* ''
Niagara'' (2003)
References
External links
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Musical groups established in 1995
Musical groups disestablished in 2006
German punk rock groups
German heavy metal musical groups