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From the ATR website:
LATEST NEWS – SEPTEMBER 2001Carl Crack of Atari Teenage Riot Dies
It was with great distress that we heard about the death of Carl Crack. Carl had been a member of Atari Teenage Riot since its inception and contributed as MC and frontperson with a style uniquely appropriate to the band.
It is generally known that Carl had received treatment for psychiatric problems in the past but friends had not reported anything recently that would give rise to particular concern.
ATR were taking a year out after exhaustively promoting their last release and Carl had been working on solo material to follow up his Black Ark release as well as performing with a variety of other artists.
Carl died on September 6th but the public announcement was delayed while his family were informed. He was 30 years old.
Alec Empire said;
„I played in a band with Carl for ten years. We’ve been through a lot together in all those times. He was my friend. We didn’t have much contact with each other since the last bout of heavy touring with ATR ended in March 2000. There was too much between all the members of the band and we all needed space to recover. Carl and I decided to write each other because it was nearly impossible to talk.
He wrote to me that things were going better for him, he was playing music in different projects. And that he wanted to start a long-term therapy. He had suffered since a teenager from psychotic attacks, which I watched getting worse each year. I hoped that he would be able to work things out. His letters sounded positive and optimistic. His sudden death has hit me very hard and it is not easy for me to find the right words.
A lot of little events and situations keep coming into my mind. When I think of Carl I don’t think only of the great stage presence and charisma he had, especially on the tours for our album, "The Future Of War", I also remember him dancing to soul music at parties, laughing and singing Curtis Mayfield songs. He brought a tension into the band that is very rare and special these days. I am very proud of him, and of what he has achieved as an artist. People like us can’t even imagine how hard it must have been for him to deal with those attacks, to record and perform, and on top of that to take care of his personal life and relationships.
He was not only a vocalist with a very unique style, he also recorded one of the deepest instrumental albums I know: "The Black Ark E.P." It was his decision. I just wish we had talked in person one more time, even though we
cleared things in the letters. I will miss him. Carl, we’ll never forget you.Can’t excactly say I was shocked to hear that Carl Crack died, guess his life style came with a General Surgeons warning. Sad though, both to those close to him and all the people who enjoyed the music he was creating as a member of ATR. Found this as NME:
ATARI TEENAGE RIOT FOUNDER DIES.
ATARI TEENAGE RIOT founder member CARL CRACK has died.He was found in his Berlin apartment on September 6.
Little is known about the exact details of his death, but it is believed there was a huge deterioration in his health tied to years of over abuse of alcohol and pills.
Crack, who had just turned 30 in May, had a history of mental illness. The band had taken a one year break to allow him time to seek psychiatric help. It is understood he and ATR mainman Alec Empire hadn’t spoken in a year, but had been emailing each other recently.
Salami -you sold your Matador 10 th anniversary cd? Very disturbing news indeed [img]images/smiles/converted/confused.gif[/img]
Vinyl has a richer sound, but heavy spinning takes its toll, and cds are smaller and hence more practical -so I mostly depend on cds to work the magic for me, and buy some vinyl goodies on the side.Salami, Señor Coconut y su Conjunto’s versions of Autobahn and Tour De France kicks ass [img]images/smiles/converted/ALD.gif[/img]
Salami, Moon Pix is absolutely an album worth waiting for!!!
Some stuff that’s on my list of must haves:
Weezer -Green jpn. edition
Public Enemy -It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back (on vinyl)
Grandmaster Flash -Message from Beat Street: The Best of…
BiosphereDeathprod -Nordheim Transformed (vinyl)How about Millencolin? Same Old Tunes, Life On A Plate and The Melancholy Collection at least. Pennybridge Pioneers wasn’t excactly my cup o’ tea though.
Yeah I think it’s a cool movie too, maybe "ruined" was a too strong a word. But I felt that a lot of folks(here in Norway at least,) started to feel it was "hip" to say they liked BD ‘cuz of the movie. That it was more important to own a BD cd, than to actually listen to it and enjoy it. But I guess that’s the damage hype can do to a band, or a film for that matter. But as you said, cool movie, great band!
den buck, Atari Teenage Riot [img]images/smiles/converted/biggrin.gif[/img] [img]images/smiles/converted/cool.gif[/img] [img]images/smiles/converted/smile.gif[/img] Especially Live At Brixton Academy!!
Maxini, what do you think of Voice Of A Generation? I think they’re pretty good, nice little old skool outfit.
And I mustn’t forget Broder Daniel -been a fan of the group since ’96 when I got Saturday Night Engine from a friend in Sweden. The whole Fucking Ã…mÃ¥l hype ruined it a bit for me, but I still think they’re great.
Sahara Hotnights -they’re not that great, but they don’t suck. They opened for Hellacopters in Oslo couple of months ago, and I must say they put on a good show.
I remembered that about 30 secs ago, come to think about it, the last place I saw it was on one of the Matador compilations. F*K, nothing has gone my way the last couple of days -been reading things wrong here at the ‘scene and I’m walking around in a blurry mist. Gotta get some fruit and vegetables to clear my mind. And once again you prove your standard in everything matador related. Hats off! [img]images/smiles/converted/smile.gif[/img]
Some early Pavement singles has "All rights reserved, all wrongs reversed," printed on them. Instead of the usual copying, lending… prohibited stuff.
