Cripple and Casino is Petra, Darko, Zec and Marko. Since 2007 they have challenged the underground music scene with their noisy post punk aesthetics - half-spoken, half-shouted and half-sung vocals, strong blend of caustic, angular riffing around roving basslines and and plenty of spacious rhythm breaks. Straight outta Zagreb, Croatia, they developed sound that's best described as "Eighties vs. Nineties vs. Now".

The band signed early on to the American independent noise rock/post punk label Radio is Down. Several songs, recorded in Cripple and Casino’s practice space with one microphone, composed and played with minimal technical skill were promising enough for Matt Lebens, owner of the label so in the summer of 2008, he offered to put out the band’s first album. Recorded at the Kozmo Studio in Zagreb and released in 2009, the album has gotten numerous positive reviews in many corners of the world - USA, Canada, Spain, France, Austria, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Macedonia... and, of course, Croatia. The band has been promoting it with a series of shows in the region - Croatia, Slovenia, Austria, Germany, Macedonia, Bosnia, Serbia… with further plans of playing as much and as far as they can come.

In 2012, Cripple and Casino will release their new LP on Radio is Down. Cripple and Casino hope it will reflect a now tighter and smarter band. They know it will definitely reflect what they have been from the beginning - four newbies with a wish to rock.

website @ www.crippleandcasino.com

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