HISTORY OF A KRASH  
 

 

KRASHKARMA plays songs with riffs, not riffs trying to be songs!

Starting in 2005 under the name SUICIDE HOLIDAY, KRASHKARMA  has independently booked 12 national tours, played over 250 shows, including Germany, produced two EPs and sold over 5000 units out of the back of their '78 Dodge Van. This did not go unnoticed in the Hollywood scene as they won the "Rock City News Award" for " best independent touring band" in December 2007.
The Los Angeles based band was formed by Ralf Dietel after his 30 day career as NINE INCH NAILS guitar player.


The producer/singer/guitarist moved to the US from Germany where he shared the stage with bands such as FOO FIGHTERS and RAMMSTEIN. On the drums and vocals is the award winning Nicole Skistimas, whose dangerous style and sound are emblematic to the core vision of KRASHKARMA: a pretty girl who doesn't just play the drums, she destroys them.
In 2008 the band recorded and self released a new song every month along with a video to go with it on their webpage, placed songs in independent movies and have recently  begun writing and  licensing music for  FOX SPORTS .


In 2009, KRASHKARMA self- released their EP "seven deadly sounds"  on Jan 11th. This was followed by "Seven Deadly Tours" throughout the US and Africa. After returning back home to Los Angeles at the end of '09, the band has been hard at work recording a new album that is scheduled to be released in the fall of 2010. A European tour and some Festival dates are also in the works for the summer....


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RALF - IT WAS A GOOD SHOW IF I BLEED!!!
 
 

On stage I always play like it is my LAST show. I give evrything and sometimes that means I get hurt...Off stage I am the producer of the band. Sound design and graphic design is what I am good at. I create all the artwork and make sure it looks good. My influences are somewhere between ELVIS and SLAYER, DALI and GIGER... if it rocks - IT ROCKS, doesn't matter if it's a violin or a jackhammer!

 

  
     
  NIKI -STRICTLY FOR THE HARDCORE  
 

am the one who sits back and takes in the chaos as I create a unity inside of it. My mood changes with my beats and takes me, my band and the audience higher and higher with every stomp on the kick drum. I love to get crazy behind the kit and watch the effect of my actions spin out of control into the fans!! Makes my day.. will YOU make my day???? Come be apart of MY world!!! See you at the show!!!
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  ZAK - Stage Ninja  
 

I am as fast on the guitar as with the Num Chucks. People call me the stage ninja because I move like a shadow.  
     
  SAID - FROM THE EAST TO THE WEST  
 

I am from Morocco, that means I am moroccan, but the reality is I am

M-O-R-E R-O-C-K-I-N!