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BRATS BIOGRAPHY
Founded in 1977, Brats were a punk rock/metal hybrid band which would later lead the members of this band to form the popular cult heavy metal band Mercyful Fate. In 1980 they released a full-length album titled "1980".
BRATS GENRES
Punk (earlier); Traditional metal/hard rock
BRATS LYRICAL THEMES
Love, Individuality, Partying, Internal Conflict
BRATS ORIGIN
Denmark (Copenhagen), formed in 1977
BRATS CURRENT RECORD LABEL
Diamond Records
BRATS STATUS
Split-up
BRATS CURRENT LINE-UP
King Diamond (Kim Bendix Petersen) - vocals since the 1981 rehearsal demo (Black Rose (Dnk), Mercyful Fate, Danger Zone (Dnk))
Hank Shermann (Rene Krolmark) a.k.a. Hank De Wank - guitars (Mercyful Fate, Fate (Dnk), Zoser Mez, Gutrix, Shermann Soldiers, Force of Evil, Rax Load)
Carsten Van Der Volsing - guitars (1980-1981)
BRATS PREVIOUS LINE-UP
Yenz (Jens Arnsted) - bass & vocals, acoustic guitar (=Y=, Stormwarrior, Geisha, Iron Savior) (1979-1981)
Monroe (Lars Nybo) - drums, synth drums, piano (formerly in punkband Suck, an early incarnation of Sods which later became Sort Sol) (1979-1981)
Michael Denner - guitars, vocals (on "Ogcah Ghaszlihr") (Mercyful Fate, King Diamond, Force of Evil, Iron Space, Zoser Mez, Danger Zone (Dnk)) (left after the release of the first album : 1979-1980)
**Early punk line-up**
Franz De Zaster (Michael Gorm) - vocals (1978-1979)
Mickey Rat (Michael Hillerup) - bass (1978-1979)
Eddie Haircut (Milan Balsgaard) (R.I.P. (1959 - 1992) - died due to illness) - drums (1978-1979)
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