Interview by Kris Peters
Crispy Danger isn’t just another new band. Formed in Birmingham in 2025 at the Back to the Beginning Festival, and residing in Melbourne, Crispy Danger’s soul comes from a heavy metal heritage, yet their music combines riff driven rock with catchy pop sensibilities and hard hitting lyrics, carving out a genre unique to themselves.
Fronted by brother/sister duo of David Rex - vocals, guitars and Michelle Maxx - bass, Crispy Danger is completed by Frankie Demuru on drums. With all three sharing a love of different musical genres the resulting sonic impact is confronting, eclectic and... fun.
Their debut single Outta Control is a catchy blend of rock, metal, and dark wave, best described as “heavy metal disco”. The single features a killer bass groove, raspy spoken verses and catchy sung choruses all set to disco beats and hip-hop inspired rhythms, with Crispy Danger promising this is only the tip of the iceberg.
HEAVY sat down with siblings David and Michelle to find out more.
"It's it's an interesting track," David measured. "We went for something a little different sounding I think to a lot of bands, going for vocals that are almost spoken, almost rapped, and then the choruses just kick out to a proper heavy metal sung chorus. It's quite catchy."
Outta Control is the musical equivelant of just that, with a lot going on within that one song musically. Crispy Danger bounce dip their toes into funk plus there's some pop sensibilities and heavy riffs, guitar solos and a hell of a lot of groove, begging the question of where did it come from and how difficult is it to get the balance right?
"I think the most important thing with a song like that is not to go overboard with each part," David replied. "If you actually listen to it there's only a few instruments playing at each time. Then the whole band sort of kicks in. And then when the verse starts, it is just bass, drums, vocals. There is nothing else. It lets the vocals set forward and then it kicks up a notch for the chorus with the whole band kicking back in."
"And it kind of builds up," Michelle added.
In the full interview, David and Michelle go deeper into Outta Control, describing the track as groove-driven with spoken/rap-style verses and heavy sung choruses, characterizing their sound as "heavy metal disco". They explained why the recording took place in Melbourne and the mix was done in Los Angeles by Chris Lord‑Alge, citing Lord-Alge's track record with established artists such as Green Day, My Chemical Romance and Rise Against.
We spoke about why this song was chosen to introduce Crispy Danger to the world and if it is an accurate snapshot of what to expect from future releases. The accompanying music video was mentioned, with the band running us through the old school style and approach to most things they do, and more.
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