Music Artist

Crab Smasher

Crab Smasher are an experimental/free improvisation/noise pop trio from Newcastle, Australia comprising Grant Hunter, Nicholas French, and Marnie Vaughn. Using cracked electronics and traditional rock instrumentation they produce a playful, clumsy and unpredictable mutation of psychedelic rock, noise, drone, doom, avant-pop, post-punk, electronica, new age/weird etc. etc.

Links: Official site · FMA profile

Catalogue & Listenership

Tracks

28

Albums

11

Total audio

2h 40m 55s

FMA listens

23,261

Favourites

15

Avg bitrate

217 kbps

Genre & Licence Profile

GenreTracks
Instrumental1
  • Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3. — 11
  • Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives — 9
  • Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommerci — 6
  • Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 — 2

Top Tracks by Listens

TrackAlbumYearDurationListens
A Sad Day For EverybodyImpossible Monsters03m 30s4,893
Six Number-One Hits!!The Blue Album20132m 29s4,022
Card SharkBroadcast Two02m 55s1,548
Spaghetti HelmetThick Mosquito Sky03m 30s1,261
Japanese Bug FightsForever!05m 17s1,146
Video HypnosisThe Blue Album20136m 46s947
Back On The PonyMinimum Intermmet201611m 53s910
Satan is a liarShare The Germs, Halve The Germs04m 34s756
Turning On The TearsShare The Germs, Halve The Germs05m 54s734
Glow In The Dark DinosaursThe Blue Album201310m 56s700

Track Length Distribution

LengthTracksShare
1–3 min310.7%
3–6 min1450%
Over 6 min1139.3%

Release Timeline

15
0
1
2008
6
2010
5
2013
1
2016

Collaborators Credited

  • Grant Hunter, Nicholas French, Marnie Vaughn — 6
  • Grant Hunter, Nicholas French, Marnie Vaughn, Nathan Martin — 4
  • Grant Hunter, Marnie Vaughn, Nathan Martin, Nicholas French — 1

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  4. 56 Ian Alex Mac tracks
  5. 54 TRG Banks tracks
  6. 43 Ergo Phizmiz tracks
  7. 37 Cory Gray tracks
  8. 35 AlienAqtor, Disorder of Rage (DxOxRx), Flanicx, and Rod Brandao tracks

Track Catalogue

28 tracks shown

Track Album Genre Duration Listens Licence
Back On The Pony [15, 38, 53, 250] Minimum Intermmet 2016 11m 53s 910 Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.
Six Number-One Hits!! [15, 32, 47, 58, 250] The Blue Album 2013 2m 29s 4,022 Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Rec. 2010-02-12
Video Hypnosis [15, 32, 47, 58, 250] The Blue Album 2013 6m 46s 947 Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.
You Are Like The Reverse Billy Joel [15, 32, 47, 58, 250] The Blue Album 2013 3m 11s 613 Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.
Glow In The Dark Dinosaurs [15, 32, 47, 58, 250] The Blue Album 2013 10m 56s 700 Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.
Volunteer Lighthouse [15, 32, 47, 58, 250] The Blue Album 2013 6m 25s 539 Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.
Looking in a mirror [15, 32, 47, 58, 76, 250] Live at Auraltered State 2 2010 5m 01s 464 Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.
The Morning After/ Fist Pumpin' All Night [15, 32, 47, 58, 76, 250] Live at Auraltered State 2 2010 11m 05s 262 Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.
Flies buzzing over your rotting corpse [15, 32, 47, 58, 76, 250] Live at Auraltered State 2 2010 7m 49s 191 Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.
Every house on this block looks the same [15, 32, 47, 58, 76, 250] Live at Auraltered State 2 2010 7m 31s 479 Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.
Little Fingers [] The Doctor Is In… Over His Head 2010 4m 24s 333 Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.
Skin Destruction [538] Volume Five 2010 Instrumental 3m 58s 220 Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives
Apples Atmosphere [32, 76, 250] The Picky Eater 2008 4m 45s 555 Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.
Card Shark [27, 38, 250] Broadcast Two 2m 55s 1,548 Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives
Big Beautiful Women [32, 76, 250] Forever! 6m 23s 214 Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives