Crash The Line

It has been said that life is not a series of meaningless accidents. When things are bound to happen they surely will. That is what they call serendipity. Nothing could be more true about the way Crash The Line came together. Most of the four members of Vancouver's Crash The Line joined through the usual ways bands come together. Friend of a friend, want ads etc. but Crash The Line's last piece was a perfect example of serendipity. Guitarist Edler has been around the rock scene for several years previously fronting and later playing guitar/writing for indie rock outfit Fear Zero. Fear Zero released 4 CDs independently had a video on Muchmusic and toured Canada several times racking up impressive radio numbers for an indie outfit. Edler joined forces with drummer Ricardo Viana in 2011 who had moved to Canada from Mexico in 2007 cutting his teeth with local rock acts The Rose Alarm and 40 Foot Echo. Kelsey Butkus, a Victoria native joined in 2012 to round out the act. The band had just had a falling out with their lead vocalist a week before and had placed an ad in a local rag as Edler tells it, "We placed the ad and right away this guy answered asking some unusual questi... more...