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2009-01-02: 20 YEAR KRAFTERZ REUNION? Summer 2009, Chicago. Read about it on the Bulletin Board.

2008-09-24: Added best live recording ever (Hemingway 19-Dec-1993) and (Glenview House Party Summer 1994) recordings courtesy John Leonard LK Archivez

2008-09-16: Added LK family band Rustweiler to family section.

2008-04-13: Finally! Some video of the Lenz Krafterz on Winnetka Local Access Cable, in the video section. Check it out, then report back to the bulletin board to await further instructions.

2007-01-09: Added link to LK family band BAJE to family section.

2006-09-11: Added some simple website stats to the stats section (almost 37000 mp3s have been downloaded).

2006-03-06: Added link to LK family band The Bitter Tears to family section.

2003-10-14: Moved www.lenzkrafterz.com to area.com hosting, back from the dead, maybe we lost some bulletin board messages.

2002-06-29: Found my old copy of Krafterz tape "Anthology", dubbed for me in 1991 by Nick Banner. Check out the mp3s in the music section. Also added lyrics for that weird Unknown Medical Song that Pete doesn't even remember singing.

2002-05-27: Found an old tape of Jimmi Hendrix live on Yoghurt from 1992! Also found a tape of an old Krafterz Prism show, probably lent to me by Brendan. I MP3'd both tapes and you can download them in the music section! Also added new song entries for "Adolescence/Eternal Armageddon (Emily Schriver Song)" and "Evil Women". Redid lyrics section, links section and community section.

2002-02-27: Brendan is now pointing www.lenzkrafterz.com to this site! Elite!

2001-10-21: This page lives on wiretap.com now, instead of evolution.com. This page now has an MP3 Section with songs from LenzKrafterz family bands.. check it out below!

1999-09-27: Pictures of the 10 year anniversary are available on Kristin Wagner's Homepage. They are also locally mirrored here.

1999-05-25: MP3s of some recent recordings of LenzKrafterz songs can be found on MP3.com's LenzKrafterz Page courtesy of Brendan Baldwin.

1998-05-26: Check this out: it's a Lenz Krafterz Bulletin Board- relive the golden epochs.

Pete Reagel aka Grimstalker the Chainsaw Maven - Vocals and Chainsaws
Brian Lelko aka the Oxen of Pleasure - Guitar
John Leonard - Drums and Vocals
Eric V - Keyboards and Vocals
Megan Anderson - Bassist
Tim Kelly - Guitar
Brendan Baldwin - Session bassist
Alan Scalpone - Session bassist
Dmitri Cornellier - Guitar
Corey Allen - Session guitarist
Jim Kuykendall - Session chainsaw
Carlos Orellana aka Mr Big - Management
Arthur Ryzak - Creative Consultant

Seminal Krafterz [1989-1990]
Gonorrhea God
Things Made In Cities (Yes, Of Gold)
Bishop X
Praise Leviathan
Captain Leather
Burn, Winnetka, Burn

Golden Age of the Hi-Fi Rock-n-Rollers [1990-1993]
Anarchy at NT
Blown Away
Don't Trip Over Joe
Space Brothers
Hey Freaks
Song of Ages (Arthur Ryzak)
Bunnies Trilogy
Hellspawn
Eat Nuns For Satan
You Gotta Give (Your Love To God)
I'm Sad
Bloodlust
Dark Young
Magic Show
Mike & Allison Against the World
Adolescence / Eternal Armageddon (Emily Schriver Song)
[Unknown Medical Song]

Krafterz Sunset [1993-1996]
Blood And Pus Man
The Mighty Knights
Rain
The Greatest High School Band
Evil Women
The TV's Blown
Mike & Allison 2: Mike Is Alone
Let The Chords Be The Rhythm

Megapuppy
Stoatriders

Nick Banner
Brendan Baldwin
Art Fitz-Gerald

A Dog and His Boy

Chris Bower
Chia Chin Lee - Toy Guitar
???

Jimmi Hendrix

Kim Bae - Violin
Brendan Baldwin - Bass
Annie Geraghty - Vocals (???)
John Leonard - Drums, Vocals
Alan Scalpone - Guitar
Greg Schnabel - Vocals
Eric V - Keyboards, Vocals

Rustweiler - Some mp3s

Dave Dumpsterland - vocals
Brian Lelko - guitar
Jacob Levee
Jim Damage

The Bitter Tears - thebittertears.com

Alan Scalpone - Instruments, Vocals
Mike McGinley - Instruments, Vocals
Tony Mendoza - Drums
John Leonard - Piano
Greg Norman - Instruments, Vocals

Foster Lee - Drums (ex)

BAJE - baje.bu.la

Brendan Baldwin - Bass
Alan Scalpone - Guitar
John Leonard - Drums
Eric V - Keyboards, Vocals

Music is available in the MP3 format and requires an mp3 player such as WinAmp to play.

Stoatriders [1991?]
Death, Death, Goose
Goblin Song

Lenz Krafterz - Anthology [1991]
Gonorrhea God
Captain Leather
Things Made In Cities
Bishop X
Praise Leviathan
Bunnies
Pete's Presidential Election Speech - 1991
Pete's Presidential Election Speech - 1990
I'll Join The Revolution - Pete + Eric's WNTH Radio Show
I'm Sad
Hey Freaks
Bloodlust
Blown Away
Song of the Ages (Arthur Ryzak)
[Unknown Medical Song]
Don't Trip Over Joe
Adolescence/Eternal Armageddon
Hellspawn
Another Blown Away
Magic Show
You Gotta Give
Another Song of the Ages (Arthur Ryzak)
Another Don't Trip Over Joe
Anarchy At NT
Space Brothers
Another I'm Sad
Dark Young
Eat Nuns For Satan
Burn Winnetka Burn
Bunnies Trilogy
Another Hey Freaks
Another You Gotta Give
Another Gonnorhea God
Song Fragment
Another Eat Nuns For Satan

Lenz Krafterz - Family (Live @ Prism) [1991]
Intro
Hellspawn
Gonnorhea God
Hey Freaks
I'm Sad
You Gotta Give
Bunnies Trilogy
Bloodlust
Dark Young
Adolescence / Eternal Armageddon (Emily Schriver Song)
Eat Nuns For Satan

Jimmi Hendrix Live on Yoghurt (WNTH, 88.1FM) w/ Steve Flaherty and Dan Smith [1992]
Intro, Drum Solo Song, The Song After [staticky in the beginning, fine quality frm there on out]
They Want You To Talk
You Can Preach / I Love You
The Parade Song
In-Depth Band Questions
The Jesus Song
Jesus Apologizes
Our Song
Most Omnipotent Band
The Dark Song
More Talking
The Rockin Song
Still More Talking
Improvisational Song

Lenz Krafterz Hemingway Church [19-Dec-1993]
01 Intro - Marc Drewery MC.mp3
02 Dark Young.mp3
03 are you ready to rock-n-roll_.mp3
04 Gonorrhea God.mp3
05 I want to see some sociological phenomenons.mp3
06 Hey Freaks.mp3
07 fine European cheeses.mp3
08 Let the Chords Be the Rhythm.mp3
09 this Angerhouse cover is a great idea.mp3
10 Blood and Pus Man.mp3
11 We are the Lenz-Krafters and we got egos the size of this room.mp3
12 Bunnies pt I.mp3
13 The Lenz-Krafterz soup kitchen.mp3
14 Hell Spawn.mp3
15 band introduction.mp3
16 kill john - don't break his glasses - break his eyes.mp3

Lenz Krafters Glenview House Party [Summer 1994]
17 glenview house party summer 1994.mp3
18 Intro.mp3
19 Hell Spawn.mp3
20 Dark Young.mp3
21 you must be mistaken, I'm bald.mp3
22 Let the Chords Be the Rhythm.mp3
23 can I tape down all the keys of your keyboard_.mp3
24 Gonorrhea God.mp3
25 we plan all these jokes long in advance.mp3
26 Mike and Alison Against the World.mp3
27 I'm Sad.mp3
28 Hey Freaks.mp3
29 Evil Women (Who Kill People).mp3
30 experimental, for the scientists in the audience.mp3
31 Captain Leather.mp3
32 hey don't talk to me, I'm too cool.mp3
33 Blood and Pus Man.mp3
34 I appreciate all you've done for the people of this country.mp3
35 The Bunnies Trilogy.mp3
36 You've Got To Give Your Love (To God).mp3
37 Dark Young reprise (tape cut).mp3

Jimmi Hendrix Demo Tape [1994?]
Trying To Hide
Butterfly Milkshake
The Rockin' Song

Lenz Krafterz Greg Norman Studio Sessions [1996]
Greatest High School Band
Mighty Knights
Rain

Lenz Krafterz "Enter the Death Womb" Ten Year Anniversary Reunion
(Live at Pops On Chicago) [1999]
Dark Young
Hey Freaks
The President's Dead
I'm Sad
Gonnorhea God
Evil Women
Louie Louie
Mighty Knights
Pete and Eric Jokes
Rain
Daddy's Little Girl
When We Get To Egypt
Blood And Pus Man
Entertain Us
Hellspawn
Cheese Dilemna
Anarchy at New Trier
Let The Chords Be The Rhythm
Song Of Ages (Arthur Ryzak)
Freakout
You Gotta Give
Mike And Allison Against The World
Ask a Krafter
The TV's Blown
Bunnies Trilogy
Entertain Us 2
Dark Young (Reprise)
Half an Endless Summer Day

Covers
Brendan Baldwin - Hey Freaks 95 [1995]

Lenzkrafterz on Winnetka Local Access Cable [1995, 42 minutes]
Video recorded by New Trier Network, Brendan grabbed it from John Leonard's LK DVD and put it up on Google Video.
Dark Young
Blood and Pus Man
The President's Dead
Hey Freaks
Rain
Evil Women
Let the Chords Be the Rhythm
Bunnies Trilogy
Gonnorhea God
I'm Sad
Mike and Allison Against the World
The Mighty Knights
Hellspawn

Lenzkrafterz on Winnetka Local Access Cable [1991, 16 minutes]
Video recorded by no idea??, Brendan grabbed it from John Leonard's LK DVD and put it up on Google Video.
Magic Show
Hellspawn
Hey Freaks
I'm Sad
Don't Trip Over Joe
Eat Nuns For Satan

MP3.com: The Krafterz MP3.com homepage has some mp3s (which we have here). It is located here.

Graveyard: Brendan Baldwin used to have a website on mediahorse.com. It had MP3s and other family-band information. It's gone now.

Graveyard: Kristin Wagner used to have a page dedicated to the 10th Anniversary Reunion. It was here, but it is gone now. You can still find it mirrored locally here.