There are at least five bands named Drakkar.
1. Drakkar (also known… Read Full Bio ↴There are at least five bands named Drakkar.
1. Drakkar (also known as Drakka Band or Thra Kha Band in some Romanized sources) was a Cambodian hard rock band active in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Their music has been noted as an important late-stage development in Cambodian rock of the 1960s and 70s, a thriving music scene that was abruptly crushed by the Khmer Rouge communists in 1975. Some members of the band did not survive the ensuing Cambodian genocide. The band has gone through multiple lineups, with singer/guitarist Touch Seang Tana the only consistent member.
Drakkar formed in 1967, amid the flourishing Phnom Penh music scene, to perform rock music inspired by The Beatles and The Rolling Stones as well as early Cambodian guitar bands like Baksey Cham Krong and Apsara. As with many of their contemporaries like Sinn Sisamouth, Ros Serey Sothea, and Pen Ran, Drakkar was influenced by pop records imported from France and Latin America that had become popular among musicians in the capital.
The band initially comprised singer/rhythm guitarist Touch Seang Tana, singer/lead guitarist Touch Chhatha, singer/bassist Mam Molivan, and singer Tan Phanareth, and changing temporary drummers. This first line-up did not record any original music, and the members, all in their teens or early twenties, disbanded and took military or government jobs.
In 1971, Tana assembled a new lineup with lead guitarist Som Sareth, drummer Ouk Sam Art, and bassist Oer Sam Ol. By this time, the Cambodian music scene was further influenced by Western rock and roll and soul music via U.S. armed forces radio that had been broadcast to troops stationed nearby during the Vietnam War. Drakkar toured U.S. military bases in South Vietnam that year, after which original lead guitarist Touch Chhatha rejoined. This version of the band was heavily influenced by the hard rock sounds of bands like Deep Purple and Grand Funk Railroad, and regularly performed covers of songs by those and other bands. Their sound at the time has been compared to Led Zeppelin, Santana and Jimi Hendrix.
The band's hippie attire and long hair were noted as symbolic of changing times and American influences in early-1970s Cambodia. Guitarists Touch Chhatha and Touch Seang Tana attracted attention, not all of it good, for their unusually aggressive guitar playing, while drummer Ouk Sam Art caused minor scandals by playing shirtless. Tana noted in the documentary film Don't Think I've Forgotten that Cambodia was not yet ready for western-style hard rock at the time.
Drakkar became popular in Phnom Penh during the later stages of the Cambodian Civil War, when the city was under threat from both American bombing campaigns and attacks by Khmer Rouge insurgents. Due to wartime curfews, the band had to play in clubs during the day and often heard nearby gunfire and explosions during their performances. The band recorded a self-titled album with primitive technology in 1972-1973, and released it in early 1974. The album, which was rereleased decades later as Drakkar '74, sold over 20,000 copies, making it the highest-selling full-length album in Cambodian history up to that point.
Plans to further promote the album were halted in April 1975, when the Khmer Rouge defeated the Khmer Republic army and gained control of the country. The members of Drakkar are assumed to be among the two million residents of Phnom Penh who were forced to leave the city and become farm workers to fulfill the Khmer Rouge's visions of agrarian socialism and the eradication of all foreign influences (including music) from Cambodian society. Group members Oer Sam Ol and Som Sareth disappeared during the ensuing Cambodian genocide and their exact fates are unknown. Singer/guitarist Touch Seang Tana was imprisoned in a work camp, and claims that he survived the genocide by singing Santana songs to Khmer Rouge soldiers on demand while passing himself off as a common peasant.
After the fall of the Khmer Rouge in 1979, drummer Ouk Sam Art and guitarist Touch Chhatha returned to music work for Cambodia's National Radio station, while Tana became an accomplished manager of fisheries and environmental conservation for the post-Khmer Rouge Cambodian government. Conservation work continued to be a theme in Tana's life. As of 2013 he was the Chairman of the Cambodian Government’s Commission for Dolphin Conservation and Development of the Mekong Dolphin Ecotourism Zone (the "Dolphin Commission").
Information about many Cambodian musicians of the 1960s and 1970s, and many of their recordings, were lost during the Khmer Rouge regime. Interest in that scene's musicians was revived, especially among western rock fans, in the late 1990s with the release of compilation albums like Cambodian Rocks (1996). Filmmaker John Pirozzi was introduced to the music while making City of Ghosts, and subsequently featured Drakkar and several of their contemporaries in the 2015 documentary Don't Think I've Forgotten (2015). The Drakkar song "Crazy Loving You" has appeared on several compilations, including the Don't Think I've Forgotten soundtrack in 2015, and the song "Do You No Wrong Again" (credited to Thra Kha Band) has appeared on compilations like the 2011 CD Cambodia Rock Spectacular! from Lion Productions.
Surviving members of Drakkar first regrouped for a reunion concert in Singapore in 2011. They also performed in 2014 and 2015 to commemorate the release of Don't Think I've Forgotten and announced plans to record a new album. The 2014 performance featured a guest appearance by Chhom Nimol of the Cambodian/American band Dengue Fever. Nimol, whose band was inspired by and frequently covers late-60s and early-70s Khmer pop music, proclaimed "I never dreamed I would play with those musicians. They are like my teachers, my masters." A new version of the band led by Touch Seang Tana began performing regularly under the name Drakka Band in 2015.
Master tapes for Drakkar's 1974 album were unearthed during this period, and in 2014 it was released as Drakkar '74 by Metal Postcard Records. Personnel at the label had been inspired by Cambodian Rocks and Don't Think I've Forgotten to track down the master tapes and remaster them for the digital market. Upon its release, one music historian noted the album's historical importance and hailed it as "The Holy Grail of Cambodian Psych."
2. Drakkar is a Belgian Speed/Power metal band that released 1 album: "X-Rated".
3. Drakkar is a Portuguese heavy/power metal band with three demos released so far.
4. Drakkar is an Italian Power Metal band from Milan, Italy, with 5 full-length albums, 1 EP and 2 Demos
5. Drakkar is a German R.A.C. cult band
1. Drakkar (also known… Read Full Bio ↴There are at least five bands named Drakkar.
1. Drakkar (also known as Drakka Band or Thra Kha Band in some Romanized sources) was a Cambodian hard rock band active in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Their music has been noted as an important late-stage development in Cambodian rock of the 1960s and 70s, a thriving music scene that was abruptly crushed by the Khmer Rouge communists in 1975. Some members of the band did not survive the ensuing Cambodian genocide. The band has gone through multiple lineups, with singer/guitarist Touch Seang Tana the only consistent member.
Drakkar formed in 1967, amid the flourishing Phnom Penh music scene, to perform rock music inspired by The Beatles and The Rolling Stones as well as early Cambodian guitar bands like Baksey Cham Krong and Apsara. As with many of their contemporaries like Sinn Sisamouth, Ros Serey Sothea, and Pen Ran, Drakkar was influenced by pop records imported from France and Latin America that had become popular among musicians in the capital.
The band initially comprised singer/rhythm guitarist Touch Seang Tana, singer/lead guitarist Touch Chhatha, singer/bassist Mam Molivan, and singer Tan Phanareth, and changing temporary drummers. This first line-up did not record any original music, and the members, all in their teens or early twenties, disbanded and took military or government jobs.
In 1971, Tana assembled a new lineup with lead guitarist Som Sareth, drummer Ouk Sam Art, and bassist Oer Sam Ol. By this time, the Cambodian music scene was further influenced by Western rock and roll and soul music via U.S. armed forces radio that had been broadcast to troops stationed nearby during the Vietnam War. Drakkar toured U.S. military bases in South Vietnam that year, after which original lead guitarist Touch Chhatha rejoined. This version of the band was heavily influenced by the hard rock sounds of bands like Deep Purple and Grand Funk Railroad, and regularly performed covers of songs by those and other bands. Their sound at the time has been compared to Led Zeppelin, Santana and Jimi Hendrix.
The band's hippie attire and long hair were noted as symbolic of changing times and American influences in early-1970s Cambodia. Guitarists Touch Chhatha and Touch Seang Tana attracted attention, not all of it good, for their unusually aggressive guitar playing, while drummer Ouk Sam Art caused minor scandals by playing shirtless. Tana noted in the documentary film Don't Think I've Forgotten that Cambodia was not yet ready for western-style hard rock at the time.
Drakkar became popular in Phnom Penh during the later stages of the Cambodian Civil War, when the city was under threat from both American bombing campaigns and attacks by Khmer Rouge insurgents. Due to wartime curfews, the band had to play in clubs during the day and often heard nearby gunfire and explosions during their performances. The band recorded a self-titled album with primitive technology in 1972-1973, and released it in early 1974. The album, which was rereleased decades later as Drakkar '74, sold over 20,000 copies, making it the highest-selling full-length album in Cambodian history up to that point.
Plans to further promote the album were halted in April 1975, when the Khmer Rouge defeated the Khmer Republic army and gained control of the country. The members of Drakkar are assumed to be among the two million residents of Phnom Penh who were forced to leave the city and become farm workers to fulfill the Khmer Rouge's visions of agrarian socialism and the eradication of all foreign influences (including music) from Cambodian society. Group members Oer Sam Ol and Som Sareth disappeared during the ensuing Cambodian genocide and their exact fates are unknown. Singer/guitarist Touch Seang Tana was imprisoned in a work camp, and claims that he survived the genocide by singing Santana songs to Khmer Rouge soldiers on demand while passing himself off as a common peasant.
After the fall of the Khmer Rouge in 1979, drummer Ouk Sam Art and guitarist Touch Chhatha returned to music work for Cambodia's National Radio station, while Tana became an accomplished manager of fisheries and environmental conservation for the post-Khmer Rouge Cambodian government. Conservation work continued to be a theme in Tana's life. As of 2013 he was the Chairman of the Cambodian Government’s Commission for Dolphin Conservation and Development of the Mekong Dolphin Ecotourism Zone (the "Dolphin Commission").
Information about many Cambodian musicians of the 1960s and 1970s, and many of their recordings, were lost during the Khmer Rouge regime. Interest in that scene's musicians was revived, especially among western rock fans, in the late 1990s with the release of compilation albums like Cambodian Rocks (1996). Filmmaker John Pirozzi was introduced to the music while making City of Ghosts, and subsequently featured Drakkar and several of their contemporaries in the 2015 documentary Don't Think I've Forgotten (2015). The Drakkar song "Crazy Loving You" has appeared on several compilations, including the Don't Think I've Forgotten soundtrack in 2015, and the song "Do You No Wrong Again" (credited to Thra Kha Band) has appeared on compilations like the 2011 CD Cambodia Rock Spectacular! from Lion Productions.
Surviving members of Drakkar first regrouped for a reunion concert in Singapore in 2011. They also performed in 2014 and 2015 to commemorate the release of Don't Think I've Forgotten and announced plans to record a new album. The 2014 performance featured a guest appearance by Chhom Nimol of the Cambodian/American band Dengue Fever. Nimol, whose band was inspired by and frequently covers late-60s and early-70s Khmer pop music, proclaimed "I never dreamed I would play with those musicians. They are like my teachers, my masters." A new version of the band led by Touch Seang Tana began performing regularly under the name Drakka Band in 2015.
Master tapes for Drakkar's 1974 album were unearthed during this period, and in 2014 it was released as Drakkar '74 by Metal Postcard Records. Personnel at the label had been inspired by Cambodian Rocks and Don't Think I've Forgotten to track down the master tapes and remaster them for the digital market. Upon its release, one music historian noted the album's historical importance and hailed it as "The Holy Grail of Cambodian Psych."
2. Drakkar is a Belgian Speed/Power metal band that released 1 album: "X-Rated".
3. Drakkar is a Portuguese heavy/power metal band with three demos released so far.
4. Drakkar is an Italian Power Metal band from Milan, Italy, with 5 full-length albums, 1 EP and 2 Demos
5. Drakkar is a German R.A.C. cult band
Beginning
Drakkar Lyrics
We have lyrics for 'Beginning' by these artists:
433 a.k.a ç°ææµ Aye Niggas a tell you not to love her cuz he…
A.L.O.N.E. Welcome to my nightmare This is my world Are you ready to…
Ahn Ye Eun 겨우내 쌓인 눈송이 고요하던 날 얼어붙은 나무에 새잎이 돋은 날 만물을 깨우는…
Alicia Drayton Remember when we 1st met We've told the story so many…
Amras Numenesse The moon is covered in blood and I see its…
Andrew W.K. And I pray someday we'll touch And I pray someday we'll…
angela Romanized Version donna kewashii michi ga matou to…
BACK-ON I crawled back to the beginning from the dark again! I thoug…
Blaze Bayley This is the beginning Don't wake up, just listen Be here in…
Cha-Cha ドンドン綺麗になる 恋のせいだね 抱きしめたい本当 君に乾杯 夢のどこへでも 連れてゆけるから なれないでね 愛の言葉に…
Colin Blunstone As another day lays down its head I sit here reading…
D.N.Angel OST 1 YUH! 'Ey, this is the Noise Wizard Representing the Pain Man…
De$ Why am I here I wish to com back But a…
Demian / Bubble Puppy I can feel it in the air The beginning of the…
F. Of Audiotreats Sometimes I get so high I forget where earth is …
Fear & Blade Duermo y despierto Mientras sueño Y cruzo el tiempo Y vuelv…
Fear and Blade We are just beginning to get it I know you…
FictionJunction 白いカーテン揺らしてみる 終わらない夜を見つめてる 宛名のない絵葉書 私は元気だよと 何度も書いて消して 眠れない夜…
Fights Dialing the machine Before it breaks away Conflicted in torm…
FOUR GET ME A NOTS Want to change your situation But your pride is there I kn…
Frozen In the middle of winter Surrounded by cold nocturnal winds D…
G.T. and the Halo Express She watch you while she leaving Then she walks right past Sh…
Geva Alon Four in the morning I’m gone Driving toward the…
Girl's Generation / So Nyuh Shi Dae I\'m your girl Do it right now 그댄 아나요 우리 처음…
Girls' Generation I'm your girl (oh~ oh~) I'll do it right now 그댄아나요 우리처음…
Girls' Generation/Girls' Generation I\'m your girl Do it right now 그댄 아나요 우리 처음…
glassland Tired of that boring life It's time to move forward Back to…
Grace Woodroofe There's no way I'll let go I'm all alone with your…
Guide Me Crow Look in my eyes you will see salvation, bright fire…
H. Maezawa Jun Funahashi Yukie Morimoto (Kukeiha Club) Even in our darkness moments, there's a shimmer of light A…
Haedes Life is but a vapor See there? You know So make it…
Half Tangerine There are still, so many things, I wish I could sing…
Hands Go forth my minions Descend upon their doomed existence Reap…
hello stacks! Love, death Love (Fuck) death Love, death Love, death Love, …
Henix-R What did I do to deserve this Medication on the table Xanax…
I.Modlinski Just give me a reason To keep my heart beating Don't worry,…
Jimi Hendrix "yeah well a like i said before we only ran…
Jimmy & Jz So I ask, God, that Jimmy's heart would just be So fully-giv…
JOEBOY Shabalistic Omo walai If them point gun to my head say make…
K-85 Aye Niggas a tell you not to love her cuz he…
Keith Jarrett I weave with brightly colored strings To keep my mind off…
King B. B.B.B When I first met you we burned like a flame Now…
King B. + B.B.B. When I first met you we burned like a flame Now…
Know-Madik Tonight we fight Until the bloody end Until the enemy submit…
Kotipelto A dry void within the universal waters And a mound soon…
Kyul Lee 그날부터 시작이었던 것 같아 숨이 가끔씩 멈추는 일 눈물이 이유 없이 멈추지 않고…
LA Priest To shift this fiery, fiery petal it is all I…
Lit You never listen to the things I want to say You're…
M.S.S Project Wake up the sky is falling Stand up and put this…
mamerico 始まりに逢えたら 始まり 始めよう 始まりの朝が晴れるから 旅立ちに逢えたら 旅立ち 旅立とう 旅立ちの虹が架かるから…
MC-K2 Factory So baby if it feels so right how can it…
Metr I close my eyes, everything goes black I'm beginning to…
MIKI-CHANG 우리가 서로 알게 되던 날 스쳐 지날까 발길 닿는 카페에서…
Moses A new beginning / (let the past be the past)…
My-Butterfly Shotiye E Butterfly O Omo eda le gan Won de feni fooro Ja fo…
N.A.T. I wish i was I wish i was I wish i was Back…
Naomi Akimoto ファッション雑誌 抜け出したようなドレスで 流行りのメイクをしてみても なんだか ちょっと違うみたい 心までは飾れない …
New Model Army We watched her as she faded away Back down through thirty…
Odd Child 주먹 가위 보 주먹 가위 보 어질러진 넘어질라 엎질러 닦아줘 우당탕탕 미끄덩 무지막지 아무도 못 말리지 …
pecq Something's coming round again I know that it's time Questio…
Quarters and Men Might be something in the air It's not up to me…
R-Sunset Do you remember when we first met Do you remember when…
Rain I wanna show you more 오늘 내게 와줬으면 해 너를 기다리는 classic…
Richard Grassby-Lewis I said goodbye, just to come back 'round again (come back…
SaffeK In the beginning I remember I was soaked Full of meanings,…
SNSD/Girl's Generation I\'m your girl Do it right now 그댄 아나요 우리 처음…
Solitude & Company A place to be is almost born Fire, light and start…
Spineshank The irritation we're pretending not to show Has replaced th…
St. Symeon Orthodox Church New Year, New Beginning Fresh Gear, New Beginning New Wife,…
Stella. Don't wanna be One of them or one of me Overcomplicate and…
String Quartet No. 3 Peace to the Prophets It's Cornelius Éclair The sun is in th…
Ten-G How will you fight without a weapon? I know now I…
The Autumn Offering A sudden gasp for life, will this be our last? Will…
The Lion Faced Boy Slow and Steady wins the race We are always so contagious Ri…
The Porter At the beginning, there was love And we thought it was…
The Waking Eyes Take a little, shake a little, make a little money Let…
Thomi-E Welcome to my nightmare This is my world Are you ready to…
Timo Kotipelto A dry void within the universal waters And a mound soon…
Tom Santisi Your riding in just to be going away Is short circuiting…
Tweejy Now I'm sitting alone On this night of regret There's mist i…
Ty Segall We see oceans baby blue We see oceans baby blue We see…
V V Brown we're all swimming underneath the waters underneath the wat…
W. S. Merwin YUH! 'Ey, this is the Noise Wizard Representing the Pain Man…
Warlord It comes through the heavens, on a mission from hell A…
When There's no sign on the sky No hope in this war No…
White Fence Ty Segall We see oceans baby blue We see oceans baby blue We see…
Yours & Ours We're on a road trip to no-where Don't know how we'll…
[Hi-Tek] I never cared much for moonlit skies I never wink back…
_voice いつか触れて いつか泣いて いつか呼んで いつか揺れて いつか重なる 人と人 そして始まる愛 そして時がすこやかに…
フランシュシュ ありふれた日々の景色が 目の前で急に輝く 臆病な心を叩き続ける鼓動 すれ違いながら 近づいて 時にぶつかって 触れたも…
서인국 Hello naesarang geudaeyeo meoswimello... Yeopeurowa Say Yet …
소녀시대 I\'m your girl Do it right now 그댄 아나요 우리 처음…
ＣＨＡ－ＣＨＡ ドンドン綺麗になる 恋のせいだね 抱きしめたい本当 君に乾杯 夢のどこへでも 連れてゆけるから なれないでね 愛の言葉に…
Ｈｅａｒｔｓ Part I: Taking A Chance:(solo)I took a chance but I…
We have lyrics for these tracks by Drakkar:
A Sacrifice Of Angels Standing on the edge of war Nothing more is black or…
At the Flaming Shores of Heaven Promised to faith and the holy mysteries Obedient to the ri…
Burning I feel the anger The lust for blood and fight It's burning,…
Coming From the Past In the year of 33, dead man walking on a…
Dragonheart So many hundreds of years ago a king was killed…
Dragonship [M: Beretta/L: Beretta, Cappellari] All around I hear the…
Eridan Falls (M: Beretta/L: Beretta, Cappellari) "War!" is the word on…
Follow the Prophet Here I'm alone Look through the window Snow's falling do…
Gods of Thunder Rainbows light up the darkness Announcing I have returned …
Inferno I have lost my way into the wood Where am I…
Killer Elite Another body's on the ground Another deal has been fulfille…
Kingdom of Madness [Magnum cover] When the night is on the run And your dre…
Lo Shan Shen Long Pa [Great Dragon rising from the mountains of lo] Here on thes…
Man and the Machine I have come inside the Area I will take my brother…
Morella Morella was a friend of mine I never loved her,…
My Endless Flight Some people would say that I'm gifted While others would th…
New Frontier Here in the future A united humanity Travels the galaxy to…
Nights In The City Of Vice Burning the night up May be the only way To overcome the…
Pure of Heart [M&L: Beretta] The oath between the kings is doneÿ They …
Raising the Banners Every day we gotta play in the game of life…
Razorblade God On the mysterious planet Called Hyperion There is a strange …
Revenge is Done Remember, remember, the 5th of November, the Gunpowder Treas…
Ride The Storm Every day, all the way, we'll stand together To survive the…
Run With The Wolf My body is broken My walking days are over Yet I have…
Salvation My time has come On this fateful night, I will surrender…
Soldiers of Death [M: Beretta/L: Beretta, Cappellari] Sparkling in the sun …
Southern Cross By the shining Southern Cross I am reminded how far I…
The Armageddon Machine We've never seen something like this: iron and steel growin…
The Awakening All my life I’ve known that something was amiss I am…
The Climb (M&L: Beretta, Ferraris) Fingers turning red, cold freezi…
The Matrix So many times in the past I have been hearing This word…
The Next Generation Take a look now to what you've created We're the sons…
The Price of Victory (M: Beretta, Ceretti/L: Beretta) (Artan:) Take a look in…
The Scarlet Legacy Of Speed He heard the call Of destiny so young He couldn't believe …
The Secret [M: Beretta/L: Beretta, Cappellari] Blade on blade, they …
The Voice of the Wind [M&L: Beretta] [The wind:] Tell me what do you feel? [A…
The Walls of Olathoe (intro) You'd never ever hear of Olathoe in the land of…
The Witches Dance I am the night Follow me and you will not regret [Bridge…
To the Future [Leif Erikson, Year 1000:] I will take my vessel Far beyond …
Under the Armor See him shining red and gold, rocket boots to make…
Under the Banners of War The last of the Kai Has travelled many miles To face the…
Until the End (M&L: Beretta) The demon awaits; he's laughing at Artan n…
We Ride Son of a land Harsh and covered in ice You must be…
Welcome On Board Welcome aboard the Drakkar and sail with us Here you will…
When Lightning Strikes Staring at the fire pits, in control Pain and Desperation O…
Wings of Fire Standing here, in the dark of my room Once again,…
Winter Soldiers It's 1812 and the Emperor has built The biggest army that…
Witches Dance I am the night Follow me and you will not regret [Bridge…
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