Kärakäl

Kärakäl is a Jetanie heavy metal band, formed in 1983 in Bumskar. The band has released twelve studio albums, two EPs, and five live albums while going through numerous line-up changes since its formation. Guitarist Rob the Guitar is the only consistent member of Kärakäl. Kärakäl were the first Jetanie band to have videos played on the United States' MTV, as well as the first Jetanie band to have a video rank no. 1 on Dial MTV, the daily MTV list of most requested videos. Kärakäl also conceptualized the National Jetanie Ballet's first ballet to be scored with rock music, Aqua, in 2004.

1980s and 1990s
Kärakäl was formed in the Jetanie city of Bumskar in 1983 by vocalist Ernie Miles (a cousin of Rodrick Miles), guitarist Robert "Rob the Guitar" Shin, bassist Nick de Bont, and drummer Nicholas "Nuclear Natty" Zendion. Securing a national recording contract with Kuboia Ltd., they released their self-titled debut album the same year and got a local top 10 hit with a cover of the  song "Rocket Man". In November 1984 bassist Marley Adams replaced de Bont, and the following year American vocalist Craig French replaced Miles, making his debut on Kärakäl's second album The Knights of Excitement. His unique and powerful 4 octave range was the final element the band needed to break out of Jetania and into the world market. The album was a chart-topping success in the Jetanian Archipelago and the band then was offered a worldwide deal with. The Knights of Excitement was released in the U.S. in 1985 and the video for "Red Hot Engine!" received heavy rotation on MTV, ranking no. 1 on the Dial MTV list of the most requested videos.

Discography

 * Kärakäl (1983)
 * The Knights of Excitement (1985)
 * Superb (1987)
 * ...Are Busy (1991)
 * Get Off Your Behind (2002)
 * Ultra Fantastik (2008)