[4] In the late 1980s, the German duo of Ulrich Franke and Fritz Weber formed various electronica projects under a wide variety of names such as Cybex Factor, Pink Noise, Anaconda, among others.
[4] To release the single, Franke and Weber started their own record label entitled Bit Bites Brain.
Around the same time, vocalist Allen Wright (who was an American living in Germany) was the final singer in the punk rock band Wedding Tackle, which disbanded in 1992.
[6] Scapegoat managed to attract industry attention, and HeadCrash was subsequently signed by the major label EastWest Records that same year.
During the process, guitarist Roger Ingenthron from the hardcore punk band Spermbirds assisted HeadCrash in the studio.
His death was later mentioned in the liner notes of HeadCrash's second album along with the passing of Meyszner's father due to lung cancer.
[7] When the album, entitled Direction of Correctness, was finished, HeadCrash decided to no longer be a studio-exclusive project; thus, they enlisted second vocalist Shane Cooper and drummer Nico Berthold into the band.
Wright had previously met Cooper at Kaiserslautern High School, which housed a U.S. military base within Germany.
[9] HeadCrash played their very first live show that same month in Germany, despite initially forming nearly two years earlier.
[11] A music video was also produced for the song and it found occasional airplay on MTV's Headbanger's Ball and 120 Minutes; however, the band was dissatisfied with the final outcome as they felt that their vision was lost.
[18] As the tour for Overdose on Tradition kicked off in late 1995, the band expanded their lineup to seven members as they added Otto Van Alphen on bass.
That same year, HeadCrash's Cooper, Berthold, and Alphen teamed up with Arts and Decay's Markus Weilemann and Ernst-Ludwig Hesky to form the supergroup Lungbutter.
[21] The band attempted to record a follow-up album titled Pulse throughout the subsequent two years, but in 1999 they disbanded as the members focused on other projects.
The reformed lineup released the demo EP 2002 and afterwards, Paul Stone departed from the band and was replaced by Andy Klein.
Around the same time, the majority of HeadCrash's back catalog was added onto streaming services such as Spotify and YouTube.
Wright, Alphen, and Zwemstra went on to form the rap metal band End of April, releasing two albums in 2003 and 2004 before disbanding.
[31] Franke continued to run the label he formed with the deceased Weber, Bit Bites Brain.
[32] Meyszner became a film producer for other bands, working on documentaries and videos for artists such as Lacuna Coil, Motörhead, Cypress Hill, and Saxon.
[33][34] Cooper wrote and self-published a biography titled Floodgate (under his Nitrous Oxide alias) shortly after HeadCrash's first disbandment.
He eventually took a break from the music industry before joining the band Peace Officer in the late 2000s, which was initially formed by Kromarek.