Hometown: Rock Island

Musicians: Chris Bernat, vocals; Paul Blomquist, drums; Kim Murray, bass; Eric Stone, keyboards, backup vocals and guitar

Status: active

Copy: Chris Bernat has a hard time describing Chrash’s sound and has come up with his own genre in which to classify the band. “It’s rock ‘n’ roll, but it’s not heavy rock and it’s four pieces and vocal harmonies and melodies. But, hopefully, we give you something to think about as well. We try to have insightful lyrics,” he added. “It’s not really heavy, but it’s not really super-light. It’s kind of rooted in pop music.” The name of Chrash’s upcoming album refers to the words that Bernat likes to stick with “Chrash” to fit the band’s mood, the venue they’re performing at, an upcoming holiday or just whatever they think is interesting at the time. The current name is Chrash Flood in reference to the flooding across Iowa. Previous names have included Chrash Your Pants, Chrash Flow, Chrash Cow, Chrash Course, Chrash Pipe, Chrash Money, Chrash Gordon, Chrash Diet, Orange Chrash, Chrash Potatoes, Chrash Browns and Chrash Nasty. “I love to play with words and abuse the English language as much as I can,” Bernat said.

History: Chrash has always been Bernat and whoever he could get to play and record with him throughout the years. Paul Blomquist and Kim Murray have been playing drums and bass, respectively, with Chrash since 2003. But the newest member, Eric Stone on keyboards, backup vocals and guitar, has only played about three shows with the band.

Discography: "The Name They Change."

Genres: rock rooted in pop music