CRASHDIET: 'We Have Been Working Daily To Get Our Sh*t Back On Track Again'

The surviving members of the Swedish band CRASHDIET — whose frontman, David Hellman (a.k.a. Dave Lepard) passed away in January — have posted the following message on their official web site:

"First of all, we want to apologize for our lack of reporting what's happening in the band. I'm afraid we have given the impression that there's nothing goin' on at all but that's truly not the case here and it's only a matter of time before we can completely prove this to you.

"We have been working daily to get our shit bakk on trakk again, with no results at all you might think as we still haven't even found the right guy to front us but the truth is that we all feel very strong now, the chemistry between us in the band is better than ever and with the new demo songs coming out from Mr. Sweet [Martin Sweet, guitar] and even Mr. Young's [Eric Young, drums] ass we're sure we can please everyone of you sleazy dirtbags out there. We have about 30 new tunes worth of material for a new album hopefully to come out before next summer. At least we're aiming for it!

"We're actually pretty much convinced that we should keep the name after numerous sleepless nights and after approval from the Lepard family. We feel that we want to carry on the CRASHDIET legacy, which will keep Dave's spirit alive for a long long time. It would be a shame NOT to spread the message across the whole world and let them know what real music should sound like!

"More testing remains with the current singers we are working with until we can make any decision, and we still want to try out more singers so if you think you're the one, drop us an e-mail to: [email protected].

"We promise you won't have to wait this long until you hear from us again."

As previously reported, Hellman was found dead on January 20, 2006 at his apartment in the Swedish city of Uppsala, north of Stockholm. It was reported in several places that he hanged himself, although this was never officially confirmed.

CRASHDIET was a Stockholm, Sweden-based Eighties hard rock-style band whose debut album, "Rest in Sleaze", entered the Swedish national album chart at position No. 12.

CRASHDIET was reportedly the first "sleaze rock" band in over 10 years to be signed directly to a major company — Universal Music. The group, whose members were said to be in their early 20s, were scheduled to make their U.S. debut in March at the South by Southwest music conference/festival in Austin, Texas.

For more information on Dave's passing, click here.