Carcrash International was formed as a kind of super-group consisting of the elite musicians of the Cleopatra label, similar to This Mortal Coil

This Mortal Coil

This Mortal Coil was a gothic dream pop supergroup led by Ivo Watts-Russell, founder of the British record label 4AD. Although Watts-Russell and John Fryer were technically the only two official members, the band's recorded output featured a large rotating cast of supporting artists, many of whom...

, concentrated around a joint project. The group appears to have centered around the music, writing and vocals of Dave Roberts

Dave Roberts (musician)

Dave Roberts was the bass player of the band Sex Gang Children who were a prominent act in the gothic rock movement of the 1980s, recording under the name ‘Dave Sex Gang’. He left the band in 1983 after their only album Song and Legend, setting up the group Carcrash International with various...

 (aka, Dave Sex Gang), recently departed bass player of Sex Gang Children

Sex Gang Children

The Sex Gang Children are a positive punk group that formed in the early 1980s in England. Although the original group only released one official studio album, they remain one of the more well-known bands out of the early Batcave scene and have reformed for new albums and touring various times...

; Matt Green

Matt Green

Matt Green is a keyboard player, song writer and producer, best known for his association with the Los Angeles-based electronic-industrial music group Spahn Ranch from 1992 to 2000...

 (Keyboards); Bari-Bari (Guitar), Everett Thompson (played bass on "The Whip" and a few live shows around Hollywood, CA; deceased 2003) and David Glass (Drums), both old Christian Death

Christian Death

Christian Death is an American deathrock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1979. The band was founded and fronted by Rozz Williams. Christian Death is most notable for their first album Only Theatre of Pain....

 band members prevailing at the time in the group Mephisto Walz; and included musicians Nicky Garrett and Colin Dminchin at various stages. They were associated with the Batcave scene.

History

The band made their initial appearance in 1983 on the compilation album “The Whip” with the title track “The Whip” (credited under Dave Sex Gang) and “32rd Piano Concerto In A Minor”. The 12” single for “The Whip” (credited under Carcrash International) included another track “The White Hotel” along with two mixes of the title track. A second 12” single was released in the following year for the single “Crash!”, backed with Mercenaries For War (a John Cale cover) and “Seduction”. "All Passion Spent" was released by Cleopatra Records

Cleopatra Records

Cleopatra Records is a Los Angeles-based independent record label.- History :Founded in 1992 by Brian Perera, it specializes in gothic rock, hard rock, heavy metal and reissues of out-of-print music...

later in the year. The group’s only album “Fragments Of A Journey In Hell” was released with little fanfare at the time. Later, a compilation of the two tracks from “The Whip” album plus a new remix of the title track and “Last Remains” (from the "In Goth Daze" various artists compilation) was released in 1992 in Europe.