Crankshaft may refer to: 1. (A Demoscene) artist Mikko Karvonen also known as Yolk. 2. An American Punk Funk/Punk Pop band from Clearwater, Florida who recorded a 7inch entitled Shankcraft 7" on the legendary Gainsville, Florida label No Idea Records. 3. A Portuguese Alternative/Industrial band that was founded on December 1993. A lot of concerts were played all across Portugal from '93 to 2000 and some of them in a lot of reknown places, like JOHNY GUITAR, MARQUES ROCK CLUB, RITZ, SWING, ROCKLINe and ROOKIE. In 2000, the band went to the studio and in 2005 came back to the stages, marked with the appearence on the FESTIVAL ALTA TENSÃO in March 19th 2005. Current Line-up: Pedro Maia - Drums Nuno Plague - Bass Mike - Lead Guitar Sage - Vocals Bruno Melo - Rythm Guitar Discography: Promotape NOISE INTRODUTION - 1995 Promotape SON OF A GUN - 1996 PromoCD RAW MATTER - 1999 After some years inside a studio, and some big changes, the technically and melodically improved new Crankshaft is coming back at 2009 to kick some ass and break some minds! Line-up 1993/2005: Bruno Melo - Vocals Carlos Fernandes - Guitar Carlos Semedo - Guitar Tiago Serra - Bass Pedro Maia - Drumms 4. A punk band from East Los Angeles that formed in the late seventies Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.