Jordan Kratz

Jordan Kratz has been a long-time artist living in the Northeast since the 1970s. He was one of Boston, Massschusetts original punk rockers from the 1970s scene. Jordan came across Punk rock in 1976 and then formed his own band "The Transplants" as well as carting around a 4-Track TEAC recording the local Boston Punk Bands. In the 1980s He put together The GoreHounds - a band which had elements of punk, 60s garage, and 60s psychedelia. The band always opened up the set with an improv session where the music was free-form and Jordan spouted forth horror poetry straight out of collectible 1930s era Weird Tales Pulps. Sometimes multiple TVs would be on stage, each showing weird horror clips. Presently Jordan is doing Big Meat Hammer the band he formed in 1989 and a newer act which is The Lynn Rebels. The Lynn Rebels is made up of friends from the neighborhood he grew up in West Lynn and Big Meat Hammer is based out of Maine and contains most of the original core members after 20 years. Jordan is involved with all forms of technology and has been around since cutting tape in the 70s. He can run any studio gear and records/masters audio for clients as well as doing Audio Restoration using a full Cedar Audio System. He removes unwanted noise from audio for filmmakers, lawyers, and consumers. Jordan has made a full 5 1/2 hour long detailed Documentary, "A Family Journey Backwards" which is a study of Jewish Life in the Carpathian Mountain/Northern Transylvanian Region of what is now Ukraine/Romania before, during, and immediately after World War 2. Jordan has worked on numerous small films as well as music videos. Presently he is working on making a full length World War 2 meets H.P. Lovecraft horror film entitled, "Von Stempler's Doom".