The Other

The Other

The Other is a German horror punk band formed in 2002 in Cologne. It begins as a Misfits cover band called GHOULS, which plays a sold-out Halloween show in Cologne and then starts performing its own material. The group remains active from 2002 to the present and is identified as a horror punk act from Germany.

Line-up

The band features Roderick Usher on vocals, Sargeant von Rock on guitars and backing vocals, Andy Only on bass, and Dr. Caligari on drums.

Style and themes

The Other plays horror punk with fast punk rock, melodic vocals, and hymn-like choruses. Its lyrics focus on horror imagery, including B-movies, science fiction, blood, gore, and Gothic literature. The band also interprets works by Robert Louis Stevenson, Stephen King, H. P. Lovecraft, and Edgar Allan Poe, and occasionally writes about scary films.