There are more artists using this name:

1) Crank were a hard rock/proto-metal band whose only 1969 recording has been posthumously released by Rockadelic on a split LP called 'A Night In The Cave', along with another band called Thump Theater. http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/thump_theater___crank

2) Crank are a melodic punk band from Sydney, Australia who began performing in 1994.

3) Crank is a side project of Low Res / Suite Crude Revue (Daniel Zelonky). The first Mille Plateau release, "Wanton Phenomena" was a top ten electronic pick in The Wire [UK] Magazine for 1999. Recently, much unreleased material from the same period was released on the collection "15 Exitos Grandes de Electro" on the Cosmo Elliptic label.

4) Crank is a beatdown brutal deathcore band from Osaka, Japan.
Similar artists: Die my will, day of mourning

5) Crank is a garage rock band from Perpignan, France. Founded at the end of 2007 by members of Hair & The Iotas, Sonic Chicken 4, The Liminanas and Jack Of Heart. Together, they deliver a brand of garage rock that takes its roots in 60’s psychedelia while remaining resolutely receptive to current influences.