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The Crucified
The Crucified is an American Christian hardcore and crossover thrash band from Fresno, California that formed in 1984. Its lineup is vocalist Mark Salomon, guitarist Greg Minier, bassist Jeff Bellew, and drummer Jim Chaffin. The band are considered "pioneers of Christian hardcore." During their initial 1984-1993 tenure, the band played at the Cornerstone Festival several times, and also opened for non-religious punk and metal bands like D.R.I. and Pantera. The band broke up in 1993 due to personal differences, but reunited in 2009. History Formation (1984-1985) In late 1984, drummer Jim Chaffin, guitarist Greg Minier, bassist Kirk Palmer, and vocalist Wayne Stonecipher started a band named K.G.B. in Fresno, California The four teens knew each other as high school classmates. The name K.G.B. had no meaning to it, the members just thought initials "sounded cool". In early 1985, K.G.B. was looking for a new vocalist due to the departure of Stonecipher. Minier asked his friend Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fresno, California
Fresno () is a major city in the San Joaquin Valley of California, United States. It is the county seat of Fresno County and the largest city in the greater Central Valley region. It covers about and had a population of 542,107 in 2020, making it the fifth-most populous city in California, the most populous inland city in California, and the 34th-most populous city in the nation. The Metro population of Fresno is 1,008,654 as of 2022. Named for the abundant ash trees lining the San Joaquin River, Fresno was founded in 1872 as a railway station of the Central Pacific Railroad before it was incorporated in 1885. It has since become an economic hub of Fresno County and the San Joaquin Valley, with much of the surrounding areas in the Metropolitan Fresno region predominantly tied to large-scale agricultural production. Fresno is near the geographic center of California, approximately north of Los Angeles, south of the state capital, Sacramento, and southeast of San Franc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hard Music Magazine
''HM Magazine'' is a monthly, digital and print on demand publication focusing on hard music and alternative culture of interest to Christians. It is headquartered in Houston, Texas. The magazine states that its goal is to "honestly and accurately cover the current state of hard music and alternative culture from a faith-based perspective." It is known for being one of the first magazines dedicated to covering Christian metal. The magazine's content includes features; news; album, live show and book reviews; culture coverage and columns. HM's occasional "So and So Says" feature is known for getting into artists' deeper thoughts on Jesus Christ, spirituality, and politics. History In 1985, Doug Van Pelt started ''Heaven's Metal'' as a fanzine. It was Van Pelt's friend who would later place a classified ad in the 100th issue of ''Kerrang!,'' a British magazine focused on covering rock musicians and bands. During that time, Christian Metal as a genre began to gain more attention ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mortal (band)
Mortal was a Christian industrial/dance band fronted by Jerome Fontamillas and Jyro Xhan. Both members went on to found the alternative rock group Fold Zandura, and for a time were members of both bands simultaneously. The band is known for its lyrical intelligence, incorporating advanced theology with what has been billed as "Industrial Praise and Worship." According to ''CCM Magazine'' "Mortal has had a much greater influence... on industrial music than its modest output would suggest." Background Led by the duo Jerome Fontamillas and Jyro Xhan, Mortal was one of the first Christian bands to play industrial metal. While not actually the first to do so, Mortal enjoyed significant success, and, along with other early contemporaries such as Circle of Dust and Argyle Park, played a notable role in paving the way for future Christian industrial and industrial metal bands. The group began in 1988 as Mortal Wish, and produced a six-song demo with additional members Ray Tongpo and Wil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lifesavers Underground
Lifesavers Underground (a.k.a. LSU, and L.S. Underground) was one of many Michael Knott projects. The band formed in 1986 and combined elements of an earlier Knott project called Idle Lovell and LSU's sunnier alter ego Lifesavers. Lifesavers Underground combined elements of punk, post punk, funk, hard rock, and other forms of music. In 1987 Lifesavers Underground released their debut album, ''Shaded Pain''. This was followed in 1989 with ''Wakin' Up the Dead''. 1991 saw the release of ''This Is the Healing'', utilising a drum machine and Knott playing most of the musical instruments. ''The Grape Prophet'' (1993) was the first of rock operas by Knott. Released in 1993, the fifth album was ''Cash in Chaos: World Tour''. At this point Knott announced that he was changing the name of LSU to 'Cash in Chaos' (hence the mixed band name for this release). 1994's ''Grace Shaker'' was followed in 1998 by ''Dogfish Jones'', another rock opera. Despite inactivity from the LSU monik ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Once Dead
Once Dead is a Christian metal band that originated in Los Angeles, California. The band has played at Festivals such as Up From The Ashes, Elements of Rock Festival and Nordic Fest. History The band started as a reunion for Vengeance Rising a band that original members, Larry Farkas, Doug Thieme, Roger Dale Martin and Glen Mancaruso had all performed in. All the members quit Vengeance at the same time and formed the band Die Happy. The members decided they wanted to reunite the band minus original vocalist Roger Martinez, who threatened to sue over the reunion. Soon after those two shows as Vengeance, the band changed their name to Once Dead after one of Vengeance's album. In 2005, the band released a DVD titled ''Return with a Vengeance''. Soon after the release, Glen Mancaruso departed from the band and was replaced by The Crucified drummer, Jim Chaffin. In 2006, Former Deliverance and Vengeance guitarist Glenn Rogers joined the band and quit the band Hirax. In September ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fasedown
Fasedown are a Christian hardcore band from Fresno, California, that formed in late 1998. Members have also been in Once Dead, The Blamed, Deliverance, The Sacrificed, and many more. In 2015 vocalist Devin Shaffer had "throat setbacks" according to ''HM'' Magazine. Members ; Last known / current lineup * Jim Chaffin – drums (1998–2007, 2009–2011) (Deliverance, The Crucified, The Blamed, Once Dead) * Devin Shaffer – vocals (1999–2007, 2009–2011) (Once Dead) * Mike Phillips – lead guitar (1998–2007, 2009–2011) (ex-Deliverance, The Sacrificed, Join the Dead) * Gary Douglas – rhythm guitar (2009–2011) * Tim Kronyak – bass (2009–2011) (ex-Deliverance, Join the Dead) ; Former * Jesse Gibson – rhythm guitar (2005–2007) * Dana Veit – bass (2005) * John Hansen – bass (1998–2005) (ex-The Blamed) * Matt "MattMan" Hopson-Walker – bass (2005–2007) Discography * ''Demo'' (1999–2000; independent) * ''Fasedown'' (2000; Rescue Records Rescu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HM (magazine)
''HM Magazine'' is a monthly, digital and print on demand publication focusing on hard music and alternative culture of interest to Christians. It is headquartered in Houston, Texas. The magazine states that its goal is to "honestly and accurately cover the current state of hard music and alternative culture from a faith-based perspective." It is known for being one of the first magazines dedicated to covering Christian metal. The magazine's content includes features; news; album, live show and book reviews; culture coverage and columns. HM's occasional "So and So Says" feature is known for getting into artists' deeper thoughts on Jesus Christ, spirituality, and politics. History In 1985, Doug Van Pelt started ''Heaven's Metal'' as a fanzine. It was Van Pelt's friend who would later place a classified ad in the 100th issue of ''Kerrang!,'' a British magazine focused on covering rock musicians and bands. During that time, Christian Metal as a genre began to gain more attention ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonny Sandoval
Paul Joshua "Sonny" Sandoval (born May 16, 1974) is an American singer, rapper, and songwriter. He is best known as co-founder and the lead vocalist of metal band P.O.D. Biography Sandoval was born in San Diego, California. to a Chamorro-Hawaiian mother and a Mexican-Italian father. He grew up in the Otay Mesa neighborhood of South San Diego which was a Chicano barrio. When he was eighteen, Sandoval's mother was diagnosed with leukemia. During her illness, Sandoval was greatly influenced by his mother's faith as a devout Christian. He pursued a career as an MC and later joined the band Enoch, a group started by Wuv Bernardo, Gabe Portillo and Marcos Curiel, which, with the addition of Sandoval, later became P.O.D. (initialism for "Payable On Death"). Sandoval states his musical roots as reggae, rock, and rap, all of which are apparent in P.O.D. Career P.O.D. Sandoval is best known as co-founder and the lead vocalist of the metal band P.O.D. Over the course of their career, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
No Innocent Victim
No Innocent Victim, or N.I.V., is a Christian hardcore punk band on Facedown Records. The band was formed in 1992 in San Diego, California.DaRonco, MikeNo Innocent Victim Biography, AllMusic. Retrieved June 28, 2015 They released two albums, and then toured with Agnostic Front. In 1998 they signed to Victory Records and recorded the album ''Flesh and Blood''.Anderson, Jason''Flesh & Blood'' Review, AllMusic. Retrieved June 28, 2015 Many tours followed in the United States, Europe and Japan with bands like Agnostic Front, U.S. Bombs, Terror, Hatebreed, P.O.D., and Madball. They released ''Tipping the Scales'' in 2001, and disbanded the following year. They reformed in 2004 and in 2005, added former xDisciplex A.D. members Dave Quiggle on guitar and Neil Hartman on bass respectively, signed to Facedown Records, and released fifth studio album ''To Burn Again''. After being disbanded for many years, the band reunited in 2017 to play Facedown Fest. Band members Current * Jaso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Blamed
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with pronouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of pronoun ''thee'') when followed by a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neon Horse
Neon Horse was an American rock band from Los Angeles, California, formed by Mark Salomon, Jason Martin and Steven Dail. They were previously signed to Tooth & Nail Records with whom they have released two studio albums. Neon Horse's sound has been described as a being influenced by the music of the 1980s. Members Stavesacre lead singer Mark Salomon and Starflyer 59 founder Jason Martin wrote all songs on the band's first album. The September 2007 issue of ''Alternative Press'' states, " u'll notice that you never see them in the same room at the same time with members of Stavesacre, Starflyer 59 and Joy Electric." On April 10, 2008 Neon Horse performed live at the House of Blues in Anaheim. Mark Salomon (of Stavesacre) was the singer, Jason Martin (of Starflyer 59) played guitar, and Steven Dail (of Project 86 and Crash Rickshaw) played bass. On July 28, 2009, their second album titled "Haunted Horse: Songs of Love, Defiance, and Delusion" was made available for purchas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deliverance (metal Band)
Deliverance is an American Christian thrash metal band which later shifted more towards heavy metal and progressive metal. Founded by Jimmy P. Brown II in 1985, many members have either stayed in the lineup for a number of years, or left and returned to the lineup. Jimmy P. Brown II has been the only constant member of Deliverance. History Early career and rise to near fame (1985–1991) Deliverance formed in 1985 as a speed metal outfit. The band's song "A Space Called You" appeared on the 1987 compilation album '' California Metal''. ''Deliverance'', the band's self-titled debut album, was released in 1989 with Jimmy P. Brown II (guitars and lead vocals), Glenn Rogers (lead guitar), Brian Khairullah (bass), and Chris Hyde (drums). In 1989, Deliverance's track "If You Will" appeared on the ''Hot Metal Summer II'' compilation album along with a recorded interview. Deliverance garnered significant attention in the Christian metal community with their second studio album, ''We ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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