History
Janus formed in 1998 and that same year released ''Influx'', a 12 track CD issued through Mirror Records with a sound similar to The Smashing Pumpkins, Tool, and Soundgarden. In 2004 Janus released their second album, titled ''Armor'' containing 9 tracks of a more modern alternative metal sound. In 2006 Janus released a 5 track demo that contained songs they would later re-record and feature on their 2008 release ''Red Right Return''. 5 songs were recorded for this demo: "If I Were You", "Your Arms", "The Nerve", "Skin Deep", and "100 Years". In 2007, director Noah Shulman shot a music video for their demo version of "If I Were You" in an ink factory in Chicago, Illinois in support of their third upcoming album, ''Red Right Return'', which was released in 2008 through Level It Records/Glass Bottom Boat Music. Johnny Salazar, previously of the bands "Shades of Fiction" and "Relative Ash", joined as the new drummer in 2007. Replacing long time original drummer Richie Betts (Influx/Armor/Red Right Return). Signed to a new label (REALID/ILG Records), Janus re-released ''Red Right Return'' in 2009, and shot another music video with Noah Shulman for their single "Eyesore." The band's fourth album, '' Nox Aeris'', was released on March 27, 2012. The first single is "Stains." According to a Tweet by band member Mike Tyranski in October 2016, the band is no longer together. Frontman David Scotney has since moved out of the Chicago area to start a new pizza restaurant called Oakfire in Lake Geneva, WI David Scotney, re-launched the band and announced via a youtube video on April 22, 2019. On May 3, 2019, the band released their first single since 2012, a cover of the song Drive, by The Cars, and all of the proceeds go to charity for bipolar disorder research.Discography
Studio albums
Singles
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