Stereomud was an American
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band from
New York City and
Georgia. They were active from years 1999 to 2003 before breaking up, releasing two albums—''
Perfect Self'' and ''
Every Given Moment''.
History
Stereomud released their first album, ''
Perfect Self'', on
Columbia Records
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in 2001 and a video for the song "Pain" received airplay on
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. After extensive touring in support of that album, they went back into the studio, releasing ''
Every Given Moment'' in April 2003. After participating in the Jägermeister Music Tour with
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,
Breaking Benjamin,
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, Columbia Records cut their touring support, and dropped the band. Due to this, and an impending
Life of Agony reunion, Stereomud went their separate ways in July 2003, a mere three months after the release of ''Every Given Moment''. They have performed a few select reunion shows since this, but for the most part, the band remains dormant to this day. Recently, it was rumored that
Erik Rogers
Stereomud was an American nu metal band from New York City and Georgia. They were active from years 1999 to 2003 before breaking up, releasing two albums—''Perfect Self'' and ''Every Given Moment''.
History
Stereomud released their first albu ...
and Corey Lowery would reunite to reform the band, but the possibilities may not be true as they are focusing on their own bands. It is planned that a Stereomud
DVD will be released at some point in the future.
Band members
*Erik Rogers – vocalist (later in Soundevice, Love Said No, Dangerous New Machine and My Therapy)
*
Corey Lowery – bassist (previously of
Stuck Mojo,
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,
Dark New Day,
Eye Empire, and
Saint Asonia currently in
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)
*Dan Richardson – drummer (previously of
Crumbsuckers and
Pro-Pain and
Life of Agony)
*Johnny "Fatts" Fattoruso – guitarist for Black Water Rising ( formerly of Wardance, I4NI, Altered Vision, 5ive Year Stare, Zire's War and The Pain Method)
*Joey Zampella AKA Joey Z – guitarist (currently in
Life of Agony)
Discography
*''
Perfect Self'' (2001) (US: 142,036)
*''
Every Given Moment'' (2003) (US: 22,280)
References
External links
*
AllMusic
Heavy metal musical groups from New York (state)
American nu metal musical groups
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