Trik Turner is an American nu metal band formed in

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in 1999. The band is best known for their song "Friends and Family", which reached the top ten on the '' Billboard''

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chart and received significant airplay on MTV, VH1 and

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television and radio formats in 2002. They were the first band to ever have two different videos aired on MTV for the same song, "Friends and Family". One mentioning daughters, and one mentioning sons. They made appearances on '' Late Show with David Letterman'', ''

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''. "Friends and Family" was also featured on the ''

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'' film soundtrack and in the third episode of the sitcom '' Scrubs''s seventh season, while the group's song "Black Sheep" was featured in the film, ''

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''. Although they were to go back into the studio, differences among band members led some to part ways. The band was dropped from

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. They continued to tour and released a second album via their website, ''Naming the Unidentified'', in 2005, composed of

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songs lacking the nu metal element.

Members

Current members

* Doug Moore – vocals (1999–present) * Sean Garden – drums (1999–present) * Chris Bandusky – guitars (2004–present)

Former members

* Dave Bowes – vocals, producer (1999–2005) * Coney Huhn – bass & guitars (2000–2002) * Tracy Thorstad – guitars (1999–2005) * Danny 'DBX' Marquez – turntables (1999–2005) * Mike Nicolette – bass (2004–2006) * General Fisher- bass (interim) * Steve Faulkner – bass (2002–2004)

Discography

Albums

* ''Black Seas and Brown Trees'' (demo) (1999) * ''Trik Turner'' (2002,

) * ''Naming the Unidentified'' (2005, Metal Action)

Singles

* "Friends and Family" (2002) * "Sacrifice" (2002

References

External links

Trik Turner
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