Formation and success
Musicians Josh Brown (musician), Josh Brown, Mike Reaves, Kevin Bebout, and Keith Foster all met at Josh Brown's brother's tattoo shop in Jackson, Tennessee and formed the band Voodoo Hippies. Saliva (band), Jonathan Montoya was the last addition to the band as the second guitarist. While still playing gigs in Jackson, the band caught the eye of rock producer Malcolm Springer (Matchbox 20, Collective Soul). Before being signed to Island/Def Jam Records, the band changed its name to Full Devil Jacket. There are two stories on how the band chose this name. One is that the band was named after a song written by lead singer Josh Brown, called "Full Devil Jacket". Another story is that the band simply pulled the name from a magazine article. While signed to Def Jam Records, the band had a successful career. They first released an EP titled ''A Waxbox To Put Your Frankenstein Head In...'' in October 1999,Reunion
Full Devil Jacket announced a one-time reunion concert on June 19, 2010, in Jackson, Tennessee, to benefit the James Michael Reaves Medical Expense Fund. This led to more live performances as well as recording new material. On July 27, 2011, James Michael Reaves died after battling cancer. Every Mother's Nightmare guitarist Jeff Caughron joined the band after Reaves' death. Brown and Montoya also formed a new band with Jason Null from Saving Abel named A New Rebel. FDJ members Keith Foster and Kevin Bebout were also involved. In 2013, the band started a Kickstarter page to help fund and promote a new album. On January 14, 2015, it was announced that FDJ signed a worldwide deal with eOne Music. Their album ''Valley of Bones'' was released on March 31. It contains 10 new songs and feature cover art of a painting by singer Josh Brown (musician), Josh Brown. During the spring of 2015, FDJ opened for Hinder during their "When The Smoke Clears" tour. In September 2015, the band toured with American rock band Bridge to Grace from Atlanta, Georgia. The band's current lineup consists of Josh Brown (vocals), Brian Kirk (guitar), Paul Varnick (guitar), Moose Douglass (bass) and Keith Foster (drums).Band members
;Josh Brown In 2000, Brown nearly died of a heroin overdose. While recovering in rehab and working on their second album, he converted to Christianity and left the band, retreating to Jackson, Tennessee. After several years, Josh Brown re-entered the music scene with his new project Day of Fire (band), Day of Fire which was signed to Essential Records until 2007. Their self-titled debut won a GMA Dove Awards, Dove Award for Rock Album of the Year and was nominated for a Grammy, Grammy Award for Best Rock Gospel Album. Day of Fire released their second album titled ''Cut & Move'' on Sony's RED Distribution/Essential Records (Christian), Essential Records in 2006. Following two years of going unsigned, DoF signed with Razor and Tie Records, and released their third album titled ''Losing All'' in January 2010. In June 2010, the band announced they would be taking an indefinite hiatus. ;Jonathan Montoya After working with some local Jackson, Tennessee projects such as One Less Reason, Montoya formed his current project Supernova Syndicate. As history would repeat itself, the band recorded a debut CD that was never released. They are currently back in the studio and working on their debut album again. Montoya also filled in as a guitar player for the band Saliva (band), Saliva on their European tour. He was eventually invited to be a full-time member of the band. On August 30, 2010 he was released from Saliva. As of 2015, he is back with Saliva full-time. ;Michael Reaves After Full Devil Jacket, Reaves toured Europe with a band called Travisty and briefly worked with the pop singer Jasmine Cain. He also wrote and recorded with Randy Lovelace around Jackson, Tennessee. Reaves lived in Dyersburg, Tennessee and was with a band named 3 Legged Dog. He died from prostate cancer on July 25, 2011 at the age of 52.Discography
Studio albums
''Full Devil Jacket'' (2000)
''Valley of Bones'' (2015)
Extended plays
''A Wax Box'' (EP) (1999)
Singles
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