Formerly called Jodi Moore as a tribute to an acquaintance who didn't want the honour of seeing her name in the street press, The Stabs acquired their new name not long after starting to play irregular gigs at small Melbourne venues around 2003. They have the honour of clearing the 'Airport Lounge' at Monash Uni faster than any other lunchtime act, with only three diehards ending up braving the wall of noise for the whole set.
Melodic metal/hardcore band from Melbourne Australia.
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Steve Grimmett is a heavy metal vocalist who began his career in the era of NWOBHM. His original band was the short-lived Medusa , before he became known as the lead vocalist for Grim Reaper .
Grimmett later featured in Onslaught for a brief period, before forming Lionsheart and in more recent times The Steve Grimmett Band . Grim Reaper achieved major success worldwide with three highly acclaimed studio albums along with single releases and MTV airplay.
After Grim Reaper came a brief spell with Onslaught , with a debut single that charted in the UK.
City Falls are a metalcore band from Bathurst, NSW who began in 2007 under the name For The Killing. After numerous name changes and getting a new rhythm guitarist, they changed their name to City Falls, and released their first recording, Broken Idols, which is currently gaining steam in the underground local scene.
http://www.myspace.com/okerametal Okera are a 4-piece Melodic Death / Doom band from Melbourne, Australia. They were founded by Jayme in the later months of 2006, purely as a studio side-project. As time went on, the project became more serious, and in mid 2008, the line-up as it is today was completed. They've been playing gigs around Melbourne since mid 2009, and have shared the stage with other local talents Be'lakor, Arbrynth, Rainshadow and Wood of Suicides. Their music is melodic death / doom metal rooted in progressive rock, with melancholic overtones; and dark, subtle nuances.
There are currently two bands using the name "Between The Wars".
1. BETWEEN THE WARS (Melbourne, AUS) - Active 2009-present. Celtic folk punk band. Released album "Carried Away" in 2010, EP "The Rats" and single "The Aces Are Coming/I Forget What I'm Doing Here" in 2011. 2. BETWEEN THE WARS (New Jersey, USA) - Active: 2005-2007 (featured Ensign frontman Tim Shaw and former Thursday guitarist Bill Henderson. Released 1 EP and 1 album.
There is more than one artist with this name: 1) Exodus is one of the first thrash metal bands to come out of the bay area, formed in 1980 in San Francisco, California, by Kirk Hammett, Tom Hunting, Paul Baloff, Jeff Andrews, and Gary Holt. They were cited as major influence by pretty much every thrash band. Known for their aggressive brand of thrash, as opposed to the more melodic, NWOBHM rooted thrash sound of the likes of Metallica, and equally aggressive live shows.
Spew was an Industrial Punk party band based out of Minneapolis/St. Paul. Formed in 1999, their songs are a mix of Industrial and Metal, with socially conscious lyrics. Their debut album, Statistic, was released in March of 2000, with Aaron Spew going Vocals/Guitar/Programming and Wil Spew on Bass. Other contributors to the Statistic album include Blaknite-X, Guide, Binary and Junky. After selling a couple hundred CDs over the internet, Aaron and Wil decided to put a real band together and start gigging.
Every night is a Friday night for HELLYEAH and their fans. No matter what the situation, HELLYEAH's mission is singular: to provide fans with good time, spirit-lifting hard rock. When you are at a HELLYEAH show or listening to their music, everything else takes a backseat to feeling good and focusing on living in the 'here and now.' Because that’s what real life is all about. Frontman Chad Gray adds, "The band is called HELLYEAH, come on! It's like 'Hell yeah...
Murderdolls are a horror punk/glam metal band fronted by Wednesday 13, formerly of Frankenstein Drag Queens From Planet 13. One of their primary influences is the Glam Metal genre. The band were originally promoted as the "other band" of Joey Jordison, the drummer of Slipknot, or a "collaboration" between Jordison and Tripp Eisen, created after the disbandment of The Rejects. The band are often described as "Mötley Crüe meets The Misfits" by critics and fans alike. Strangely, bassist Eric Griffin bears a considerable resemblance to the Motley Crue bassist; Nikki Sixx