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History

1997-2002

Original vocalist Keith Barney formed the band with bass player Dom Macaluso, guitarist Tommy Love, guitarist Javier Van Huss and drummer Marc Jackson. Then Eighteen Visions guitarist and current Bleeding Through vocalist Brandan Schieppati replaced Van Huss (himself the bass player of Eighteen Visions at the time) shortly before the band recorded their demo and Throwdown for Prime Directive Records. Keith Barney is the guitarist from Eighteen Visions. ... Marc Anthony Jackson (born January 16, 1975 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American professional basketball player in the NBA for the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets. ... Eighteen Visions (sometimes shortened to 18V or 18 Visions) was an Orange County-based band, signed to Epic Records and Trustkill Records. ... Bleeding Through is anya American metalcore band from Orange County, California, formed in 1999. ... Bleeding Through frontman Brandon Schieppati Brandan Schieppati is the singer of metal band Bleeding Through. ... Eighteen Visions (sometimes shortened to 18V or 18 Visions) was an Orange County-based band, signed to Epic Records and Trustkill Records. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Original Eighteen Visions guitarist Dave Peters joined the band, replacing Schieppati, before the band recorded their Drive Me Dead EP for Indecision Records. The album You Don't Have To Be Blood To Be Family was released by Indecision Records in 2001. The following year, Barney expressed a desire to switch to guitar (which he played in -- you guessed it -- Eighteen Visions already) because he would often lose his voice on tour. Peters took over on vocals. Fill-in guitarist Matt Mentley would fill in whenever Barney had shows with Eighteen Visions. Lacking a permanent drummer after the departure of Jackson, 18V drummer Ken Floyd regularly filled in around this time as well. Eighteen Visions (sometimes shortened to 18V or 18 Visions) was an Orange County-based band, signed to Epic Records and Trustkill Records. ... Throwdown has widely been hailed as the next Pantera. ... Drive Me Dead is an EP by hardcore punk band Throwdown. ... Indecision Records is an American hardcore punk record label that has put out records by the likes of Count Me Out and Throwdown. ... Eighteen Visions (sometimes shortened to 18V or 18 Visions) was an Orange County-based band, signed to Epic Records and Trustkill Records. ...

2003

Throwdown recorded Haymaker, their breakthrough album featuring straight-edge anthem "Forever," for the Trustkill label. The lineup was Peters on vocals, Macaluso on bass, Love & Barney on guitars and a friend named Jarred Alexander who was hired as session drummer. A tour with Hatebreed followed in support of the album's release. Peters started a side-projected called Medic while Macaluso and Love started the band The Lost, who released an EP with Indecision very reminiscent of the group HIM. Neither project stayed active for very long. Barney began to focus his attention on 18V much more. Hatebreed is a 5 piece hardcore band from Bridgeport and New Haven, Connecticut. ... Look up him in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

2004

Throwdown began 2004 newly energized and regrouped. Barney was asked to step-down to make Mentley his official replacement. Peters, Macaluso and Mentley renewed their commitment to recording and touring while Love would commit to that summer's Ozzfest only. They hit Japan with a fill-in drummer and a short tour of Europe served as drummer Ben Dussault's introduction to the band (former drummer Marc Jackson filled in for Love on guitar for that tour) before Peters, Dussault, Mentley, Macaluso and Love hit the Ozzfest second stage all summer long. Also playing the festival that year were; Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Slayer, Dimmu Borgir, Superjoint Ritual, Black Label Society, Slipknot, Hatebreed, Lamb of God, Atreyu, Bleeding Through, Lacuna Coil, Every Time I Die, Unearth, God Forbid, Otep, Devildriver and Magna-Fi. The band included a cover of the Sepultura classic "Roots Bloody Roots" in their Ozzfest set. The group filmed their first music video ("Forever") with director Christopher Sims. That fall, they toured with Norma Jean before closing the year with a successful tour with Lamb Of God, Fear Factory and Children Of Bodom. Love officially left the band, on good terms, at the end of the year. For other uses, see Black Sabbath (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Judas priest (curse). ... For other uses, see Slayer (disambiguation). ... For the geologic feature in Iceland, see Dimmuborgir. ... Superjoint Ritual was a New Orleans Sludge/Crossover Thrash band formed by Phil Anselmo, Joe Fazzio, and Jimmy Bower in the early 1990s, later to be joined by Hank Williams III, and Kevin Bond. ... Black Label Society is a heavy metal band formed by Zakk Wylde, with nine albums released to date. ... Slipknot (sometimes typeset as SlipKnoT to fit their logo) is a Grammy winning American metal band from Des Moines, Iowa. ... Hatebreed is a 5 piece hardcore band from Bridgeport and New Haven, Connecticut. ... For the band, see Lamb of God (band). ... This article is about the character. ... Bleeding Through is anya American metalcore band from Orange County, California, formed in 1999. ... Lacuna Coil are a gothic metal band from Milan, Italy. ... For the song by Children of Bodom, see Everytime I Die. ... Unearth (current incarnation formed 1998) is a metalcore band from Winthrop, Massachusetts. ... God Forbid is a heavy metal quintet from East Brunswick, New Jersey, formed in 1998. ... OTEP is a nu metal[1][2][3] band formed in 2000 in Los Angeles, California. ... DevilDriver is a melodic death metal-influenced groove metal band from Santa Barbara, California. ... Sepultura is a Brazilian thrash metal band, formed in 1984. ... The term Norma Jean can refer to several people: Norma Jeane Mortensen, the given name of actress Marilyn Monroe. ... For the band, see Lamb of God (band). ... Fear Factory is a Los Angeles, California based metal band. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

2005

Throwdown spent the early part of the year writing and recording Vendetta, made at Planet Z Studios with producer Zeus. Shortly before the album was recorded, Mark Choiniere joined the band, although he does not appear in the video for "Burn" (which features the band as a four-piece with Mentley the only guitar player). Peters, Dussault, Choiniere, Mentley & Macaluso hit the inaugural Sounds Of The Underground tour with Lamb Of God, Clutch, Poison the Well, Opeth, From Autumn To Ashes, Unearth, Chimaira, Norma Jean, Every Time I Die, GWAR, Strapping Young Lad, High on Fire, All That Remains, Madball, DevilDriver, Terror, A Life Once Lost, Fear Before the March of Flames, The Red Chord, Nora and The Black Dahlia Murder. In the fall, they headlined a US tour sponsored by To Die For Clothing with Sinai Beach as support. That tour was Macaluso's last with the group. Mentley switched to bass, with Mark Choiniere covering all guitar duties in the live setting. Throwdown has remained a four-piece ever since. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... For the band, see Lamb of God (band). ... For other uses, see Clutch (disambiguation). ... Poison the Well (commonly abbreviated as PTW or said PT-Dub) are a hardcore/metalcore band from Miami, Florida currently signed to Ferret Records. ... Opeth are a heavy metal band from Stockholm, Sweden. ... From Autumn to Ashes (often abbreviated as FATA) are an American melodic hardcore band that formed in Long Island in 2000. ... Unearth (current incarnation formed 1998) is a metalcore band from Winthrop, Massachusetts. ... Chimaira are a metal band from Cleveland, Ohio. ... The term Norma Jean can refer to several people: Norma Jeane Mortensen, the given name of actress Marilyn Monroe. ... For the song by Children of Bodom, see Everytime I Die. ... GWAR is a satirical heavy metal musical group formed in 1985. ... Strapping Young Lad is an influential progressive extreme metal band from Canada, started by Devin Townsend in 1994. ... High on Fire is a heavy metal band from Oakland, California. ... For the Fozzy album, see All That Remains (album). ... Madball is a New York band that originated back in the late 1980s, as a side-project of the legendary NYHC outfit Agnostic Front (Where Agnostic Fronts front man Roger Miret would let his younger brother Freddy Madball Cricien take the microphone on lead vocals during AF shows). ... DevilDriver is a melodic death metal-influenced groove metal band from Santa Barbara, California. ... Terror is a pronounced state of fear, an overwhelming sense of imminent danger. ... A Life Once Lost is a metal band formed in 1999 in a suburb of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and are currently signed to Ferret Music. ... Fear Before the March of Flames (sometimes abbreviated as FBTMOF[3], Fear Before[4] or March of Flames) is an experimental rock band that resides in Aurora, Colorado. ... The Red Chord is a deathcore[1] band from Revere, Massachusetts whose sound incorporates elements of death metal, grindcore and metalcore. ... Nora, or Norah, is a feminine personal name of Latin origin, meaning the bright one or honor, and may refer to: // Nora Ariffin, a Malaysian singer. ... This article is about the metal band. ... Sinai Beach is a Christian Metalcore band that was formed in Riverside, California in 2000 by vocalist CJ Alderson, guitarist Logan Lambert, drummer Mike Dunlap, and bassist Jeff Santo. ...

2006

Throwdown toured with As I Lay Dying, In Flames and Soulfly at various points, co-headlined with Black Dahlia Murder and went to South America, Australia and on a US headliner with Zao, Evergreen Terrace and Maylene & The Sons Of Disaster as support. They also played a handful of West Coast Vans Warped Tour dates and the UK's Download Festival in 2006, alongside Metallica and Guns N' Roses. And they recorded covers of songs by Misfits and Crowbar with producer Mudrock in 2006. They also played the Los Angeles date of the "Strhess Tour" with Shadows Fall, Poison The Well and It Dies Today. As I Lay Dying is a novel written by the American author William Faulkner. ... In Flames is a melodic death metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden founded in 1990. ... Soulfly is a heavy metal band formed in 1997. ... Unhallowed album cover The Black Dahlia Murder is a deathcore band from Detroit, Michigan. ... Zao may refer to: Zao, a character in the James Bond film Die Another Day Zao (US band) Zao (French band) Zǎo, the Chinese name for the jujube Mount Zao, a mountain in northern Japan Zaō, Miyagi, a town in Japan Category: ... Evergreen Terrace is a 5 piece melodic metalcore band out of Jacksonville, Florida // Band Members Andrew Carey(vocals) Craig Chaney(guitar,vocals) Joshua James(guitar) Jason Southwell(bass) Christopher Brown(drums) Discography Losing All Hope Is Freedom (2001)Indianola Burned Alive by Time (2002) Eulogy Recordings Evergreen Terrace vs. ... Warped Tour is a touring punk/ska music and extreme sports festival. ... Metallica is a Grammy Award-winning American heavy metal/thrash metal band formed in 1981[1] and has become one of the most commercially successful musical acts of recent decades. ... Guns N Roses is an American hard rock band, formed in Los Angeles, California in 1985. ... For the movie, see The Misfits (movie). ... Crowbar may refer to: a tool, see Crowbar (tool) an electrical circuit, see Crowbar (circuit) the name of a musical group, see Crowbar (US band), a heavy metal band who also recorded an album entitled Crowbar Crowbar (Canadian band) Koevoet (which is Afrikaans for crowbar), a South-African run counterinsurgency... Andrew Murdock, also known as Mudrock, is an American record producer specializing in the rock and metal genres. ... Shadows Fall is an American heavy metal band formed in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1996. ... Poison the Well (commonly abbreviated as PTW or said PT-Dub) are a hardcore/metalcore band from Miami, Florida currently signed to Ferret Records. ... It Dies Today (formed in September, 2001) is a Metalcore band based in Buffalo, New York. ...

2007

Throwdown recorded Venom & Tears with producer Mudrock in Los Angeles. A cover of Sepultura's "Propaganda" was recorded during the same session. They spent the summer headlining the Ernie Ball stage on the Vans Warped Tour. After Warped Tour, they filmed a video for "Holy Roller" with director Andy Reale. In the fall, they supported Machine Head on a US tour. Mentley left the band afterward. His replacement, Mark Mitchell, made his live debut with the band in South America in December. Peters recorded a guest appearance on the next Soulfly album as well. Andrew Murdock, also known as Mudrock, is an American record producer specializing in the rock and metal genres. ... Sepultura is a Brazilian thrash metal band, formed in 1984. ... Warped Tour is a touring punk/ska music and extreme sports festival. ... The machine heads on a Squier Stratocaster electric guitar. ... Soulfly is a heavy metal band formed in 1997. ...

2008

In February, the band commenced headlining the "Scum Of The Earth" tour in support of "Venom And Tears" with Soilwork, Through The Eyes Of The Dead and War Of Ages in tow. They have also announced a tour with Korn in Australia, a trek supporting Killswitch Engage in Canada and return to the UK Download Festival. Soilwork are a Swedish melodic death metal band from Helsingborg. ... Through the Eyes of the Dead are a gore-flick inspired deathcore band from Florence, South Carolina. ... This article is about the band. ... Killswitch Engage (often abbreviated as KSE or Killswitch) is a Grammy nominated metalcore band from Westfield, Massachusetts. ...

In March 2008 they announced that they have fulfilled their contract obligations and are no longer signed to Trustkill Records.

Band lineup

• Dave Peters - Vocals
• Mark Choiniere - Guitar
• Mark Mitchell - Bass
• Ben Dussault - Drums

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Former members

• Dom Macaluso - Bass (1997 - 2005))
• Keith Barney - Vocals (1997-2002), Guitar (2002-2004)
• Tommy Love - Guitar (1997-2004)
• Marc Jackson - Drums (1997 - 2002)
• Javier Van Huss - Bass (1997-1998)
• Brandan Schieppati - Guitar (1998-2000)
• Wes Keely - Drums (2003 - 2003)
• Matt Mentley - Guitar (2004 - 2005), Bass (2005 - 2007)

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Discography

Albums

• Demo (1997)
• Beyond Repair (1999)
• You Don't Have to Be Blood to Be Family (2001)
• Haymaker (2003)
• Vendetta (2005)
• Venom and Tears (2007)

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EPs

• Throwdown (1999)
• Drive Me Dead (2000)
• Split (2001)
• Face the Mirror (2002)
• Americana/Planets Collide (2007) Digital EP
• Covered In Venom And Tears (2007) 7" Vinyl

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Other contributions

• Baby Got Back (Sir-Mix-A-Lot cover, appeared on Too Legit for the Pit: Hardcore Takes the Rap) (2001)
• Roots Bloody Roots (Sepultura cover, appeared in Throwdown's live set, and can be found on youtube) (2005)
• A New Level (Pantera cover, appeared in Throwdown's live set, and can be found on youtube) (2005)
• London Dungen (The Misfits cover, appeared on Covered In Venom And Tears 7" vinyl release (2007) and Trustkill Takeover Vol. II) (2007)
• Planets Collide (Crowbar cover, appeared on Covered In Venom And Tears 7" vinyl release and Americana/Planets Collide Digital EP released exclusively through iTunes) (2007)
• Propaganda (Sepultura cover, appeared on the iTunes exclusive release of Venom And Tears) (2007)

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DVDs

• Together, Forever, United (2004)
• "Nothing Left" appears on Sounds Of The Underground - Live From The Starland Ballroom - Sayreville, NJ - July 2 2005 - Vol. 1 (2005)

Videos

• Forever (2004)
• Burn (2005)
• Holly Roller (2007)

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Interviews

• Lambgoat.com interview conducted by Mark Keraly on 7/19/2001
• Blistering.com interview
• Jason Fisher interviews Dave Peters 2007-08-13
• Venom And Tears Interview for Skratchmagazine.com by Mike SOS
• Fourteeng.net Vendetta Interview with Dave Peters 6/3/05
• thedailychorus.com Venom And Tears Interview with Ben Dussault July 16, 2007
• punkrocks.net Interview by Michael with Dave Peters
• Venom And Tears Interview for Skratchmagazine.com by Mike SOS

External links

• Throwdown Website
• Throwdown on Trustkill Records
• Throwdown on MySpace
• Throwdown on PureVolume
• Throwdown's Together, Forever, United DVD available from Amazon.co.uk
• Throwdown on Sounds Of The Underground DVD available from Amazon.co.uk
• UVTV showing video streams of "Burn" and "Holy Roller" along with Live versions of "Burn", "Hopeless" and "Speak The Truth"
• Throwdown Lyrics on Dark Lyrics
• Vans Warped Tour Official site
• Ozzfest Official site
• Sounds Of The Underground Official site

References