The Trojan Warfront
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| The Trojan Warfront | ||
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| Image:Trojan warfront show band battle.jpg Bassist Jeff Dominguez
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| Background information | ||
| Origin | Tampa, Florida, United States | |
| Genre(s) | Metal/Hardcore/Thrash | |
| Years active | 2005–present | |
| Label(s) | none | |
| Website | http://www.myspace.com/thetrojanwarfront | |
| Members | ||
| Jeff Dominguez Alex Roman Jonathon Rivera Kelvin Hampton Jeremy Rivera Neil Hegadorn |
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| Former members | ||
| Spencer Andrews Josh Monell |
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The Trojan Warfront is a Tampa, Florida-based metal band. Created in 2005 as Woke Up Dead, and renamed The Blood Between after an embarrassing failure, the "813 branded" band is a surging attraction in the Tampa Bay music scene.
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[edit] Woke Up Dead
"Woke Up Dead" was founded in October 2005 with members Kelvin Hampton (drums), Jonathon Rivera (guitar), Spencer Andrews (bass), Jeff Dominguez (guitar), and Jeremy Rivera (vocals). All members were relatively new to the intense lifestyle of a band and after being booed offstage at a battle of bands, they decided to exchange guitar players and start from the ground up as "The Blood Between".
[edit] The Blood Between
Formed in March 2006, The Blood Between began to accumulate more fans than Woke Up Dead ever dreamed of having. However, the new lineup featuring Josh Monell on guitar replacing Jeff Dominguez ignited controversy through out the band.
| “ | Spencer worshipped the ground that Josh walked on. When Josh came in and started talking about getting rid of Jeremy, that was it for me. I told them if Jeremy was gone I was gone. | „ |
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—Jonathon Rivera |
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There were also problems brewing drummer Hampton and new guitarist Monell. Kelvin was once said to the media, "Josh is a fucking parasite. He just feeds off of everyone." While fans were attracted by the new sound, The Blood Between played few shows during its three-month lifespan due to internal turmoil. Jeremy Rivera was eventually kicked out of the band, and Jonathan, sticking to his word, quit. The band lasted about two more weeks and disbanded in June 2006 at the height of its popularity.
[edit] The Trojan Warfront
By August 2006 the original members of Woke Up Dead (Kelvin, Jeremy, and Jon) were missing the stage and the music. They came back together to give music one more shot. Jonathon brought back bassist Dominguez and brother Jeremy on soundclips and vocals. Jonathon also brought in a new member, Neil Hegadorn. Jonathon had known Hegadorn as bassist and backup vocalist from indie band Joe Fransisco, and was curious to see the 6'4" beast as frontman. To complete the lineup drummer Hampton brought in Alex Roman, for whom Trojan Warfront was his first band, as lead guitarist.
| “ | It was like everything just fell into place. I mean a year ago I never would have thought I would be in a successful band but now look at it, we have shows every weekend and the bookings just keep rolling in. | „ |
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—Jeremy Rivera |
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[edit] External Links
[1] The Trojan Warfront's official MySpace [2] Lead guitarist Alex Roman's MySpace
