Prototype (band)
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| Prototype | |
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| Origin | Los Angeles, California |
| Country | United States |
| Years active | 1994 - present |
| Genres | Progressive Metal Alternative Metal Thrash Metal |
| Labels | Nightmare Records WWIII Music/AMC Sublevel Records Massacre Records MetalAxe Records |
| Members | Kragen Lum Vince Levalois Kirk Scherer |
| Past members | Pat Magrath Damion Ramirez Mike Bear Steve Gambina Mike Johnsen Jason Mirza |
| Website(s) | www.prototypeonline.com |
Prototype is a progressive metal/thrash metal band from the USA, with at least two of its members from Los Angeles.
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[edit] History
In 1994, Kragen Lum (guitar) and Vince Levalois (vocals, guitar) left the LA band "Psychosis", and decided to form a new band, Prototype.
They found a new drummer (Damion Ramirez) and bassist (Steve Gambina), and began recording new compositions of their critically acclaimed Seed demo under the name Prototype. The cassette contained only three songs, Seed, Shine and Dead Of Jericho. All three tracks later appeared on two more of their CDs. Critics worldwide praised the demo and even referred to it as a benchmark for today's progressive metal.
In 1997, Lum, Levalois, new drummer Pat Magrath (now a permanent member of the group) and new basist Mike Bear recorded their next CD as Prototype - "Cloned".
In 1999, the band found a new bassist, Kirk Scherer. However, in 2002, Pat Magrath left the band, the band has still not appointed a replacement drummer.
On the band's latest CD "Continuum", original drummer Damion Ramirez handled the drumming with Pat Magrath guesting on one track.
[edit] Discography
| Album Cover | Date of Release | Title | Label | US sales |
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July 28, 1995 | Seed | Self | |
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1998 | Cloned | Sublevel Records | |
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2002 | Trinity | WWIII Music/AMC (U.S.) Massacre Records (Europe) |
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May 23, 2006 | Continuum | Nightmare Records (U.S.) Metal Axe Records (Europe) |
[edit] Trivia
- Five songs from their album, "Trinity", were featured on the soundtrack for the game True Crime: Streets of LA
- The song Synthespian, featured on "Continuum" will appear on Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam for Nintendo's Wii gaming platform.
- An instrumental version of Prototype's "Probe" was featured on the MTX Mototrax video game in 2004.
- Kragen, Vince and Kirk were endorsed by Jackson Guitars for two years and appeared in the product catalogs. Kragen's custom seven string Soloist was featured in the catalog's custom shop guitars.
