Droid (band)

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Droid
Origin Flag of the United States Long Beach, California
Genre(s) Groove metal
Thrash metal
Nu metal[1] (early works)
Years active 1997 - Present
Label(s) Emotional Syphon Records
Associated acts The Deadlights
Website Official site
Members
James Eason
Jamie Teissere
Bruce Childress
Duke
Nick McWells

Droid (sometimes typeset as -D-R-O-I-D- or DROID as to fit their official logo) are an American groove metal/thrash metal band with death metal influences from Long Beach, California. They are currently signed to Korn member James "Munky" Shaffer's record label Emotional Syphon Records. The band was signed to the record label after Shaffer watched them perform live at the world renowned Whiskey-A-Go-Go.[2] The band would also accompany Korn and Limp Bizkit on their 2003 Back 2 Basic's tour, as well as the 2006 and 2007 installments of the Family Values Tour.[3] Droid have also worked as the backing musician's for Korn bassist Fieldy's side project Fieldy's Dreams.[4] The band has been voted 2007 newcomer of the year at The Gauntlet, and the music video for Fueled By Hate was voted the #11 video of 2007 on MTV2's Headbangers Ball.[5][6]


Contents

[edit] Discography

Title Release date Label
Swallow the Cure 2006 Emotional Syphon Records
Droid July 10, 2007 Emotional Syphon Records

[edit] Members

[edit] Current line-up

James Eason – vocals
Jamie Teissere – guitar
Bruce Childress - guitar
Duke – bass
Nick McWells – drums

[edit] Interviews

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.theprp.com/reviews/droid.shtml
  2. ^ DROIDMUSIC.COM the official site of DROID on Emotional Syphon Recordings
  3. ^ Blabbermouth.Net - Droid Added To Family Values Tour
  4. ^ BLABBERMOUTH.NET - DROID Finish Tracking Instruments For New CD
  5. ^ The Gauntlet :: - Heavy Metal - News - Videos - Ringtones - mp3s - Tabs - Wallpaper - lyrics
  6. ^ Roadrunner Records

[edit] External links

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