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TAKEN BY THE FLOOD BEGAN OUT OF THE NECESSITY TO CREATE EXTREME MUSIC, WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE IDEALS SET OUT BY THEIR INFLUENCES. CHANCE ENCOUNTERS LED TO THE CREATION OF THE BAND. ONCE FIRMLY ROOTED IN BREAKDOWNS AND OFF-BEATS, TAKEN BY THE FLOOD GREW INTO SOMETHING ALL TOGETHER DIFFERENT. ZACK, CODY, MIKE, AND MATT FOUND THEMSELVES WITHOUT A DRUMMER ONCE THEIRS DECIDED TO TAKE A DIFFERENT PATH IN LIFE. THEIR FORMER BAND, CULTURE OF THE POOR, SEEMED AS IF ALL WAS ABOUT TO STOP, UNTIL THEY GOT WORD THAT A GENTLEMEN (AND A SCHOLAR) BY THE NAME OF ZACK WAS NO LONGER SINGING FOR HIS BAND, RED CELLAR DOORS. AFTER A FEW BRIEF PRACTICES FILLED WITH BONG SMOKE, TAKEN BY THE FLOOD WAS BORN. WITH AN ACUTE EAR TOWARDS WHAT EACH MEMBER WANTED, SONGS WERE CREATED TO CAPTURE THE ENERGY ALL INVOLVED FELT WAS MISSING. WHAT CAME NEXT WAS AN ON-SLAUGHT OF SONGS OF HORRIFIC PROPORTIONS. NOW ARMED WITH SONGS TO MELT BABIES FACES OFF, TAKEN BY THE FLOOD ARE READY TO BUST DOWN THE DOOR OF WHAT METAL ONCE WAS, AND BANG YOUR GIRLFRIEND AT THE SAME TIME. BE PREPARED BITCHES, THE SHIT HASN'T EVEN BEGUN TO HIT THE FAN!