Member Since: 9/9/2006
Band Website: demonxmetal.com (coming soon)
Band Members: Metal Heads are as follows: (line up change in process)
Billy Garoutte on Lead Guitar and Rhythum Guitar
Damon Jones-Gambrell on Lead Guitar and Rhythum Guitar
No one on Bass Guitar
"IN NEED OF OUR FRONT MAN" on vocals
Shon Reid on Drums
Billy has been playing lead and rhythm guitar for 20 years. Billy started playing piano when he was a little tike, played drums in the band at school, and expanded his horizons and took up guitar. He took classical guitar lessons for 3-4 years. With this experience comes his scorching leads and soulful rhythm. He started off in his first thrash band, Venegance back in the 80's. Then following, he joined a hardcore band called IDA with Ernie Cortez (Powerhouse). He left IDA to explore the punk world and joined Beer Pressure. However, being true metal to core, he went back to the world of thrash and joined ex-Trauma drummer, John Cruz with Antigen. As the thrash genre began to expand in the bay area he formed a band called Eternal Reign, whose influences were primarily the bay area thrash bands that made it big, such as Exodus, Testament, Forbidden, etc... He is in a side project band also called Die Trying, which is blues and classic rock inspired. Alot of Billy's guitar playing shines with the blues influence and there's a lot of soul in his meticulous soloing and rhythums. Now, forming a new band with old friends has created this powerful, hard hitting metal machine called DEMONX.
Damon Jones-Gambrell has been playing guitar for 22 years. His lead guitar playing is sheer mayhem. Born in San Francisco, he was raised in a very musical family and environment. He lived right on the Pan Handle of Golden Gate Park. Back in the day, there was always some music festival going on. His mother sang for the San Francisco choir, his father was a famous jazz drummer from St. Louis Missouri. Growing up, all Damon knew was R'nB, jazz and Blues. Kinda funny how with such a diverse background and up-bringing that he ended up playing metal! He's been in numerous bands through the years. To name a few, Deads End, Eternities End, Blunt Force Trauma, The Hated and Shift. He also played bass for 10 yrs, (quote: it's fun to bash when your in a bad mood!) Damon has studied classical, jazz, rock, and blues through the years as well as taken lessons from Steve Smythe
(Dragonlord, Nevermore, Testament.) He'd like to take all of these elements and try to incorporate them into his style of playing.
Shon Reid (skin basher) Bio to follow soon! Welcome Shon!
DemonX will be looking for a screamer/vocalist and bass player. No nu whining singing crap, just down right good screaming and gutteral vocal.... if you got it and live in the area.... let us know!
Influences: Influences range from many genre's.
Zakk Wylde/BLS, Children of Bodom, Exodus, Dimmu Borgir, Testament, Forbidden, Arch Enemy, Lamb Of God, along with some other others unmentioned.
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Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None