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Broken Self

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About Me


Broken Self is an up-and-coming band from Tampa, FL consisting of five of the best musicians known to mankind. Bonnie Newman captivates every audience with her unique voice, catchy melodies, and sharp lyrics. James Ferrell pounds on the drumset with enthusiasm and unyielding energy. Scott Galarza brings breathtaking speed and face-melting guitar leads to the band, while Will Moore plays rhythm guitar with metal-inspired, bone-crushing intensity. Gabe Valdivia rounds out the rhythm section with his amazingly funktastical basslines.
Broken Self's musical formula is simple: Create powerful, catchy songs with a lot of energy and moving lyrics. Drawing influences from bands such as Saosin, Paramore, Avenged Sevenfold, AFI, and Incubus, the band seeks to combine the best qualities of the wide variety of music they love.
While the recordings of the band are impressive in their own right, they only just begin to illustrate the limitless energy of their live show. In short, experiencing Broken Self is like having 7 orgasms at once....if that's what you're into.
For booking info, send us a MySpace message or contact us at [email protected]


All songs recorded with Rob Coates at

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/5/2005
Band Members:

Influences: Bonnie: AFI, Paramore, Tsunami Bomb, Saosin, Chiodos

James: Saosin, AFI, Thrice, Phoenix Mourning, Incubus, Cave In, Blindside, Story of the Year, The Used

Scott: Avenged Sevenfold, Saosin, Thrice, All That Remains, Dragonforce, The Red Jumpsuit Aparatus, Bullet For My Valentine

Will: Avenged Sevenfold, Green Day, Chimaira, All That Remains, Dethklok, Eighteen Visions, Lil Wayne, Pink Floyd, System of a Down, Sum 41, Rob Zombie

Gabe: Incubus, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Victor Wooten, Michael Manring, Jaco Pastorious, Les Claypool, Dave Matthews Band, Phish
Type of Label: None

My Blog

We’re still here!

Hello everyone, I'm sure that lately you've been wondering "Where did Broken Self go?" Well right now we are working on some new songs, which takes some time because 1. We used our coolest ideas in th...
Posted by Broken Self on Fri, 30 May 2008 08:31:00 PST

A new thing were going to do!

During our shows we usually have at least one person taking pictures of us while we're playing. And sometimes the photographer(s) also happen to take pictures of the awesome people that come to o...
Posted by Broken Self on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 12:46:00 PST

IF WE SENT YOU A FRIEND REQUEST

It is because we believe that based on the music you listen to, you might also enjoy ours. We're not adding you to try and get you go to some naked webcam site, or get you a free ipod, or a new job wh...
Posted by Broken Self on Wed, 30 Jan 2008 09:10:00 PST

awesome awesome AWESOME stuff!!!

Hmmm, where to start?      We're done recording our newest song, "The Oedipus Complex" and now we're just waiting for the final product. It's going to blow your minds away, you won...
Posted by Broken Self on Thu, 03 Jan 2008 10:26:00 PST

Saturdays show/our new song

Thanks so much to everyone who came out to the show on saturday! It really means a lot. We're not rock stars who care nothing about our fans...you guys are extremely important to us! The shows keep ge...
Posted by Broken Self on Mon, 24 Dec 2007 11:35:00 PST

New Lineup

Well as you've probably gathered if you've looked at our page recently or went to our latest show, we have a couple of new guys in the band. Will Moore has been added to play rhythm gui...
Posted by Broken Self on Wed, 14 Nov 2007 12:57:00 PST

For Florida bands looking to record!

If you want to get a professional sounding recording at a good price, Broken Self highly recommends Robert Coates at Westwind Studios. He is a professor at the International Academy of Desig...
Posted by Broken Self on Mon, 05 Nov 2007 07:31:00 PST

Our top friends list

So we recently updated our top friends list. I basically went through 40-something pages of friends and picked out the ones that I recognized and thought should be up there. We still ha...
Posted by Broken Self on Sun, 19 Aug 2007 04:45:00 PST

A whole lotta news! 7/8/07

So here is what's going on in Broken Self world...     The recordings are almost done. We will be going back tomorrow (monday) to finish the vocas tracks and fix some minor things befor...
Posted by Broken Self on Sun, 08 Jul 2007 10:12:00 PST

Studio update 05/04!

So here's the story thus far:      Last friday Robert Coats calls us and tells us he's teaching a class at the International Academy of Design and Technology and he needs a b...
Posted by Broken Self on Sun, 06 May 2007 08:34:00 PST