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Downforce is where Classic Rock, Early Metal, Pop, and Punk all converge and – amazingly – coexist to form the nucleus of the band’s sound. You can hear a little bit of each musical style as it influences our original music. But we still love to belt out the great tunes of the 70’s, 80’s, 90’s and all the way up to today’s rock hits. We play many of the all-time great songs but we also strive to play many of the hits from that era that you don’t often hear except occasionally on the radio “flashbacks”. Downforce originated in Orrville, Ohio in late 2005. The original members included Will Armentrout (vocals, guitar), Greg Butcher (drums), Mark O'Connor (bass, keys), Brian Shemenski, and John Shields. Soon after, Brian and John stepped down and were replaced by Chuck Rowe on lead guitar.

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Member Since: 26/06/2007
Band Website: www.downforcenation.com
Band Members: Will Armentrout - Vocals, Guitar; Chuck Rowe - Lead Guitar; Mark O'Connor - Bass Guitar, Keyboards; Greg Butcher - Drums
Influences: Dave Matthews Band, Foo Fighters, Prince, Foreigner, Metallica, .38 Special, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Rush, The Police, The Cars, AC/DC
Sounds Like: A busy intersection of sound from the last four decades. Song list: All Right Now, Are You Gonna Go My Way, Beverly Hills, Breakup Song, Bright Lights, Burnin' for You, Can't Get Enough, Closing Time, Don't Ask Me No Questions, Dreamline, Every Rose Has It's Thorn, Feelin' Alright, Fire, Glory Days, Harder To Breathe, Hurts So Good, I Don't Care Anymore, I Wanna Be Sedated, I Won't Back Down, Just What I Needed, Knockin' On Heavens Door, Layla, Never Tear Us Apart, Paralyzer, Pretty Vegas, Rock You Like A Hurricane, Satisfaction, Shine, Shooting Star, Should I Stay or Should I Go, Small Town, Start Me Up, Somebody Told Me, Sunshine Of Your Love, Sweet Home Alabama, Switch 625, Synchronicity II, Thunderstruck, Tom Sawyer, Tuesday's Gone, Turn The Page, Tush, Two Tickets To Paradise, What I Like About You, When I'm Gone, White Wedding, Wish You Were Here, Wonderful Tonight, You May Be Right, You Really Got Me, RNR Ain't Noise Polution, Devil Inside, Let's Go, Free Bird, Peter Gunn, Lightning Crashes, Everlong, Rockin' In The Free World, Let's Go Crazy, Black, It's Not My Time, Crazy Train, Best Of You, Young Lust, Addicted
Record Label: Blue i Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Let's Go cover, Downforce

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwNQlexj3rY
Posted by on Fri, 26 Jun 2009 08:05:00 GMT

Rockin' in the Free World cover, Downforce

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uz7ZtBPWYOE
Posted by on Fri, 26 Jun 2009 08:05:00 GMT

Tush cover, Downforce

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwLAOZavR1M
Posted by on Fri, 26 Jun 2009 08:05:00 GMT

Hurt So Good cover, Downforce

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsN2lgoMVZY
Posted by on Fri, 26 Jun 2009 08:04:00 GMT

YouTube clips!

Search "Downforce cover" on YouTube for some recent show clips!
Posted by on Mon, 15 Jun 2009 10:12:00 GMT

Serious Fans Only!!!

For a real, behind-the-scenes look at what we're up to, check out Will's page.  It has first ever recordings of some new tracks we are working on.www.myspace.com/troutsolomusic 
Posted by on Wed, 04 Feb 2009 09:58:00 GMT

What's '09 got in store??

Well, 2009 is here, so what can Downforce do for you?  We are currently filling up our 2009 calendar.  As you know we play a limited number of live shows.  But we have some great new originals songs i...
Posted by on Fri, 16 Jan 2009 07:00:00 GMT

Why no "Song of Hope" live?

We were recently asked to play "Song Of Hope" at a show.  I can't tell you how much I appreciate the request.  To know that there are people who understand the origin on the s...
Posted by on Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:34:00 GMT

CD on iTunes, and cdbaby.com

Don't forget to checkout our CD on iTunes and at cdbaby.com.  
Posted by on Mon, 16 Jun 2008 10:58:00 GMT

CD RELEASE

New 5 song CD now available at live performances. Order through cdbaby.com in April. Download on iTunes, Napster, Rhapsody this summer!
Posted by on Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:18:00 GMT