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Only Begotten Son

The end has come.... RIP 2004 - 2006

About Me

THIS BAND NO LONGER EXISTS BUT...................The new band is coming together all our friends on here please take a moment and go check out the new band and add us as your friends, it is still not finished and updating daily, but yeah check it out! Click the link below to check it

Blood Of The Fold

    "For god so loved the world That he gave his Only Begotten Son . For who so ever believeth in him Shall not perish But have everlasting life..." - John 3:16
    Only Begotten Son is a band that was formed by four good friends meerly for the sake of jamming together! It was talked about for a while between long-time friends Bruce Wallin (drums) and Anthony Tovar (guitar). Meeting in middle school, 9th grade math class, Bruce and Tovar found out that they both shared the same intrest in Metallica. Later down the road, their love for Metallica eventually evolved into a love and bigger appriciation for bands like Tool, Killswitch Engage, Shadows Fall, Iced Earth, Pantera, and so on. AJ had been into the scene for a while by this time, also into the same types of music, and a good friend since middle school. The idea came up one day at lunch, to start a band. Bruce was already in a band of his own at the time, but agreed to play. The idea kind of died down after a while.
    Then around March of 2004, Tovar moved into a house with AJ and some friends who owned some equipment. Tovar bought a guitar of his own, and when Bruce would visit, all three would jam out Chimaira, Metallica, Pantera, Slayer, and As I Lay Dying covers. It was then the high school dream to start a band was about to come true. The chemistry fit. They felt comfortable with eachother's style.
    Now it was time to finish the line-up. A second guitar was needed to fill the void between breakdowns and whatnot. The idea came to mind to have fellow metalhead Tom Young join the band and fill that void. Tom was concentrating on bass more at the time, but when the idea was brought up to him, he ecstatically accepted. Now with this out of the way, ideas were thrown out for a name.
    Basically they picked Only Begotten Son because it was something that none of the members really believed in. For those of you unaware of what Only Begotten Son means, basically it means Jesus Christ. It was something taken out of the bible to describe Jesus. Begotten meaning existing, Christ is known as the only existing son of god. Hence the name Only Begotten Son !
    Around November of 2004, the band brought in James Phillips to perform vocals, and they must say they were ecstatic about their decision to have James a part of the OBS family. He's all they were looking for. In May of 2005, due to some personal matters and tentions, James chose to leave the band. The band continued on as an instrumental quartet for the following 9 months. In January of 2006, OBS rang in the New Year with the announcement that Anthony "Big T" Tovar would no longer be apart of the band. Personal issues came into play, and he chose to move on and try something else. With this situation coming into play, OBS immediately called good friend (and former bandmate of Bruce's) Matt Johnson to come and jam with them. They new right off that they wanted him to replace the big guy. He very excitedly said yes, and the band immediately began writing new music. Music that has a completely new element to it. Something they had been working at, but weren't quite able to achive until just recently. In February 2006, James Phillips rejoined the band on vocals, and they're greatful to have him back. It's now August 2006, and OBS is doing great. We just recorded a 6 song demo entitled The Dirty Bass Guitar Sex EP, its just a demo to get our sound back out there but we love it and hope you will to.............Well as of November 15, 2006, Thomas Young has made a personal decision to leave the band, there has been personal and dedication issues for a while, but we do wish tom the best of luck with whatever he does he will always be a bro, it has been one hell of a ride, As of Sunday December 03, 2006 James Phillips has made a personal decision to leave the band and as of December 3rd 2006 Only Begotten Son is no more.
    Note from the band:
    A very special thanks goes out to our families who help support us throughout this adventure that we call OBS , to our awesome, loving friends (and die hard fans), to everyone who stopped by and gave us a listen, whether you like us or not, and to eachother and our myspace friends and fans, Thank you all again, and we'll see you all soon!
    STAY FUCKING HEAVY!!! Support the Underground!
    Contact the band: Add us bitches!!! We wanna chat!!!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 7/19/2004
Band Members: Bruce Wallin - Poundin Drums AJ Hicks - Fat Ass Lows Thomas Young - Shreddin Matt Johnson -Lead Shreddin James Phillips - Ear Piercing Screams
Influences: Metallica, Pantera, Slayer, Tool, Killswitch Engage, Chimaira, Shadows Fall, Lamb of God, Opeth, Prayer For Cleansing, As I Lay Dying, Sepultura, Megadeth, Iced Earth, Dead to Fall, thrash, hardcore, and good ol' HEAVY FUCKIN' METAL!!!
Sounds Like: Some Thrash Metal, with about a cup of Hardcore, with 3 to 4 tablespoons of Death and Black Metal, and a pinch of our secret spice that gives it just the right sound.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

OBS: A retrospective by Bruce Wallin

Well, as AJ explained, OBS has taken our final curtain call.  Sad but true.  He pretty much explained everything that led up to this event, so I'm just going to go ahead and skip right to th...
Posted by Only Begotten Son on Wed, 06 Dec 2006 05:18:00 PST

The End has come......

Well after 2-3 years of head banging, beer drinking, rock n roll good times, Only Begotten Son has decided to end and to go there seperate ways, hmmm where to start, well since about august things hav...
Posted by Only Begotten Son on Mon, 04 Dec 2006 08:59:00 PST