Formed in 1996 when guitarist Brandon Todd joined vocalist Allen Frank's band called Uforia.....housecleaning started immediately and through GOD knows how many line-up and name changes they finally arrived at the Once Broken ya know and love today! Both Allen and Brandon had extensive backgrounds in the Christian music market and in local churches working w/ youth....but as the band progressed the went into the secular domain almost exclusively....since then the have rocked crowds of over 5000 w/ band such as Dokken and La Guns...BT is endorsed w/ Minarik Guitars, Soultool GUitars, brian Moore Guitars and Line 6 and has been featured in Guitar World magazine! The band split in 2004 w/ BT forming a new band and Allen going back into church....GOD brought the two back together when BT got sick of the drinking and wild music scene and got his heart back in line w/ GOD...... Brandon started going to Barefoot community Church and playing in the praise team there....where he met Nick Hempsey who was playing bass...WELL come to find out he was really a drummer and GREAT one at that...Nick brings his mix of rock, funk, punk, and ska along w/ his craziness to the band ....OB also added Brandon's younger brother Jeremy Todd on bass making it even more of a family.....and OB WAS BACK!!!!!...ONCE BROKEN is a breath of fresh air in the christian scene...spreading GOD's word through real rock/metal music....in a market saturated w/ sound alike bands and mediocre talent....OB brings the goods and brings the word! If melodic vocals, heavy riffs, groove oriented rythyms and wild guitar solos are what you are looking for then you have found it...and ya just might get touched by the message in the process!!!
REAL ROCK for REAL PEOPLE, .....light in a dark world, hope in a stale music scene.......all w/ GOD's guidance and positive uplifting messages!!
