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About Me

Phoenix Fire Down was started in the summer of 2003 by members Tommy his brother Tim, and childhood friend Troy. The three had played in previous punk and alt rock bands before, but the formation of PFD was with no pre set agenda regarding any particular "genre", the only goal being to simply make music that they would enjoy listening to. After writing and scrapping dozens of songs the band finally began to settle in to a hardcore influenced alt-rock direction, drawing influences from groups such as Thursday, Blindside, Thrice, Beloved and Underoath, as well as metal bands such as Killswitch Engage and As I lay Dying.Oringinally the band consisted of just the three initial members, with Troy on Vox and guitar, Tommy on bass, and Tim on drums, but eventually the trio decided that they would be better off finding a bass player and having Tommy move to lead guitar. The bass slot would be in constant rotation throughout the bands 3 and a half year career, with Tommy playing bass on all the recordings.Though they gigged relatively frequently, due to the diverse nature of the band's influences, they had a difficult time finding their place in the Montreal punk and hardcore scene, which was dominated by generic metalcore and screamo bands at the time.The band played their last show in the winter of 2007 after Tommy announced that he was relocating to Vancouver, looking for a fresh start. He has since been gigging heavily, playing bass for his new band Fighting For Ithaca, who despite being a very young band have already been garnering industry attention. He also contributes live guitar for Vancouver based singer/songwriter Sabrina Korva.Timmy and Troy have plans for a new project in the works. Tim has also started a midi-power metal project called Metalloid Staircase and a Nintendo inspired series of compostions released under the name NINTENDOR, while Troy continues to record as a singer/songwriter under the moniker Shades of Grace.PFD thanks anyone that ever came out to a show or supported the band in any way. We hope you check out and enjoy what we're doing now! mspmb allowScriptAccess="never" style='display:none' src='' AUTOSTART='True' LOOP='1'

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Member Since: 9/15/2004
Band Website: phoenixfiredown.com
Band Members: Troy: throat, bonus axe attack Tommy: six-string slaughter Tim: the percussion punisher Arpad: low end doom vibes
Influences: Thrice, Underoath, Thursday, Blindside...that sort of stuff...plus some good ol' 90's alt rock, a pinch of thrash metal and just a touch of pop-rock sensibility
Sounds Like: The end of the world
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

New music on the way

Finally, the recording of new material has begun. And we're doing it all on our own, right here in our own studio/practice area DIY Studios...so it won't sound super pristine and polished, but h...
Posted by Phoenix Fire Down (R.I.P.) on Tue, 17 Oct 2006 06:41:00 PST

The Bassist Status

As you all know, PFD's bassist history has been about as stable as Zao's membership over the years (if you don't get the joke then you clearly need to brush up on your Christian metalcore history!) ...
Posted by Phoenix Fire Down (R.I.P.) on Tue, 05 Sep 2006 07:50:00 PST

BASSIST NEEDED!

Yep....we lost another. Can't seem to hang on to those guys. So as you can guess we need another bassist. We've never had super high standards for bassists, but we do have a few minimal criteria. &nbs...
Posted by Phoenix Fire Down (R.I.P.) on Wed, 05 Apr 2006 08:36:00 PST

Dear Everyone....you rock!

Many props to those who come out to the show last night....we rocked, you rocked, Tom broke a guitar string, Troy told the only non-racist black joke in history, Arpad wore a cool hat and old-school h...
Posted by Phoenix Fire Down (R.I.P.) on Sun, 15 Jan 2006 07:33:00 PST

I HATE YOUR CAT!!!

I Hate Your Cat an original work by Tommy Phoenix HE WOKE ME UP AT 3 AM NOW YOU WILL NEVER SEE HIM AGAIN HE WENT AND SAT RIGHT ON MY FACE HIS FURRY BUTT IS NOW IN SPACE I HOPE YOU WON'T MI...
Posted by Phoenix Fire Down (R.I.P.) on Sun, 23 Oct 2005 12:15:00 PST

'twas a fun show!

Hey y'all! Thanks to anyone that was at the show last night...you all get 25 bonus points....50 if you bought a T-shirt....75 if you allready had one and went to the show wearing it. Kudos to Three Na...
Posted by Phoenix Fire Down (R.I.P.) on Sun, 16 Oct 2005 06:11:00 PST

The music tank is rolling in!

Well everyone, it's 12:45 a.m. and I just finished mixing our new track "Lifeless Restitution", which you can now hear on our page. I think this one shows a good example of the more hardcore-influnced...
Posted by Phoenix Fire Down (R.I.P.) on Fri, 07 Oct 2005 09:55:00 PST

THE SEARCH IS OVER!!!

After several months as a three piece, PFD has finally found a bassist to join the ranks! We are proud to welcome our good buddy Arpad to the band! He will be performing with us at the show on the 14t...
Posted by Phoenix Fire Down (R.I.P.) on Fri, 30 Sep 2005 07:29:00 PST

General Update

Big thank you heading out to everyone that came to the show last night as well as Kim, Jared and everyone else at OnRock ministries that made the event possible. Also a big shout out to the boys from ...
Posted by Phoenix Fire Down (R.I.P.) on Sun, 14 Aug 2005 02:59:00 PST

DEBUT EP NOW IN PRODUCTION!

HEY EVERYONE!!! Yesterday we entered the studio to begin the recording of our 5 song EP which we hope to have out by the end of the summer. More details will follow as the project gets closer to compl...
Posted by Phoenix Fire Down (R.I.P.) on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST