REIN[FORCED] profile picture

REIN[FORCED]

About Me

After the implosion of the band Forced in 2003 singer/songwriter Jim Semonik recruited the help of good friends and live band members Turner and Ben Bloom (of Agnes Wired for Sound) to continue the spirit and sound of the band. Thus Rein[Forced] was born. Long time friend Cory McRae, of the band Singine is also lending his vocal talents to the band. After many successful live shows, "Futile Longings of a Condescending Man" was released in March of 2006. Ben Bloom passed away in April of 2006. He will be sadly missed. Semonik describes the sound as an evolution from the Forced days and the next logical step for the band. The album will be a mix of hard EBM/dark electro with light touches of drum and bass. The boys have started work on the next full length "X Amount of Stabwounds in the Back."
Forced / Rein[Forced] have shared the stage with such talent as Chemlab, Run Level Zero, Psyclon 9, Sheep On Drugs, Terrorfakt, Sister Machine Gun, Christ Analogue, Manufactura, Moulin Noir, Xanopticon, Prometheus Burning, Cyber Strukture, Cesium 137, The Aggression, Ascension of the Watchers, Mindless Faith, Slick Idiot, Nocturne, Pigface, Control.Org, Funker Vogt, Hanzel Und Gretyl, Bile, Voodou, Chris Connelly, Icon of Coil, Lost Signal, Zeromancer, Bella Morte, Deathline Int'l, My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult, Bamboo Crisis, E-Craft, Andraculoid, Acumen Nation, Celldweller, DJ Acucrack, Ego Likeness, Carfax Abbey, XPQ-21, Caustic, Filament 38, Defcon, The Gothsicles, and Tonikom.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/28/2005
Band Website: rein-forced.com
Band Members: Jim Semonik (vocals, lyrics, composition, production, hate, cynicism) D. A. Turner (synthesizers, composition, arrangement, production)
Influences: God Module, DJ? Acucrack, Hocico, [FORCED], Amduscia
Sounds Like: Take old school sounds, add a touch of drum n bass, combine the current ebm scene, and throw in some coldwave attitude.
Record Label: DSBP
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

We'll miss you, Ben

Friends: If you have not already heard, Ben Bloom, our friend and keyboardist, passed away yesterday.  We have a lot of questions but very few answers, and we will keep you posted as we learn mor...
Posted by REIN[FORCED] on Wed, 19 Apr 2006 07:19:00 PST

NYC show, t-shirts, Pgh show!

Happy New Year, all! If your holidays were lacking in celebration, make the most of this weekend and venture to NYC to catch REIN[FORCED] opening for CHEMLAB.  This show is sure to make you wet y...
Posted by REIN[FORCED] on Thu, 05 Jan 2006 07:12:00 PST