MISUNDERSTOOD IS A FOUR PIECE METAL BAND WHO PROUDLY HAILS FROM THE SOUTH SIDE OF CHICAGO. ORIGANALLY FORMED IN LATE 2002 WITH ORIGINAL MEMBERS MANNY CORDOVA, BRYAN HARPER, JERRY BASTIEN, AND KYLE HARPER, MISUNDERSTOOD QUICKLY CAUGHT THE EARS OF PEOPLE WITH THEIR LOUD, HEAVY, AND STRAIGHT FORWARD STYLE OF METAL. MISUNDERSTOOD WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO PLAY SOME PRETTY POPULAR BARS SUCH AS THE NOTE, AND THE FAMOUS DOUBLE DOOR ON THE NORTH SIDE OF CHICAGO EARLY ON IN THEIR JOURNEY. AND, LIKE EVERY BAND, STARTED TO HAMMER IT OUT PLAYING MORE AND MORE SHOWS ALL OVER CHICAGO. MISUNDERSTOOD WAS ALSO LUCKY AND PRIVLEGED ENOUGH TO DO A PRE SHOW OPENING FOR NATIONAL ACTS SOULFLY AND ILL NINO IN MILLWAUKEE AT THE RAVE/ EAGLES BALLROOM. IN THE SUMMER OF 2005 MISUNDERSTOOD HAD THE CHANCE TO TRAVEL WITH THE VANS WARPED TOUR WITH SUCH BANDS AS ATREYU, AVENGED SEVENFOLD, THE OFFSPRING, THRICE, FALLOUT BOY, AND SHIRA GIRL ON THE EARN IT YOURSELF STAGE HERE IN THE MIDWEST. AFTER THE TOUR, MISUNDERSTOOD PARTED WAYS WITH THEIR SINGER OF THREE YEARS, KYLE HARPER, AND A YEAR LATER BASSIST JERRY BASTIEN LEFT AS WELL, WITH BOTH PARTIES HEADING IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS IN THEIR LIVES. AT FIRST IT WAS HARD TO FIND A REPLACEMENT FOR A SINGER BECAUSE THERE WERE SOME BIG SHOES TO FILL, AND A POWERFULL VOICE THAT SOMEONE NOW HAD TO ECHO OVER. BUT, BILL MULLEN (a.k.a. mugly), DID JUST THAT AND MORE WHEN HE JOINED THE BAND. HE WAS EXACTLY WHAT THIS BAND NEEDED TO ELEVATE THEIR SOUND AND BECAME THE NEW LEAD SINGER OF MISUNDERSTOOD. SOON AFTER BILL JOINED THE BAND THERE WAS ANOTHER NEED. NOW FOR A BASS PLAYER. MATT GOWEL (a.k.a. growl) WAS A FRIEND OF THE BAND BEFORE JOINING AND AT FIRST WAS THEIR BOOKING AGENT GETTING A LOT OF SHOWS AND PROMOTING THEM AS WELL. HE ALSO IS A VERY TALENTED BASS PLAYER WITH PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE IN BANDS AND HAS A LOT OF CONTACTS IN THE LOCAL SCENE, MAKING IT REAL EASY AND CLEAR TO THE BAND THAT THIS IS THE GUY TO BE A PART OF MISUNDERSTOOD. NOW THAT THERE IS A SINGER AND A NEW BASSIST IN PLACE, BOTH LOOKING TO BE LONG TERM, MISUNDERSTOOD IS WORKING HARDER, LONGER AND CREATING EVEN HEAVIER, HARDER MUSIC THAN EVER BEFORE. THERE IS A WHOLE NEW ENERGY TO THIS BAND AND IT IS BRUTAL!!! LOOK OUT FOR THIS NEW WAVE OF CHICAGO METAL COMING HEAD ON!!!
