HISTORY IN A NUTSHELLOver the past ten years the band has become a skilled, unique metal band with six members. Drive actually started as a rough two- man
project from the suburbs of Helsinki.
Drive's debut album, 1st Class enemy, was released February the 20th 2004. The first release, EP Circles, was a great kick start; and the video for the song, Circles,
went straight to number one on Moon TV's Top 6 -video chart show (local cable channel).
Since then, they've done TV performances & interviews with MoonTV and TV1 (Finnish National TV) and have received radio airplay from several different metal shows all over the world.
In the summer of 2000, vocalist, J., met guitarist, Euge, and asked him to jam with drummer, Dallas, and himself in a try-out. The chemistry of the three musicians was instantaneous, and Euge brought his old friends, bass player I.T., and vocalist, Nico, to the next jam session. The band we now know as Drive was born. Drive played its first gig at Helsinki's legendary, Tavastia-club, only a few months after the guys first met each other. After the gig J.'s old friend, Reeo, joined the band and added in the keyboard portion that the band had in mind. Demonic, later stepped in and is now the keyboardist who gives Drive the raging metal touch. Later Nico and Euge was replaced with T.M. and Renton
WHAT DO YOU GET WHEN YOU GO WITH DRIVE?
You get your hands full with explosive metal, loops and modern industrial elements - not to mention the two stunning vocalists! Over the past few years the music itself has grown even more aggressive; and the musicians themselves describe it as, ass kicking metal. Starting from the very first beat, Drives straightforward attitude immediately hits you right in the stomach. They're domestically called the "Finnish bastard child of Slipknot and Fear Factory"; and Drive takes Finnish metal onto a whole new level. On the debut of 1st Class Enemy the band boldly chooses to use elements from mainstream dance pop music without prejudice. The music has been described as "controlled mechanical chaos" and no kidding; the band itself has been referred to as "the loudest band in Finland"! If you can handle this band, you can handle e v e r y t h i n g .
You've been warned.
Crib45: (featuring T.M. & Renton from Drive)
