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About Me

Born in the year 2000 in San Bernardion California, Contortion was givin birth by Brian Stone. The band started as, and remains, a heavy metal/thrash act, compared by friends and fans to the likes of Slayer, Sepultura, Between The Buried And Me, Lamb Of God and Machine Head, to name a few. Contortion has been nominated in the Coachella Valley Music Award for "Best out of town band" and "Best heavy metal band". Another accomplishment of the band was placing 9th of 700 bands trying out for the popular MTV show "Battle for Ozzfest". The band has recieved regular air play on KCAL 96.7FM and continues to have air play on KCXX 103.9FM through DJ Dirty D. The band has also been reviewed in the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, as well as in Skinnie Magazine and Fast Times Magazine.Contortion has played sold out shows at the Whiskey A-Go-Go, The Roxy, House Of Blues, Key Club, The Viper Room and The Knitting Factory. The band has opened for Testament, Ankla, F-5 ( with Dave Ellefson of Megadeth), Dry Kill Logic, Overkill, Bleed The Sky, Satyricon, Six Feet Under, Hemlock, Prong and Dragonlord.

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Member Since: 1/18/2005
Band Members:
Influences: SLAYER, MEGADETH, ANTHRAX, ALICE IN CHAINS, FEAR FACTORY, THE HAUNTED, DEVIL DRIVER, SHADOWS FALL, SLIPKNOT, DRYKILL LOGIC MUCH MORE, PRETTY MUCH ANYBODY GOOD IN THE METAL AND HARD ROCK SCENE, ALSO ANY GOOD BANDS WE'VE MET!
Sounds Like: CONTORTION
Type of Label: None

My Blog

update for the fans and friends

hey friends and family and fans of Contortion, Stone here to give you the latest update on what is going on with the band.as some of you well know Twist has quit due to personal indiscrepencies and be...
Posted by CONTORTION on Sun, 13 May 2007 03:37:00 PST

ON LINE INTERVIEW!

THANKS TO MIKE FROM ASSCASTLE FOR GRANTING ME THE INTERVIEW! How many of you out there live in the Inland Empire? Those of you that do, have probably seen the band Contortion open for Six F...
Posted by CONTORTION on Mon, 05 Feb 2007 09:23:00 PST

INLAND VALLEY BAILEY BULLETIN ARTICLE!

After much turnover, Contortion determined to play -->subtitle--> -->byline--> By Canan Tasci, Staff Writer ...
Posted by CONTORTION on Sat, 06 Jan 2007 02:51:00 PST

THE TRUTH UPDATED!

OK SO AS OF LATE LOTS OF STORIES CIRCULATING ABOUT THE BAND, SOME GOOD SOME BAD BUT HEY IN THIS BUSINESS YOU GOTTA RMEMBER ONE THING... " THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS BAD PRESS!" &n...
Posted by CONTORTION on Fri, 22 Dec 2006 07:54:00 PST

THANKS EVERYONE!

" It burns, it rips , it hurts, they make you bleed your turn.. The chance of a lifetime, how does it feel to be alive?" Very strong words from the band In Fl...
Posted by CONTORTION on Tue, 08 Aug 2006 11:35:00 PST

CONTORTION MUSIC!

MANY OF YOU FANS HAVE BEEN GETTING A COPY OF THE DISC AS OF LATE BUT NOT MUCH INFO ON THE DISC ITSELF SO HERES THE INFO~ THERE ARE `18 SONGS ON THE DISCS AND THE SONGS A...
Posted by CONTORTION on Wed, 26 Apr 2006 02:01:00 PST

through the eyes of stone

So here is my point of view and brief run down of last weekend. it is rare that we post the story of the shows but the last weekend was so insane that I have to say something.So on sat. I arrived in L...
Posted by CONTORTION on Thu, 23 Feb 2006 05:31:00 PST

Update

IT IS TIME ONCE AGAIN TO THANK ALL THE FANS AND FRIENDS WHO CAME OUT TO THE SHOWS IN HOLLYWOOD AND OF COURSE RIVERSIDE. THE HOUSE OF BLUES SHOW WILL REMAIN WITH US FOR A LONG ...
Posted by CONTORTION on Tue, 21 Feb 2006 04:30:00 PST

this is stone

So yea it is I the Guitarist/Singer Brian Stone, i don't always control or handle this site but it has come to my attention that we have a crap load of friends on our list that are a bucnh of stupid w...
Posted by CONTORTION on Wed, 08 Feb 2006 04:05:00 PST

THIS IS IT! OUR NEW POSTER!

YUP THIS IS IT! OUR NEW POSTER! HOT ISN'T IT! SO YEAH THIS IS THE FIRST ITEM OF OUR NEW LINE OF CONTORTION MERCH! SHIRTS AND STICKERS COMING NEXT! TH...
Posted by CONTORTION on Sun, 15 Jan 2006 05:31:00 PST