Final Riot

Description:

Name:

Final Riot

Screen Name:

FinalRiot

Years Together:

4

Level Of Commitment:

Very Committed

Gigs Played:

50 to 100

Tend to Practice:

2-3 times per week

Available to Gig:

1 time(s) per week

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www.myspace.com/finalriot

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It all started in the summer of 2004 with just a few friends from school getting together to play their instruments. These young men formed a band, but needed a name. After tossing around many ideas, they came up with Final Riot. In March of 2005 Chris joined on vocals. Then in January 2006, after bad runs with two different drummers, the guys found a reliable drummer and a steady line-up and began to write more original material. Though in early August 2006, after long droughts of no practice and various musical differences, three members of Final Riot quit to form their own project, leaving Tyler Bingaman (guitar) and Chris Stokes (vocals) to find new musicians to continue what they had worked so hard for. Shortly after the dust had settled, Chris called upon a good friend (who was in another band at the time) and bassist Josh Fearing who had offered to fill in. The guys agreed, Josh joined on the bass guitar and Final Riot was slowly on their way back.

After a few weeks with only one guitar player and no drummer, Final Riot was still in search for members. Soon they found Alex Denny, a friend and former co-worker of Tyler’s to play guitar. The four continued searching for their last member, with no luck kept looking but focused on writing music acoustically. After eight months without a drummer and only a few prospects in mind, in March of 2007 Final Riot found their fifth member in former Soul Crisis drummer Brett Johnson. Less than a month later Final Riot was up and running and debuted the new line-up at two local high school battle of the bands before entering the studio to record their first demo.

The band continued to play shows throughout the rest of 2007 and into early 2008, sharing the stage with such acts as the legendary Prong and Bleed The Sky (among many other local, regional and national acts). In March of 2008 Final Riot returned to the studio and recorded two more songs to complete their four song EP entitled “Blacklisted”. Soon after, Tyler announced he would be leaving for the Navy soon, so the band began looking for someone to fill in for him while he was gone for basic training. The guys came up with a few names, but only one really stood out. That name was Matt DeWolf, a friend of Chris and Josh’s and a former band mate of Josh’s prior to joining Final Riot full time. Though the likelihood of recruiting Matt was very slim because of rumors of him moving out of state, out of pure coincidence, Chris happened to run into him at a local pool hall and invited him to jam with the band.

Matt caught on quickly and continued to jam with the guys for the rest of the summer. With Tyler’s last show coming in early August 2008, the guys decided it was best to move on and have Matt take over in place of Tyler. Shortly after Matt joined officially Josh decided that he needed to take time to focus on his academics. With Josh's departue, the guys called upon a good friend of the band, Ben Hill (ex-Disruptor/Red Light Massacre) to take on bass duties. Now with a new line-up and attitude the guys of Final Riot are ready to take the world by storm!

Influences:

(in no particular order)
Metallica
Pantera
Godsmack
Deftones
Pink Floyd
Guns N' Roses
Disturbed
Mudvayne
Avenged Sevenfold
Sevendust
Machine Head
Staind
Alice In Chains
Tool
Rob Zombie
White Zombie
Slipknot
Shadows Fall
Acid Bath
Lamb of God
Down
Black Sabbath
Ozzy Osbourne
Judas Priest
AC/DC
Black Label Society
Slayer
Superjoint Ritual
Corrosion of Conformity
Crowbar
Clutch
Eyehategod
etc...

Members Of Band:

Chris - Vocals
Alex - Guitar
Matt - Guitar
Ben - Drums

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