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Today Is The Day
Real Name:
Steve Austin
Profile:
Experimental-terror-metal noise heroes TODAY IS THE DAY are a full-on horror show. Harder, heavier and just plain truer, TITD is the real, zero-compromise deal. TODAY IS THE DAY formed in 1992, immediately gaining attention and recognition throughout the worldwide underground. The band's founder, lead guitarist/vocalist and producer, Steve Austin doesn't live on Earth... his riffs are created when atoms collide and explode in a nuclear fusion of total madness. Austin and company have figured out how to lull the listener into a sickening trance only to pummel them with the next dose of pure hate and chaos.
The band has released seven albums (six studio and one live) and each one is more electrifyingly frightening than the last. TODAY IS THE DAY couldn't get any scarier. A psychedelic bloodbath onstage, TODAY IS THE DAY is a frothing, sinewy manifestation of metal energy - a nuclear id collapsing sex, power, and religion upon themselves. A self-actualized concept of good and evil; the absence of tolerance, pity, and devotion to God; insatiable hedonism: Toss these traits in the blender, amplify with detuned, molten speed metal, add visceral sound bites from film noir, and the resulting deformity will resemble TODAY IS THE DAY.
Current members:
Steve Austin – guitar, vocals
Ryan Jones – bass
Curran Reynolds – drums
Some former members:
Brad Elrod – drums (1992–96) (1998–99)
Mike Herrell – bass (1992–96)
Chris Reeser – bass (1996–98)
Mike Hyde – drums (1997–98)
Bill Kelliher – bass (1999)
Brann Dailor – drums (1999)
Chris Debari – bass (2000–08)
Marshall Kilpatric – drums (2000–02)
Mike Rosswog – drums (2004, 2008)
Derek Roddy – drums (2007–08)
The band has released seven albums (six studio and one live) and each one is more electrifyingly frightening than the last. TODAY IS THE DAY couldn't get any scarier. A psychedelic bloodbath onstage, TODAY IS THE DAY is a frothing, sinewy manifestation of metal energy - a nuclear id collapsing sex, power, and religion upon themselves. A self-actualized concept of good and evil; the absence of tolerance, pity, and devotion to God; insatiable hedonism: Toss these traits in the blender, amplify with detuned, molten speed metal, add visceral sound bites from film noir, and the resulting deformity will resemble TODAY IS THE DAY.
Current members:
Steve Austin – guitar, vocals
Ryan Jones – bass
Curran Reynolds – drums
Some former members:
Brad Elrod – drums (1992–96) (1998–99)
Mike Herrell – bass (1992–96)
Chris Reeser – bass (1996–98)
Mike Hyde – drums (1997–98)
Bill Kelliher – bass (1999)
Brann Dailor – drums (1999)
Chris Debari – bass (2000–08)
Marshall Kilpatric – drums (2000–02)
Mike Rosswog – drums (2004, 2008)
Derek Roddy – drums (2007–08)
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Facebook, MySpace, indiemerch.com/todayistheday, relapse.com/label/artist/today-is-the-day.html, Wikipedia
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One of the weirdest bands in existence today. They got it all - ambience, noise, rock, long druggy trips in audio form and satanic references. The only constant member is Steve Austin (not the relative of another, more famous guy, I guess). Unlike many of their peers, however, they are able to write good songs and usually don't create weirdness for the sake of weirdness and heaviness for the sake of heaviness (save for some of pieces on overtly long albums, like epic "Sadness Will Prevail"). Overall, veridct on my part would be the same as it was in the case of Swans - some will be shocked, some will be devastated, some will like, some will hate it (with passion, quite possibly), but no one will feel indifferent to their work.