Droid (band)

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Droid
Origin Long Beach, California, U.S.
Genres Groove metal, [1] metalcore
Years active1997–2010
LabelsEmotional Syphon Recordings
Past membersJamie Teissere
Bruce Childress
Nick McWells
Ryan Burchfield
Duke
James Eason
Dirt E
Bryan
FIL

Droid (sometimes typeset as -D-R-O-I-D- or DROID as to fit their official logo) was an American groove metal band from Long Beach, California, formerly signed to Korn member James "Munky" Shaffer's record label Emotional Syphon Records.

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History

Droid was signed to Emotional Syphon Records after Korn guitarist James "Munky" Shaffer saw them perform at the world-renowned Whisky a Go Go in Los Angeles. [2] The band accompanied Korn and Limp Bizkit on their 2003 Back 2 Basics Tour, as well as the 2006 and 2007 installments of the Family Values Tour. [3]

Droid also served as backing musicians for Korn bassist Fieldy's side project Fieldy's Dreams. [4]

The band was voted 2007 newcomer of the year at The Gauntlet, and the music video for "Fueled by Hate" was voted the No. 11 video of 2007 on MTV2's Headbangers Ball . [5] [6]

Droid released a free new song "Condemn the Weak" in 2009 on Droidmusic.com in anticipation of following-up their self-titled 2007 album, but it never materialized. The band is currently defunct. [7]

Former bassist Wilfred "Duke" Collins died on March 22, 2015. [8]

Discography

TitleRelease dateLabel
Demo2001Independent
Demo2002Independent
Arizona EP2002Independent
Swallow the Cure2003Independent
Swallow the Cure2006Emotional Syphon Records
Droid July 10, 2007Emotional Syphon Records

Members

Final lineup

Former members

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References

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  3. "DROID Added To FAMILY VALUES Tour - July 19, 2006". Blabbermouth.net . September 30, 2007. Archived from the original on October 1, 2007.
  4. "DROID Finish Tracking Instruments For New CD - Nov. 4, 2003". Blabbermouth.net . September 30, 2007. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007.
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