Artist description Headkore is a very heavy/melodic hardkore band. The band consists of two vocalists, one guitar, one bass, and one drummer. We are trying to bring some of our favorite styles together in one great heavy and sometimes emotional hard-core sound. We encourage you come to a show though, we love to put on a good show.

Music Style hard-core/melodic/ heavy fucking shit

Musical Influences Fear Factory, Slipknot, Sevendust, Snot, (hed)PE, Zao, NIN, Nirvana, Pantera, Alice in Chains, Staind, System of a Down, Slayer, Black Sabath, Incubus, and so many more.

Similar Artists I think we have a touch of all of our influences, and we have been told we sound like many bands, but we try not to sound like anyone.

Artist History It all started back in about August of 2000, when Ja’Kane (who we’ll call J throughout the rest of the story) and Chris used to be in a thrash metal band together with a couple of other guys. We won’t get into individual names or even band names due to some bad blood and raging ego problems. J and Chris decided to leave, taking one of the guitar players, Nick, with them to pursue heavier music that was more fun to play. You see, after a couple years of having almost no fan base and no crowds at their shows because of a ridiculously horrible singer they were ready to move on. Fact of the matter was that they were tired of having to get drunk to have fun on stage. In the old band Chris played bass, and with the change in music Chris also changed by switching to guitar, which he is now much more passionate about. They set out to do something different, with two guitar players and a drummer. The obvious next step was to start writing some new material while searching for a bass player and a vocalist. They soon found Mitch, a serious bass player who had just started college. As a four piece they were steadily pumping out music, but still missing the vocal element that completes the package. They tried out several singers, some who just plain sucked, and some who were very talented, but lacked the motivation to be serious musicians. After a couple of months of failed vocal tryout attempts they finally found Andy, a young dreamer who had just gotten married and had a baby. Andy also came with other benefits; he was a graphics/web designer, which would also be a big help to the band. Andy had a vision of a band with two vocalists, a band that could keep the crowd entertained easier and could do vocal overlays that other bands could not do on stage. He brought the idea to the bands attention in the beginning, and they liked it, so they continued writing music for a month or so when they finally found Jerry. Jerry seemed to have almost everything in his voice that Andy did not have, meaning that they would clash in everything that they sang, which was exactly what the band was looking for. Things were going well for the band at this point, when suddenly Nick, the other guitar player, ran into some financial and personal problems that forced him to leave the band. He left of good terms and is still a great friend; one who shows up to shows at that. The band adapted to the loss of Nick, and decided that finding another guitar player to fit the bands style was probably not worth the effort. So Chris rose to the challenge of being the only guitar player and pumped out the madness for the group. A couple months and four newly constructed songs later Headkore found themselves recording their first four-song demo at Indian Trail Recording. The tracks were called Not so Happy, F.Y.S, Mathew 5:6-8 (now called just Mathew), and Minds in Disarray. There were a few kinks before, during, and after the recording process with the bass player, Mitch, which led to the band letting him go within a month after the recording process was finished. Days after Mitch’s departure Hazy was brought in to take over. Hazy was a friend of the band and there was no question as to whether he could do the job or he had the right attitude. The lineup was complete in the mind of the band.Hazy joined at the beginning of January 2001. Since then Headkore has been gigging in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, and is steadily working on new material to complete the first set of songs for their first full length. At this point in time it’s looking like the first full length should be in the recording process by mid 2001. Beware; Headkore is now in full attack mode and ready to make change to the Dallas/Fort Worth local hard-core scene.

Group Members Ja'Kane - percussionChris - stringsAndy - vocalsJerry - vocalsHazy - bass

Instruments Vocals, Drums, Guitar, and Bass

Albums Untitled 4 Song Demo

Press Reviews DallasMusic.com - If you are going to be at Big Iron next week be sure to check out Headkore one of the opening bands that night. I've been jamming Headkore for a while now. I picked up their demo at a Hellafied, Tek 3 and Big Iron show in mid 2k and I've been down ever since. This group hails mostly from Lake Dallas and they seem to be really down individuals. I got a chance to sit down and chill with both vocalists Jerry and Andy at the Big Iron show on Friday to talk about what's new in the world of Headkore. They are geared to start production on the full-length album soon. And that their buzz is greatly increasing with every show. As far as the demo goes it is underground like Biggie and Tupac. In my opinion Headkore is the voice for all members of the nonconformist anti-society, with songs like FYS (Fuck You Society) and Not So Happy they will quickly win over any anarchist metal head attending their shows. A groundbreaking blend of aggressive metal stomp with delicate melodic undertones Headkore is some of the most original shit out there so. If you make it to a show pull one of the Headkore guys over and threaten to ventilate their neck if they don't give you a demo and I'm sure they will be more than happy to comply and from that point you will be hooked as well. I'll bet my next 10 minutes of oxygen on it.

Location Dallas, Texas - USA

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