Artist description KILLING FAITH is a hard-hitting rock band based in Unincorporated King County, Washington, U.S.A. Their music style is a dark, heavy melodic, metal with musical influences by Devin Townsend, Tool, Machine Head, James Murphy, A Perfect Circle, The Allman Brothers, Johnny Cash, The Tea Party, Alice in Chains, Pantera, Metallica, Guns-N-Roses, Pink Floyd and many others. KILLING FAITH blends a broad range of influences from the whole history of hard rock, without being derivative of any particular style, genre or group of artists. We are a band not afraid to speak about the issues confronting all of us in our daily lives without spewing unbridled hatred at an already aggression-saturated public.

Music Style Rock

Musical Influences Alice in Chains, AC/DC, Black Label Society, Black Sabbath, Clutch, The Cult, Dead Can Dance, Devin Townsend, Gruntruck, James Murphy, Machine Head, The Melvins, Ozzy, Pantera, A Perfect Circle, Pink Floyd, Tool

Similar Artists Alice in Chains, AC/DC, Black Label Society, Black Sabbath, Clutch, Dead Can Dance, Devin Townsend, Gruntruck, James Murphy, Machine Head, Melvins, Ozzy, Pantera, Perfect Circle, Pink Floyd, Tool

Artist History The Killing Faith biography begins with Rane Stone. Rane began his musical adventure in 1994 with local 80s/90s-style hard/glam rock band Alchemy. For five years, Alchemy cultivated a substantial following opening for the likes of Fozzy, Stuck Mojo and Sevendust. They gained radio attention and major-label interest only to undergo a complete disintegration. Through all of this, Rane not once wavered or lost sight of his personal goals, one of which was to bring music to ordinary people; to challenge and empower people through music and to let people know that they are not alone in the enigma known as life. Rane relocated to Seattle, Washington in the summer of 2000 to work on a solo outing called Ride the Dragon, but it was simply not meant to be. He was introduced to Shaun, the future bass player for Killing Faith, and together they adopted the name of one of Shauns previous bands songs called Killing Faith, and in its infancy, Killing Faith was born. Richard has been playing for over ten years and he has deliberately navigated a diverse musical course while remaining firmly committed to the ideal of distortion/drenched swirly guitar noise. During his formative years, he played in Skiff, a naïve yet fun proto-Britpop indie combo from his hometown of Bradford, England. He recorded two EPs and a single with this band between 1991 and 1993. Before joining Killing Faith, he entertained himself with various musical pursuits, the most notable being The Jimi Cook Experience with his brother, singer/songwriter James Cook, producing walls of psychedelic improvisational progressive din, and The Peace drawing strongly from his classic rock and blues background, the primary influence being the mighty Thin Lizzy. Shaun, being the youngest member of the band has a track record for staying busy and having a devoted dedication for music. Kinky Briefcase/96-97, Hyper Goat/97-98, Bad Syntax/98-99, Wasted Element/99-01, these are just a few of the bands and projects that Shaun has been involved in. Shauns influences come from just about everything in life and that is what makes all that he does a more and more interesting musical enchilada wrapped up in a burrito of B-B-BASS! With influences ranging from AC/DC, Jimi Hendrix, Nirvana, The Beatles, Alice In Chains, The Melvins, Tool, and George Carlin, he is sure to have an angle and point of view that most people have not even considered. Steve has been around the block a time or ten. Beginning life in Washington and moving to Kansas at the age of twelve, he spent most of his childhood getting into as much trouble as possible. He wanted to play drums in the school band but as is commonly the way of things, drums were deemed too expensive. Eventually he was able to afford a drum set and he found himself joining an alternative/punk band called Carpet and then on to another band called HCMF playing a brand of funk rap/metal. Later, a former member of Carpet proposed playing under the name of El Chupacabra, which they did on and off for about two years. Steve decided to move back to the Northwest and after putting an ad in The Seattle Drummer, and a few games of phone tag, Steve finally hooked up with Killing Faith for an audition and the rest is history.

Group Members Rane/vocals and guitars, Richard/lead guitars, Shaun/Bass, Stephen/Drums and Percussion.

Instruments All that are deemed necessary.

Albums Unincorporated / $DØG

Additional Info Credits KILLING FAITH ©2001/2002/2003 All Rights Reserved. Printed in U.S.A.

Location Seattle, Washington - USA

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