Music Style Progressive Power Metal

Artist History THE STORY OF RESISTANCE STARTS IN THE SUMMER OF 1987... AFTER THE DISPANSION OF THE POPULAR SAN GABRIEL VALLEY THRASH QUARTET KNOWN AS HEATHEN, MATT, PAUL AND DAN WENT ON TO REFORM THE GROUP A YEAR LATER. WITH THE HELP OF NEWLY AQUIRED GUITARIST E.F. MARTINEZ. THEY NAMED THE NEW GROUP CAUSTIC VISAGE AND BEGAN TO PLAY EXTENSIVELY IN THE SO. CALIFORNIA AREA. AFTER THE RELEASE OF THEIR WELL-RECEIVED, SELF-TITLED DEMO, THE GROUP WENT ON TO OPEN FOR SUCH NATIONAL TOURING ACTS SUCH AS METAL CHURCH, MOTORHEAD, AND SAVATAGE. UNFORTUNATELY THE GROUP MET WITH AN UNTIMELY DEMISE. MATT, PAUL, DAN AND E.F. THEN PARTED WAYS AND EVERYONE WENT IN THEIR OWN DIRECTION. DAN AND E.F. WENT ON TO FORM A LOCAL THRASH BAND CALLED DECEASED. E.F. THEN WENT ON TO PLAY WITH RECIPIENTS OF DEATH AND FINALLY FOUND A HOME IN DAVID WAYNE’S REVEREND. REVEREND WAS THE BAND WAYNE FORMED AFTER LEAVING METAL CHURCH. E.F. TOURED EXTENSIVELY WITH REVEREND IN SUPPORT OF THE PLAY GOD ALBUM. HE ALSO PLAYED ON THE REVEREND LIVE CD. DURING THIS TIME MATT WENT ON TO PLAY WITH THE PROGRESSIVE METAL GROUP SIEGED WISDOM AND BEGAN TO EXPLORE OTHER TYPES OF PLAYING STYLES. MATT, PAUL AND DAN EVENTUALLY RETURNED TO PLAYING TOGETHER AND FORMED ANOTHER NEW GROUP “ANARCHY DIVINE”. ANARCHY DIVINE PLAYED A PROGRESSIVE TYPE OF METAL ALA FATES WARNING AND DREAM THEATER. THIS NEW GROUP PROVED TO BE A VERY VALUABLE EXPERIENCE FOR MATT, PAUL, AND DAN AS THEY EVOLVED INTO A COHESIVE UNIT AND EXPLORED THEIR PLAYING ABILITIES. ANARCHY DIVINE GAINED A RESPECTABLE FOLLOWING IN THE PROGRESSIVE METAL UNDERGROUND EVENTUALLY OPENING FOR THE BANDS THAT HAD INFLUENCED THEM. DREAM THEATER BEING THE MOST MEMORABLE. BUT ONCE AGAIN PROBLEMS WITH OTHER MEMBERS OF THE GROUP DESTROYED THE BAND. ABOUT THE SAME TIME REVEREND WAS HAVING THE SAME TYPE OF INNER CONFLICT AND THE GROUP SPLIT UP. MATT, PAUL AND DAN EVENTUALLY ASSIMILATED BACK INTO SOCIETY AND THEIR FRIENDSHIPS WERE LOST IN THE HUSTLE AND BUSTLE OF DAY TO DAY LIFE. SEVERAL YEARS LATER MATT AND PAUL, ONCE AGAIN, FELT THE NEED TO PUT ANOTHER GROUP TOGETHER WITH THE IDEA OF WRITING SONGS FOR THEMSELVES. E.F. WAS THE FIRST CHOICE TO FILL THE VACANT GUITAR POSITION. THROUGH A TWIST OF FATE AND SOME FOOTWORK E.F. WAS LOCATED AND RESISTANCE WAS BORN. WHEN THE TIME CAME TO ADD A VOCALIST THE OBVIOUS CHOICE WAS PAUL’S BROTHER TIM. ALTHOUGH TIM HAS NEVER SUNG WITH A BAND BEFORE JOINING RESISTANCE, HE HAD GROWN UP LISTENING TO MATT AND PAUL’S OTHER PROJECTS AND THEY HAD FAITH IN HIS ABILITIES. AFTER EIGHT MONTHS OF REHEARSALS AND ONE SHOW, SOMETHING WAS STILL MISSING. THE BAND DECIDED THEY NEEDED ANOTHER GUITAR PLAYER TO FILL OUT THE SOUND, AND REALIZE THE FULL POTENTIAL OF THE POWERFUL MUSIC THEY WERE CREATING. DAN WAS THE ONLY CHOICE, AND AFTER BEING LOCATED, JOINED IMMEDIATELY. E.F. AND DAN HAVE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PLAYING STYLES WHICH COMPLEMENT EACH OTHER AND RIVAL ANY GUITAR TEAM IN THE BUSINESS TODAY. A SOLID FRIENDSHIP AND YEARS OF PLAYING TOGETHER HAS PROVEN TO BE INSPIRATIONAL FOR DAN AND E.F. AS WELL AS THE ENTIRE BAND. WITH THE WIDE VARIETIES OF STYLES AND INFLUENCES IN RESISTANCE, THE BAND HAS CREATED A BRAND OF METAL THAT THEY FEEL HAS INTEGRITY. THEY WRITE FOR THEMSELVES, WHICH COMES ACROSS VIVIDLY IN THEIR MUSIC. THEIR SONGS RANGE FROM HEAVY AND GRINDING TO POWERFUL AND MELODIC WITH INTRICATE,INTELLIGENT, AND INSIGHTFULL LYRICS. RESISTANCE IS CONFIDENT THAT THE MUSIC THEY CREATE WILL APPEAL TO A WIDE VARIETY OF TASTES, AND FILL THE VOID IN TODAYS MODERN METAL MUSIC, THROUGH THEIR BRAND OF PROGRESSIVE, POWER METAL.

Group Members TIM SHIGO/VOCALS - DAN LUNA / GUITARS - EF MARTINEZ/GUITARS - PAUL SHIGO/BASS - MATT OHNEMUS/DRUMS & PERCUSSION

Location Glendora, CA - USA

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