Artist description Super tight,heavy sounding 3 piece, intense gimmick-free live shows.Totally unique approach to music and the instruments themselves.

Music Style intense technically fueled rock

Musical Influences Mr. Bungle, Faith No More, Primus, Meshuggah, Slayer, Steely Dan, Stevie Wonder, Beatles, good things in general

Similar Artists none, but if you must, perhaps Helmet/Primus/FaithnoMore/VoiVod

Artist History Coinmonster was started in 1990 by Jon Reider, John Troutman and David Galazia.The band built up a large Ohio/Pa following in a quick amount of time and continues to spread the music to as many cities as possible. In 1999, Troutman left the bandto pursue a career in biology, and the group picked up long time New Castle friend, Rick Stoner on bass. The band playsconstantly and is probably playing as you read this....

Group Members David Galazia - DrumsRick Stoner - BassJonJon Reider - Guitar and Vocals

Instruments guitar/bass/drums/mouth

Albums Two More Weeks - 1992 Work Sweat and Pain Among Friends -1993 Candybowl 7" -1994 Guido El' Sorrio CD -1995, Universal Solvent CD -1997, Untitled CD- 2000

Press Reviews Here's a review of "8 Little Knocks" from RAW (Canada)one of my all time favourite bands is coinmonster so it's a pleasure to hear this new track from the indie giants of the north east. this time minus bassist, john troutman. i always assumed that if you took any member out of the coinmonster trio, the band would change because their music is so unique and tight, it's hard to imagine that someone else could fill the shoes of any member. but rick stoner fits the bill no prob and brings new goodness to an already amazing group without compromising any of coinmonster's singular style.it's rare that we get to say a band sounds like no other but in the case of coinmonster it's true. a brutal assault of heavy guitar, drums and bass packed into one tight as hell package of unclassifiable style. "8 little knocks" is classic coinmonster. filled with strange breaks, aggressive notes, jon jon reider's trademark vocals, countless progressions and musical fury. fans of helmet or aggressive music in general should check out this track. it's the first single from their latest (as yet untitled) release. a seamless blend of fierce sounds and melodic breaks, there's no band like this one. we're waiting, very impatiently, for more new tunes. Write up in the Pittsburgh City Paper To be completely awestruck, check out COINMONSTER. Over the course of their last 2 CD's, the trio hascreated, destroyed, and re-created their own worldof musical innovation. Pickless guitarist/vocalistJonJon Reider massages his 7-string guitar with allthe tenderness of steel wool, whacking out soundsand textures usually left to recently struck roadkill. John Troutman (bass) and David galazia (drums) create a unique rythmic punch, working rock/jazz/metal figuresinto completely new territory. Universal Solvent (quadropus recordings), their most recent release, is one of the best albums you'll ever experience. Heavy like Helmet, destructured like Crimson, lyrical homicide; this band is unlike anything you've ever heard. And the disc's superior sound makes you wonder if they are indeed from planet,much less local.

Location New Castle, PA - USA

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