Deadfront
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| Status | Information needed |
| Active years | 1995-1999, 2013-2015 |
| Origin | Des Moines, Iowa, USA |
| Related bands | Slipknot, Stone Sour, Downthesun, On A Pale Horse, Painface |
Biography
"(...) When the band originally formed in Des Moines three years, Deadfront consisted of Dan Spain on drums, Peltz on guitar and Max Hudson on vocals. The group quickly recognized something was missing and decided to do some reorganizing. Peltz opted to take over at the mic and Hudson picked up a guitar. Deadfront then invited two newcomers to the then trio, bassist Shawn Economaki and guitarist Jim Root, both from the group Stone Sour which broke up last August. (...) Deadfront plan to head into Catamount Studios in Cedar Falls this spring to begin recording the band’s first demo tape. “We’re gonna really try to sell this one to help promote ourselves,” Economaki said."[1]
"The late 90s were a time before Slipknot struck fame and in Des Moines there were basically two pools of talent - one being Slipknot, the other being Deadfront. (...) Deadfront consisted of Jim Root (guitarist for Slipknot and Stone Sour), Aaron Peltz (vocalist for On a Pale Horse & Downthesun), Shawn Economacki (bass for Stone Sour), Danny Spain (drummer for Downthesun), among a couple other guitarists that rotated in and out. It was a great line-up of guys that had great chemistry and a great sound together. DF brought a heavy, tight sound that always had the crowd jumping, churning, and banging their heads. It was always a high energy and very satisfying show. (...) something happened in January 1999. (...) Jim left, and Shawn left soon after to be a tour roadie for Slipknot. The remaining guys decided to try continuing and replaced Jim with their sound tech, Matt Sepanic. Matt was a decent guitar player but it is really hard to fill Jim's shoes. Jim had been playing for something like 15 years at this point and had long agile fingers. Jim could play amazing music without even trying. During their first show with the new line-up Kelly and I both cringed as Matt tried to play Jim's solos. It did not sound good. Chunky, clumsy, awkward and strained. (...) Instead of getting Matt to play the guitar parts correctly or finding someone that could, the band decided to add a DJ to the line-up. The DJ then proceeded to scratch all through the solos and more difficult guitar sections...as well as throwing in random stuff throughout the songs. This helped cover up Matt's inept guitar playing but it also sounded terrible. It muddled Deadfronts sound and made it seem like a pile of noise instead of well written hard rock songs. (...) The guys in Deadfront finally called it quits and went on to different projects."[2]
Members
Last known line-up:
- Aaron Peltz - guitars (1995-?), vocals
- Matt Sepanic - guitar (1999-)
- Josh Brainard - guitar (1999-?, 2013-)
- Shawn Economaki - bass (1997-1999, 2013-)
- Danny Spain - drums
- DJ Phase II - turntables (1999-)
Former members:
- Wade Thompson - bass (2001)
- James Root - guitar (1997-1999)
- Tim Flor - guitar (1999-)
- Max Hudson - guitar (1998-)
- Bruce Swink - guitar (2001-)