Droid (band)

Droid
Origin	Long Beach, California, United States
Genres	Groove metal , metalcore
Years active	1997–2010
Labels	Emotional Syphon Recordings
Associated acts	The Deadlights Corporate Avenger
Website	Official site
Members	Jamie Teissere Bruce Childress Nick McWells Ryan Burchfield
Past members	Duke James Eason Dirt E Bryan FIL

Droid (sometimes typeset as -D-R-O-I-D- or DROID as to fit their official logo) is an American Heavy metal/Death metal band from Long Beach, California currently signed to Korn member James "Munky" Shaffer's record label Emotional Syphon Records.

History

Droid was signed to Emotional Syphon Records after Korn guitarist James "Munky" Shaffer saw them perform at the world-renowned Whiskey-A-Go-Go. The band accompanied Korn and Limp Bizkit on their 2003 Back 2 Basics tour, as well as the 2006 and 2007 installments of the Family Values Tour.

Droid also served as backing musicians for Korn bassist Fieldy's side project Fieldy's Dreams.

The band was voted 2007 newcomer of the year at The Gauntlet, and the music video for "Fueled By Hate" was voted the No. 11 video of 2007 on MTV2's Headbangers Ball.

Droid released a free new song "Condemn the Weak" in 2009 on Droidmusic.com in anticipation of following-up their self-titled 2007 album, but it never materialized. The band is currently defunct.

Former bass player Wilfred "Duke" Collins died on March 22, 2015.

Discography

Title	Release date	Label	Track listing
Demo	2001	Independent	Track listing 1.Burning Skies 2.Escpae 3.Induce 4.Dissolve
Demo	2002	Independent	Track listing 1.Leave This Behind
Arizona EP	2002	Independent	Track listing 1.Priceless 2.Escpae 3.Silence 4.This Day 5.Four Walls Black
Swallow the Cure	2003	Independent	Track listing 1.Swallow the cure 2.Four Walls Black 3.Leave This Behind 4.Delay 5.Silence 6.Dissolve 7.Priceless 8.Escape 9.This Day 10.Burning Skies 11.Instrumental
Swallow the Cure	2006	Emotional Syphon Records
Droid	July 10, 2007	Emotional Syphon Records	Track listing 1.The Resurrection 2.Fueled By Hate 3.God Of Anger 4.Built To Last 5.No Gods No Masters 6.Withdrawals Of Me 7.Vengeance Is Mine 8.For The Following 9.Behind Dead Eyes 10.Salt The Graves 11.Together We Die 12. My Oath

Members

Current

Jamie Teissere – guitar (1997 - current)
Bruce Childress - guitar (1997 - current)
Nick McWells – drums (2005 - current)
Ryan Burchfield - bass (2007 - current)

Former

James Eason – vocals (1997–2010)
Alan Mendoza (Band Founder) - bass (1996–2000)
Dirt E - bass (2001, 2004–2005)
Bryan - bass (2002–2004)
Wilfred "Duke" Collins - bass (2005–2007)
Fil Rebellato - drums (2002–2004)

Interviews

• James "Buddy" Eason Interview on Minnage
• James “Buddy” Eason Interview on Type 3 Media

External links

• Official site
• Official MySpace