Flybanger
Template:Use mdy dates Template:Short description Template:Infobox musical artist Flybanger was a Canadian metal band from Vancouver. They are best known for their 2001 major label release Headtrip to Nowhere.<ref>"Flybanger – Headtrip To Nowhere". Pop Matters, Jason Thompson</ref>
History
The band started out performing under the name Jar. They released two CDs under that name, including Knott Skull in 1998. The song "Regional Pump" from their 1996 debut Harsh and Discord appeared in the credits for the Canadian science fiction film Laserhawk, released in 1997.
Because there was more than one other band with the same name, the band members decided to rename their group Flybanger.<ref name=chart>Template:Usurped. Chart Attack January 3, 2001. Tim Melton.</ref> They released a five track EP titled Outlived in 2000.<ref>"News From the Pit". Louisville Music News, April 2001, Laura Spalding</ref>
In 2001, the band released an album, Headtrip to Nowhere, as Flybanger through Sony Music in 2001, which was produced by Matt Wallace (Faith No More, The Replacements, Deftones, Maroon 5, etc.).<ref name="CMJ.2001">Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="Inc.2001">Template:Cite magazine</ref> Playing on the album were singer Garth Allen, guitarist Bryan Fratesi, Tom Macdonald on bass and Rob Wade on drums.<ref>"Headtrip to Nowhere" (Columbia; 2001)". Rough Edge, Reviewed by Jeff Rogers</ref> The singles released from Headtrip To Nowhere were "Cavalry", "Radical" and "Blind World". The latter was also used on the soundtrack for the motion picture Dracula 2000.
The band toured in support of the album.<ref name=chart />
In 2003, the band broke up.<ref name="Inc.2003">Template:Cite book</ref> Original Lyricist and lead singer Mark Simson was released as part of the break up. In 2005, Rob Wade (drums) and Garth Allen (vocals) joined Kill Rhythm, a band started by Rob Thiessen (formerly of Noise Therapy). In March 2009, following the breakup of Kill Rhythm,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> both Wade and Allen turned their focus to the heavy acoustic rock project, The Thick of It.
In 2013, the band released an album under their original name of Jar. containing re-recordings of several of their older songs.
Members
- Garth Allen – vocals
- Bryan Fratesi – guitar
- Tom MacDonald – bass, vocals
- Rob Wade – drums, percussion
- Chris Smith – bass
Discography as Flybanger
- Outlived EP (Gotham Records – 2000)
- Headtrip to Nowhere (Columbia Records – 2001)
Discography as Jar.
- Harsh And Discord EP (self released – 1996)
- Knott Skull (Factor Records – 1998)
- Jar (self released – 2013)
- 2003 Demos (self released – 2020)
Discography as Jarr.
- Jarr EP (self released – 2003)