About me:
Full Name - Anthony
Nickname - Chovie
Date of Birth - June 2
Birthplace - A hospital!
Height - 5..'10.."
Favorite Color - Black or whatever shade of red blood is
Favorite Animal - White siberian tiger
Favorite Sea Creature - ANCHOVIES!!!!
Favorite Animal Print - Uh... A Moose?
Favorite Food - Sketti!!!
Favorite Vegetable - Uhm.... Brocolli with ranch or CORN!!!
Favorite Fruit - Orange!
Ideal Pizza - An edible one
Your Last Meal - Morelia..'s chile verde burritos
Favorite Potato Chips - The crispy kind.
Favorite Candy Bar - Milky Way
Ideal Sundae - I don..'t eat ice cream that way
Favorite Restaurant - Chilis
Favorite Fast Food - Arbys
Favorite Oriental Food - General Tso..'s Chicken
Favorite Holiday - Any one that gets me off work.
Favorite Season - Fuck winter.
Favorite Amusement Park - Disneyland
Favorite Vacation Spot - My bed
Something Outrageous You'd Like to Do - Eat dog poo.... =/
Favorite Beer - Hiney!!!!
Favorite Mixed Drink - Screwdriver
Favorite Soda - Pepsi
Favorite Latte - Mocha Frapachino with three shots of caramel.
Most Missed Memory - Michelle
Most Missed High School Memory - Ditto
Favorite Band - Lamb of God
Favorite Song - One Gun
Favorite Music Video - Twilight of the Thunder God - Amon Amarth
Favorite CD - Tie: Arch Enemy - Rise of the Tyrant, Arch Enemy - Wages of Sin, Lamb of God - As the Palaces Burn, and Lamb of God - Ashes of the Wake
Favorite Movie Soundtrack - The Matrix
Favorite Sitcom Soundtrack - I don't watch them
Favorite Concert - Ozzfest 2007
Concert You Want to See - A.T.R & In Flames and Children of Bodom
Favorite Guitarist - Michael Amott
Favorite Drummer - Chris Addler
Favorite Song Lyric - This could be the best night of our lives! - Dead to Fall
Favorite Rapper - Lil John
Song you could listen to a million times - None...
Favorite Movie - The Fifth Element
Favorite Teak-Jerker - Nada
Favorite Scary Movie - No such thing as a scary movie
Favorite Cartoon - Japanese ones
Favorite Cartoon Character - Tom and Jerry
Favorite Actor - Bruce Willis
Favorite Actress - Milla Jovovich
Favorite Comedian - Dane Cook
Favorite Talk Show Host - None
Favorite Game Show - Uh....
Favorite Reality Show - Rob and Big
Movie/Show that made you cry the most - Only cried on Armageddon
Hottest Actor - Eww. Depp
Hottest Actress - Milla Jovovich
A Movie You wish you could've been in - Resident Evil
Favorite Quote from a Movie - Multipass - The Fifth Element
Favorite Website - Uh... Yahoo I guess
Favorite Computer Game - Counter Strike: Source, StarCraft, Diablo II: LOD
Favorite Video Game - Valkyrie Profile 2
Favorite thing to Research - Dunno
If you could be an Animal - I..'d eat a human
If you could live anywhere - It..'d be the white house
Song that best describes you - Soilwork - Distortion Sleep
Movie that describes your life - None... A skate video.... First Love
Dream Car - Lamborghini Diablo Roadster GT
Dream Job - A fun one
Favorite Book - To Kill A Mockingbird
Favorite Painting/Drawing - My own lol
Favorite Artist - ME!
Least Favorite Food - Healthy
Hate Anyone? - Uh... Not anymore
Would you turn back time if possible? - No. This shit happens for a reason.
Favorite Subject in School - None right now
Favorite Teacher - David Schaeffer - SLCC
Allergic to Anything? - Weeds
Biggest Fears - Being afraid
If you were trapped on an island, what couldn't you live without? - A car door. Roll down that window when it gets hot.
What would you do with 5 Million Bucks - A Lot
One thing you'd change about the world - The president
What charity would you donate to? - The .."Anthony is Hungry.." fund.
When you're bored, what do you do? - Sleep
Philosophy of Life - If you don..'t like me for who I am then fuck you!
Now the biography. Have you ever dreamed and really worked towards it? Ever since my first metal concert... when I was... uh... 2003... 16! I have always wondered what it would be like to be on the stage instead of just looking at the stage. I started playing bass in 2004 or 2005 and never took the time to get good, because i had a lame ass excuse! No guitarist to play with so I thought the bass sounded lame. Tried guitar, but I couldn't hit the power cords, having small ass hands, I just gave up! Down and out I gave up. I wanted to be in music but didn't think I was good enough. During a running of, then a new show, Metalocalypse I started to copy Nathan Explosions voice; in singing, talking, and whatever else. Thanks to the encouragement of my brother Zack, I was convinced to try out for a band, not for bass, but for vocals. I searched but, no one wanted vocals, that was until I found Smalltown Massacre, Fall of Fenix at the time. With only one person in the band writing everything, I joined up and two other members joined us. Here we go. It started off just all growls. With no material and only hopes to guy by, Daryl was impressed by the growls. All I had was a practice amp and hardly any self esteem! Using that practice amp and the shitty karaoke mic we found something happened. During a practice at Kent's house I was growling and thought about screaming. I let loose the harshest scream I have ever laid forth in my life. My vocal career had begun. After the split I found 91 Decades who gave me a chance and my first recording. Still with no equipment I was determined. Using a full stack and only screams I recorded Flytrap. Not a great recording but what can you do? After a short lived play time with 91 I was rejected and again bandless, but this time it didn't bother me too much. After searching I found Ruin Chapel. Determined to finally prove myself I showed up. Still no equipment we recruited Rich on bass who had a shitload of music equipment! MY FIRST P.A.! Extrememly nervous I stuttered and hesitated in producing noise. The biggest problem is my voice isn't loud so the p.a. had to be turned up really high. After constant criticism and the "need" to sing clean I stopped showing up. Leaving my hopes, dreams, and mic behind. After many jobs I knew I had to do something better. I started searching and found many bands, but only one willing to try me out. Without a P.A., DemonCross(formerly Fate's End), agreed to have me check them out and see what I thought. Hoping for the best, but expecting the worst, since I had no equipment, I showed up. I was blown away by the music. Four months had passed with no luck towards buying a P.A.! Christmas rolled around and I had a gift card. Without hearing me scream once they forked out the money, with the help of my $100 to get a p.a. They had not heard me once and bought it hoping I could deliver. Nervous as hell I listened to a couple songs hoping I could be a part of this band. The song Life from the Mound on High(formerly song 6 =D) had been played a few times. I decided to scream ANYTHING just to show I had a voice. Crackly as fuck and scared shitless I let loose. Holding a scream I didn't think could come from me. Randomly screaming, and increasing volume as I went, I hoped that it was enough. After the song was over I was told it was more than enough. The only input was a little variety(aka growling and mids). We did it again and i changed my voice here and there to show I could. Impressed, DemonCross now had a vocalist. After the first official practice I had a task, writie lyrics for 4 songs and be ready to do a show in two weeks. Again worried I would fail and end up without music in my life, I got down to it. I wrote 30+ song titles hoping to hit it. Mainly wrapped around the subject of fear I came up with "Fearing Life from the Mound on High" which changed to just "Life from the Mound on High" and was shortly followed by; When One Becomes Nothing, With No One Else, and Fighting for the Truth that No One Bellieves In. Writing a song a night i just wanted temporary lyrics to fit so I had soemthing. Two weeks passed quickly and our show was right around the corner. Just being a house party I wasn't too worried I hadn't memorized hardly anything. 10% max of each song and around 80% of "Life". We were finally up and I was extremely nervous. We started playing and an instant problem. THE MIC DIDN'T WORK!!! Well it did but it was way turned down. We got through the show with screaming randomly. No one could hear me so I didn't care. Two weeks later we had ashow at the Outer Rim. Our first real show. Joined by some amazing bands who had played there set of shows(except Empire of Ruin) we had to do our best... We were fucking headlining. Instant bad news. I had a swollen gland in the left side of my throat. Half a bottle of chloraseptic and four bottles of water later we were up. Nervous as fuck and hoping my voice would last, we started in on our set. After receiving news that our set was now down to ten minutes from twenty five we wanted to pull something out. We started and my throat hurt worse then ever. Holding my voice back I thought we were failing. After my inspiration, Zack, showed up from work, ran to the front, and instantly started headbanging, I let loose. i didn't give a fuck anymore. Perfect timing too. Out came my scream and we were rolling harder then ever. A fucking freight train barelling towards a fucking crowd of angry metal fucks! We hit the last song and after the first chorus we were lost, everyone playing something different we thought we were done. Josh tuned in with the bridge and saved us last second. We all chimed back in and everyone went nuts. Had we planned it? Did our fuck up sound orchestrated? I didn't care. Last song, last verse, and last chorus. I tore my throat to pieces. That night, DemonCross became a force to be reconed with! Thanks to them I accomplished my dream. Constantly striving to write and play shows we are tearing the SLC metal scene a new one. Not fueled by the same sounds, our music remains diverse and fucking amazing. I now know what it's like to be up on that stage, commanding that audience, and watching hair and bodies fly because of my music. My dreams are being lived and I owe it all to my little brother. When someone hands you and oppurtunity or suggests something, even if it is obscure, you should always try. Even in debt this is the best time in my life. Now you know me and what it is I do. Don't give up on your dreams, because sometimes you don't get a second chance.
Who I'd like to meet: Someone... fun. Not afraid to do anything. I am an adrenaline junkie. I skate, I used to snowboard, and I am a heavy metal vocalist. Always looing for someone new and exciting to talk to. Hit me up! Don't be scared... I don't bite... sometimes!
Thanks for the add! We should have music up in the next coming months! Keep a heads up on our page! Hope to see you there when we start playing shows! Keep it metal in the SLC!
Oh my freaking goodness!! TAKE THAT PICTURE OFF OF YOUR PROFILE. Now. Give me two good reasons why you would have it up there. Actually I don't need reasons I want it gone.
Hi ! Hope you're fine. We are proud to announce that our "first tour of violence" will begin in September 2009. Check out the first part of the confirmed shows.
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