Biography
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A Perfect Failure is a metalcore band from Ypsilanti, MI. The band has been together for 3 years now, and in that time they have released one EP (This Will Be Our Tragedy...) featuring the local hit A Shade Of Red. They are currently working on a full length album to release by the end of 2008. APF has played at many well known venues like Harpos, The I-Rock, The Shelter, and The Token Lounge while sharing the stage with national acts such as Across Five Aprils, Psyclon Nine, Bloodlined Calligraphy, Genghis Tron, Emmure, and As Summer Dies. |
Growing up I was always around a large variety of music, ranging form Simply Red to Marylin Manson and Deana Carter to Bone Thugs and Harmony. I always loved all forms of music and musical expression and what can I say anymore besides the fact that I live for it, it's in my blood and it holds my bones together. Nothing serious happened musically in my life until I was out of High School and developed some balls to just go for it. Not to mention I met Josh and we have been working together ever since. We started with an industrial project and evoked a vocal bond that now-a-days, rocks the metal-hardcore genre. The next project was In Raining Pain who played there first show at St. Andrews Hall. The band was a blast but we just couldn't keep it together. Here I am today vocalist of A Perfect Failure. We are gonna rock your fucking socks. |
Influenced by everything between Killswitch Engage and Trivium to Panic! At The Disco and Incubus. My music interests are all over the place. Music has been a big part of my life since I was about 14 years old, which is also when I started playing guitar. It wasn't until a couple of years later that I got serious about it when I joined the band Flesh Worx. They were an industrial band with the music already written. I've never stuck with any band for too long though. There's always been some sort of complication that prevents this. Soon after, I wrote allot of my solo stuff and got other people involved in it, we turned into Deceiving Life's Confusion. DLC had quite the name for themselves in the Ypsi/Detroit area. Playing shows almost every weekend, it's not too hard to find new fans. We got as far as winning a battle of the bands, which allowed us to play with the bands Dope and Dog Fashion Disco. DLC, shortly after, broke up. We were never able to work with each other very well. After that, I went between allot of different projects including Between Life And A Dream, NWP, Destined Fate, My Day Of Reckoning, The Remaining Few, and In Raining Pain. Working with A Perfect Failure, though, has had the best vibe and best group of people I've ever worked with. That's something that I'm not willing to give up on. Music isn't the only thing that interests me, although it consumes most of my time with me knowing how to play drums, guitar, bass, vocals, and programming electronic. I'm also really big into film and photography. It is my goal to do something semi major in all of these categories within the next 5 years. |
I started playing guitar when I was 14 1/2 years old, after I heard the band Children of Bodom for the first time. I listen to all sorts of metal, but mainly Black metal and Death metal. Non of that influence is really shown in my songwriting. Most of my inspiration came from Brian's riffs when he and I formed this band. After he got me started writing, I just sort of wrote stuff with no single inspiration in mind, the ideas just sort of formed themselves. |
Playing guitar and performing for an audience is my favorite thing to do, so being in A Perfect Failure has been a great experience for me. As well as performing I also like dark drunk walks through abandoned buildings, setting things on fire, and being around fun people…lets party cause their aint no party like an APF party! |
Mother fuckin Joshbob, straight out of muckerfuckin Y-town, bone and rain still living in a 4-way window pane. All day long I'm still the same. Knew them later, see you then. To everyone, love anyway. To who you know, don't say anything. Then lets sit back and impale thinking pain. So I think I once had someday, something to say, but it seems today the world is the same. I myself, I lived in the same time and for much to long so as to time I say ado. To bring me along something new. Son to a world smarter than need be. Went to Willow Run and Ypsilanti school shit. Lived from place to place, all in the same place. I've gotten a lot from this city and a lot is good enough for me. Joshbob is full of love for the filth and democracy for his home land. Every day is a chance to be not yesterday. Joshbob has been skateboarding since the age of 3 and is still truckin. He started playing guitar in 9th grade, but the bass found his heart at the age of 18. Inspired by the likes of Matt Freeman from Rancid, OP Ivy, the dude from Korn and all the love for Chocking Victim and Loc all that good shit from metal to punk. If what's right you should know, what's wrong? Mother fuckin pimpin ass big motherfuckin pimpin works at the strip club so don't be a ball bustin bitch. And then there were bands. Joshbob as played in many bands such as One More Day and still runs with Skunk Pusher. Mostly influenced on more of the hardcore punk style he would like to explore some heavier darker shit. Hope to reminded you of free days before and long ones to come. |