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Throwdown
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Dave Peters performing at Las Cruces, New Mexico as part of the Warped Tour in 2007
Background information
Origin Orange County, California
Genres Metalcore
Groove metal
Hardcore punk (early)
Years active 1997 - Present
Labels Indecision, Prime Directive Records, Trustkill, Koch, Nuclear Blast
Associated acts Bleeding Through, Culture, Eighteen Visions, The Mistake
Members Dave Peters
Mark Choiniere
Mark Mitchell
Past members Keith Barney
Tommy Love
Dom Macaluso
Brandan Schieppati
Javier Van Huss
Marc Jackson
Ken Floyd
Matt Mentley
Ben Dussault

Throwdown is an American groove metal band from Orange County, California.

Members

Current
  • Dave Peters – guitars (2000–2002), lead vocals (2002–present)
  • Mark Choiniere – guitars (2005–present)
  • Mark Mitchell – bass (2007–present)
Touring
  • Lance Garvin – drums (2009–2011)
  • Dave Nassie (Bleeding Through) – guitars (2011)
  • Tim "Yogi" Watts (Demon Hunter) – drums (2011)
Former
  • Javier Van Huss – bass (1997–1998)
  • Brandan Schieppati – guitars (1998–2000)
  • Marc Jackson – drums, percussion (1997–2002), guitar (2004)
  • Keith Barney – lead vocals (1997–2002), guitars (2002–2004)
  • Tommy Love – guitars (1997–2004)
  • Dom Macaluso – guitars (1997–1998), bass (1998–2005)
  • Matt Mentley – guitars (2004–2005), bass (2005–2007)
  • Ben Dussault – drums, percussion (2004–2008)
Session
  • Ken Floyd – drums, percussion (2002) (Also toured with the band)
  • Jarrod Alexander – drums, percussion (2003, 2008–present)

Discography

Studio albums

  • Beyond Repair (1999)
  • You Don't Have to Be Blood to Be Family (2001)
  • Haymaker (2003)
  • Vendetta (2005)
  • Venom & Tears (2007)
  • Deathless (2009)

Extended plays

  • Throwdown (1997)
  • Drive Me Dead (2000)
  • Throwdown / Good Clean Fun (2000)
  • Face the Mirror (2002)
  • Americana / Planets Collide (2007)
  • Covered in Venom and Tears (2007)

Videos

  • Together. Forever. United. (2004)

Music videos

  • "Forever" (2004), directed by Chris Sims
  • "Burn" (2005), directed by Chris Sims
  • "Holy Roller" (2007), directed by Andy Reale
  • "The Scythe" (2010), directed by Cale Glendening
  • "This Continuum" (2010), directed by Cale Glendening
  • "Tombs" (2010), directed by Cale Glendening
  • "The Blinding Light" (2010), directed by Cale Glendening
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