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Saint Vitus Is An American Heavy Metal Band Formed In Los Angeles In 1979. They Are One Of The First Doom Metal Bands Alongside Pentagram Witchfinder General Trouble And Pagan Altar. Having Released Nine Studio Albums To Date Saint Vitus Never Achieved A Popular Breakthrough But Have Exerted Great Influence On The Development Of Doom Metal Sludge Metal And Stoner Rock. The Original Line-Up Consisted Of Dave Chandler Guitar Mark Adams Bass Armando Acosta Drums And Scott Reagers Vocals . They Recorded Their First Two Albums Before Scott Weinrich Replaced Reagers In 1986. The Line-Up Of Chandler Adams Acosta And Weinrich Is The Longest-Lasting. The Third Album Born Too Late 1986 Is Generally Acknowledged As Their Best Release. 3 After Breaking Up In 1996 And Briefly Reforming In 2003 Saint Vitus Reunited Again In 2008 With The Band's "classic" Line-Up Featuring Weinrich Chandler Adams And Acosta And Embarked On A Successful Tour. However After 30 Years In The Band Acosta Left Saint Vitus In 2009 Due To Worsening Health And Was Replaced By Henry Vasquez. By 2016 Both Weinrich And Adams Had Left Saint Vitus And Were Replaced By Reagers And Patrick Bruders Respectively Leaving Chandler As The Only Constant Member Of The Band And Reuniting Two-Fourths Of The Original Lineup. read less