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Artist Biography For Stg

STG Could Mean An Electro Industrial Band Or The Abbreviation Of Shiny Toy Guns. 1989-STG Is Formed As A Side Project By Peter Prins And Chad Bishop. A 3 Song Demo Is Recorded Under The Influence Of Beer And Fast Food And Copies Are Given To Friends. The Band's Name Is Taken From The Chorus Of Their Very First Song - Screaming To God. 1990-Bruce King And Eric Lilly Join. Two More Demos Are Completed And STG Starts Playing Live. By The End Of The Year Small Fanzines Are Starting To Give Favorable Reviews And Songs Are Being Included On Local Compilation Albums. 1991-Peter Does His Last Demo With STG Vermin And The Search For A New Singer Is On. By Mid-Year STG And New Singer Mark Rebman Finish Sacrifice With The Help Of Bass Player Jeff Tatman. However By The End Of The Year Mark Jeff And Eric Are Gone And STG Barely Sneak Out Another Demo Requiem With Yet Another Singer Shane Talada. 1992-STG Records Its Best And Last Demo Climate Of Violence. A Series Of Brutal Live Shows Dominate The Year. Various Musicians Guest At The Shows Adding To The Mayhem. At Varying Times Ryan Skalla James Leighton David Skott And Chad Volpe Seem To Become Permanent Fixtures. 1993-STG Whittles Itself Down To A Five Piece. Rotten And Cleopatra Records Both Offer Deals With Rotten Eventually Getting The Ink. Shane Bruce Credited As Alan King On NLH David Chad Volpe And Chad Bishop Head Into The Studio To Record No Longer Human. Spike Cassidy From D.R.I. Helps Produce. Just Before The Record Is Released Things Get Stupid And Chad Volpe Leaves. A Video For Razor Raped Pain Is Made. The Remaining 4 Members Round Out The Year Touring With Spahn Ranch And Clay People. 1994-Things Get Slow In STG Land. The Band Comes Under Incredible Pressure From Rotten To Continue Touring But Can't Financially Commit. Live Shows Become Virtually Nonexistent And The Band Unsuccessfully Struggles To Complete A New Demo. Eventually The Band Splits To Form New Projects Idiot Stare And Element. David And Shane Also Played In Kommunity FK For A While. The Last STG Song Mad Drunk Is Release On The Scavengers In The Matrix Compilation By Chase. 1995 - Chad Bishop Produces Obsess For Insight 23. 2001 - The NLH Touring Lineup Gets Together For A One Off Rehearsal And "when We" Party. All Have A Good Time. 2003 - STG Reunion Show Is Preempted By A Friend's Wedding. 2004 - Original Members Chad Bruce Shane Dave And Jamie Reunite For The Reunion Show In October. Joining Them Is New Drummer Brandon. After The Show David "hangs Up His Bass". 2005 - Chad "The Fin" Volpe Returns To The Keyboard Post As Jamie Fills The Bass Player Position Left Open By David...12 Years After David Did The Same For Him. After Two Live Shows And Completing The Nursing The Dead Demo Song The Band And Fin Part Ways Again. Chad Bishop Is Elected To Go Back To Playing Drums And Jeff Smith From Hate Dept. Tour Fame Jumps Into The Keyboard Spot.

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