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THE HISTORY OF jW:
jW HAS HAD A LONG JOURNEY TO BECOME WHERE THEY ARE NOW AND WHERE THEY WILL SOON BE (ON TOP OF THE CHARTS). THE BAND WAS ORIGINALLY FORMED BY TWO CLASSMATES IN GRAMMAR SCHOOL, KEITH WESTWATER AND JOHN WALSH. JOHN HAD BEEN AN EXTREMELY DEDICATED DRUMMER, TAKING LESSONS BOTH IN AND OUT OF SCHOOL, TAKING LESSONS FROM A STUDENT OF NIKKO McBRAIN'S (IRON MAIDEN) IN ADDITION TO BEING A PERFORMER AS THE SCHOOL'S MAIN DRUMMER. KEITH HAD JUST BEGUN STARTING TAKING LESSONS, SO THEY STARTED PLAYING TOGETHER THINKING NOTHING OF IT. SOON ENOUGH, THESE TWO FOUND OUT THEY HAD A GIFT FOR CREATING, AND SET OUT TO START A COMPLETE BAND. WITH HELP FROM FRIENDS IN OTHER BANDS, SUCH AS INTERNAL BLEEDING AND NECROSIS (RIP), THEY STARTED PLAYING DEATH METAL. Joe FRAGAPANE LENT HIS VOCALS, BUT SOMETHING WAS STILL MISSING. ENTER TED SAMPIERI, A LONG TIME BASS PLAYER, AND THE SINGER OF HIS BAND, GREG GNOLFO. THE BAND STARTED TO TAKE OFF, BUT SOMETHING DIDN'T FIT. GOODBYE GNOLFO, HELLO CATANZARRO. LENNY CATANZARRO JOINED THE BAND, STILL UNNAMED AT THIS POINT AS THE NEW VOCALIST AND KEYBOARD PLAYER. ONCE AGAIN, SAME PROBLEM... |
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