DROID Seeking New Bassist

July 20, 2008

Long Beach, California-based metallers DROID have issued the following update:

"DROID is of now looking for a bass player to be a permanent member of our band, who is willing to commit to our schedule full-time. We are not looking for someone to just be a hired hand or to fill in part-time. There is one major requirement for this position besides being a great bass player: we need you to be able to do heavy back-up vocals and yes that is a must! Please contact us and send us pictures and video of you playing bass to [our MySpace] or email us at [email protected]. DROID is currently in the studio working on new music for the next record and will also be leaving for tour this July 27 and has other tours coming up before the year is over as well!!! We want to wish Duke [former bassist] the best of luck in his future endeavors."

DROID vocalist James "Buddy" Eason spoke to Ruin magazine last year about the band's debut album on Emotional Syphon Recordings, James "Munky" Shaffer of KORN's new record label.

"I always heard Chino Moreno's scream from '7 Words' in our song 'Vengeance Is Mine'," Eason exclaimed about his band's collaboration with the iconic DEFTONES frontman. "I couldn't believe it when he was there. It was game time, man. Just get in there, wrap the mic chord around your hand and rock this shit together. The second it happened I was like, 'Oh shit, it's happening.' I couldn't even believe it. It was like, 'Wow, I just did a song with Chino.' I love and respect his vocals so much. Dude, even if I didn't know who he was, I knew I wanted that guy to sing with me one time in my life. I pictured it. I would talk shit to him, and he'd talk shit back to me, and the whole song he delivered that scream. The contrast between the both of us is just sick. I love it!"

The Long Beach quintet, rounded out by guitarists Bruce Child and Jamie Teissere, and drummer Nick McWells, blends the syncopated, bludgeoning rhythm and riff assault of LAMB OF GOD with guttural HATEBREED-style screams for a volatile blend of metal. "We're aiming for a groove," Eason explained. "I'm a fan of real shred masters, but also bands with more of a groove like MASTODON. We're trying to fit our own little groove in there and stand out without having to copy everybody else. You don't really have to shred to be metal these days. You can shred with a groove too, and that's what we're going for."

DROID's video for the song "Fueled by Hate" can be viewed below.

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