Josh Newton

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Josh Newton

Background information
Birth name	Joshua Newton
Origin	New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA
Genre(s)	Hard Rock
Occupation(s)	Bassist
Instrument(s)	Bass, Guitar
Years active	1991-Present
Associated acts	Every Time I Die Shiner From Autumn To Ashes

Josh Newton (born June 8, 1973 in New Bedford, Massachusetts) is the current bass player for rock band Every Time I Die. He is also the singer and guitarist of The Great Fire of Sixteen Sixty Six. He was a member of the following rock bands: Shiner, From Autumn To Ashes, Biology, Glazed Baby, Season to Risk, Iron Rite Mangle, Shots Fired, Reggie and the Full Effect, and The Great Fire of 1666. Newton also did a tour playing rhythm guitar for Unsane.

He currently resides in Chapel Hill, North Carolina with his wife.

In August 2004, Newton was recruited to play bass for From Autumn To Ashes after original bassist Mike Pilato left. He met the band when they opened for Reggie and the Full Effect on the Vagrant America tour. Upon leaving FATA in August 2007, he was immediately invited to play bass with Every Time I Die for a tour with Underoath. Every Time I Die will be one of the headliners on the 2008 Vans Warped Tour.

1 Discography
2 Equipment
3 External links
- 3.1 Interviews

[edit] Discography

Josh Newton has appeared on the following records (incomplete):

Guitar:

Glazed Baby: "Big Smoonya" 7", "Dead Men Don't Felch" 7", GB/Horsey split 7", "Handgun" 7"/CDEP, "Squeeze the Tail, Suck the Head" 7"/CDEP, "Applied Science" CD Compilation, "Karmic Deb"t CD/LP, Glazed Baby / Season To Risk 7", "Atomic Communists" CD/LP
Shiner: "Making Love" , "Starless" , "The Egg"
Biology: "Making Moves"

Bass:

Season to Risk: "Men Are Monkeys, Robots win" , "92-97"
From Autumn To Ashes: "Abandon Your Friends" (Billboard 200: #58) , "Holding A Wolf By The Ears" (Billboard 200: #74) , "Tony Hawk's American Wasteland", "ATV Off-Road Fury 4", "Cry Wolf" soundtrack, "Saw 4" soundtrack
Biology: "Making Moves"