Trever Keith
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| Trever Keith | |
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| Born | May 28, 1969 United States |
| Genre(s) | Punk rock Pop-punk Rock Remix/Mash-Up |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals Guitar Bass Keyboards Drums |
| Years active | 1987 - Present |
| Label(s) | Dr. Strange Records Victory Music Vagrant Records A&M Records Fat Wreck Chords Antagonist Records |
| Associated acts | Face to Face Legion of Doom Viva Death |
Trever Keith (born May 28, 1969[1]) is an American punk musician from Victorville, CA. He was a founding member of the So-Cal punk group Face to Face. He was the singer and guitarist of the band from their original formation in 1991 to their initial break up in 2003.
After Face to Face's break up, Keith has resurfaced in two side projects Legion of Doom and Viva Death.
Keith is also the founder of the label Antagonist Records. In February 2008 he released his debut solo album Melancholics Anonymous via his website.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Pre-Face to Face
After graduating high school in 1987, Keith decided to form a band with his friends Matt Riddle, Matthew Altmire, and Altmire's brother. They eventually formed a local metal band Victoria Manor. Very little is known about the band, and only three or four songs from a demo called "Side One" have ever surfaced. The group intended to record another tape called "Side Two", but never did. Instead they went their own way. Keith and Riddle would later form Face to Face.
[edit] Face to Face
When Victoria Manor fell apart, Keith and Riddle formed Zero Tolerance in 1989.[1] After recruiting Mark Haake on guitar and Rob Kurth on drums, they started writing and recording demos, then performed a number of local shows. After Haake left the band, Zero Tolerance changed its name to Face to Face in 1991.[1]
Cited as a seminal California punk group, Face to Face were active until 2003, although they briefly reunited a year later for a farewell tour. In 2005, the band released a CD/DVD compilation, Shoot the Moon, on Keith's label, Antagonist Records.
On January 29, 2008, Face to Face announced on their official website that the band has reunited, with the Ignorance is Bliss line-up, for a number of shows in the US.[2] On April 5, 2008, the band performed together for the first time in four-and-a-half-years at The Bamboozle Left. At this moment, plans for a full scale tour and new album have not been made.
[edit] Outside Face to Face
After Face to Face's break up, Keith retreated out of the limelight to work with up and coming bands for his label and joined the mash-up group Legion of Doom. Keith is also a player in the band Viva Death along with Scott Shiflett, face to face's former bassist.
Keith released his first solo album, Melancholics Anonymous, in 2008 on his label Antagonist Records. You can stream the entire record at his website.
[edit] Selected discography
| Album Year | Album Name | Band | Record Label | Credits |
| 1987 | Demo | Victoria Manor | Self-released | Vocals and Keyboards |
| 1989 | Demo | Zero Tolerance | Self-released | Vocals and Guitar |
| 1991 | Demo | Face to Face | Self-released | Vocals and Guitar |
| 1992 | Don't Turn Away | Face to Face | Fat Wreck Chords | Vocals and Guitar |
| 1994 | Over It | Face to Face | Victory Records | Vocals and Guitar |
| 1995 | Big Choice | Face to Face | A&M Records | Vocals and Guitar |
| 1996 | Face to Face | Face to Face | A&M Records | Vocals, Guitar, Producer |
| 1997 | Before You Were Punk | Various Artists | Vagrant Records | Vocals and Guitar on Face to Face's cover of "In Between Days" by The Cure |
| 1998 | Live | Face to Face | VP | Vocals and Guitar |
| 1998 | Just Joined | Jughead's Revenge | Nitro Records | Producer |
| 1999 | Standards & Practices | Face to Face | Vagrant Records | Vocals and Guitar |
| 1999 | Ignorance is Bliss | Face to Face | Beyond Records | Vocals, Guitar, Producer |
| 1999 | And the Sadness Prevails | No Motiv | Vagrant Records | Producer |
| 2000 | Reactionary | Face to Face | Vagrant Records | Vocals, Guitar, Producer |
| 2000 | Buying the Lie | Death on Wednesday | SideCho Records | Producer |
| 2001 | Diagram for Healing | No Motiv | Vagrant Records | Producer |
| 2002 | How to Ruin Everything | Face to Face | Vagrant Records | Vocals, Guitar, Producer |
| 2002 | Split with Dropkick Murphys | Face to Face/Dropkick Murphys | Vagrant Records | Vocals, Guitar, Producer |
| 2003 | Viva Death | Viva Death | Vagrant Records | Vocals, Guitar (Baritone), Producer |
| 2005 | Shoot the Moon: Essential Collection | Face to Face | Antagonist Records | Vocals and Guitar |
| 2006 | One Percent Panic | Viva Death | Functional Equivalent | Vocals, Guitar (Baritone), Producer |
| 2008 | Melancholics Anonymous | Trever Keith | Antagonist Records | Written and Performed (Vocals and Instruments), Producer |
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Trever Keith at Internet Movie Database. Accessed 13 October, 2007.
- ^ We’re back!……….sort of. FaceToFace.com. Accessed 29 January, 2008.
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