Brandan Schieppati
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Brandan Schieppati is the singer of metalcore
band Bleeding Through
. He is Straight Edge
and lives in Orange County
with his wife Nicole. While best known through his musical career, he was also a late-round draft pick for Major League Baseball's Montreal Expos
(now Washington Nationals
) out of high school, around 1998. In June 2002, Brandan's jaw was broken in a fight after a show. He went through surgery the next day. Though this resulted in Bleeding Through canceling their tour in support of Portrait of the Goddess, he recovered quickly enough to play at Hellfest 2002.
, Throwdown, Bleeding Through
, The Mistake
and Die Die My Darling, a Misfits cover band from which nothing has been released. He has recently formed a new band along with Brooks Wackerman
of Bad Religion
, Ryan Sinn
formerly of The Distillers
and Dave Nassie of No Use for a Name
called The Innocent. Brandan is also the vocalist for a sideproject called "Suffer Well" with Mick Kenney (Anaal Nathrakh
) and Trevor Friedrich (Combichrist, ex- 18 Visions), on drums.
He contributed guest vocals on the track "The Architects of Repulsion" on Australian deathcore
band The Red Shore
's debut album Unconsecrated. Also on AFI's Decemberunderground
(2006) and Tiger Army's Music From Regions Beyond as backing vocals. Also performing guest vocals on the track "Widowmaker" on Psyclon Nine's album "We The Fallen". He also has featured in The band Miss May I's new album Monument, on a bonus iTunes track from pre-orders.
He has recently become manager of the Los Angeles born band, letlive
He is currently working on a side project with Atreyu
frontman, Alex Varkatzas called 'I Am War'. Alex has described the music they are making together as "brutal heavy short fast blasts of metallic hardcore punk".
with Eighteen Visions
with Throwdown
Metalcore
Metalcore is a subgenre of heavy metal combining various elements of extreme metal and hardcore punk. The name is a portmanteau of the names of the two genres. The term took on its current meaning in the mid-1990s, describing bands such as Earth Crisis, Deadguy and Integrity...
band Bleeding Through
Bleeding Through
Bleeding Through is an American metalcore band from Orange County, California. Formed in 1999, the band blends influences stemming from modern hardcore punk, symphonic black metal, and melodic death metal...
. He is Straight Edge
Straight edge
Straight edge is a subculture of hardcore punk whose adherents refrain from using alcohol, tobacco, and other recreational drugs. It was a direct reaction to the sexual revolution, hedonism, and excess associated with punk rock. For some, this extends to not engaging in promiscuous sex, following a...
and lives in Orange County
Orange County, California
Orange County is a county in the U.S. state of California. Its county seat is Santa Ana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,010,232, up from 2,846,293 at the 2000 census, making it the third most populous county in California, behind Los Angeles County and San Diego County...
with his wife Nicole. While best known through his musical career, he was also a late-round draft pick for Major League Baseball's Montreal Expos
Montreal Expos
The Montreal Expos were a Major League Baseball team located in Montreal, Quebec from 1969 through 2004, holding the first MLB franchise awarded outside the United States. After the 2004 season, MLB moved the Expos to Washington, D.C. and renamed them the Nationals.Named after the Expo 67 World's...
(now Washington Nationals
Washington Nationals
The Washington Nationals are a professional baseball team based in Washington, D.C. The Nationals are a member of the Eastern Division of the National League of Major League Baseball . The team moved into the newly built Nationals Park in 2008, after playing their first three seasons in RFK Stadium...
) out of high school, around 1998. In June 2002, Brandan's jaw was broken in a fight after a show. He went through surgery the next day. Though this resulted in Bleeding Through canceling their tour in support of Portrait of the Goddess, he recovered quickly enough to play at Hellfest 2002.
Career
Brandan has been in Eighteen VisionsEighteen Visions
Eighteen Visions was an American metalcore band from Orange County, California, United States. Formed in October of 1995, the group was one of the first practitioners involved in the metalcore genre...
, Throwdown, Bleeding Through
Bleeding Through
Bleeding Through is an American metalcore band from Orange County, California. Formed in 1999, the band blends influences stemming from modern hardcore punk, symphonic black metal, and melodic death metal...
, The Mistake
The Mistake (band)
The Mistake was a hardcore band from Orange County, California, USA. Formed in 2000 by Javier Van Huss and Erick Pressman, they were originally called Hara Kiri, but changed their name to The Mistake after only a few shows. In 2001 they released a demo. In 2003, after a number of member changes,...
and Die Die My Darling, a Misfits cover band from which nothing has been released. He has recently formed a new band along with Brooks Wackerman
Brooks Wackerman
Brooks Wackerman is the current drummer for the American punk band Bad Religion and the younger brother of Chad Wackerman, formerly a member of Frank Zappa's band.-Career:...
of Bad Religion
Bad Religion
Bad Religion is a punk rock band that formed in Los Angeles in 1979. Their current line-up consists of Greg Graffin , Brett Gurewitz , Jay Bentley , Greg Hetson , Brian Baker and Brooks Wackerman . Gurewitz is also the founder of the label Epitaph Records, which has released almost all of the...
, Ryan Sinn
Ryan Sinn
Ryan Sinn is the former bassist for the alternative rock band Angels & Airwaves and The Distillers, but has joined Love Equals Death, after Dominic Davi's departure...
formerly of The Distillers
The Distillers
The Distillers were an American punk rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1998. They released their first two albums on Hellcat Records/Epitaph Records before moving to Sire, part of the Warner Music Group. The Distillers were originally formed by Australian-born Brody Armstrong , a woman with a...
and Dave Nassie of No Use for a Name
No Use for a Name
No Use for a Name is a punk rock band from San Jose, California, United States formed in 1987 by Chris Dodge , Steve Papoutsis , Rory Koff and John Meyers...
called The Innocent. Brandan is also the vocalist for a sideproject called "Suffer Well" with Mick Kenney (Anaal Nathrakh
Anaal Nathrakh
Anaal Nathrakh are a British extreme metal band formed in 1999 who fuse black metal, grindcore, death metal and industrial music. They are currently signed to Candlelight Records....
) and Trevor Friedrich (Combichrist, ex- 18 Visions), on drums.
He contributed guest vocals on the track "The Architects of Repulsion" on Australian deathcore
Deathcore
Deathcore is an extreme metal music genre that combines elements of death metal with elements of metalcore or hardcore punk, or both. It is defined by an "excessive" use of death metal riffs, blast beats and use of hardcore punk breakdowns...
band The Red Shore
The Red Shore
The Red Shore were an Australian death metal band from Melbourne, Victoria, formed in 2004. The band claims their style is a combination of death metal and technical death metal, though they are often referred to as a deathcore band....
's debut album Unconsecrated. Also on AFI's Decemberunderground
Decemberunderground
Decemberunderground is the seventh studio album by American alternative rock band AFI. The album was released on June 6, 2006 through Interscope Records. It debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200, selling 182,000 in its first week. The album certified Gold by the RIAA on August 30, 2006 and has sold...
(2006) and Tiger Army's Music From Regions Beyond as backing vocals. Also performing guest vocals on the track "Widowmaker" on Psyclon Nine's album "We The Fallen". He also has featured in The band Miss May I's new album Monument, on a bonus iTunes track from pre-orders.
He has recently become manager of the Los Angeles born band, letlive
Letlive
letlive. is an American Progressive post-hardcore band from Los Angeles, California. The band has released three albums and is currently signed to Epitaph Records. Their third album, Fake History, has been called "a post-hardcore album fit for many of 2010's best-of lists" and representing "their...
He is currently working on a side project with Atreyu
Atreyu
Atreyu can mean:* Atreyu, a character from Michael Ende's Neverending Story* Atreyu , an American metalcore band...
frontman, Alex Varkatzas called 'I Am War'. Alex has described the music they are making together as "brutal heavy short fast blasts of metallic hardcore punk".
Discography
with Bleeding ThroughBleeding Through
Bleeding Through is an American metalcore band from Orange County, California. Formed in 1999, the band blends influences stemming from modern hardcore punk, symphonic black metal, and melodic death metal...
- Demo (Self-released, 2000)
- Dust to AshesDust to AshesDust to Ashes is the debut album by American metalcore band Bleeding Through. The album was originally planned to be released as a 7" on The Association of Welterweights Records, but then moved to Prime Directive Records...
(Prime DirectivePrime Directive RecordsPrime Directive Records is an independent record label based in Balboa, CA. Started in 1997, the label is notable for releasing the debut albums of a number of bands which would go on to success in the hardcore punk and metalcore genre....
, 2001) - Portrait of the GoddessPortrait Of The GoddessPortrait of the Goddess is the second album by American metalcore band Bleeding Through. The album was released on April 30, 2002 through Indecision Records.-Track listing:#"Rise" – 2:06#"Our Enemies" – 3:23...
(IndecisionIndecision RecordsIndecision Records is an independent American hardcore punk record label which was started by Dave Mandel in 1995. It is based in Garden Grove, California. Until around 2001, it was based in nearby Huntington Beach. Both cities are within Orange County...
, 2002) - This is Love, This is MurderousThis Is Love, This Is MurderousThis Is Love, This Is Murderous is the third album by American metalcore band Bleeding Through released in 2003. It is their Trustkill Records debut...
(RoadrunnerRoadrunner RecordsRoadrunner Records is an American record label that concentrates primarily on heavy metal bands. It is currently a subsidiary of Warner Music Group.-History:...
/TrustkillTrustkill RecordsTrustkill Records was an American record label that started as a hardcore punk fanzine in April 1993. It started releasing hardcore, metal and rock records and merchandise in 1994...
, 2003) - The TruthThe Truth (Bleeding Through album)The Truth is the fourth album by American metalcore band Bleeding Through, as well as their second album released through Trustkill Records. The album was released on January 10, 2006, produced by Rob Caggiano, lead guitarist of Anthrax....
(Roadrunner/Trustkill, 2006) - DeclarationDeclaration (Bleeding Through album)Declaration is the fifth album by American metalcore band Bleeding Through. The song's titles are named after different states and cities. Frontman Brandan Schieppati commented, "There are definitely places when we're traveling where every time we go there, we're like, 'Fuck, why do we have to be...
(Roadrunner/Trustkill, 2008) - Bleeding ThroughBleeding Through (album)Bleeding Through debuted at number 143 on the US Billboard 200 with 3,700 copies sold in the first week. This is significantly lower than Bleeding Through's previous album, 2008's Declaration, which peaked at number 101 and sold 6,000 copies in the first week.-Track listing:# "A Resurrection" –...
(RiseRise Records-History:Rise was founded in 1991 by Craig Ericson in Roseburg, Oregon. He released a small number of 7" records before putting the label on hiatus to attend college. Ericson didn't release anything further until 1999, after moving to Portland, Oregon. He began issuing small-print 7" records, and...
, 2010)
with Eighteen Visions
Eighteen Visions
Eighteen Visions was an American metalcore band from Orange County, California, United States. Formed in October of 1995, the group was one of the first practitioners involved in the metalcore genre...
- LifelessLifeless (EP)-Track listing:# "Of Pain" # "Mental Repression" # "Patricide" # "Life's Blood" # "Slipping Through the Hands of God" # " Murder" -Trivia:...
(Life SentenceLife Sentence RecordsLife Sentence Records was a metalcore-based record label that focused on straight edge releases.-Catalog:- Featured Bands :* Aftershock* Spearing Jocasta* Clear* Deadwait* Decontaminate* Eighteen Visions* Excessive Force* Focal Point...
, 1997) - Yesterday Is Time KilledYesterday Is Time KilledYesterday Is Time Killed was the first full length album by Eighteen Visions. It was also their last indi-signed record. Five of these songs were later re-recorded for The Best of Eighteen Visions compilation...
(CedargateCedargate RecordsCedargate Records was a record label that was founded in the late 1990s by Zac Phelps . The label is noted for having released the now-rare Eighteen Visions album Yesterday Is Time Killed....
, 1999) - No Time for LoveNo Time for LoveNo Time for Love was the first release on Truskill Records by Eighteen Visions.Vinyl releases were as follows:* 5 Test Press* 100 Black/Yellow Swirl* 100 Translucent Yellow* 1795 Black...
(TrustkillTrustkill RecordsTrustkill Records was an American record label that started as a hardcore punk fanzine in April 1993. It started releasing hardcore, metal and rock records and merchandise in 1994...
, 1999) - Until the Ink Runs OutUntil The Ink Runs OutUntil The Ink Runs Out is the second full length album released by metalcore band Eighteen Visions. It is often considered to be the bands' finest release by much of the older fans, as well as the record that gathered national attention for the band, due to the rising of Trustkill Records.The album...
(Trustkill, 2000) - The Best of Eighteen VisionsThe Best Of Eighteen VisionsThe Best of Eighteen Visions is a compilation album by metalcore band Eighteen Visions. It compiles two songs from their first EP Lifeless, five songs from their full length album Yesterday Is Time Killed and the three songs from the 7-inch record No Time for Love, as well as a newly written song...
(Trustkill, 2001) - VanityVanity (album)Vanity is the third full length studio album to be released by metalcore band Eighteen Visions. It was their first album to feature a music video, which was for "You Broke Like Glass". It was the last album to feature guitarist Brandan Schieppati as he left immediately after the recording of the...
(Trustkill, 2002)
with Throwdown
- Beyond RepairBeyond RepairBeyond Repair is the debut full-length album by Throwdown.-Track listing:# "No One" - 2:14# "Falling Forward" - 2:46# "Don't Lose Sight" - 3:18# "Slip" - 3:09# "Power Figure" - 2:43# "Standing Tall" - 1:38# "Sellout" - 2:41# "Never Too Old" - 3:25...
(IndecisionIndecision RecordsIndecision Records is an independent American hardcore punk record label which was started by Dave Mandel in 1995. It is based in Garden Grove, California. Until around 2001, it was based in nearby Huntington Beach. Both cities are within Orange County...
, 1999)
Guest appearances
- 2008 - "The Architects of Repulsion" (The Red ShoreThe Red ShoreThe Red Shore were an Australian death metal band from Melbourne, Victoria, formed in 2004. The band claims their style is a combination of death metal and technical death metal, though they are often referred to as a deathcore band....
on Unconsecrated) - 2009 - "Widowmaker" (Psyclon NinePsyclon NinePsyclon Nine is a musical group formed in 2000 in the San Francisco Bay Area. While their early efforts are generally categorized as aggrotech, their more recent material has incorporated a disparate set of musical and aesthetic influences, notably industrial metal. The group took a hiatus at the...
on We The Fallen) - 2010 - "Rust" (Miss May IMiss May IMiss May I is an American metalcore band from Troy, Ohio. On December 6, 2008, Miss May I announced that they had been signed to Rise Records. The band's debut album, Apologies Are for the Weak, reached #29 on Billboard's Top Heatseekers, and #66 on Top Independent Albums. Their song, "Forgive and...
on MonumentMonument (Miss May I album)Monument is the second studio album from the Metalcore band Miss May I, and their first with bassist and clean vocalist Ryan Neff. The album debuted at #76 on the Bilboard 200 chart, making it the band's highest charting album to date.-Release:...
) - 2010 - "Follow the Trail of Blood" (CombichristCombiChristCombichrist is a Norwegian Aggrotech band formed in 2003 by Norwegian Andy LaPlegua based in Atlanta.-Formation:The first material LaPlegua wrote was a few powernoise/techno crossover tracks under the moniker DRIVE...
on Making Monsters) - 2011 - "Pure Anger" (Lionheart on Built On Struggle)