Johnny Truant
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| Johnny Truant | |
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| Origin | Brighton, England |
| Genre(s) | Metalcore |
| Years active | 2001 – present |
| Label(s) | United By Fate Records Distort Entertainment Undergroove Records Dine Alone Records |
| Members | |
| Paul Jackson Stuart Hunter Alan Booth Reuben Gotto Olly Mitchell |
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| Former members | |
| Al Kilcullen James Hunter |
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Johnny Truant are a British, Brighton-based metalcore band, formed in 2000 under the name Severance. The band recorded 3 demos under this moniker before renaming themselves after the lead character of Mark Z. Danielewski's novel House of Leaves. The band recorded their debut release The Repercussions of a Badly Planned Suicide (which featured three remixed songs from their second demo) in 2002 which was released on Undergroove Records. Their second album, In the Library of Horrific Events was produced by Killswitch Engage guitarist, Adam Dutkiewicz. The band have toured the UK and europe with the likes of Killswitch Engage, As I Lay Dying and Alexisonfire as well as playing Download Festival in 2005 and 2006. Although the band started out as a 4-piece, at the start of 2006, Al Kilcullen was added as a second guitarist. As of June 2006 however, Kilcullen was replaced by Reuben Gotto. The band is currently signed to United By Fate Records in the UK and Distort Entertainment in Canada. Their third album titled No Tears For The Creatures is due to be released on the 2nd of June, however the album leaked onto the internet weeks beforehand.
The band has been announced for the 2008 Download Festival.
[edit] Members
- Current
- Paul Jackson - Drums
- Stuart Hunter - Guitar, vocals
- Alan Booth - Bass guitar
- Reuben Gotto - Guitar
- Olly Mitchell - Vocals
- Former
- Al Kilcullen - Guitar
- James Hunter - Bass Guitar
[edit] Discography
- Insecta Evolution (2001) Self-Released
- The Repercussions of a Badly Planned Suicide (2002) Undergroove Records
- In the Library of Horrific Events (2005) Undergroove Records- UK / (2006) Dine Alone Records- Canada
- In the Library of Horrific Events (Marbled 12" Vinyl) (2005) Midmarch Records
- No Tears For The Creatures (2008) United By Fate Records- UK / (2008) Distort Entertainment- Canada
