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==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
===Formation=== | ===Formation=== | ||
One year after [[Fury]]'s formation, Rivers wanted to play a heavier metal and his friend Justin agreed. The two began writing as members drifted in and out. At the time, Rivers was writing his own guitar parts as well as covering Metallica and | One year after [[Fury]]'s formation, Rivers wanted to play a heavier metal and his friend Justin agreed. The two began writing as members drifted in and out. At the time, Rivers was writing his own guitar parts as well as covering Metallica and [[Fates Warning]]. Eventually, Rivers and Justin would call the band "Avant Garde". Rivers has since said, "We were anything but." In 1986, [[Kevin Ridel]] was cast as the lead singer. Kevin first met Justin and Rivers at a local Battle of the Bands. Kevin's brother Eric also joined the band as rhythm guitarist. Rivers' and Justin's friend from high school Bryn Mutch was cast as the drummer. Even today, Justin considers Bryn "an amazing drummer." | ||
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Avant Garde was very devoted to the music they were playing and worked meticulously. The band would typically practice four times a week for several hours at a time. Anyone who the band considered to not take the music seriously was kicked out. Eric, being a partier, was the first member to go. Even Justin Fisher was confronted by Rivers about his one night of partying. In a ''[[Rivers' Edge]]'' interview, Justin said, "We didn't really drink, smoke, or do most of the things that people usually associate with rock music. We were really focused on being musicians and the people that we saw drinking or getting high back then didn't seem to be as 'serious' as we wanted to be. One night, I'm hanging out with our friend Jim Emino and a couple of girls -- ooh! -- and I try schnapps, pot and cigarettes all for the first time -- double ooh! Needless to say, I didn't score very well with the ladies, and when I went to Rivers' house the next day I got the third degree from Rivers, Eric and Leaves. They were all sitting around the Kitchen table -- we were practicing in Rivers' bedroom -- and saying, 'We heard what you were doing last night -- smoking pot -- and we need to know if you are going to want to do it again.' The underlying message being, 'We're not really into having a pot smoker in the band.'" | Avant Garde was very devoted to the music they were playing and worked meticulously. The band would typically practice four times a week for several hours at a time. Anyone who the band considered to not take the music seriously was kicked out. Eric, being a partier, was the first member to go. Even Justin Fisher was confronted by Rivers about his one night of partying. In a ''[[Rivers' Edge]]'' interview, Justin said, "We didn't really drink, smoke, or do most of the things that people usually associate with rock music. We were really focused on being musicians and the people that we saw drinking or getting high back then didn't seem to be as 'serious' as we wanted to be. One night, I'm hanging out with our friend Jim Emino and a couple of girls -- ooh! -- and I try schnapps, pot and cigarettes all for the first time -- double ooh! Needless to say, I didn't score very well with the ladies, and when I went to Rivers' house the next day I got the third degree from Rivers, Eric and Leaves. They were all sitting around the Kitchen table -- we were practicing in Rivers' bedroom -- and saying, 'We heard what you were doing last night -- smoking pot -- and we need to know if you are going to want to do it again.' The underlying message being, 'We're not really into having a pot smoker in the band.'" | ||