Static Thought is a Progressive Punk band that was formed in 2000 in Richmond, California

Richmond, California

Richmond is a city in western Contra Costa County, California, United States. The city was incorporated on August 7, 1905. It is located in the East Bay, part of the San Francisco Bay Area. It is a residential inner suburb of San Francisco, as well as the site of heavy industry, which has been...

, by Travis Davant, Eric Urbach, and Charlie Vincent.
Static Thought includes Urbach on guitar

Guitar

The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

 and vocals

Singing

Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...

, Johaan Hill on bass

Bass guitar

The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

 and vocals, Aaron Younce on guitar and vocals, and Drew Cueva on drums

Drum kit

A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....

. The band is at the forefront of hardcore and punk music today.

Early years

The band was formed in 2000 by Davant, Urbach, and Vincent, Urbach being only 11 years old. The band met in Middle School and started the band for something to do. The band wrote and self released their first EP "Were Dumb" under this line up. After playing a few shows, Vincent left the band in 2003} and was replaced by Mike Leon. During this period of the band, the band released the now highly sought after EP "Outta Control". Soon after, Vincent rejoined the band on rhythm guitar in 2005}. Soon after his venture back into band Vincent decided to leave and was later replaced by Garcia later that year.

Signing to Hellcat

In 2006, Static Thought Signed to Hellcat Records. That Summer they set out on their first tour with Intro5pect (AF Records). Soon after the tour, the band went into the studio and recorded their first full length "In The Trenches". Soon after in 2007, Leon left the band and was replaced by Hill. The band continued to tour across the US and Canada. In 2008 The band went into the studio and recorded tracks for a split with Societys Parasites, and their highly acclaimed full length "The Motive For Movement". They then headed on extensive touring of Europe, Canada and America. After the extensive touring in 2009, Davant decided to leave the band and was replaced soon after by Drew Cueva.

Current activities

Heading into the new decade the band has begun to work on new songs for a new Full Length album and more extensive touring. In the summer of 2010 A split with wartortle was released on Swamp Cabbage Records. The band headed to the UK for a 10 day tour including a stop at the Reading and Leeds Festivals.
For all info on the band visit www.myspace.com/staticthought.

EPs

• 2011 "Soylent Green"
• 2010 "Static Thought//Wartortle 7"Split"
• 2008 "From The Bay to LA
  From the Bay to LA
  From the Bay to LA is a split EP between Hellcat bands Static Thought and Society's Parasites. It was originally released in 2008 by Slambo Rat Records and was limited to 500 pressings...
  
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• 2005 "Outta Control"
• 2004 "Were Dumb"

External links

• The Official Static Thought Web site
• The Static Thought Myspace site
• Hellcat Records