Randy strohmeyer biography

Biography.
What it is To Burn: An Interview with Finch's Randy Strohmeyer.
Guitarist and artist manager, born 1984 in Temecula, California.

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Finch is an American rock band from Temecula, California. After going on hiatus in 2006, the band returned in 2007, with a reunion show on November 23 at the Glasshouse in Pomona, California. They have played several shows around the US and played at the Give It a Name festival in the UK in May 2008. They are widely credited with popularizing the post-hardcore genre.

Currently, the band have released two EPs (Falling Into Place, Finch), and two full-length albums, What It Is to Burn and Say Hello to Sunshine. They are now in the process of demoing several tracks for their third studio effort, with track names such as "Bad News Bears" and "Surph's Up", and played at the Australian Soundwave Festival, plus 2 shows in Japan, before returning to America to continue work on the new album.^[1]

History[]

Early history[]

Finch began in the late 1990s, originally as a Deftones cover band called "Numb". The band soon added guitarist Randy "R2K" Strohmeyer to their lineup as the band signed to Drive-Thru Records. The group then officially changed their name to Finch a

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..::: FiNCH - WHaT iT iS To BuRN :::.. (Band Biography)

Guitar - Alex
Guitar - Randy
Bass - Derek
Vocals - Nate
Drums - Pappas

Driven by undeniable passion, Finch will be the band to bridge the gap between hard rock and punk. They dive headlong into songs laden with raw intensity to create a perfect union of post-hardcore angst and melodic rock dynamics. With a tip of the hat to their musical peers and influences, Finch confidently push at the boundaries set before them.

The band has come a long way since their formation in the late '90s. In those days, the Temecula, California based band was called Numb. Though currently a nearly identical lineup of those early days, Finch has now found their own unique voice, and a permanent membership of frontman Nate Barcalow, guitarists Randy Strohmeyer and Alex Linares, bassist Derek Doherty and drummer Alex Pappas.

The band's jump from the world of practicing in the garage to being signed was a real grassroots process. Randy had kept in touch with Drive-Thru ever since writing a fan letter to the label ye

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What it is To Burn: An Interview with Finch's Randy Strohmeyer

Any tattoos? I have a few. Any favorites? Oh, I don’t know. I guess I don’t really care about any of them. They don’t have any significance to me. They’re fun, I just don’t care. I’ll let anyone tattoo me. As long it’s not something like a swastika. Nothing too crazy, right? I mean, it can be crazy. Just not anything racist, or sexist. I hear you've eaten some great food on this leg of the tour. What's the best meal you've had thus far? Yes! Definitely Avec in Chicago. Best food I’ve ever had in my life. I had these dates wrapped in Chorizo. It was so good. And then we had pork shoulder that came out afterwards. Everything was so delicious. We’re not like crazy foodies but we turned into those guys that were suddenly like, ‘Ohhh fuck!’ Suddenly your food is on Instagram. Yeah, everyone was taking pictures with their phones. What's the worst gig Finch has ever played? Well obviously the Disturbed one was pretty bad. There was this one show that was sort of like, both th