Deviant

There is more than one artist with this name:

1) Deviant was a five-piece Rap Metal band from Ames, Iowa, active from 1998 to 2001. Coming from the Midwest, Deviant incorporated key ingredients of frustration & alienation—to fuel their blend of Rap & Metal style.

The band's formation began with Travis Brown, known as Troj Brown, & Jeremy Kaiser, known as Quinn-Dogg, who were living in the dorms at the time. After discovering that they shared the same musical interests, Quinn-Dogg eventually moved in with Troj Brown, set up his drums in their dorm room, & the two began jamming together. John Ohlfest, known as Johnny-O, was then added to the lineup. Afterward, the group moved off campus & began holding auditions for a lead singer & lead guitarist. Landon Burg joined as lead guitarist after impressing the band with his playing. With Burg in place, the band only needed a vocalist. Curt Daniels came in for an audition & immediately made an impression, rolling around, flipping all over the place, & breaking stuff. From that point on, they knew they had found the guy they were looking for. The lineup came together with Curt Daniels on vocals, John Ohlfest (Johnny-O) on rhythm guitar, Landon Burg on lead guitar, Travis Brown (Troj Brown) on bass, & Jeremy Kaiser (Quinn-Dogg) on drums. They started out rehearsing & working on demo songs before becoming a recognized band within the local scene of Iowa.

Deviant started playing all over the Midwest, sharing bills with numerous local & regional acts, such as 35 Inch Mudder, Deadfront, Smakdab, Painface, Krete, Heroic Dose, Blister Burn, Index Case, American Head Charge, Nothing, GodKillGod, among others. Their sound was described by Troj Brown as "an original blend of metal & hip-hop," drawing from a range of Metal & Rap influences. The band's early identity centered around an aggressive live performance, with frustration & alienation forming part of the character of their Midwest sound. In 1999, Deviant released their independent debut, "Chapter 1: Bag of Trikz." Cory Brown of 35 Inch Mudder helped the band with the recording, mixing the release alongside Matt Sepanic under Cory's own label, Bone.

*

2) DEVIANT from Denver, CO USA. The meshing of rock guitar riffs, electronic melodies, and driving industrial drums were the initial factors behind the building of the electro-rock trio, Deviant.

Formed in 2002 by vocalist/lyricist London, multi-talented musicians D' MacKinnon and Marcus "Daisho" Wilkerson, Deviant immediately garnered a local following in Denver after their first live performances and album release. Deviant successfully merged the modern sounds of electronic music with accessable songwriting and emotional lyrical content. Their first release, Absenta, received critical praise from the national underground scene, college radio, and club DJs. Deviant won three awards at the 2003 Colorado Underground Music Awards including "Best New Band". Tracks off have Absenta have also been featured in films such as Throttle and on several compilation albums. In 2006 Deviant was nominated for the Westword Music Showcase.

Deviant spent most of 2003 performing shows to support the release of Absenta. In 2004 the members focused their efforts on side projects, remixing and production work.

Deviant returned to the recording studio in early 2005 to write a new material. In 2006 the Westword nominated Deviant for their annual awards in the "Gothic/Industrial" category.

3) DEVIANT was formed in early 2002 by Johan, EB and Magnus in Uppsala, Sweden. The band's goal musical-wise from the very start was to play furious, hateful death metal with elements from old school swedish death, "new school" death metal and grindcore. The local madman Alx joined the band to do the vokills and a bassplayer joined shortly before being 'lifted from duties'. Some live shows were executed before the debut demo was recorded in August of 2003.

The debut demo, simply entitled Deviant was unleashed in November 2003 and led to a deal with the Italian label The Spew Records in early 2004. During 2004, the band spent the first half of the year playing shows and planning the debut album. Erik joined on bass in January. The second half of the year was spent writing material for what was to become Larvaeon. Erik left the band in October. The debut album, "Larvaeon", was recorded during December and early January '04/'05 in EAR Studios (where also the demo was recorded). Fredrik filled in on the bass spot after the recording and was publicly announced in March of '05. The band continued spreading their hate in 2005 by doing various live shows and recording a MCD called "Apathyphus" with three new songs and a cover of Nasum's "Inhale/Exhale".

Alx - Vox Johan - Lead Guitars Magnus - Guitars Fredrik - Bass EB - Drums

4) Deviant is a Black Metal band from France formed in 1995.

5) Deviant is a progressive house DJ, producer, and remixer. He is also the owner of Toes in the Sand Recordings and HeadRush Music. He hosts a show on Proton Radio, and has opened and closed for many of the world's top DJs.

6) Deviant was a UK (North Walsham, Norfolk) Thrash Metal band formed in 1987 and assumed to have split up in the early 90s. Released a series of demos '87 - '90, and the In Pursuit of Happiness EP in 1991, all of which were self-released.

7) Straight Edge hardcore band from Kiev, Ukraine.

8) Death Metal band from Bucharest, Romania. Last known line-up Ţtefan "Fane" Panea - Guitar, Vocals (Avskild, Insepultus (Rou), Irkalla, Schtephan) Simion Florin - Bass (Dust (Rou)) Mihai "Tase" Tănăsescu - Drums (Avskild, Kratos (Rou), Sphera Noctis, Onderah)

9) Deviant are a downbeat American Hardcore band who recently released 'Scapegoat'. For Fan's Of: Sworn In, Villains, Barrier, Victims, Demolisher.

10 Japanese visual kei band formed in 2021