Biography
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Years Active
2003 – present (21 years)
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Founded In
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States
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Members
- Jim Semonik
Rein started out of the ashes of the band Forced after a breakup in 2003.
The band released "Futile Longings of a Condescending Man" in 2006.
Following the records release, Ben Bloom, keyboardist for Rein and frontman for Agnes Wired for Sound unexpectedly passed away. While the band continued on to play many more live shows, Ben's presence was missed dearly. In 2006, they played many shows including appearances in Cleveland, New York City, State College and Chicago. Jim Semonik, the band's singer is currently struggling with cancer. While this is not stopping Semonik and Turner from writing the new album, "X Amount of Stabwounds in the Back", it won't see release until 2009. Rein will be playing a few live shows in 2008 as well as a tour planned after the albums release.
Forced / Rein have shared the stage with such talent as Front Line Assembly, Haujobb, Assemblage 23, Vicious Alliance, I:Scintilla, Chemlab, Run Level Zero, Psyclon 9, Sheep On Drugs, Terrorfakt, Sister Machine Gun, Christ Analogue, Manufactura, Moulin Noir, Xanopticon, Prometheus Burning, Cyber Strukture, Cesium 137, The Aggression, Ascension of the Watchers, Mindless Faith, Slick Idiot, Nocturne, Pigface, Control.Org, Funker Vogt, Hanzel Und Gretyl, Bile, Voodou, Chris Connelly, Icon of Coil, Lost Signal, Zeromancer, Bella Morte, Deathline Int'l, My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult, Bamboo Crisis, E-Craft, Andraculoid, Acumen Nation, Celldweller, DJ Acucrack, Ego Likeness, Carfax Abbey, XPQ-21, Caustic, Filament 38, Defcon, The Gothsicles, Tonikom, and Interface.
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