Endo (band)

Endo
Origin	Miami, Florida, United States
Genres	Nu metal Alternative Metal Post-grunge Rap metal(early)
Years active	1998–2007
Labels	DV8/Columbia Records
Website	Endo on MySpace
Members
Gil "B-Man" Bitton Eli "Fat Boy" Parker Zelick the Clown Joe Eshkenazi
Past members
Joel Suarez

Endo was a four-piece nu metal music group from Miami, Florida. The band formed in 1995, release two major record label albums in 2001 and 2003, and worked on songs for a third before disbanding in 2007.

History

The band formed in 1995 with Lou Orenstein, Diego Ponsa, Reggie Barret, Steve Morris and Gil Bitton. In 1996, bassist Zelick joined the group, followed by Joel Suarez and Eli Parker. New York-based company, "Concrete Management" (Pantera, Ministry, Anthrax), signed the band in the late 90's, where they opened for such bands as the Foo Fighters, Static-X, and Megadeth. They were later signed to DV8/Columbia Records, and released two major albums.

Their first major album Evolve was released in 2001, and featured more of a rap-metal and nu metal sound. The band released a follow up album, Songs for the Restless in 2003, but the band featured more of a post grunge, straight rock sound, without rapping. They played at the Ozzfest Tour in 2003 in support of the album and opened for bands such as Korn, Chevelle and Marilyn Manson.

The band parted ways with DV8/Columbia in April 2004, and at the time were working on the recording of five new tracks. These demos are available for download on Broadjam.com. [1] A year and a half later, in November 2005, they announced on their MySpace blog that a new album was close to being finished. In February 2006, they announced they were performing at a contest in their hometown of Florida, but no further news on the album.

Unfortunately, about a year later the band finally made another statement, on January 1, 2007, that they were disbanding due to inner turmoil.

Band members

Members

• Gil Bitton – Vocals
• Eli Parker – Guitar
• Zelick – Bass
• Joe Eshkenazi – Drums

Former

• Joel Suarez – Drums

Discography

Date of Release	Title	Label
March 20, 2001	Evolve (v3.0)	DV8/Columbia Records
July 22, 2003	Songs for the Restless	DV8/Columbia Records

Videography

"Suffer"

"Simple Lies"

External links

• Endo at Allmusic
• Endo at Myspace