Skyla Talon

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Skyla Talon
Background information
Origin Hollywood, CA
Genres Hard Rock, Glam Metal,
Labels Cleopatra
Associated acts Blackburner Modelsaint, Killingbird, Scum of the Earth
Website Official website

Skyla Talon is an American hard rock guitarist, singer songwriter and producer. Skyla is the vocalist/guitar player in ModelSaint. He is also known for his role as the guitarist in Scum of the Earth which is fronted by Riggs, formerly of Rob Zombie. Talon is also the founding member of Killingbird.

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[edit] Biography

[edit] Early life

Skyla grew up in Mount Pleasant, Michigan and started playing guitar at an early age. Skyla soon moved to Los Angeles[1] where he formed the gutter rock band Killingbird. In 2002 they were signed to 2KSounds[2] and distributed by EMI Music. Killingbird released 2 albums in the next couple years including their self-titled release and Waste Another Yesterday. In 2004 Skyla's first solo CD was released titled All The Dead Flowers.[3] In 2005 Skyla joined Scum of the Earth which is fronted by former Rob Zombie guitarist Riggs. In 2007 he helped record their second album Sleaze Freak.[4] With addition to guitar, Skyla's vocals are featured on the fan fave songI Am Monster. He continued to tour with Scum of the Earth up through 2008. In 2009 Skyla Talon released multiple albums under Cleopatra Records including his side-project The Rotten Bastards and also a new solo album Last of Summertime.

[edit] Current

Skyla Talon is currently the vocalist/guitarist in the band ModelSaint which also features former Prong drummer Dan Laudo.


[edit] BLACKBURNER

Talon cut his teeth in the music capital of the world with the modern metal bands. Inspired by the revolutionary new sounds in Dubstep and Glitch music generated by the likes of fellow metal-head-turned-DJ SKRILLEX, Talon began the Blackburner project, remixing tracks and releasing original compositions through the Cleopatra imprint Hypnotic Records. The project immediately met with enormous success as compilations featuring Blackburner alongside Dubstep luminaries RUSKO, NERO, DUDDA JONNY climbed the iTunes Electronic charts, while Blackburner tracks racked up over over 50,000 individual downloads. Bolstered by this overwhelming on-line buzz, preparations were made for a full-length album - and now the time has come for Blackburner to make its worldwide launch. Influenced by Talon’s background as a metal guitarist/vocalist, Blackburner combines the heavily twisted and seriously aggressive beats of Dubstep and Glitch with the melodic hooks of Rock, Industrial and Electronica to create a daring yet widely appealing new hybrid sound.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

  • Killingbird - self-titled (2002)
  • Killingbird - Waste Another Yesterday (2003)
  • Skyla Talon - All The Dead Flowers (2004)
  • Killingbird - Scar (2009)
  • The Rotten Bastards - Year Of The Bastard (2009)
  • Skyla Talon - Last Of Summertime (2009)
  • Skyla Talon - Off The Radio (2009)
  • Blackburner - "Back in Black" (2012)
  • Blackburner - "Feel the Burn" (2012)

[edit] Compilations

  • Heat Slick records - Heat Slick Records Compilation (2002)
  • The Album Network - Retail Tune-Up #86 (2002)
  • Metal Sludge - Hey That's What I Call Sludge (2003)
  • Jetboys Of Babylon - A Tribute To The New York Dolls (2005)
  • Riot On Sunset - Vol. 2 (2007)
  • Bumps and Rails - w/ L.A. Guns, 69 Eyes, Gemini Five (2008)

[edit] Featured

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.last.fm/music/Killingbird
  2. ^ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r589844
  3. ^ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r691829
  4. ^ http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/scumoftheearth/albums/album/17065333/sleaze_freak__clean_version

[edit] External links


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