Trauma (American band)

Trauma
Trauma in 2018
Background information
Origin	San Francisco, California, United States
Genres	Heavy metal, thrash metal
Years active	1981–1985, 2013–present
Labels	Shrapnel Records, Metal Blade, Pure Steel Records, The Orchard/Sony, Rivet Records.
Members	Donny Hillier Kris Gustofson Steve Robello Joe Fraulob Greg Christian
Past members	Cliff Burton (bass) Michael Overton (rhythm guitar) Ross Alexander (lead guitar) Dennis Schaefer (drums) George Lady (lead guitar) Lucas Advicula (bass) Kurt Fry (guitars) Marcel Eaton (bass)
Website	www.traumametal.com

Trauma is a heavy metal band formed in 1981. It currently consist of members Donny Hillier, Kris Gustafson, Steve Robello, Joe Fraulob, and Greg Christian. Early Trauma bassist Cliff Burton would go on to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with the heavy metal band Metallica.

Band members

Current members

• Donny Hillier – lead vocals (1981-1985, 2013-present)
• Kris Gustofson – drums (1982-1985, 2013-present)
• Greg Christian – bass guitar (2017-present)
• Joe Fraulob - Guitars (2017-present)
• Steve Robello - Guitars (2017-present), bass (2014-2017)

Former members

• Cliff Burton – bass guitar (1981-1982)
• Dennis Schaefer – drums (1981-1982)
• George Lady – guitars (1981-1983)
• Michael Overton – guitars (1981-1985)
• Lucas Advicula – bass guitar (1982-1984)
• Ross Alexander - guitars (1983-1985)
• Glen Gordon - bass guitar (1984-1985)
• Marcel Eaton - bass guitar (2013-2014)
• Kurt Fry - guitars (2013-2015)
• Jeff Jones - guitars (2015-2017)
• Bobby Eaton - guitars (2016-2017)

Timeline

Discography

• Scratch and Scream (1984)
• Rapture and Wrath (2015)
• The Rage (single) (2017)
• As The World Dies (2018)

See also

• List of bands from the San Francisco Bay Area
• List of heavy metal bands
• List of thrash metal bands

External links

• Official Facebook Page
• Official SoundCloud Page