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{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians --> |
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| Name = Prototype |
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| Origin = [[Los Angeles]], [[California]] |
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| Genre = [[Progressive metal]], <br>[[Thrash Metal]] |
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| Years_active = [[1994]] - [[Present (time)|present]] |
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| Label = [[Nightmare Records]], <br>[[WWIII Music/AMC]], <br>Sublevel Records, <br>[[Massacre Records]], <br>MetalAxe Records |
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| URL = [http://www.prototypeonline.com/ PrototypeOnline.com] |
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| Current_members = Kragen Lum, <br>Vince Levalois, <br>Kirk Scherer |
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| Past_members = Pat Magrath, <br>Damion Ramirez, <br>Mike Bear, <br>Steve Gambina, <br>Mike Johnsen, <br>Jason Mirza |
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'''Prototype''' is a [[progressive metal]]/[[thrash metal]] band from the [[United States of America|United States]], with at least two of its members from [[Los Angeles]]. |
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==History== |
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===1990s=== |
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In 1994, Kragen Lum (guitar) and Vince Levalois (vocals, guitar) left the LA band "Psychosis", and decided to form a new band, Prototype. |
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They found a new drummer (Damion Ramirez) and bassist (Steve Gambina), and began recording new compositions of their critically acclaimed ''"Seed"'' [[Demo (music)|demo]] under the name Prototype. The cassette contained only three songs, ''"Seed"'', ''"Shine"'' and ''"Dead Of Jericho"''. All three tracks later appeared on two more of their CDs. Critics worldwide praised the demo and even referred to it as a benchmark for today's progressive metal. |
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In 1997, Lum, Levalois, new drummer Pat Magrath (now a permanent member of the group) and new bassist Mike Bear recorded their next CD as Prototype - ''"Cloned"''. |
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In 1999, the band found a new bassist, Kirk Scherer. |
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===2000s=== |
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However, in 2002, Pat Magrath left the band, the band has still not appointed a replacement drummer. In 2002 the band appeared on ''"Phantom Lords - A Tribute to Metallica"'' covering Metallica's song ''"[[Battery (song)|Battery]]"''. |
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In 2003, five songs from their album ''Trinity'' were featured on the soundtrack for the game ''[[True Crime: Streets of LA]]''. |
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In 2004, an [[instrumental]] version of the song ''"Probe"'' was featured on the [[MTX Mototrax]] [[video game]]. |
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In 2006, the song ''"Synthespian"'', featured on ''Continuum'' appeared on ''[[Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam]]'' for [[Nintendo]]'s [[Wii]] gaming platform. |
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On the band's latest CD ''"Continuum"'', original drummer Damion Ramirez handled the drumming with Pat Magrath guesting on one track. The song ''"The Way it Ends"'', off ''Continuum'', is featured in the video game ''[[Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock]]''. It is considered one of the more difficult songs in the game.{{Fact|date=February 2008}} |
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Kragen, Vince and Kirk were endorsed by [[Jackson Guitars]] for two years and appeared in the product catalogs. Kragen's custom seven string Soloist was featured in the catalog's custom shop guitars. |
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==Discography== |
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|[[Image:prototype - Seed.jpg|center|50px|]] |
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|July 28, 1995 |
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|''Seed'' |
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|Self |
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|[[Image:prototype - Cloned.jpg|center|50px|]] |
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|1998 |
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|''Cloned'' |
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|Sublevel Records |
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|[[Image:prototype - trinity.jpg|center|50px|]] |
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|2002 |
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|''Trinity'' |
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|WWIII Music/AMC (U.S.)<br>Massacre Records (Europe) |
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|[[Image:prototype - CONTINUUM.jpg|center|50px|]] |
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|May 23, 2006 |
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|''Continuum'' |
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|Nightmare Records (U.S.)<br>Metal Axe Records (Europe) |
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==External links== |
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*[http://www.prototypeonline.com Official Website] |
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*[http://www.myspace.com/prototypeonline Prototype] at [[MySpace]] |
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[[Category:Alternative musical groups]] |
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[[Category:American rock music groups]] |
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[[Category:California musical groups]] |
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[[Category:Los Angeles musical groups]] |
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[[Category:Musical groups established in 1994]] |
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Revision as of 20:56, 7 April 2008
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