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WHERE DID THE NAME R.A.M-M.A.N COME FROM?! DID IT EMERGE FROM THEIR RESPECT FOR AN 80'S CARTOON HERO WHO BROKE THROUGH WALLS WITH HIS HEAD? OR, DOES IT STAND FOR 'REVOLT AGAINST MAN-MADE ATROCITIES NOW'? WHO KNOWS?!!! WHO GIVES A SHIT?!!!

WHEN THE BAND WAS FORMED IN AUGUST 2001, NOBODY COULD SING AND NOBODY COULD PLAY. SO NOTHING HAS CHANGED A LOT REALLY!....... R.A.M-M.A.N BEGAN LIFE AS A FAST & CATCHY PUNK BAND BUT WENT ON TO BECOME MUCH FASTER AND HARDCORE SOUNDING AS TIME WENT ON. THEY HAVE PLAYED IN MANY PARTS OF THE UK, THE NETHERLANDS AND HAVE VENTURED TO GERMANY.

THEY STARTED WITH 1 GUITARIST BUT IN JUNE 2002, SHENT WAS THROWN IN ON LEAD TO ADD MORE POWER AND DEPTH TO THEIR SONGS. THIS WAS DEFINITELY WHEN THEIR HARDER AND MORE AGGRESSIVE SOUND BEGAN TO CREEP IN. THE BAND HAD ANOTHER GOOD MATE ON DRUMS FOR THE FIRST 2 YEARS, BUT IN JUNE 2003 JOHN STEPPED DOWN TO CONCENTRATE ON HIS OTHER BAND, SWAKTANG. DAZ (FORMERLY OF EASTFIELD) TOOK OVER AND HAS BEEN WITH THEM SINCE. WHILST PAUL WAS RECOVERING FROM RECONSTRUCTIVE KNEE SURGERY DURING SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER 2008, AL (D'CORNER BOIS) STEPPED IN TO HELP OUT ON BASS. IT WENT SO WELL THAT WE ASKED IF HE WANTED TO STAY, SO NOW WE HAVE 6 MEMBERS, WITH BOTH ANDY AND PAUL BOTH FRONTING THE BAND TOGETHER.....

IN JANUARY 2010, ANDY B REALISED THAT HE DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO COMMIT TO THE BAND, ESPECIALLY THE TOURS, SO HE MADE THE HARD DECISION TO LEAVE THE BAND. WE WERE GUTTED!!! BUT, WE ARE STILL STRONG AS A 5-PIECE AGAIN, SO IT'S ONWARDS AND UPWARDS AND DIY FOREVER!

 

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