Aphasia: Biography

• Overview
• Discography
• Biography
• Related Artists

• Trapt
• Story of the Year
• Lostprophets
• Coheed and Cambria
• Thrice
• The Early November
• Boys Night Out

• Deftones
• Incubus
• Hoobastank
• Foo Fighters

Formed:

Jan 1, 2001 in Burlingame, CA

Genres:

Rock Music, Alternative Rock Music, Punk and Hardcore Rock Music, Emo

Decades Active:

2000's

The early 2000s had a few other artists poking around with Aphasia as a handle an avantgarde electronicist here, a death metal act there. But that didn't stop this Californiabased neoemo (think Thrice, Incubus) quartet from copping the name, too. Jeff Harber (vocals), Drew DeHaven (guitar), Jayse Basques (bass), and Will Peng (drums) had solidified their sound and lineup by high school, and began playing shows and building a following around their Bay Area home turf. By 2003 they'd come to the attention of fellow Northern Californian postgrungers Trapt, who took Aphasia under their management and recordrelease wing. A threesong teaser EP appeared before their selftitled fulllength dropped in autumn '04.

- Johnny Loftus, All Music Guide