Training for Utopia: Biography

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Genres:

Alternative Rock Music, Metal Rock Music

Decades Active:

1990's|2000's

Wanting to break down the stereotypes that all Christian heavy metal bands sound like Stryper, Ryan (vocals/ guitar), Morley (drums), Steve (bass) and Don (guitar) dusted off their Slayer records and formed Training for Utopia. Taking an additional cue from the likes of Unsane, Karp and Meshugguh, TFU's first EP The Falling Cycle was released in 1997, followed by Plastic Soul Implement in 1998. After a split EP with Solid State lablemates Zao during that same year, Training for Utopia took a different musical direction and added elements of techno/industrial to their 1999 full length Throwing a Wrench Into the American Music Machine.

- Mike DaRonco, All Music Guide