Throwdown

Throwdown was formed in 1997 by singer Keith Barney, also an active member of the bands Adamantium and Eighteen Visions, guitarists Tommy Love and Javier Van Huss, bassist Dom Macaluso, and drummer Marc Jackson. The band released its first record, the self-titled 7-inch single, the same year on the Prime Directive Records label. Van Huss left the band and was replaced by Brandan Schieppati. After signing with the Indecision Records label, the band released its first studio album, Beyond Repair, the following year. In 1999, Barney set aside Death by Stereo to devote himself mainly to Throwdown. Schieppati left the band to focus on Bleeding Through, being replaced by Dave Peters. This new line-up released the EP Drive Me Dead the following year.