Revenge of DFT

Revenge of DFT was actually started in 1996.  Ben was on guitar, Alfred was on bass and 
vocals, and they had a drummer who didn't have a drum set.  They played around for a 
year or so, but with nowhere to practice, no p.a., and a great lack of equipment, they 
weren't getting much accomplished.  So they pretty much split up to play with other 
people who had the things they didn't.

Enter 2002.  After about 6 years of playing sub par music with sub par musicians, Ben 
and Alfred decided to start playing music together again.  They started practicing at 
Ben's house, writing some new songs.  Al had a set of songs that he'd play on guitar and 
vocals while Ben drummed, and vice versa.  After doing this for a while as a two-piece, 
Alfred got discouraged and left to join a more "radio-friendly" band.

Around this time, Ben started working at a music store with Gabe.  He was playing bass 
in a ska type band at the time.  He was easily the best musician.  After realizing that he 
was capable of doing better than what he was presently doing, he quit his band.  He and 
Ben started a two-piece bass and drums band.  They wrote 4 songs together.

About may 2003, Alfred was losing interest in the band he was in, and we started talking 
about getting DFT together, with Gabe playing bass.  After the first practice, they knew 
that things could work out.  They decided to keep the original name DFT (dysfunctional 
family tree). They added 'revenge of' to signify that they wanted to put some danger back 
into rock and roll.

Ben had recently bought his first drum set, and was practicing almost everyday.  He went 
from being someone who could play the drums, to being a drummer.  So he decided to 
just stick to the drums and let Alfred stick to guitar.  Still wanting to do vocals, he and Al 
started switching up on vocals, and also doing harmonies.

They were practicing and writing songs as much as possible.  They played a few shows, 
and in summer 2004, recorded their first demo.  They played more shows, wrote more 
songs, and in December 2004 recorded their second demo.

Roots and influences
Rancid, Misfits, Green Day, Led Zeppelin, Nirvana, the Offspring, sketch comedy, 
Beavis and Butthead, and beer.

For further information, please contact us at revengeofdft@yahoo.com