Artist: Nonpoint
Genre(s):
Metal
Metal: Alternative
Discography:
To The Pain
Year: 2005
Tracks: 14
Recoil
Year: 2004
Tracks: 13
Statement
Year: 2000
Tracks: 12
Formed in Miami in 1997, Nonpoint is an interracial substitute metal/rap-metal quartet that consists of two Puerto Ricans (singer Elias Soriano and drummer Robb Rivera) and two whites (guitar player Andrew Goldman and bassist KB). Occasionally, the bilingual Sorian (a native of New Jersey) sings and raps in Spanish, although the huge bulk of Nonpoint's lyrics are in English. The bring up Nonpoint is derived from Nonpoint Factor, which was the bring up of the outfit that Rivera (world Health Organization is originally from New York) light-emitting diode in Puerto Rico earlier moving to South Florida. Goldman and KB, meanwhile, ar ex-members of a South Florida band called Fuse. Nonpoint's showtime CD, Separate Yourself, was released independently in 1997 and was followed by 1999's Struggle on Jugular and 2000's Statement on MCA. After several tours with artists wish Sevendust, Linkin Park, and Staind, the band stepped back into the studio and returned in the summer of 2002 with Development. The band spent the following year touring extensively, most notably making an appearance at Ozzfest. They released Recoil in 2004, a 13-track solicitation of streamlined ability that included a cover up of Phil Collins "In the Air Tonight."
