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Artist
Mugshot
12+ albums
hardcoremetallic hardcoremetalcorepop punkgroove metal
about
There is more than one band with this name: 1. Mugshot is a metalcore band from San Jose, CA, USA. They are comprised of Eli Truitt (vocals), Michael Demko (guitar), Eddie Smith (bass), Connor Haines (drums). The band has been releasing music since 2014, but only broke out in 2025 with their album All the Devils Are Here. They have played support shows for bands like Orthodox and Alpha Wolf 2. Mugshot is a band from Denmark, formed in 1998 by Kim Orneborg, Søren Stærk, Philippe Bartram and Claus Samuelsen. Later that year bass player Martin Brand joined the group and came up with the band name, MUGSHOT. Søren, Philippe and Claus had played together in the Danish grind-core band “Revolting Phimosis” and played numerous shows with Kim Orneborg’s former band “Coitus Interruptus”. Mugshot played lots of gigs and among them, a memorable show in front of a huge crowd, in the Copenhagen squat “Ungdomshuset”. After the show Mugshot were told that they couldn’t play there again, due to vocalist Kim Orneborg’s “sexy moves” on stage. In February 2000 the band went to record their first demo, “Mugshot and shit”. It came out as a 5-track demo and had a very lo-fi sound to it. The next recording went down in 2001 with producer Jacob Hansen (Raunchy, Volbeat, Invocator etc.). The demo was named “Grinding Teeth” and contained 4 tracks. The next couple of years, Mugshot played numerous concerts, mostly in Denmark, but the band also played in Germany and Spain. The band entered a music cont
