The Sonitus Revolution

about

The Sonitus Revolution spawned out of the stagnant, stale flesh of the LI music scene. Fed up with all the crap eminating from the radio and the local bars, Jason Briggs, of The Mudsharks and Chris Dimaio decided to form a band in early 2005. It just so happens that a band by the name of WhoCares was breaking up at the same time as the Revolution was forming, and so Will Forthman, lead vox of WhoCares became Sonitus manager and WhoCares drummer Adam Clark became the rhythm behind the Revolution. In November 2005, An indie label called Wrong Island Records signed the band to their label. Together TSR and Wrong Island put on many shows in efforts to destroy the pay-to-play format on Long Island. In February 2006, Clark left the band and was replaced by Lance "Lentro" Weisburg. The band continued to play before Dimaio and Weisburg ultimatly leaving the band in May of 2006. Briggs continued playing solo shows and eventually, multi-instrumentalist Brian "Bdee" Donaldson joined on Bass and Frank Federici jumped behind the drum kit to finish up the remainder of TSR's shows in 2006. In November, TSR released a live split album on Wrong Island entitled "Draft Beer, Not Students" Live 2006. In 2007, the band went on a hiatus while Briggs joined centerpiece Wrong Island act, Grrrl Friend, and performing in many side projects, including Bionic Senses, Long Island Drone Orchestra, Buzzards Over Baghdad, The Schene, and a slew of Bdee's groups, all meanwhile performing solo shows of th

top songs

albums

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There Is No One Way To Dance

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DiV Presents: Save Our Heads For The Future, Comp+Zine #1

Draft Beer, Not Students (Live Split)

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2008 Demos

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2009 Demos

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TSR Demos

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Live at McCoy's 11/4/06

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Live at Trash Bar 3.22.09

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Live at The Hook 4/20/06

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Live at The Village Pub South 9.20.08

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2005 Demos

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Live at The Hook 2/2/06

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