Drown

Formed in 1987 by vocalist Lauren Boquette under the name Yesterday's Tear,Drown became one of the top drawing bands in the early 90's Los Angeles underground music scene.The line up was rounded out by Joseph Bishara (guitars/keyboards), Rob Nicholson (bass) and Todd Allen (drums) The music was the extreme opposite of the well known "sunset strip" scene going on in LA at the time. The band signed to Elektra Records in 93' and 94' saw the release of the debut album "Hold On To The Hollow". Todd Allen was then replaced by drummer Marco Forcone and the band hit the road. After Drown completed tours of the U.S. and Canada with White Zombie, Prong, Clutch, For Love Not Lisa and others, the band was dropped by Elektra due to a major corporate merger, and then disaapeared back into the studio. In 1995 Lauren performed guest vocals on the debut album from industrial all-star project Argyle Park. 1996- Drown re-emerged with a new line up, consisting of vocalist Lauren Boquette, drummer Marco Forcone, guitarist Patrick Sprawl and bassist Sean E. Demott. The band signed to Geffen Records and recorded their second album "Product of a Two Faced World". After a year being on the label, the band was released from their contract, Geffen citing the band was "too heavy" for the labels new intrest in pop music. 1998 finally saw the release of "Product of a Two Faced World" only now on Slipdisc/Mercury Records. Drown hit the road again. That year saw tours with Static X, The Clay People , Clutch. Spineshank and more. With a new label backing the band, Drown then released the "Kerosene" Ep which featured guest vocals by Jared from Hed Pe,Ty from Videodrone and Corporate Avenger. Due to endless label struggles vocalist Lauren ended the band in 1999 and began work on the side project "Famous" for The Tattoo The Earth Tour (summer 2000). In 2001 Lauren launched 1605 Records and started his current project Six. (myspace.com/six)