About Trapt
Trapt is an American rock band formed in Los Gatos, California. Eight studio albums have been recorded to date: Amalgamation , Trapt , Someone in Control , Only Through the Pain , No Apologies , Reborn , DNA , and Shadow Work , and their upcoming ninth album The Fall is set for release in May. Its lineup for all studio recordings have consisted of Chris Taylor Brown and Pete Charell , with various members filling other roles over the course of their career.
Trapt's biggest commercial success was their 2002 debut single, "Headstrong", which became a crossover hit to the pop charts and peaked at number 16 on the Billboard Hot 100. Though the band's subsequent releases did not match the pop appeal of "Headstrong", the band was able to maintain a presence in the rock market throughout the decade.
The members of Trapt met in middle school in the mid-'90s, and were in an early NOFX cover band called the Swinging Udders, with Manny Terres on guitar and Aaron Azlant on lead vocals. Shortly thereafter, the band reformed and developed an act with Chris Taylor Brown , Simon Ormandy , Rick Sanders , Pete Charell , and David Stege . The band's first few rehearsals were in Ormandy's guesthouse, which had a party-like atmosphere with its loft overlooking the living room. They began playing at local venues in 1997 before any members had graduated high school. In 1998, still before graduation, they were already opening for up-and-coming fellow acts like Papa Roach. They recorded and released their first CD, Amalgamation, in 1999, which they sold at their live shows. Sanders departed from the band afterwards. Their second release, the Glimpse EP, came in 2000.
In 2001, the band signed with Warner Bros. Records and started recording their debut album, with Robin Diaz replacing Stege on the drums. On November 5, 2002, the band released their self-titled album, Trapt, which was certified platinum by the RIAA and produced a total of three singles.
Before releasing their next full-length album, the band released a self-titled three-track EP, released March 30, 2004, that included live versions of the "Made of Glass" and "Echo" tracks from their debut album, as well as a previously unreleased non-LP track, "Promise".
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