Underminded

{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2023}} {{Short description|American hardcore/metalcore band}} {{Infobox musical artist  | name = Underminded | image = | caption = | image_size = | background = group_or_band | alias = | origin = San Diego, California, U.S. | genre = {{flatlist| * Metalcore * hardcore punk }} | years_active = 1999–present | label = {{flatlist| * Kung Fu * Uprising }} | spinoff_of = {{flatlist| * Pierce the Veil }} | spinoffs = {{flatlist| * Scary Kids Scaring Kids * Sleeping with Sirens * Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows * In Flames }} | website = | current_members = * Nick Martin * Matt Johnson * Brandon Cardwell * Tanner Wayne | past_members = * Matty O'Connell * Chris Copley * Joe Mullen * Wade Youman * Richie Ochoa * Christopher Swinney * Mike Fuentes }}

'''Underminded''' is an American hardcore punk band from San Diego, California. The band has been on hiatus since 2007 as its members concentrate on other projects.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kellin Quinn and Nick Martin |url=http://www.thinktei.com/kellinquinnandnickmartin |access-date=July 7, 2022 |website=The Entertainment Institute |language=en-US}}</ref> Frontman Nick Martin was in Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows, and has been in Sleeping With Sirens since originally filling in for them in 2013.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sleeping With Sirens Continue With Nick Martin As Fill In Guitarist |url=https://propertyofzack.com/post/64184577666/sleeping-with-sirens-continue-with-nick-martin-as |access-date=July 7, 2022 |website=PropertyOfZack}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Nick Martin {{!}} Booking Agent {{!}} Talent Roster |url=https://mn2s.com/booking-agency/talent-roster/nick-martin/ |access-date=July 7, 2022 |website=MN2S |language=en-US}}</ref> Drummer Tanner Wayne has been the drummer for In Flames since 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blabbermouth |date=July 5, 2018 |title=IN FLAMES Recruits Drummer TANNER WAYNE |url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/in-flames-recruits-drummer-tanner-wayne/ |access-date=July 7, 2022 |website=BLABBERMOUTH.NET |language=en}}</ref>

==History== Band members Nick Martin and Matt Johnson met while classmates at a Catholic school, and formed the band together in 1999.<ref>Eduardo Rivadavia, [{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p672235|pure_url=yes}} Underminded] at Allmusic</ref> They were encouraged to tour by Buck-O-Nine singer Jon Pebsworth very early in their career.<ref>[http://www.pe.com/entertainment/thingstodo/stories/PE_Ent_Guide_D_audiofile0727.1d4b9ac.html Underminded Minded Life's Lessons]{{dead link|date=May 2026|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}. ''Press Enterprise'', July 27, 2007.</ref> Their debut album, ''Hail Unamerican'', appeared in 2004.<ref>[http://www.punktastic.com/reviews/1023 Review of ''Hail Unamerican'']. Punktastic. Accessed September 29, 2008.</ref><ref>[{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r704767|pure_url=yes}} Review of ''Hail Unamerican'']. Allmusic</ref> Following the release of the album, the band played the entire 2004 Warped Tour.<ref>[http://www.sandiegoreader.com/bands/underminded/ Underminded]. ''San Diego Reader'', December 9, 2004.</ref> A follow-up album, ''Eleven Eleven'', was planned for release in 2006<ref>[http://www.stylinzine.com/underminded.htm Interview] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081218063741/http://www.stylinzine.com/underminded.htm |date=December 18, 2008 }}. ''Stylin Zine'', May 28, 2006. Accessed September 29, 2008.</ref> but was actually issued in 2007.<ref>[http://www.redefinemag.com/music/reviews_album_2.php?artist=Underminded&id=165 Review of ''Eleven Eleven''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002145855/http://www.redefinemag.com/music/reviews_album_2.php?artist=Underminded&id=165 |date=October 2, 2011 }}. Redefine Magazine. Accessed September 29, 2008.</ref><ref>[{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r1086899|pure_url=yes}} Review of ''Eleven Eleven'']. Allmusic</ref> Paul Miner produced the album.<ref>[https://archive.today/20070623013638/http://www.decoymusic.com/vb/showthread.php?t=24025 Review of ''Eleven Eleven'']. Decoy Music, July 27, 2007.</ref> The group toured with Chiodos, Scary Kids Scaring Kids, Emery, and The Devil Wears Prada following the release of the album.<ref>[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4188/is_/ai_n21064978 Underminded Looking to Play]. ''Deseret News'', October 19, 2007.</ref>

Lead singer Nick Martin was part of the live back banding for Chiodos lead singer Craig Owens {{Citation needed|date=July 2022}}. He was part of the super-group Isles & Glaciers, and played guitar in the now-defunct Cinematic Sunrise. He did two guest spots for Chiodos' 2007 record Bone Palace Ballet, as well as toured with them for the Vans Warped Tour 2009. He was the first of two guitarists announced for Craig Owens' band Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwuEjxBPtEY|title=Announcement|publisher=YouTube|access-date=September 27, 2020}}</ref>

Tanner Wayne acted as fill-in drummer for Scary Kids Scaring Kids and Underoath during the Vans Warped Tour 2009. He played drums for Chiodos between 2010 and 2012.

== Band members == ;Current *Nick Martin - lead vocals, guitars (since 1999) *Matt "Yabbs" Johnson - guitars, backing vocals (since 1999) *Brandon Cardwell - bass guitar, backing vocals (since 2000) *Tanner Wayne - drums, percussion (since 2006)

;Former *Matty O' Connell - guitar (Currently plays in Unfeigned) *Christopher Swinney – bass (Later played in The Ataris. Currently plays in Fire Sale) *Wade Youman - drums (Previously played in Unwritten Law) *Chris Copley - bass guitar *Joe Mullen - drums (Currently plays in Endless Hallway) *Richie Ochoa - guitar *Mike Fuentes - drums (Later played in Pierce the Veil)

==Discography== *''The Task of the Modern Educator'' EP (2003) *''Hail Unamerican!'' (Kung Fu Records, 2004) *''Eleven:Eleven'' (Uprising Records, 2007)

==References== ;Notes {{reflist}}

;Further reading *[https://web.archive.org/web/20121022231816/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-153208836.html Underminded at Anchor]. ''News-Sentinel'' (Fort Wayne, Indiana), October 23, 2006. {{Authority control}}

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