Founded in 2005, formerly known as, "Fury for the Son", My Friend, The Monster started out as a departure from the first band that I had ever sang for in high school as it was coming to a close. I also wanted to be more selfish with my music and write with no limitations. Write in such a way that gives every idea a chance to be heard first before being shot down.

In 2007 at the age of 19 I wrote, produced and engineered my first album out of my bedroom using a collection of my own and some borrowed equipment. The 10 song LP titled, "Fury for the Son" was the start of what I knew was going to be a long life story told and illustrated by my music.

In 2010 after losing a best friend, a lover and learning about a much uglier side of life that I had never expected to become so well acquainted with I went back to the bedroom with 9 more songs and recorded, "Pathological, Compulsive, Storytellers". Heartache was all over that album with the rising hope of better things to come at the end. 

One thing I could never lose was hope. To this day not much has changed. With the lessons learned, my heart and mind continuing to evolve and my faith still intact I'm not about to. 

Fury for the Son lost nearly all meaning to me. The name needed to change. It was a much more innocent time in my life when I came up with it and after almost a decade of severe trial and error in a dangerous attempt to learn a thing or two about living, "My Friend, The Monster" tells the real story written by these songs over the last 9 years. The human race is monsterous. Our vindictive, spiteful, insensitive, self centered, overly self conscious, condescending, pretentious, apathetic, pitiful, violently jealous, addictive personalities made this monster. We can beat it if we admit our failings, our shortcomings and our flaws. When we become comfortable in our own skin, we've won. 

New album in 2014.
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