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More stories to come as I find time to write them, but here is an article I had saved from later in the years.
Slander started out as Spoonfed before adopting their new name Slander in 1999. The band initially consisted of vocalist Dustin Mogg, guitarists Brian “Hollywood” Collingwood and Ryan Bocook, bassist Dan “Shorty” Morris, and drummer Joe Carbon, soon after adding Chuck on turntables, which didn’t work out so he left shortly after. The band was a nonstop, hard driving party from day one, even giving their fans the nickname “Slander Sluts.” The band gained more local recognition after appearing at the 2000 Page One/CD 106 High School Rock Off, where they finished in second place right behind local newcomers, Aphasia. After their experience at the Rock Off, Slander briefly added second vocalist Mike Illich and recorded their second disc Boulevard of Broken Dreams. The addition of the second vocalist proved to be an unsuccessful shift for the band and Illich later left the band. The band took their time and perfected their sound even more, without losing their edge as the ultimate hard rocking, hip hop flavored party band in Youngstown. The band again tried their luck at the Page One/CD 106 High School Rock Off, this time winning the competition, at which time they hit the studio again to record their third and final release, Stardom Postponed. While there was no real tension within the band, one thing that would become an issue is that Mogg, Morris, and Bocook wanted to move the band to Columbus and continue on and Collingwood and Carbon wanted to stay in Youngstown, so they band split amicably. Mogg, Morris, and Bocook went on to form the short lived project Sinthetic, and Collingwood would go on to play in Cyrus, replacing founding guitarist Bobby Rolley, Carbon also continued on with music forming his new project, Moral Dilemma. After the split with Sinthetic, Morris had a lengthy run playing bass in Noise Auction. Collingwood and Carbon both took lengthy breaks from music with Collingwood returning to the scene with former Cyrus bandmates in a new project called Dead II Me, later called The New Pharmacy before their 2013 split. Collingwood is currently working on his solo project called Awaken as One. Carbon returned just last year with his former Moral Dilemma bandmate Chris Byerly with their newest project Amnesty for Anstronauts. Dustin Mogg and Dan Morris are still in Columbus and currently not playing music. Ryan Bocook lives in Washington state and also is not currently working on any projects.
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album 1
album 2 – Boulevard of Broken Dreams
album 3 – Stardom Postponed
