Converge
Incredibly prolific punk-metal road dogs Converge managed to issued more than two dozen albums in the first eight years of their existence as a band. A quartet consisting of Jacob Bannon, Kurt Ballow, Nate Newton and John DiGiorgio, the band also found time to lend out memberst to various side projects, including Kingdom of the Sun, Old Man Gloom and Kid Kilowatt (the short-lived band that also included members of Cave In). Trudging along, the band during that time played over 600 shows with varying success — their hard work made it possible for them to retain their cult status within the punk underground without the kind of commercial success that has vaulted other punk bands into the middle of alternative rock radio and press. ~ Stacia Proefrock, All Music Guide
