Fusing the precision of metal with the nihilism of punk, Blunt Force Trauma slammed into the Austin, Texas music scene in 1999. Rising from the ashes of punk band Second Chance, singer Bobby Fuentes, guitarist Slaytoven, and bassist Bob Paxton set forth to smash the scene in the tradition of the brutal "crossover" pioneers such as Bad Brains, Slayer, D.R.I., and S.O.D.

After recruiting local veteran metal drummer Ben Burton, the line-up was complete and set out on their mission to assault audiences with their five-alarm blaze of fury, thunderous rhythm and lightning riffs. In 2000, Blunt Force Trauma recorded and released their self-titled debut, a ten song, twenty-two minute musical and lyrical tirade on everything from trash-talking peers and exes to the sheer boredom and insanity of mandatory community service.

2001 found the band more seasoned and with a bigger enemy at which to target its vicious blows: The global corporate elite. Fuentes and the gang went to work on the venomous and unapologetically political onslaught which would ultimately become the anticipated GOOD MORNING AMERICA. Drummer Ben Burton left the group in late 2001, and GOOD MORNING AMERICA remained unreleased until 2005. The band searched off-and-on for Burton's replacement, never finding the right match, until 2007, when they teamed up with legendary former D.R.I. drummer Felix Griffin. The band is currently gigging in Austin and around Texas, and working on new material for their 3rd full length.

Fusing the precision of metal with the nihilism of punk, Blunt Force Trauma slammed into the Austin, Texas music scene in 1999. Rising from the ashes of punk band Second Chance, singer Bobby Fuentes, guitarist Slaytoven, and bassist Bob Paxton set forth to smash the scene in the tradition of the brutal "crossover" pioneers such as Bad Brains, Slayer, D.R.I., and S.O.D.

After recruiting local veteran metal drummer Ben Burton, the line-up was complete and set out on their mission to assault audiences with their five-alarm blaze of fury, thunderous rhythm and lightning riffs. In 2000, Blunt Force Trauma recorded and released their self-titled debut, a ten song, twenty-two minute musical and lyrical tirade on everything from trash-talking peers and exes to the sheer boredom and insanity of mandatory community service.

2001 found the band more seasoned and with a bigger enemy at which to target its vicious blows: The global corporate elite. Fuentes and the gang went to work on the venomous and unapologetically political onslaught which would ultimately become the anticipated GOOD MORNING AMERICA. Drummer Ben Burton left the group in late 2001, and GOOD MORNING AMERICA remained unreleased until 2005. The band searched off-and-on for Burton's replacement, never finding the right match, until 2007, when they teamed up with legendary former D.R.I. drummer Felix Griffin. The band is currently gigging in Austin and around Texas, and working on new material for their 3rd full length.