Aug 18

Byzantine Is Back And They Have A New Guitarist

Posted by Chris Harris on August 18, 2010 in Huh?, News

Byzantine

So, Byzantine is back. Not sure how many of you care out there but The PRP broke this item yesterday and I debated posting it, but ultimately decided against it. But after careful reconsideration, and because its a slow news day, I thought better of it. So, yeah — West Virginia’s Byzantine is back. Whoopee!

Frontman and guitarist Chris “OJ” Ojeda revealed the news in a statement, confirming recent rumors of a reunion. I didn’t hear those rumors, but then again, I don’t know many people who would have been talking about Byzantine. Not like I have Byzantine conversations all the time if ever. The last time I even thought about this band, the Twin Towers were still standing.

After playing three recent reunion gigs, the boys thought better of their hiatus. Everyone was in except Tony Rohrbough, the other guitarist. “After some thought, he decided to not return back to playing in Byzantine,” the statement says. “We respect Tony’s decision to move on with other musical endeavors just as Tony respects our decision to continue under the name Byzantine.”

Now they’ve got some young chippie in there named Brain Henderson. He also plays with a band called Split Nixon. Ain’t that a hoot. So, I guess there’s a tour or album on the way. Byzantine will update us in the coming weeks.

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Chris Harris is an internationally-published music journalist and writer whose work has appeared on the pages of Rolling Stone, IFC.com, Revolver, Alternative Press, and Radar. The former news editor for Noisecreep.com, AOL’s heavy metal blog, Harris also served as co-host for the site’s weekly podcast, “Creep Show." Harris spent four years as a reporter and on-air talent for MTV News.

  • Josh

    Byzantine rocks. I don’t care how many magazines you’ve wrote reviews for, or the other bullshit in your bio. Learn some fucking repsect asshole. (Chris Harris)

  • Lara

    I agree Josh, Byzantine is an amazing band, far more talented than Chris Harris. I was hooked on Byzantine the first time I heard them. I’ve been into metal for a long time and I’ve never even heard of this guy before but I can tell you he doesn’t make a very good first impression. You would think someone with such an impressive bio would have more class, I’m definitely not impressed.

  • http://gunshyassassin.com Chris Harris

    It’s called an opinion folks. Jeez. I think if you checked out the rest of the site, you’d see that I;m actually quite charming if you give me a chance, Lara.

  • Karen O.

    The article is a little rude… but thanks for the publicity, anyway!