Black Tide

Black Tide
Black Tide performing live at the Reading Festival 2008
Background information
Also known as	Radio (2004–2007)
Origin	Miami, Florida, US
Genres	Heavy metal, thrash metal, metalcore, speed metal, hard rock
Years active	2004 (2004)–2016 (2016)
Labels	Interscope, Pavement Entertainment
Website	www.blacktidemusic.com
Members	Gabriel Garcia Austin Diaz Cody Paige
Past members	Raul Garcia Alex Nuñez Spencer Osborne Tim D'Onofrio Steven Spence Zakk Sandler Ronny Gutierrez

Black Tide was an American heavy metal band from Miami, Florida. Formed in 2004, the band consists of Gabriel Garcia (lead vocals and bass), Austin Diaz (guitar and vocals) and Cody Paige (drums). They released their debut album, Light from Above, on March 18, 2008 through Interscope Records when Garcia was 15 years old. Their second album, Post Mortem, was released on August 23, 2011. Black Tide's EP Bite the Bullet was released on November 12, 2013 by InnerCat Music Group, a Miami-based boutique label. On October 16, 2015 band released their last album "Chasing Shadows". On July 22, 2016 Gabriel Garcia announced on his Instagram that the band is over and he is concetrating on his solo project.

Black Tide was founded in Miami, Florida in 2004 under the name "Radio" by guitarist Gabriel Garcia and his older brother Raul Garcia. Raul recruited second guitarist Alex Nuñez, then later bassist Zachary Sandler. At the time, Gabriel Garcia was 11 years old and Nuñez was just 13 years old. Garcia, Nuñez, and Sandler recruited drummer Steven Spence, after Raul's departure from the group. This completed the band's lineup. The band started playing local shows, eventually gaining the attention of record labels due to the members' young age and talent. Winder Marin, the former drummer was dropped and a replacement was brought in to keep the young image of the band. In 2005, Black Tide signed a demo deal with Atlantic Records as Radio. The deal lasted for only a year, before the band was spotted by a record executive for EMI, who notified Interscope Records of the band. By mid-2007, now named Black Tide, they were signed to Interscope.