Silent Civilian

Silent Civilian
Silent Civilian performing in 2006
Background information
Origin	Los Angeles, California, United States
Genres	Metalcore, groove metal, melodic death metal
Years active	2005–present
Labels	Mediaskare
Associated acts	Spineshank, Dualized, Temper
Members	Jonny Santos (Vocals, Guitar) Matt Bredemeier (Guitar) Robbie Young (Bass) Zac Morris (Drums)
Past members	Chris Mora (Drums) Rudy "Fyto" Perez (Guitar) Tim Mankowski (Guitar) Ryan Ready (Guitar) Marcus Rafferty (Guitar) Henno (Bass) Stan Derby (Bass) Shaun Feiler (Bass) Dave Delacruz (Guitar) Ryan Halpert (Drums)

Silent Civilian is an American metal band originating from Los Angeles, California, United States. Following his departure from nu metal band Spineshank in 2004, frontman Jonny Santos felt he wanted to move in a different direction musically and start from scratch. Silent Civilian was thus formed and the band faced trouble from the start after experiencing several line-up changes and departing from their original record label Corporate Punishment Records.

The band signed with Mediaskare Records and released their debut record, Rebirth of the Temple, on May 2, 2006. Receiving generally positive reviews, the album has sold more than 25,000 copies since its release in the United States. The band continues to tour supporting the record as Santos one day wants to establish the band as a headlining act. Their line-up consists of Santos (vocals and guitar), Matt Bredemeier (guitar) and Robbie Young (bass).

Silent Civilian released their second album, Ghost Stories, on May 18, 2010. The band has plans to release a third studio album.

Jonny Santos, who is best known as the vocalist and songwriter for the Grammy Award nominated industrial metal group Spineshank was displeased with the direction the band was going in and felt it had 'run its course'. Santos felt it was time to move on and left Spineshank, although he was unsure what direction he wanted with his music career. He would play with local bands and friends, while performing production and engineering duties in studios to 'pay the bills'. However, after leaving Spineshank, Santos lost everything and was basically homeless, 'couch surfing' from friend’s house to friend’s house.

Realizing he wanted to start a band from scratch, Santos placed an ad for a drummer on the social networking website MySpace. After receiving a large number of e-mails, Santos received an e-mail from Chris Mora with a video of him drumming. Santos thought "You can’t be for real, dude" and asked Mora to come down for the first audition. 10 minutes into the audition Mora was hired as the drummer. Santos auditioned for an Australian band that moved to America called Cryogenic. Although he thought the band was not for him, he met the band's bassist Henno. As Cryogenic and Mudrock, who were working together, had both lost their vocalists, Henno contacted Santos and asked him to join the band, to which Santos accepted. Ryan Ready, who Santos had known since high-school, was recruited as the second guitarist. The band's original name was announced as Silent Civilians, which originates from the world's climate change by that people have opinions on life and politics and they do not voice their beliefs, living in a nation full of 'silent civilians'.