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Thommy Browne is a drummer who has been all over the country, and into Europe with his bands. He is now married, the father of two little girls and has a fine job as a Web Designer. He also is part of a local graphic design group called The Safe Media Company -  [http://www.safearmy.com Safe Media]].
Since the early ninety's, and up until the birth of his first daughter Eva in 1999, Thommy was very involved with the local punk and hardcore scene. Thommy went to Ballard high school and in his Freshman and Somphomore years was known to run around with the guys from [[Dybbuk]], [[Lather]], [[Sancred]] and [[Shut Out]]. In his junior year of high school him and [[Ramsey Grissom]] would frequently hang out with the members of Enkindel and go to their band practices. After one show when their drummer ([[Aaron Baumle]]) didn't show up Thommy was asked to replace him. Ramsey quickly joined the band on bass after that as well when [[Corey Roderer]] quit. The rest is history.


Bands:
 
Nowadays Thommy spends his time as a father, husband and Web designer. He runs [http://www.safearmy.com a small web design company] and still manages to play out every so often.
 
==Bands==
*[[Highway Eyes]]
*[[Ritual Void]]
*[[Straight A's|Straight A's Family]]
*[[Chime Hours]]
*[[Lincoln & the Lost Prayers]]
*[[Get Dead]]
*[[Endpoint]] - reunion shows
*[[7 More Seconds]]
*[[The Enkindels]]
*[[The Enkindels]]
*[[Enkindel]]
*[[Enkindel]]
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*[[Black Widows]]
*[[Black Widows]]
*[[Black Cross]]
*[[Black Cross]]
*[[Automatic]]
*[[32 Frames]]
*[[Amaroq]]
*[[Amaroq]]
*[[Ousia]]
*[[Ousia]]
*[[Bodyhammer]]
*[[Bodyhammer]]
*[[Five Times Fast]]
*[[Five Times Fast]]
*[[Grade]]
*[[Clinton Youth]]
*[[Twelve]]
 
=Involved in=
 
*[[LPSA]] - The Louisville Pick-up Soccer Association
*[[Initial Records]] - Thommy helped sign such acts as Boy Sets Fire, Ink & Dagger & Despair
 
 
=Fun facts=
 
*Thommy's hand appears on the back of [[By The Grace Of God]]'s "[http://history.louisvillehardcore.com/index.php?title=By_The_Grace_Of_God:For_The_Love_Of_Indie_Rock For the love of indie rock]" E.P.
*At the first [[Krazy Fest]] Thommy played on stage with 3 different bands. [[The Enkindels]], [[Automatic]] and Grade. With Grade he played the Chain Of Strength cover with them becuase there drummer didn't know it.
*Thommy also played drums in "The Initial All Stars", which was a band made up of different members of bands on the label [[Initial Records]]. This band consisted of [[Scott Ritcher]], [[Duncan Barlow]], [[Chris Higdon]], [[Mark Brickey]] and [[Jonathan Mobley]]. This all came about in late 1995, before BTGOG and Elliott. The band practiced only once.

Latest revision as of 12:27, 28 January 2024

Since the early ninety's, and up until the birth of his first daughter Eva in 1999, Thommy was very involved with the local punk and hardcore scene. Thommy went to Ballard high school and in his Freshman and Somphomore years was known to run around with the guys from Dybbuk, Lather, Sancred and Shut Out. In his junior year of high school him and Ramsey Grissom would frequently hang out with the members of Enkindel and go to their band practices. After one show when their drummer (Aaron Baumle) didn't show up Thommy was asked to replace him. Ramsey quickly joined the band on bass after that as well when Corey Roderer quit. The rest is history.


Nowadays Thommy spends his time as a father, husband and Web designer. He runs a small web design company and still manages to play out every so often.

Bands

Involved in

  • LPSA - The Louisville Pick-up Soccer Association
  • Initial Records - Thommy helped sign such acts as Boy Sets Fire, Ink & Dagger & Despair


Fun facts