Trever Keith
(born May 26, 1969 [1]) is an American punk musician from Victorville, CA. He was a founding member of the So-Cal punk group Face to Face. He was the singer and guitarist of the band from their original formation in 1991 to their initial break up in 2003, and again since they reunited in 2008.
After Face to Face's break up, Keith has resurfaced in two side projects Legion of Doom and Viva Death.
Keith is also the founder of the label Antagonist Records. In February 2008 he released his debut solo album Melancholics Anonymous
via his website.
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Biography
Pre-Face to Face
After graduating high school in 1987, Keith decided to form a band with his friends Matt Riddle, Matthew Altmire, and Rick Altmire . They eventually formed a local metal band
Victoria Manor. Very little is known about the band, and only three songs from a demo called "Side One" have ever surfaced. The group intended to record another tape called "Side Two", but never did. Instead they went their own way. Keith and Riddle would later form Face to Face.
Face to Face
When Victoria Manor fell apart, Keith and Riddle formed Zero Tolerance in 1989.
After recruiting
Mark Haake on guitar and
Rob Kurth on drums, they started writing and recording demos, then performed a number of local shows. After Haake left the band, Zero Tolerance changed its name to Face to Face in 1991.
Cited as a seminal
California punk group, Face to Face were active until 2003, although they briefly reunited a year later for a farewell tour. In 2005, the band released a CD/DVD compilation,
Shoot the Moon
, on Keith's label, Antagonist Records.
On
January 29,
2008, Face to Face announced on their official website that the band has reunited, with the
Ignorance is Bliss
line-up, for a number of shows in the
US.
[2] On
April 5,
2008, the band performed together for the first time in four-and-a-half-years at The Bamboozle Left. The band has continued to perform numerous live venues since.
In June 2009, Keith announced in his that Face to Face has been writing new material and will begin recording a new album in July.
[3]
Outside Face to Face
After Face to Face's break up, Keith retreated out of the limelight to work with up and coming bands for his label and joined the mash-up group
Legion of Doom. Keith is also a player in the band
Viva Death along with Scott Shiflett, face to face's former bassist.
Keith released his first solo album,
Melancholics Anonymous
, in 2008 on his label
Antagonist Records. You can stream the entire record at his .
Selected discography
| Album Year
| Album Name
| Band
| Record Label
| Credits
|
| 1987
| Demo
| Victoria Manor
| Self-released
| Vocals and Keyboards
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| 1989
| Demo
| Zero Tolerance
| Self-released
| Vocals and Guitar
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| 1991
| Demo
| Face to Face
| Self-released
| Vocals and Guitar
|
| 1992
| Don't Turn Away
| Face to Face
| Fat Wreck Chords
| Vocals and Guitar
|
| 1994
| Over It
| Face to Face
| Victory Records
| Vocals and Guitar
|
| 1995
| Big Choice
| Face to Face
| A&M Records
| Vocals and Guitar
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| 1996
| Face to Face
| Face to Face
| A&M Records
| Vocals, Guitar, Producer
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| 1997
| Before You Were Punk
| Various Artists
| Vagrant Records
| Vocals and Guitar on Face to Face's cover of "In Between Days" by The Cure
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| 1998
| Live
| Face to Face
| VP
| Vocals and Guitar
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| 1998
| Just Joined
| Jughead's Revenge
| Nitro Records
| Producer
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| 1999
| Standards & Practices
| Face to Face
| Vagrant Records
| Vocals and Guitar
|
| 1999
| Ignorance is Bliss
| Face to Face
| Beyond Records
| Vocals, Guitar, Producer
|
| 1999
| And the Sadness Prevails
| No Motiv
| Vagrant Records
| Producer
|
| 2000
| Reactionary
| Face to Face
| Vagrant Records
| Vocals, Guitar, Producer
|
| 2000
| Buying the Lie
| Death on Wednesday
| SideCho Records
| Producer
|
| 2001
| Diagram for Healing
| No Motiv
| Vagrant Records
| Producer
|
| 2002
| How to Ruin Everything
| Face to Face
| Vagrant Records
| Vocals, Guitar, Producer
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| 2002
| Split with Dropkick Murphys
| Face to Face/Dropkick Murphys
| Vagrant Records
| Vocals, Guitar, Producer
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| 2003
| Viva Death
| Viva Death
| Vagrant Records
| Vocals, Guitar (Baritone), Producer
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| 2005
| Shoot the Moon: Essential Collection
| Face to Face
| Antagonist Records
| Vocals and Guitar
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| 2006
| One Percent Panic
| Viva Death
| Functional Equivalent
| Vocals, Guitar (Baritone), Producer
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| 2008
| Melancholics Anonymous
| Trever Keith
| Antagonist Records
| Written and Performed (Vocals and Instruments), Producer
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| 2009
| TBA
| Face to Face
| Antagonist Records
| Vocals, Guitar
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References
- Trever Keith at Internet Movie Database. Accessed 13 October, 2007.
- We’re back!……….sort of. FaceToFace.com. Accessed 29 January, 2008.
- Face to Face writing songs for new record. Punknews.org. Accessed 19 June, 2009.