1. Tommy Vext was a local buzz band, playing shows at CBGB, The Continental, and Lamours.
18 Facts About Tommy Vext
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In 2005, at the Roadrunner Records 25th-anniversary show, Tommy Vext was invited to sing with Corey Taylor of Slipknot.
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In 2006, Tommy Vext was recruited by Dino Cazares of Fear Factory to front his new band Divine Heresy.
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Tommy Vext wrote the majority of the lyrics, which are about personal strifes and how people overcome them.
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In May 2008, Tommy Vext was fired from Divine Heresy after a physical altercation with Cazares.
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In September 2014, Tommy Vext returned in a new version of Divine Heresy with drummer Tim Yeung.
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Snot has played a number of shows fronted by Tommy Vext, including a fall 2008 tour in the United States, supporting Mudvayne, 10 Years, and DevilDriver.
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In 2011, Tommy Vext reformed Vext with members of Mutiny Within, ; along with guitar virtuoso Angel Vivaldi.
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Tommy Vext then had gone on tour with Mayhem Festival 2013 as a cook, and moved to Los Angeles after the tour.
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In 2017, Tommy Vext began working on a side project with former DevilDriver drummer John Boecklin Tommy Vext left Westfield while he was on tour with Five Finger Death Punch.
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Tommy Vext filled in as the lead vocalist for the heavy metal band Five Finger Death Punch during their European Arena tour in 2017 when lead singer Ivan Moody left the tour to check into rehab.
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In 2016, Tommy Vext formed a new band, known as Bad Wolves with former DevilDriver drummer John Boecklin.
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Tommy Vext parted ways with Bad Wolves on January 9,2021.
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Tommy Vext came out against the violence associated with the Black Lives Matter riots during the spring and summer of 2020, expressing his concern about the United States and publicly endorsing then-sitting President Donald Trump.
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At an appearance at FitCon in Salt Lake City, Utah, in June 2021, Tommy Vext alleged that his former bandmates were "frauds".
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Tommy Vext reiterated his earlier claims that his music was being held hostage.
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In July 2021, Tommy Vext filed a lawsuit against Allen Kovac, the manager of Bad Wolves and the CEO of Bad Wolves' label Better Noise Music.
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Tommy Vext received the Rock to Recovery 3 Service Award for his actions, held at the Fonda Theatre in Hollywood on September 15,2018.