current_members website years_active label article_title past_members background genre origin name
arman maniago enriko maniago bradley walther http://www.flattbush.com/ 1994 present -lsb- http://www.koolarrow.com/ koolarrow records -rsb- flattbush
 joe ray banda -lrb- 1999 & ndash ; 2003 -rrb- eric luevano long -lrb- 1993 & ndash ; 2002 -rrb- anthony gonzales -lrb- -lrb- 1993 & ndash ; 1999 -rrb- brian legaspi -lrb- 2003 1993 -- 1994 -rrb- & ndash ; 2011 -rrb- group_or_band grindcore/thrash metal/speed metal usa bellflower , california , united states flattbush
flattbush

flattbush is a heavy metal band from bellflower , california , a small city within south central los angeles county .
the group was established in early 1993 by enrico maniago -lrb- vocals -rrb- , brian legaspi -lrb- lead guitar -rrb- , eric long -lrb- rhythm guitar -rrb- , arman maniago -lrb- bass guitar -rrb- , and anthony gonzales -lrb- drums -rrb- .
brian legaspi exited the group in 1994 , the band then became a quartet .
flattbush performed numerous high school and college concerts before entering into the southern california and orange county , california bar and club circuit .
in 1998 , flattbush made a name for themselves by opening for melt banana of japan .
in 1999 , drummer anthony gonzales resigned and was replaced by ramon banda .
founding member of faith no more , billy gould , signed the band onto his label , koolarrow records , in 2001 .
flattbush opened a show for napalm death of birmingham , england in 2002 .
in 2002 , guitarist eric long resigned and was then replaced by guitarist bradley walther .
flattbush recorded their koolarrow records debut , `` smash the octopus '' , produced by bill gould that same year and released in 2003 .
following flattbushs ' first tour of the united states in 2003 , ramon banda resigned and was replaced by drummer joe luevano before their second headlining tour of the united states in 2004 and again in 2005 .
flattbush maintains a legacy for being one of the most underground and wildest acts in grindcore .
