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San Francisco Metal band Hell Fire performs live in Studio B of Mevio in San Francisco
Hell Fire was started by Lead Guitarist Tony Campos in San Francisco, Ca. in may of 2010. Tony is a pro BMX rider who grew up in the city playing in numerous punk and metal bands through the years. Before focusing on getting a group together that shared the same interests and enthusiasm in music as he did. After a couple of months Tony found a craigslist posting for a bass player named Herman Bandala. A hardcore metal and overall music fanatic, Herman moved from Tijuana, Mexico to San Francisco solely for the music scene with no more than $100 to his name. The first time jamming together Tony & Herman instantly hit it off playing covers from Iron Maiden, Diamond Head, Metallica ect.
After a couple of months they found drummer Arturo Rios. With Art never really being in a metal band before they werent sure how it would turn out. They all soon learned Art could beat the shit out of his drums and play faster than anyone they've met before. Through Art they met Guitarist Chris Aragon. A guitar player Art jammed with in high school who lived just blocks away from Tony's house where they practiced, and Chris fit right into the band quickly. Now having lots of material written full of twin guitar leads, blistering speed and killer energy in the band, it was time to find a singer.
Not wanting to settle the band chose not to get a singer unless he could really hit the notes of all the bands they grew up loving and more. Out of the blue Art Rios thought of his cousin Alex Orozoco, who had experience singing meriachi and spanish alternative rock so he thought, "what the heck, lets see what he says". Initially Alex thought he was going to be singing Spanish Pop, but to his surprise once he heard their first song at rehersal he was floored with goose bumps running up his arms and knew he'd been handed the oppritunity of a lifetime to express him self.
Within three months Hell Fire had a solid set of originals and hit the groud running booking six shows there first month out and quickly taking on the bay area with there love to play shows and to bring back the raw straight forwar energy rock n roll and metal has been missing through the years.