A STRUGGLE WITHIN

Well let’s see. We are Pastor, formerly known as A Struggle Within, Unknown and Stitch. First of all - we don’t give a fuck about what’s hip and popular at hot topic this week, so please don’t ask us to write something that sounds like this band or that band. We write music for ourselves and those who want to listen. Nobody has ever given us a fucking thing we haven’t deserved and from day one we have been a hard working, dedicated band that pursues to make this a career, not a hobby for teenage girls to follow and lick our sacks about. Fuck trends and everybody who doesn’t grasp the concept of “real” music that comes from emotion and disgust, not a rip off of this week’s cool new band. We’ve been playing shows since 2001 and have gone through several changes in that time including member changes and name changes. We’ve have toured and played countless shows since our high school days and have had the opportunity to open for bands like Misfits, The Black Dahlia Murder, Devildriver, Obituary, Napalm Death, The Red Chord, etc. We have been featured on many compilations and radio stations throughout the US and were featured in Skratch magazine in October 2006. The following summer we went out for 29 dates in 12 states and was part of Captain America is Dead tour for 4 shows which featured upcoming bands at the time Elysia, Knights of the Abyss and Arsonist Get All the Girls. After that we toured in TX with Belay My Last, Burning the Masses and With Blood Comes Cleansing. In 2008, our former bass player Matt left the band to pursue his career as an eye doctor. Long time friend Todd Cottrill from “In Search of Honor” stepped in and has officially become our new bass player and has proved to be the missing link we needed to take our music to the next level. Currently we have our most powerful lineup yet and are writing all new songs for a new album we hope to release soon which will be called “The Demise of your Existence.” It’s been a long time and a rough road but we have become brothers aimed with the sole purpose of dominating everyone and will continue to prove why we want this more than anyone else.