Peter Bartsocas was born in Key West

Key West

Key West is an island in the Straits of Florida on the North American continent at the southernmost tip of the Florida Keys. Key West is home to the southernmost point in the Continental United States; the island is about from Cuba....

, Florida

Florida

Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...

, but moved to Athens, Greece at a very early age. He moved back to South Florida around the age 11. He is mostly known for his performance in the group Bird of Ill Omen

Bird of Ill Omen (band)

For other uses see Bird of Ill Omen Bird of Ill Omen was a metalcore band from Florida. The band was only around for a few years in the late 90's.-History:...

. He has worked in several projects of noisecore

Noisecore

Noisecore is a term for three separate music genres:* A subgenre of hardcore techno, similar to power noise or breakcore.* A form of grindcore, also known as noisegrind....

, which was a purpose of making the heaviest possible hardcore

Hardcore punk

Hardcore punk is an underground music genre that originated in the late 1970s, following the mainstream success of punk rock. Hardcore is generally faster, thicker, and heavier than earlier punk rock. The origin of the term "hardcore punk" is uncertain. The Vancouver-based band D.O.A...

 available at the time. This can be seen in Dead Men's Theory

Dead Men's Theory

Dead Men's Theory was a band consisting of the lead guitarist and bassist of Bird of Ill Omen and the singer of the experimental noisecore band Hondo. DMT considered itself a BOIO side-project. However, their intent was to play music more raw and aggressive than BOIO, and to capture the...

. During his short time in As Friends Rust

As Friends Rust

As Friends Rust is a punk band from Gainesville, Florida.-History:In early 1996 Jeronimo, Henry, and Matt were jamming under the name Wayside. Soon after Damien was recruited from Bird of Ill Omen to step in on vocals...

 he co-wrote "The First Song on the Tape You Make Her", which was released on the split with Discount

As Friends Rust Split with Discount

As Friends Rust Split with Discount is a 1999 EP recording featuring As Friends Rust and Discount After their first recording on the Good Life Recordings label, As Friends Rust returned to the studio to record a single song for this compilation - the first track. The second and third tracks are by...

. He now lives in Brooklyn

Brooklyn

Brooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with nearly 2.6 million residents, and the second-largest in area. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now the most populous county in New York State and the second-most densely populated...

, New York, and is with a reception band The Drake, which plays at ceremonies and plays guitar and sings for the band GATORS!

Bands

• As Friends Rust
  As Friends Rust
  As Friends Rust is a punk band from Gainesville, Florida.-History:In early 1996 Jeronimo, Henry, and Matt were jamming under the name Wayside. Soon after Damien was recruited from Bird of Ill Omen to step in on vocals...
  
  : Guitar
• Bird of Ill Omen
  Bird of Ill Omen (band)
  For other uses see Bird of Ill Omen Bird of Ill Omen was a metalcore band from Florida. The band was only around for a few years in the late 90's.-History:...
  
  : Guitar
• Dead Men's Theory
  Dead Men's Theory
  Dead Men's Theory was a band consisting of the lead guitarist and bassist of Bird of Ill Omen and the singer of the experimental noisecore band Hondo. DMT considered itself a BOIO side-project. However, their intent was to play music more raw and aggressive than BOIO, and to capture the...
  
  : Bass (Live)
• GATORS!: under the alias "Goat"
• Morning Again
  Morning Again
  Morning Again was a hardcore band from Florida. They were known for their extreme metallic hardcore sound as well as for their straight edge, vegan and anti-government ideas. The band...
  
  : Bass
• SpadeWork
  Spadework
  Spadework is a novel by Canadian writer Timothy Findley set in the theater world of Stratford, Ontario. It was first published in Canada by HarperCollins Publishers in 2001.-Plot introduction:...
  
  
• Spiral Flag: Drums
• The Drake: Guitar

External links

• Peter Bartsocas on Myspace
• GATORS! on Myspace
• Spiral Flag on Myspace
• The Drake on Myspace
  • See individual band pages for more links.