Terminal was an American rock band from Mansfield, Texas

Mansfield, Texas

Mansfield is a city in Ellis, Johnson, and Tarrant counties in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 census, the population was 56,368.In 2009, CNN/Money Magazine rated Mansfield as one of the "Best Places to Live" in the United States, ranking 24th out of the top 100 places.-History:The first...

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History

Formed in 1998 under the name Letter Twelve, the group signed to Tooth & Nail Records

Tooth & Nail Records

Tooth & Nail Records is a record label founded by Brandon Ebel in the U.S. state of California in November 1993. The label later moved to Seattle, Washington, where it is situated today...

 in 2004 and changed its name. The band's first, and only, release under this name was entitled How the Lonely Keep

How the Lonely Keep

How the Lonely Keep is the first and only album released by Terminal, the American rock band from Mansfield, Texas. The album was released on June 28, 2005, on Solid State Records, and reached number 39 on Billboards Top Christian Albums chart in 2005.- Track listing :# Wisher# Just A Failure#...

, and in 2005 they went on tour with labelmates Anberlin

Anberlin

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. The record hit number 39 on the Billboard

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 Top Christian Albums chart in 2005.

Shortly after the release of the album, all of the band's members except for lead singer Travis Bryant departed the group during their tour with The Spill Canvas

The Spill Canvas

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 and Rufio

Rufio

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; Bryant toured with Terminal as a solo act for the remainder of the tour. Bryant found replacements for the members later in 2005 and continued to tour behind the album, touring with Saosin

Saosin

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, He Is Legend

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, The Juliana Theory

The Juliana Theory

The Juliana Theory are an American rock quintet from Greensburg and Latrobe, Pennsylvania. The Juliana Theory signed to Christian record label Tooth & Nail Records despite not being a Christian band. The group later signed to Epic Records for the release of the album Love. The Juliana Theory...

, Cartel

Cartel (band)

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, The Working Title

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, Codeseven

Codeseven

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, The Receiving End of Sirens

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, and Yesterdays Rising

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. Terminal split in January 2006; Bryant went on to join the group Goodbye Tomorrow (now called Alive in Wild Paint).

Ryan Conley, Lucas Starr and James Erwin are now all members of the band Oh, Sleeper

Oh, Sleeper

Oh, Sleeper is an American metalcore band from Fort Worth, Texas and is signed to Solid State Records. They have recorded three full-length albums to date, the most recent being their third album Children of Fire, released on September 6, 2011....

, a metalcore band now on Solidstate Records.
The band reunited on December 28, 2007 for a one-off reunion show in Plano, TX. Bryant periodically covers Terminal songs in his current band, Alive in Wild Paint

Alive in Wild Paint

Alive in Wild Paint was an indie rock band from Phoenix, Arizona, formed in 2003. Since early 2009, they have been on a silent hiatus.- Biography :...

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Matt Lucas owns and operates Trust Printshop http://www.trustprintshop.com, a screen printing company.

Rian Flynn is now a commercial photographer based out of Los Angeles. http://www.rianflynn.com

Travis Bryant will be featured as a guitarist for the band Analog Rebellion

Analog Rebellion

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Members

• Travis Bryant - vocals/guitar (1998–2006)
• Rian Flynn - bass (2005–2006)
• Justin Leu - drums (2005–2006)
• Chris Pulis - guitar (2005–2006)

• Ryan Conley - drums (1998–2005)
• Matt Lucas - guitar (1998–2005)
• James Erwin - guitar/vocals (2001–2005)
• Lucas Starr - bass (2002–2005)
• Kevin McCauley - bass (1998–2002)

Discography

As Letter Twelve

• Letter Twelve EP (2002)
• The Antecedent Me (2004)

As Terminal

• How the Lonely Keep
  How the Lonely Keep
  How the Lonely Keep is the first and only album released by Terminal, the American rock band from Mansfield, Texas. The album was released on June 28, 2005, on Solid State Records, and reached number 39 on Billboards Top Christian Albums chart in 2005.- Track listing :# Wisher# Just A Failure#...
  
  · June 28, 2005 · Tooth & Nail Records
  Tooth & Nail Records
  Tooth & Nail Records is a record label founded by Brandon Ebel in the U.S. state of California in November 1993. The label later moved to Seattle, Washington, where it is situated today...
  
  

External links

• Myspace.com/Terminal · Terminal's MySpace.
• PureVolume.com/Terminal · Terminal's PureVolume page.
• PureVolume.com/TravisBryant · where Travis Bryant's solo work can be found.