THE BEAST

In 1994, four friends got together and formed State of Mind. We decided we wanted to entertain the world. We decided on the name SOM because that is what music is, a State of Mind. Our influences are old school metal gods such as, Ronnie James Dio, Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, Queensryche, Iron Maiden, Pantera, led Zepplin…the list goes on. Our music is hard hitting and described as New Classic Metal. With the flavor of our influences guiding our way. My lyrics are written to describe ones State of Mind in any given situation, and to give those feelings an outlet other than addiction or suicide. We have lost 2 band members to addiction that resulted in death. RIP Scott and Brett. A State of Mind is: Founding members John Ferris/ Vocals, Robbie Grossheim/ Rhythm-lead guitar, have teamed up with some first class musicians and good friends. John Cook/ Lead-rhythm guitar, Robert Culbreath/ Bass guitar, Robert Arena/ Drums. We are State of Mind. We put out our first studio recording out in 1995. A 6 song, self titled cassette recorded on the only ADAT machine in our area at that time. Our latest CD was released in 2019 along with a music video released in Dec 2019. We are now composing new music for our 2nd CD which will be titled “Shattered”, and working towards another music video. Our very first time to play at a club was an audition. The local house band came to our rehearsal and got us the spot. It was a packed house, we had only 8 original songs or so. After we were finished, the owner came and said he liked it, and his customers liked it, and can we play some more. We told him that was all our music. He said play it again and gave us each $100!! With the same 8 songs switched up, we played again. And kept the crowd till close. And then we played just about every month after that for a while. We are currently playing small clubs in Beaumont, Orange, Port Neches, our area. Leauxs Bayou, Texas Rose, Riverside Tavern. And bigger venues in Houston Texas such as, the Acadia Bar and Grill, and he 19th Hole. Along with some benefits and festivals. And working for all of our fans and trying to spread the magic of music to the world. The Pure Music Factory Do you have a love for music? A passion? Welcome to The Pure Music Factory. Video Premieres every Monday and Friday at 10pm GMT!! Don’t forget to check out our new channel The Pure Music Factory Extras All the videos you see on this channel are fan made. We make music videos for the fans! We use stock footage and short films for our videos. Have a band or are you a solo artist wanting a video made for your track?? Visit our website to book yours now! We have a large Marilyn Manson base on this channel so if you’re looking for music videos featuring his songs then you’ve come to the right place. We now have our very own merchandise for sale. Visit The Pure Music Factory store on Teespring! Hoodies, T-shirt’s, face masks, mugs and more available! Keep up to date on everything about The Pure Music Factory Please Like and Subscribe and join this growing community The Pure Music Factory #stateofmind #new #musicvideo #music #metal #heavymetal #alternative #premiere #marilynmanson #nowplaying