Jim Chaffin
| Jim Chaffin | |
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| Origin | Fresno, California |
| Genres | |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instruments | Drums |
| Years active | 1984–present |
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| Website | jimchaffin |
Jim Chaffin is the original drummer for The Crucified and Fasedown and has played with many other acts. Such as Deliverance, The Blamed and Left Out.
Chaffin started his musical career in the Christian hardcore band, The Crucified. Chaffin founded the band along Guitarist Greg Minier, Bassist Kirk Palmer, and Vocalist Wayne Stonecipher in Fresno, California. The band formed in 1984 as K.G.B. Before the band changed their name to the Crucified, Lead Vocalist Wayne Stonecipher left the band and was replaced by Mark Salomon.
The name, The Crucified, came from Chaffin thinking of random names that would fit a Christian band. The Crucified added the Bible verse to the name whenever they wrote it. "For I have been crucified with Christ, therefore I no longer live, but Christ lives in me."
Soon after, Bassist Kirk Palmer quit the band in 1986, and was replaced by his brother Trevor. The band's first demo, Take Up Your Cross was recorded in 1986.
Trevor Palmer quit the band in 1988 and was replaced by Mark Johnson, formerly of Martyr. The band recorded their debut self-titled album in 1988 and was released in 1989, before Johnson was fired from the band.
Soon after firing Johnson the band recruited Bassist Jeff Bellew. The band recorded their second album, The Pillars of Humanity in 1991. The band disbanded in 1993, and played a reunion/final show on the Cornerstone Festival 1995 bill.
In 2009, the band reunited and released a Compilation on Tooth and Nail Records.
Fasedown formed back in 1998 when Chaffin and lead guitarist Mike Phillips (Deliverance, prior endorsements with Jackson guitars, The Sacrificed) got together with some ideas to bring a heavy style of music to the scene with a Christ-centered message. In 1999 front man Devin Shaeffer (Once Dead) was asked to officially join the band.
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