Job for a Cowboy

Job for a Cowboy is an American death metal band, formed in Glendale, Arizona in 2003. They released their second EP, Doom in 2005, and later that year signed with the Metal Blade label. Their official debut album, Genesis, was released in 2007, peaking at #54 on the Billboard 200 and selling 13,000 copies in its first week.

Job for a Cowboy started as a deathcore group, and evolved into a predominantly death metal sound with their full-length debut Genesis. Their influences include mostly extreme metal bands, such as Decapitated, Mastodon and Nile, as well as the rock groups Every Time I Die, Muse and the singer Björk. The band has played in several festivals, including Download Festival, Sounds of the Underground and Wacken Open Air. The current band members are vocalist Jonny Davy, guitarists Al Glassman and Bobby Thompson, bassist Brent Riggs, and drummer Jon Rice.

Job for a Cowboy was formed in Glendale, Arizona in December 2003.[3] The group was founded by vocalist Jonny Davy, guitarists Ravi Bhadriraju and Andrew Arcurio, bassist Chad Staples, and drummer Andy Rysdam.[4] In 2004, they created a MySpace profile, posted songs online, and began to connect with several worldwide fans.[5] Later that year, Staples and Rysdam left Job for a Cowboy and were replaced by Brent Riggs and Elliott Sellers respectively as bassist and drummer.[4] Traffic to the band's MySpace profile increased exponentially in late 2005, when the band released its first EP, entitled Doom.[5] The EP attracted the attention of Arizona independent label King of the Monsters, who distributed the disc after an initial self-released pressing by the band.[4]

Job for a Cowboy extensively promoted their debut EP, including three performances on the Sounds of the Underground tour.[5] By the end of year, the band obtained professional management and signed a deal with Metal Blade Records,[5] who reissued Doom with a bonus track.[4] Also in 2006, Arcurio left Job for a Cowboy, and new guitarist Bobby Thompson joined the group.[4] While Job for a Cowboy was writing material for their first full-length album, Sellers announced that he would be leaving the band to go back to school immediately after recording the album.[5] In search of a permanent drummer, the band then posted a bulletin on Blabbermouth.net,[6] which was seen by Jon "The Charn" Rice. He made a video of himself, posted it on YouTube, and sent the link to the band.[5] Soon after, Rice was announced as the new drummer.