Based in Colorado, SECTION 16 was formed in 1999 by vocalist Corey Brown, bassist Ian Ringler, and guitarist Toby Kinnaman after the fall out of Colorado Progressive Metal band Psyco Drama. The band was completed with the addition of guitarist Hercules Castro, also a former Psyco Drama member, and drummer Jeremy Hoffman of metal act Jaded Soul.


In 2002, Section 16 released their debut CD "Identity Crisis," which offers 14 tracks of melodic, aggressive heavy progressive music highlighted by the songs "Monkey Patch", "Alone", and "Live Through Me" (which was used on ABC's Power Rangers Ninja Storm).

Shortly after the release of "Identity Crisis", guitarist Hercules Castro decided to leave Section 16 for personal reasons and to pursue other endeavors. This prompted the addition of guitarist Rain Zitro in the Summer of 2003. Rain, a former Joe Satriani student, added his virtuoso guitar style to the band allowing Section 16 to forge on promoting "Identity Crisis" and begin writing new material for the next CD.

Through out 2004 -2005, Section 16 managed to write new material for the next CD between their busy performance schedule and the side projects that nearly all the members were involved in. In 2005, Section 16 entered the studio with engineer Bill Douglass to began recording their second CD. In late 2005, guitarist Rain Zitro was unable to continue on with the band for personal reasons. The band took the completed songs from the recording sessions and placed them into the three song EP titled "Introspection".

In early 2006, Section 16 was joined on stage by another extremely talented guitarist, John McDaniel who also performs with Jeremy and Toby in their side cover band Mother Load. John would perform as "guest" guitarist as well as providing back up vocals through out Section 16's early 2006 performances.

Section 16 is writing new music once again! With all members heavily involved in other projects, we found it necessary to let Section 16 rest for a while. Now, in late 2007, the band is once again working on new material for a follow up to our debut CD, Identity Crisis.

Additional Information: Both Section 16 vocalist Corey Brown and bassist Ian Ringler can also be heard with the group MAGNITUDE 9 on the InsideOut
Music Label among such artists as Symphony X, Evergrey, and James LaBrie of Dream Theater.

In 2003, singer Corey Brown also filled in for vocal duties for the band REDEMPTION for their live performance at the ProgPower IV festival in Atlanta.
This live performance also included Corey singing a duet with FATES WARNING's Ray Alder.

Singer Corey Brown has also joined forces with the UK based Power/Progressive band BALANCE OF POWER.

Source : www.myspace.com/section16