They toured with hardcore and metal bands as varied as Earth Crisis, Glassjaw, Shadows Fall, Darkest Hour and Twelve Tribes.
He has very strong death metal and thrash metal influences and he is also a backing vocalist for the heavy metal band Shadows Fall.
The band's first album featured Philip Labonte on vocals, although he was soon replaced by Fair.
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Although the band has experienced several line-up changes, for most of its recording career Shadows Fall has been composed of Brian Fair (vocals), Jonathan Donais (lead guitar), Matt Bachand (rhythm guitar), Paul Romanko (bass), and Jason Bittner (drums).
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In 2Cent’s career they have performed with the following notable artists: Alice Cooper, Rob Zombie, Killswitch Engage, Chevelle, Danzig, DragonForce, God Forbid, Five Finger Death Punch, Gwar, Three Days Grace, Buckcherry, Korn, Otep, Pennywise, Rise Against, Shadows Fall, Children of Bodom, Black Label Society, Static-X and Clutch.
"Burning the Lives" is the third single from the album Threads of Life by American heavy metal band Shadows Fall.
Other pupils of Melissa Cross have been the lead vocalists for famous heavy metal bands such as Slipknot, All That Remains, Shadows Fall, Underoath, Arch Enemy, Madball, God Forbid, and Andrew W.K.
After leaving Shadows Fall in 2001, Germain joined Boston, Massachusetts based punk/ska band Jaya the Cat, who have recorded three studio albums (Basement Style, First Beer of a New Day and the latest, More Late Night Transmissions) as well as performing on the live album Ernesto's Burning.
Germain joined Shadows Fall prior to recording their first album Somber Eyes to the Sky, replacing Adam Dutkiewicz (who was only there to temporarily help start Shadows Fall) and left a year after the tour supporting Shadows Fall's second album Of One Blood.
Matt and Jon formed Shadows Fall in late 1995 and released their first album Somber Eyes to the Sky in 1997, which was released through Matt Bachand's self-produced label Lifeless Records.
The band's debut record, Somber Eyes to the Sky which was a melodic death metal album that was released in 1997 through Lifeless Records, a label owned by Shadows Fall guitarist Matt Bachand.