BIODARREN MICHAEL BOYD is a modern artist dedicated to passion and creativity, in music, literature, and life.
At the age of 17 he recorded his first independently released album, "Young Offenders", with a heavy metal band called PURGATORY. Boyd wrote 7 of the 8 songs on the album, many which received regular radio airplay. Over several years, the same band morphed into BOOMERANG, a hard rock act that would end up touring extensively across Canada and the United States, take first place in the Ontario Band Warz against 17 other acts, and record their debut album as BOOMERANG, "Well...You Know". Other high points of Boyd's time with BOOMERANG included being featured regularly in Metal Edge magazine, opening many shows for Canada's metal queen, LEE AARON, England's GIRLSCHOOL, KILLER DWARFS, BRIGHTON ROCK, HELIX, and many other stars of the day.
When the music scene became somewhat sterile for a period in the 90's (He's still waiting for it to recover completely!), and Boomerang had disbanded, Boyd took some time off from touring to attend college in central Florida for his other obsession, Zoology. After graduating at the top of his class, he returned home to Canada and started his business, The Reptile Rainforest. He also wasted no time before catching up with his old friend Daniel Brown, partner in musical crime from his PURGATORY and BOOMERANG days. Together, the two visionaries brought a truckload of songs and theatrical ideas to the table and BLACK JU-JU was born. They recorded their debut CD "UNIVERSAL ASSHOLE" in 2002. Soon after, BLACK JU-JU landed an international distribution deal with a Chicago label, and have received glowing reviews from all over the world.
In 2007, Boyd parted ways with Black Ju-Ju (although remains close friends with his former bandmates). He left to pursue another creative musical vision:
THE wHORROR
This new band is currently working in the recording studio on their debut CD "Creeping Beauty", which will be released in 2008. The song you are listening to is a quick mix of "Blue-Eyed Suicide".
Please check out THE wHORROR at www.myspace.com/thewhorrorcanada
In the summer of 2008, Boyd was the recipient of a scholarship to Guitar Workshop Plus in Toronto, with some of the best guitarists in the world as instructors, including Paul Gilbert, Billy Sheehan, and Sue Foley.
In addition to being a musician, Darren has always been an avid writer. He has had over 90 articles published from 2004-2008. His specialty is writing for pet magazines, and has been published by REPTILES, PET PRODUCT NEWS, MENAGERIE MAGAZINE, SIRS PUBLISHING INC., and PET CITY. Boyd is currently working on a reptile-based book and is also making every effort to branch out into fiction. Many of Boyd's photographs can be seen accompanying his written work.
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