Effective period / Period of releases: 1984 - 2022

Members: Cliff Burton, Greg Christian, Dennis Schaefer, Joe Fraulob, Steve Robello, Michael Overton, Tiger Lady, Donny Hillier, Kris Gustofson, Brian Allen (8)

TRAUMA was born in California’s Bay Area in 1980, a crucial year for metal music. It was within that fertile musical climate that TRAUMA developed a sound evoking the electric energy in the air around them. Donny Hillier consumed a steady diet of Zeppelin and Sabbath and shared a love of Priest and Maiden with guitarist Mike Overton. And of course there was Trauma’s legendary early bassist, Cliff Burton.

The band reformed in 2017 with ex-Testament bassist Greg Christian.