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History
Fretted Wall is a punk/cover band was founded by 3 teenagers from Idaho Falls. The original band was formed by Braxton Goswiller and Billy Heaton at a 7th grade talent show. Soon after the young Alejandro Ramirez joined into the group as a bassist. The trio has been involved in many live shows including ones at their high school Skyline High School. Many of the bands inspirations include: Kiss, Rage Against the Machine, and Ronnie James Dio.

Members
The current members of Fretted Wall include Aidan Vanleuven, Jared Sené, and Alex Ramirez, also shown above. During some of their live shows they have been known to add in other guitarists. Alex Ramirez, lead vocalist and guitarist for Fretted Wall, has an expansive background in music growing his talents from not only being able to play the guitar but being skilled in the arts of the bass, drums and piano. Jared Sené, Bassist and Pianist for Fretted Wall is also involved in many other artistic hobbies including playing the trombone and being involved in dance. Aidan Vanleuven is exceptionally skilled in the art of drums and guitar, but is mostly featured as a drummer in Fretted Walls live shows.

Performances
Fretted Wall made their debut performance at the Idaho Falls Brewing Company Lodge on April 29, 2009. They opened up for a local jazz band with a 30 minute set starting with Sweet Child o' Mine by Guns n' Roses, then immediately following with Crazy Train originally by Ozzy Ozborne. The second song in the set highlighted Billy Heaton's performance as a guitar soloist. The third song in their set was Nothing Else Matters by the popular 80s hair band Metallica. The bands closing song finished off their set with the anthem of heavy metal, Back in Black by ACDC.