User:SHAWN FIRESTONE/Making my own biography

Shawn Firestone
Shawn Stephen Firestone (born December 30, 1984) is an American singer-songwriter, musician and artist best known as singer and lead guitarist for his work in the band Shawn Firestone, and rhythm guitar player for the highly popular band Beards And Bats === Firestone formed his band in fall of 2001 earlier then known as Division 6, later changed to Kevorkian's den ,and then in 2008 changing to Widow Bottom after continuing bass player issues decided to remove all members and write and record solo projects with different musicians and himself establishing his name for his wild and crazy stage antics and high energy stage shows then on November 12, 2009, joining consistent touring band and vans warped tour two year veterans of winning the Ernie Ball Battle of the Bands Virginia Beach segment which consisted of over a million entries from unsigned bands, Beards and Bats, later changing name to Hands To The Sky continued to tour the east coast having offers from many big labels and huge Myspace and local following consisting of four songs being posted for over two years and averaging 2,718,787 plays overall and still getting show offers and requests for bookings but could not come to a franchise agreement and member locations affected the bands progress and agreed to take time off to resolve mental and emotional damage done from consistent touring and lack of musical direction, Firestone in 2010 still continued to write and record original music on his own and has had big impacts worldwide because of musical diversity and intelligence releasing rare b-sides from previous recordings in Widow Bottom which consisted of big hits such as "Whiskey River", "Smoke of the Train", gaining local attention, Firestone continues to write and record independently from his home studio in North Carolina....

(Firestone in 2010)

Early life
Shawn Stephen Firestone was born December 30, 1984 in Marion, Virginia, at Smyth County Community Hospital.