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The Trojan Ghost
The Trojan Ghost is an American hard rock band formed in Southgate, Michigan on January 1st, 2015. It's band members consist of the lead guitarist and vocalist, "Rocky" Ryan, bassist Haven Osburn, and drummer Bobby Schibetta. The group released two studio albums to date, Boondocks, which included the most popular, Teardrops In The Rain, and in their second album, titled Back Alley, introduces a song called "Connie" that focuses on a local Con-Artist. The songs that The Trojan Ghost makes are mostly made up of real life events that either happened to them, or some other person, place or thing.

Formation and Tree of Life (2015)
In December of 2015,"Rocky' Ryan got a hold of an acoustic guitar for his birthday and was determined to make music. He quickly called up two of his friends: Stavros Karagiannis, and Cole Straka and told them of his plans: To make a cover band. He changed his name to Ryan Styles and appointed Stavros and Cole as management, and off went The Tree of Life. The Tree of Life went through many phases. They released their cover album titled "Roadkill." It was produced by a local rap artist from their school named Owen Smith. The songs on the album were mostly made up of covers by AC/DC, and featured a demo of what was to become "Teardrops In The Rain."

Boondocks (2015)
After the "Roadkill" album was made, and after "Boondocks" was released, Ryan decided that he wanted to switch the name to The Trojan Ghost. He then wanted to go on tour so Stavros set him up for a small set of dates (very small) on the Vans Warped Tour '15. The Trojan Ghost was not headlining nor opening. They simply walked to the biggest crowd before a large act, and played. This was their first encounter with a live audience. In 2016, their song Teardrops In The Rain was voted as their most popular song according to the views on YouTube, and many requests from fans to give it radio play.

Back Alley (2016)
In 2016, the group settled in Tecumseh, Michigan and released their second studio album Back Alley which includes the song "Connie" which was written about a local Con-Artist. The Trojan Ghost headlined their own tour titled The Trojan Ghost 2016 Summer Tour in which the Tecumseh show was cancelled due to disagreements between the band and the venue. Manager and Producer Cole Straka was later kicked out of the band due to a "lack of cooperation." and the job was taken over by Tour Manager Stavros Karagiannis. Bassist Haven Osburn and drummer Bobby Schibetta soon joined the band and the rest of the tour was cancelled.

Current-
"Rocky" Ryan - lead guitar, vocals (2015-2016)

Haven Osburn - bass (2016)

Bobby Schibetta - drums (2016)

Former-
Cole Straka - producer, manager (2015-2016)

Discography
Roadkill (2015)

Boondocks (2015)

Back Alley (2016)

Tours
Vans Warped Tour '15

The Trojan Ghost 2016 Summer Tour

Awards
"Rocky" Ryan - 1st division rating in 2016 Michigan School Band & Orchestra Ass'n 8th District Solo & Ensemble Music Festival - 1st division rating in Michigan School Band & Orchestra Ass'n 8th District Music Festival

Haven Osburn - 1st division rating in Michigan School Band & Orchestra Ass'n 8th District Music Festival