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his band struggled for years first under the name MX in 1983 under the membership of Wendal Lee (bass), Andy Moses (R.I.P. 2004; drums) and Colin Watson (vocals) before reforming a year later under the Wretch moniker where they knocked out no less than six demos between 1985 and 2004 while suffering a break up between 1991 and 2003. They finally got their act together in 2006 with the release of the aptly titled Reborn under the membership of Colin Watson (vocals (lead)), Nick Giannakos (guitars (lead)), Dennis Hayes (bass), Jeff Curenton (drums) and Dave Hayes (ex-Winters Bane; guitars).

After the compilation set, Make This Garden Burn (2007), the act would release their sophomore effort, the EP Rise to Power (2013) and Warriors (2014) with Giannakos taking on a whole new line-up in the form of Tim Frederick (bass), Michael Stephenson (guitars (lead)), Evan Gottschalk (drums) and Ron Emig (vocals).

Juan Ricardo would assume lead vocals for The Hunt (2017) and Man or Machine (2019). Since then, Mark Koncki

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