Scolex was first conceived by Erika (Vomblast, Lycus) and Justin (Population Reduction, World Eater, War Trash) in the fall of 2010. Songs were written and prepared, and we began practicing with a drummer in late October 2010. After much discussion, Justin switched from guitar to drums and we played our first show on 2/19/2011 with Sean from Impaled filling in on guitar. Yusef Wallace joined on guitar in Oct 2011 shortly after we completed our demo. Dylan Burton then joined in December on lead guitar. We let go of Yusef in August of 2013 and Dylan left in December of 2013 to move in a different musical direction. Eric Cutler took the guitar playing role for Scolex for live performances in 2014. And for our 2018 west coast tour we'll have Sonny Reinhardt (necrot) and Paul Riedl (Spectral Voice, Blood Incantation) taking over the 6 string duties. We're back to 2 guitars!!! Prepare to be punished!