Clone Cycle was formed by Adam and Kenneth Groce in 1999. The original lineup consisted of three members with Kenneth Groce on bass, Adam Groce playing guitar and Derek Hensley on drums and lead vocals. The band had moderate success playing in Southeastern North Carolina and recorded a four song demo entitled Demolition in early 2000. Health problems in Derek’s family contributed to the breakup of this original lineup, as he needed to move back home to the Washington D.C. area to attend to his ailing mother.

Matt Devita became Clone Cycle’s new drummer after auditioning several people from the Wilmington area. With the new drummer came a new name, Bent. Shortly thereafter the band picked up Scottie Lynch to be the new lead vocalist. Bent released their first full length album, titled Ripped and Twisted, in 2001. After about a year and a half of playing in Southeast N.C, and Northern South Carolina, Bent broke up because Matt wanted to pursue other interests.

Adam, Ken, and Scottie met their new drummer in early 2002. Dane Britt was asked to join the band after extensive auditions of many talented drummers in the area. The decision was made to change the name of the band back to Clone Cycle. Clone Cycle in its current form has been playing together for over two years and is fairly well known in their area. The new Clone Cycle recorded and released a full length CD entitled “Cycological” in 2003 and have been performing as often as possible in North and South Carolina. They are the official band of the North American Championship Wrestling league which broadcast their music in 12 states on Charter Communications

cable network every week and are currently working on the soundtrack for a movie called “The Secret Warrior” due out in 2005. Other achievements include winning the Hawaiian Tropic battle of the bands, Southeast region, and have been written up in several local and regional news and entertainment publications.