Atrophy

There are at least seven bands with the name Atrophy.1. Atrophy was a thrash metal band formed in 1986 in Tucson, Arizona, USA by Chris Lykins, James Gulotta, and Brian Zimmerman. The original bandname was Heresy, but by the time the band was rounded out to its professional line-up – with Tim Kelly and Rick Skowron joining the fold – the name was changed.In 1987, the band produced two cassette demos and were subsequently picked up by major thrash metal specialist label, Roadrunner Records.