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<p><b>Trap Them</b> is an American <a href="/pages/w/108569632501556">hardcore punk</a> band based in <a href="/pages/w/106003956105810">Boston, Massachusetts</a> and <a href="/pages/w/105680839465035">Seattle</a>, <a href="/pages/w/110453875642908">Washington</a>.</p><h2>Description</h2><p>Trap Them's influences include hardcore punk bands, such as <a href="/pages/w/112641782083576">Black Flag</a>, <a href="/pages/w/106170366080921">Born Against</a>, and <a href="/pages/w/112736485407786">Tragedy</a>; metal bands like <a href="/pages/w/109655599053586">Dismember</a> and <a href="/pages/w/109398059078600">Entombed</a> (whose <a href="/pages/w/115079888504643">"buzzsaw" guitar tone</a> create the main guitar sound for Trap Them), and experimental bands like <a href="/pages/w/103130976393270">Swans</a>. Ryan McKenney's <a href="/pages/w/109706312382337">lyrics</a> tend to deal with issues both personal and political, while recent material has also contained a conceptual element to its lyricism. The group's musical style consists of complex and sometimes discordant guitar work and <a href="/pages/w/107821582574756">d-beat</a> and <a href="/pages/w/104002702968629">grindcore</a> drumming styles.</p><p>Trap Them take their name from the 1977 film by <a href="/pages/w/112170482128537">Joe D'Amato</a> called <i>Trap Them And Kill Them</i>, known also as <i>Emanuelle E Gli Ultimi Cannibali</i> and <i>Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals</i>. The movie features European exploitation queen <a href="/pages/w/109371639088454">Laura Gemser</a>.</p><h2>History</h2><p>Trap Them began as a side-project for Ryan McKenney and Brian Izzi in 2001 while Izzi was beginning his stint as second guitarist for Backstabbers Inc. The two met while working together at <a href="/pages/w/104162466288146">Newbury Comics</a> in Salem, NH and immediately became close friends. The band grew into a full-time consideration years later after both men left BSI to focus on other things. McKenney and Izzi later became roommates and began focusing on new material for the band.</p>