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Forgotten Citizen
Birth name	Steven Williams
Origin	Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Genres	Alternative
Occupation(s)	Musician, Songwriter
Instrument(s)	Keyboard, Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Years active	2005–present
Labels	Xitizen Studios
Website	[1]

Forgotten Citizen is a one-person musician. Established in 2005 by Steve Williams, it has published nine albums in total, the first being Forgotten Citizen. Steve Williams, also known as Andrew Anderson on a few albums, has been influenced by many bands and noises, particularly Tony Lanutti. Forgotten Citizen's most recent album is Second Century EP.

History

Early History

Steve Williams was born February 17^th, 1989 in Abington, Pennsylvania. He moved around as a child, finally settling in Ashburn, Virginia for thre years. It was while living in Virginia that Williams first became interested in music. A friend of his would let him use his piano, and Williams discovered that he could make music with it. When he was eleven, Steve and his family moved back to Pennsylvnia, where Williams went to see his first band: Sinch. Soon after, he received a Squire Bullet and began taking guitar lessons. He also taught himself how to play the drums and the keyboard, and how to sing. When he began high school, he joined a few bands, but none worked out. Williams began gathering recording equipment and self-recorded his first song, "Cat Machine". In tenth grade, Williams wrote "Remote Transfer" using a drum loop, a Yamaha keyboard, and a Boss DD-6 Delay pedal. Soon after in July 2005, he recorded his first demo album which he called Forgotten Citizen. It contained nine tracks and was released August 1^st, 2005.

Career

Early career

Steve Williams then began attending the University of Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. During this time, he abandoned music and eventually moved down to Florida. In 2008, he took up writing music seriously again, and quickly finished his first non-demo album Twenty Second Century EP. In the fall of 2009, Williams bought his zentai suit, which he uses in order to show "that the music is what's important, not the performer".

2010 and Beyond

Forgotten Citizen is planning on performing more live shows, and is also creating another album that is tentatively dubbed "The Philadelphia Experiment". Forgotten Citizen also currently has more that one thousand followers on Facebook.

Discography

Independent album

Albums
2005	Forgotten Citizen - Demo Release date: August 1, 2005 Label: Xitizen Studios Number of Tracks: 11 Signals EP Release date: December 13, 2005 Label: Xitizen Studios Number of Tracks: 4
2006	Gaia Release date: January 13, 2006 Label: Xitizen Studios Number of Tracks: 20 Half-Life EP Release date: March 25, 2006 Label: Xitizen Studios Number of Tracks: 7 Aurélie Release date: November 29, 2006 Label: Xitizen Studios Number of Tracks: 8
2007	Sine Nomine EP Release date: February 11, 2007 Label: Xitizen Studios Number of Tracks: 5 Ceiling as the Surface Release date: July 7, 2007 Label: Xitizen Studios Number of Tracks: 11
2008	Erase Civilian Release date: February 29, 2008 Label: Xitizen Studios Number of Tracks: 10
2010	Twenty Second Century EP Release date: February 17, 2010 Label: Xitizen Studios Number of Tracks: 6

[[Category:Living people]] Category:1989 births