Razor Train is a rock band from Hayward CA who's members consist of Lonny Foster on vocals/guitar, Huda Yousif on vocals/Bass, and Greg Strand on vocals/drums.
2004
After a long hiatus from playing in a band, Lonny Foster Joined the metal electronica band IDIC. There he met Rene Perez (vocals/keyboard), John Cha (bass), and Jacob Joon (drums).
2005
Lonny, John, and Jacob later form the hard rock band Nail gun with Lonny's cousin Chris Van Kirk on vocals. A four song demo CD entitled Nail Gun is created. Later in the year Dave Cipperly steps in on drums.
2006
John leaves the band and the name is changed from Nail Gun to Vanster to reflect the song writing team of Van Kirk / Foster. Finding a reliable replacement bassist was not easy so Huda Yousif decided she would like to learn how to play and possibly Join the band if no other bassist is found. Lonny starts teaching her how to play bass.
2007
Huda joins the band on bass guitar and Garrett Smith becomes the new drummer.
2008
A twelve track CD entitled Vanster is completed. Later in the year, Chris moves to Folsom and joins a band in Sacramento. The remaining trio then changes the bands name to Third Rail West and Lonny becomes the new lead singer. In August, Third Rail West performs an open mic night at The Bistro in Hayward, the first performance with this line up, and Huda's first time playing bass on stage.
2009
The band finishes creation of the ten track CD entitled Third Rail West.
2010
A band named 3rdrail contacts Lonny and expresses discontent with the similarity of their band's names. Rather than argue that the names are different, Third Rail West changes their name to Razor Train.
2011
Razor Train finishes their second CD entitled Razor Train. The domain RazorTrain.com is registered and this web site created.
2013
The third CD entitled Toxic Horizon is finished in December.
2017
Sanda Kay Evans joins the band on drums.
2020
Covid strikes and the band takes a break.
2021
Aaron Powell becomes the band's new drummer in November.
2022
The CD, Razor Train 3, is finished in January.
2024
Greg Strand becomes the band's new drummer in February.