Friday, February 17, 2012

SEPULTURA




Sepultura adalah kelompok musik death metal dari Brasil yang didirikan pada 1984, walaupun musik mereka saat ini sering digambarkan sebagai groove metal. Nama mereka berarti "kuburan" dalam bahasa Portugis, dipilih oleh Max Cavalera setelah ia menerjemahkan lirik lagu Motörhead "Dancing On Your Grave".
Anggota
Saat ini

Andreas Kisser - gitaris
Derrick Green - vokalis/gitaris
Paulo Jr. - bassis
Eloy Casagrande - drummer

Mantan anggota
Max Cavalera - vokalis/rhythm guitar (1984-1996)
Jairo Guedez - gitaris (1984-1986)
Igor Cavalera - [Drummer (1984-2006)

Latar belakang
Asal : Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Genre : Death metal, thrash metal, groove metal, alternative metal
Tahun aktif : 1984–sekarang
Label : Cogumelo, New Renaissance, Roadrunner, Steamhammer
Artis terkait Sarcófago, Nailbomb, Soulfly, Cavalera Conspiracy, Udora
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Tuesday, March 29, 2011

The Ataris


THE ATARIS

The Ataris are a rock band hailing from Anderson, Indiana. They have released five studio albums, and their most recent, Welcome the Night, was released on February 20, 2007. They have a new 7" EP that will be released on July 6, on Gainesville, Florida based label, Paper + Plastick. They are currently writing and recording songs for their forthcoming album The Graveyard of the Atlantic, which the band has stated will be released in 2011.


History
Kung Fu Records (1995–2002)

Formed in 1995, the band originally consisted of singer, songwriter, guitarist Kris Roe and guitarist Jasin Thomason. Using a 4-track, Kris wrote and recorded demos in his bedroom, using a drum machine while he searched for a full-time drummer. The band's first big break came in 1996 when Kris attended a show at the club Bogart's in Cincinnati, where Jasin passed one of the band's demo tapes to a roadie from the band. The roadie gave the tape to Joe Escalante, bassist from the band The Vandals who owned their own label, Kung Fu Records. A few weeks later, Roe received a call from Kung Fu Records, who told him they were interested in putting out their record, even though he was really only searching for a drummer. The Ataris signed to Kung Fu and the label passed the tape along to various drummers. Eventually, Roe decided upon ex-Lagwagon drummer Derrick Plourde. The band then proceeded to record their debut album Anywhere but Here, tracking the whole thing in less than a week. The album was released on April 29, 1997 and the band held a release show party at Missing Link Records in Indianapolis on May 2.

In June 1997, Roe moved from Anderson, Indiana to Santa Barbara, California. Shortly afterward, Marko Desantis joined the band on bass for a short time. Thomason decided to leave the band to stay in Indiana, and the group toured as a three-piece for a short while. After a brief tour in October 1997, this lineup disbanded. Roe, out of money and living in a van, contemplated moving back to Indiana. But the band still had an upcoming tour booked with Dance Hall Crashers and Unwritten Law, so Roe decided to give the band one more shot. He got his friend from Santa Barbara, Mike Davenport, to play bass. Davenport shared a small rehearsal space on East Haley Street with his friend Marco Peña, who was in a different band. One day at the rehearsal space, Roe and Davenport heard the drummer of Peña's band, Chris Knapp, playing and immediately asked him to join The Ataris. While Roe and Davenport joked that Peña would be upset over them "stealing" his band's drummer, Peña surprised them by showing up at their practice the next day, strapping on his guitar, and playing along. It turned out Peña had learned all the songs from Anywhere But Here. He joined the band as a second guitarist and the foursome went on their scheduled tour. However, Peña soon left the band due to personal reasons and was replaced by Patrick Riley.

From there, the band gradually increased in popularity in the underground rock scene, a lot due to their consistent touring and personal, DIY approach to the band. They then found more success with their 1998 EP Look Forward to Failure, released on San Francisco punk label Fat Wreck Chords. However, it wasn't until the release of Blue Skies, Broken Hearts...Next 12 Exits in the year 1999 that they started to gain widespread acclaim. The album's name comes from the name of a mobile home park along Highway 101 in Santa Barbara. Also, "...next 12 exits" refers to a nearby sign on Highway 101 North that reads "Santa Barbara, Next 12 Exits". The album contained personal, storytelling lyrics and heartfelt tales of relationships, discovery and things once left behind. After this album, Riley left the band to go back to school, and Marco Peña re-joined the band.

The band's third full length studio album, End is Forever, was released in 2001. This album painted a more intensely personal side of the band's storytelling and personal relationships. Due to their persistent touring schedule, a lot of the arrangements and lyrics were worked out at the last minute while in the studio and then the vocals recorded while Roe had a bad cold. Roe maintains that he was not completely happy with half of the songs, although he went on to state that in spite of this, several of the songs such as "Fast Times at Dropout High" and "Road Signs and Rock Songs" were still to date some of the band's strongest of their earlier career.

Band members

* Kris Roe – vocals, guitar, percussion (1995–present)
* Rob Felicetti – guitar (2010–present)
* Bryan Nelson – bass (2008–present)
* Jacob Dwiggins – drums (2008–present)

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Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Silverstein


Silverstein is a Canadian post-hardcore band from Burlington, Ontario, formed in 2000. Their band name is a reference to the famous children's author Shel Silverstein, whom the band had admired and read the stories of as children.They have released a total of four studio albums, two EP's, a compilation album and a live DVD/CD. Their lineup, which has remained unchanged since the band's second release, consists of lead vocalist and guitarist Shane Told, guitarists Neil Boshart and Josh Bradford, bass guitarist and backing vocalist Billy Hamilton, and drummer Paul Koehler. The band achieved moderate success with their second studio album, Discovering The Waterfront, reaching #34 on the Billboard 200 charts, with the following two albums charting at similar positions.

The band left long time record label, Victory Records in 2010, and are currently singed with Hopeless Records and Universal Music.They are also currently working on writing their next studio album, to be released in early 2011, with an EP titled "Transitions" to be released on December 7th, prior to the new album.


History
Early years (2000-2002)

Silverstein formed in January 2000.During that same year, they self-released their first EP, Summer's Stellar Gaze.[8] After several lineup changes, the band acquired Billy Hamilton, a local fan who learned of the band's need for a bassist on the Internet message board "The 905 Board" (an Ontario area outreach board which used to be for local musicians). In December 2001, he joined the band after Told helped him learn the music for the songs. Following a rehearsal on Boxing Day (December 26) in 2001, he officially debuted with Silverstein. The next spring, original guitarist Richard McWalter left the band to move to Victoria, British Columbia to study engineering. He was then replaced by Neil Boshart, childhood friend of Shane Told. The new lineup recorded a second EP, When the Shadows Beam, in preparation for their first tour in Eastern Canada. The band signed to Victory Records in October 2002 with a complete lineup as Hamilton attempted to complete his secondary education one semester early.

Origin : Burlington, Ontario, Canada
Genres : Post-hardcore, emo
Years active : 2000 (2000)–present
Labels : Victory (2002-2010), Hopeless (2010-present), Universal Music (2010 present)
Associated acts : Cancer Bats, Lights, Blessthefall, The Devil Wears Prada, A Skylit Drive, Pierce the Veil, Chiodos, Escape the Fate, Alesana, Comeback Kid, Aiden, Hawthorne Heights, A Day to Remember, August Burns Red, Bayside, A Static Lullaby

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