Hey guys! I found this interview with Asking Alexandria on youtube! They are a pretty influential band to me, they started out as an extremely small band from England, and they rose from there! Their first big song was made up on the spot! After they moved from England they had to start ALL over, trying to rise up to the level of popularity they had in England. They make me think that if they could get so popular in two different countries, I could become big in at least one.
Todays band is... Asking Alecandria!
Asking Alexandria is a British post-hardcore band from York, England. The band started in Dubai, UAE, where guitarist Ben Bruce started a band called EndofReason. After having recorded an unreleased album called The Irony of Your Perfection, the band changed their name to Asking Alexandria. Ben later moved back to the England, and a couple of years later, he started fresh with new members, although keeping the name Asking Alexandria. Ben has stated on the bands MySpace-blog that he was the inventor of the name, that he still liked it at the time and the meaning and reason behind the name still remained, and therefore decided to keep it. Ben also made a statement in the same blog post that the current Asking Alexandria is not the same band that wrote The Irony of Your Perfection. Asking Alexandria’s debut album Stand Up And Scream was released on September 15th 2009 through Sumerian Records. They later announced a remixed dubstep version of that album called Stepped Up And Scratched that was to be released May 25th, but has since been delayed. They just released their new album, Reckless & Relentless, on April 5th.
Todays band is... A Day To Remember! Yay!
A Day to Remember was formed in 2003 and mixed emo, hardcore, and metal into a blend referred to by their fans as "pop mosh." Beginning in Ocala, FL, vocalist Jeremy McKinnon, guitarists Neil Westfall and Tom Denney, bassist Joshua Woodard, and drummer Bobby Scruggs made their first EP themselves, then signed with Indianola Records for the release of their full-length album And Their Name Was Treason in 2005. The record went on to sell over 8,000 copies, and a year later the guys were signed to Chicago powerhouse Victory Records. Work quickly began on their label debut; For Those Who Have Heart appeared in January 2007, featuring new drummer Alex Shelnutt. Homesick, the band's sophomore release, arrived in October 2009. After Homesick, Tom Denney left the band (although he remained a part of the writing process) while Kevin Skaff (from Four Letter Lie) assumed the guitar duties. The group's fourth studio album, What Separates Me from You, was released the following year.
