A DAY TO REMEMBER (interview) on CAPITAL CHAOS 2009

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A DAY TO REMEMBER (interview) on CAPITAL CHAOS 2009

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A DAY TO REMEMBER interview on CAPITAL CHAOS 2009 @ Club Retro~Orangevale, California 4/19/2009 also on the bill were EMAROSA, SKY EATS AIRPLANE, and THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA. A Day to Remember (commonly abbreviated to ADTR) is a five-piece hardcore/ pop punk band from Ocala, Florida, signed to Victory Records. They are often said to have influences in many other genres other than post-hardcore, including pop punk, metalcore, and even melodic death metal. The band's music has been described as "mixing death metal grunts with the brash melodies of pop-punk," and a cross between "bouncy pop punk [and] chugging metalcore." http://www.victoryrecords.com/adaytoremember After all playing in different bands in the Ocala music scene, singer Jeremy McKinnon, guitarists Neil Westfall and Tom Denney, bassist Joshua Woodard, and drummer Bobby Scruggs came together in 2003. Soon after, the band embarked on a "DIY" tour, playing well over 200 shows, making a name for themselves. They were signed to Indianola Records, from which they recorded their first full length, titled And Their Name Was Treason in May 2005. The album sold 8,000 copies on word of mouth alone, but the band felt that bigger and better things were to come. "A friend of mine said he had the AIM screenname of someone at Victory Records, Woodard said. "I didnt believe him, but I still started communicating with the guy. We IMed back and forth for about six months, and it happened that we were playing with the band On The Last Day in a town outside of Chicago—and this guy was going to be there filming it. It was our first time we ever played in Illinois, yet the 50-60 kids there were singing along to our tunes like theyd been fans all their lives. The guy asked if wed do a showcase for Victory, we said sure, and the rest is a new beginning for A Day To Remember." http://www.myspace.com/adaytoremember Soon after signing with Victory, the band went into Zing Studios to record their second full length. The album, titled For Those Who Have Heart was released in January 2007 on Victory Records and peaked at #17 on Billboard's Top Heatseekers chart and #43 on the Top Independent Albums chart. On September 24, 2007, they put a cover of Kelly Clarkson's hit single, "Since U Been Gone" on their MySpace. This was later featured on the re-release of For Those Who Have Heart, released in February 2008. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Day_To_Remember

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capitalchaos

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