Attack! Attack!
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Caerphilly, Wales |
| Genres | Alternative rock, pop punk |
| Years active | 2006–present |
| Labels | Rock Ridge |
| Associated acts | Adequate Seven, Pete's Sake, Dopamine, Midasuno |
| Website | attackattack.net |
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| Neil Starr Ryan Day Will Davies Mike Griffiths |
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Attack! Attack! are a Welsh rock band from Caerphilly and Aberdare, formed in 2006. They have toured across the UK with other Welsh bands such as The Blackout, Funeral for a Friend, Lostprophets, SaidMike, Kids in Glass Houses and also English bands You Me at Six and Go:Audio and have toured with the American band Zebrahead. Neil Starr came from Dopamine to form Attack! Attack! with Ryan Day. Will Davies came from the band Adequate Seven. Ryan Day and Mike Griffiths also played together in Pete's Sake.
The band finished a co-headlining UK tour with Tonight Is Goodbye during February 2009, with the two bands exchanging the headlining and main support positions every night. They played at the Hevy Music Festival on 1 August 2009 and at Butserfest on 12 September 2009. Their song "You and Me" is featured in the video game Guitar Hero 5. The band played their first headline tour with support acts Not Advised, Gap Year Riot and Impulse 11.
They released their debut eponymous album in 2008 with second album The Latest Fashion released 27 September 2010 through Hassle Records.
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[edit] Members
- Neil Starr — lead vocals, guitar
- Ryan Day — guitar, Clean vocals
- Will Davies — bass
- Mike Griffiths — drums
[edit] Tours
2010 Tours: Attack! Attack! the Rock Show (Featuring Not Advised, Gap Year Riot & Impulse 11) 2010 Tours: Attack! Attack! The Latest Fashion Tour (Featuring Freeze the Atlantic, Straight Lines & That Sunday Feeling) 2011 Tours: Attack! Attack! The Latest Fashion Tour (Featuring TBA)
[edit] Discography
- Albums
- Attack! Attack! (2008) (released in US as Attack! Attack! UK on Rock Ridge Music)
- The Latest Fashion (2010)
- Singles
- 2008: This Is a Test - 7" vinyl
- 2008: Too Bad Son - 7" vinyl
- 2009: Not Afraid - 7" vinyl , CD (Promo On Tour)
- 2010: We're Not the Enemy
- 2011: Blood on My Hands
[edit] Videography
- 2008: The band made a promotional music video for "Too Bad Son", a song from their debut full-length album, Attack! Attack!. This video was never released to the public, and only available online. The video features the band members' self recordings while on tour. It is available on Attack! Attack!'s YouTube.
- 2008: The band played at Reading Festival on the BBC Introducing stage. They performed two songs; "Say It to Me", and "This Is a Test". Both songs were recorded and are featured on the band's official MySpace profile page.
- 2009: You and Me, Features the band playing it TVs then coming to life.
- 2010: The band released a video for their 2009 single "Not Afraid". Not Afraid has a storyline to it, a kid is getting bullied, and with confidence and support. Attack! Attack! release the power to the kid, who fights off the bullies and scares them away. This video was filmed at Fishermoore High School in Colne, Lancashire.
- 2010: ("We're Not the Enemy") 2nd single from the Latest Fashion, it has the band playing. With televisions as their heads.
- 2011: ("Blood on My Hands") Set in a unknown location shows clips of Neil (the lead singer) singing in a hippy van with a performance near some water, which Neil in standing knee deep in while the band perform on rocks above Neil.
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