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Armor for Sleep is an American rock band. They were formed in 2002 in New Jersey. Lead singer Ben Jorgensen recorded the first ever Armor for Sleep songs in exchange for $100 at a nearby recording studio[citation needed], playing all the instruments by himself, after he left the band Random Task, in which he played drums.
History
The band was originally signed to Equal Vision Records and released their first two albums with them, but as of April 2006, Armor for Sleep are now signed to Warner Brothers/Sire Records.
A Machine Shop remix of their track "Remember to Feel Real" was featured on the Snakes on a Plane soundtrack in August of 2006.
The band had a new track entitled "End of the World" on the soundtrack to the 2007 Transformers film, which was released on July 3, 2007.
Their third full length album Smile For Them was released on October 30, 2007.
On August 20, 2008, a blog entry on the band's website announced an EP, entitled "The Way Out Is Broken."[2]
Armor for Sleep announced a recent unreleased track of theirs on their official website entitled, "Chameleons." The track is posted onto Supload.com to download.[3]
Current line-up
- Ben Jorgensen - vocals, guitar
- PJ DeCicco - guitar
- Anthony DiIonno - bass
- Nash Breen - drums
- Dick Diver - skin flute
Discography
Albums
| Year | Album details | Chart peaks[4] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billboard 200 | Top Independent Albums | Top Heatseekers | ||
| 2003 | Dream to Make Believe
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— | — | — |
| 2005 | What to Do When You Are Dead
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101 | 8 | 1 |
| 2007 | Smile for Them
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93 | — | — |
| a "—" denotes an album did not chart | ||||
Extended plays
| Year | EP |
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| 2008 | The Way Out Is Broken |
Singles
| Year | Title | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | "Dream to Make Believe" | Dream to Make Believe |
| 2004 | "My Town" | |
| 2005 | "Car Underwater" | What to Do When You Are Dead |
| 2005 | "The Truth About Heaven" | |
| 2006 | "Remember to Feel Real" | |
| 2007 | "Williamsburg" | Smile for Them |
| 2008 | "Hold the Door" |
DVDs
- Armor for Sleep released a limited number of DVDs with their second CD 'What to Do When You Are Dead' documenting how the record was made.
- The video for "Dream to Make Believe" is featured on the Homesick DVD that was released on September 7, 2004.
- A Comprehensive Guide To Touring was released on November 15, 2005.
- Armor for Sleep's song "End of the World" was featured on the movie Transformers.
- Armor for Sleep's song "Very Invisible" was featured on the soundtrack to the "Masters of Horror" series.
Trivia
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- - In 2004 a small percentage of "Dream to Make Believe" was released with the British (also Australian and Canadian) spelling Armour for Sleep instead of the US spelling Armor for Sleep on the cover and CD.[citation needed]
- -Nate Novarro was Armor For Sleep's drum tech before becoming the drummer for Cobra Starship.
- -The band is featured in Fall Out Boy's Bassist's, Pete Wentz, home made DVD, Release the Bats, showing the band playing a gig.
- - Ben Jorgensen was featured, along with Pete Wentz, in the Cobra Starship video for "The City Is at War" as police officers
- - The band was featured in several episodes of TAI TV.
- -Stephenie Meyer, author of the Twilight (novel), mentions the band in her acknowledgment section of her second book "New Moon".