Attack Attack! (American band)
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Attack Attack! is a six-piece American band from Columbus, Ohio. The group is currently signed to Rise Records. Attack Attack! has so far released one EP, If Guns Are Outlawed, Can We Use Swords? and one full-length album, Someday Came Suddenly.
History
Attack Attack! was formed by Austin Carlile, Ricky Lortz, Andrew Whiting, Nick White, and Andrew Wetzel in 2007. When Ricky left the band they added Johnny Franck to replace his guitar and clean vocals and added synth player Caleb Shomo. In early 2008 they released their debut EP titled If Guns Are Outlawed, Can We Use Swords?. Later they signed to Rise Records in June 2008 and released their debut album, Someday Came Suddenly, on the label late that year.[1] Someday Came Suddenly peaked at #25 on the Billboard Independent Albums chart and #193 on the Billboard 200,[2] with sales of more than 3,600 in its first week.[3] Later Halfway through a tour supporting Maylene and the Sons of Disaster, Attack Attack! kicked out vocalist Austin Carlile, Austin has since been replaced by Nick Barham, former screamer of For All We Know. In 2009 for Fearless Records' eighth Punk Goes... album, Punk Goes Pop 2, Attack Attack! covered Katy Perry's "I Kissed a Girl". The band toured with Escape the Fate, William Control, Black Tide and Burn Halo early in 2009,[4] and will be appearing on the 2009 Vans Warped Tour.
The band is commonly confused with the Welsh alternative rock band Attack! Attack!, which have two exclamation marks. Despite this common error, the bands both play completely different styles of music from one another.
Members
- Current
- Nick Barham - screaming vocals
- Autotune - rhythm guitar, clean vocals
- Andrew Whiting - lead guitar
- John Holgado - bass guitar
- Caleb Shomo - synth, keyboards, backing vocals
- Andrew Wetzel - drums
- Former
- Austin Carlile- Lead vocals/Screamed vocals (Now of: Of Mice & Men)
- Ricky Lortz- Guitar, Synth, vocoder
- Nick White- Bass Guitar
Discography
- If Guns Are Outlawed, Can We Use Swords? EP (Self-released, 2008)
- Someday Came Suddenly (Rise Records, 2008)
References
- ^ Review, MusicEmissions.com
- ^ Charts, Allmusic
- ^ Taylor Swift Scores First #1 Debut with Fearless. MTV, November 19, 2008.
- ^ Escape the Fate Heading Out with Attack Attack!. Alternative Press, December 9, 2008.