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For the films of the same name, see A Day to Remember (film).

A Day to Remember

A Day to Remember is an American rock band from Ocala, Florida. Founded in 2003 by guitarist, Tom Denny, and drummer, Bobby Scruggs, the band has released four studio albums, nine singles and eight music videos. They are mainly known for their unusual amalgamation of metalcore and pop punk as a musical style.

History

Early years and debut album (2003–2006)

After all playing in different groups 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 debut full-length debut album, titled And Their Name Was Treason in May 2005. The album sold 8,690 copies 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 didn’t believe him, but I still started communicating with the guy. We IM’ed 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 they’d been fans all their lives."

Victory Records and For Those Who Have Heart (2006–2008)

Soon after signing with Victory Records, the band with their new drummer Alex Shellnutt 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.

A Day to Remember toured the United Kingdom for the first time ever in January 2008, and were later nominated for "Best International Newcomer" at the 2008 Kerrang! Awards,[1] but lost to Black Tide.[2] Afterwards, the band had a lengthy tour opening for Silverstein[3] along with The Devil Wears Prada, and Protest the Hero (who dropped off the tour and were replaced by A Static Lullaby). They then played The Bamboozle Left on April 6 at the Verizon Amphitheater in Irvine, California, one of the two days at the 2008 Bamboozle Festival in East Rutherford, New Jersey on May 3 and 4, as well as the Download Festival in June, and the 2008 Vans Warped Tour. Before playing the Download Festival, they toured the UK with The Devil Wears Prada and Alesana on the Road To Download Tour. In mid 2008, the band played all the U.S. dates of the "Easycore Tour" along with New Found Glory, Four Year Strong, Crime in Stereo and International Superheroes of Hardcore.

Homesick and Denney's departure (2008–2010)

A remixed and remastered version of their first album, And Their Name Was Treason, titled Old Record, was released on October 28, 2008 through Victory Records. In December 2008, A Day to Remember toured across Australia with Parkway Drive, Suicide Silence, The Acacia Strain and Confession. A Day to Remember played sold out shows across Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide in support of Parkway Drive's "Sweatfest" 2008 Australian tour. Later that month, the band also finished the recording their third studio album, Homesick. It was released on February 2, 2009 in Europe and February 3, 2009 in the United States and placed at #21 on Billboard's Top 200 Listings and at #1 on Top Independent Albums. It was additionally featured in Rolling Stone's "Top 40 Albums" that month, hitting number 21, and as of July, 2010 has sold over 200,000 copies.[4] Following two sold-out UK tours, A Day to Remember went on a European tour in February 2009, with the leg of the tour that took the band to Germany for the first time supported by For The Fallen Dreams and Kenai.

A Day to Remember toured the United States from March to May 2009 with The Devil Wears Prada, Sky Eats Airplane and Emarosa. Prior to the tour, Tom Denney broke his wrist; filling in for him was Kevin Skaff formerly of Four Letter Lie. They also toured the UK with For the Fallen Dreams and Azriel. They also toured as part of the Warped Tour 2009, played at the Download Festival 2009 and toured Asia, Australia and New Zealand in August and September. The band also contributed a track to Punk Goes Pop 2 record from Fearless Records, covering The Fray's "Over My Head (Cable Car)".

On June 2, 2009, the band announced that Tom Denney had left the band. The band stated that Denney left because he wants to focus on his marriage, a family, and his recording studio. Denney has been noted for recording such bands as The Starlight Getaway, Dang! We're on Fire, We Are Defiance as well as a number of solo acts. Regardless of his departure from the band, he will still remain a part of the writing process of new material. His replacement is Kevin Skaff, formerly of Four Letter Lie.

"The Downfall of Us All" was released as downloadable content for Rock Band and Rock Band 2, whilst "NJ Legion Iced Tea" was released as a download for Guitar Hero World Tour on July 9, 2009.

A Day to Remember were set to play Reading & Leeds Festival in 2009 but pulled out due to Neil Westfall having to have surgery.[5] They did their first headlining tour called The Pulling Your Pud Tour, along with Parkway Drive, In Fear and Faith, and I See Stars starting in September 2009. The band then supported Bring Me the Horizon, with guest August Burns Red, on their tour of the UK and Europe in October–November 2009.

On December 16, 2009, A Day to Remember released a holiday-oriented song as a single entitled "Right Where You Want Me to Be". A video was also made for the song and released through SantaMosh.com.

What Separates Me from You (2010–present)

A Day to Remember performed at the 2010 Soundwave Australian music festival. They toured across the UK in March 2010 with support from Architects and Your Demise followed by "Toursick" in North America with August Burns Red, Silverstein, Enter Shikari, Veara, and Go Radio from March 31 to May 18, 2010.[6] On July 14, 2010, MTV.com posted the music video for the band's latest single from Homesick - "Have Faith in Me", on their website.

According to Victory Records, it was claimed that the band will set to release their fourth studio album titled "What Separates Me From You" on October 26, 2010.[7] The album was recorded in Ocala, Florida, with producer Chad Gilbert who has also produced Homesick, with the tracking being done on July 23, 2010.[8]

On September 20, 2010, A Day to Remember announced in a live video through Victory Records' website the name of their new album being What Separates Me from You. They also then revealed the cover art for the album. The album was delayed a few weeks for release until November 16, 2010.[9] On November 16, 2010, it was announced that A Day to Remember will play the 2011 edition of the Vans Warped Tour.[10][11]

On January 6, 2011, the band showcased the official music video for the first single taken from the album, "All I Want" through an MTV premier. The music video features several musicians from many different musical groups such as the A Day to Remember's former lead guitarist Tom Denney, as well as Vic Fuentes, Pete Wentz, Dallas Taylor, Tim Lambesis and others.[12] On January 11, 2011, the band made their national TV debut, while performing the songs "All I Want" and "Better Off This Way" on Jimmy Kimmel Live!.[13]

Musical style

A Day to Remember have been described by critics as metalcore,[14] pop punk,[15] post-hardcore,[16] and emo.[17] A Day to Remember's song structures typically follow a metalcore verses and blends into a more pop-punk style chorus. Fans and critics alike have described this blend as "pop-mosh," and "popcore".[18] When asked in an interview with AbsolutePunk about their sound, Jeremy McKinnon stated:

It's weird. See it's funny because we have been doing this for so long. When we started, this shit was not cool. EVERYONE told us mixing the two genres wouldn't work. Hell, a lot of people still feel that way. We’ve just always played what we wanted to hear, and to be honest people weren't doing it back then. We loved pop punk, we loved hardcore bands, and we couldn’t decide what to be. So we said fuck it. Let’s do them both.

— Jeremy McKinnon[19]

Band members

Current
  • Jeremy McKinnon - lead vocals, acoustic guitar (2003–present)
  • Alex Shelnutt - drums, percussion (2006–present)
  • Kevin Skaff - lead guitar, vocals, piano (2009–present)
  • Neil Westfall - rhythm guitar, backing vocals (2003–present)
  • Joshua Woodard - bass guitar (2004–present)
Former
  • Tom Denney - lead guitar, backing vocals (2003–2009)
  • Brandon Roberts - drums, percussion (2003)
  • Bobby Scruggs - drums, percussion (2003–2006)

Discography

Year Album details Peak chart positions[20]
US US Indie US Heat. AUS UK
2005 And Their Name Was Treason

— — — — —
2007 For Those Who Have Heart

— 43 17 — —
2009 Homesick

  • Released: February 3, 2009
  • Label: Victory Records
 21 1 — — —
2010 What Separates Me from You

  • Released: November 16, 2010
  • Label: Victory Records
 11 1 — 24 66
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

Singles

Year Title Peak chart Album
US
Alt. 		US
Main. 		US
Rock
2005 "A Second Glance" — — — And Their Name Was Treason
2007 "The Plot to Bomb the Panhandle" — — — For Those Who Have Heart
"The Danger in Starting a Fire" — — —
2008 "Since U Been Gone" — — —
2009 "The Downfall of Us All" — — — Homesick
2010 "I'm Made of Wax, Larry, What Are You Made Of?" — — —
"Have Faith in Me" 40 — —
"All I Want" 13 21 26 What Separates Me from You
2011 "Better Off This Way"[21] — — —

Music videos

Year Song Director Album
2006 "A Second Glance" Reel Players And Their Name Was Treason
2007 "The Plot to Bomb the Panhandle" Dan Dobi For Those Who Have Heart
"The Danger in Starting a Fire" N/A
2008 "Since U Been Gone" (Kelly Clarkson cover) N/A For Those Who Have Heart (Re-Release)
2009 "The Downfall of Us All" Scott Hansen Homesick
"Right Where You Want Me to Be" Drew Russ Attack of the Killer B-Sides
2010 "I'm Made of Wax, Larry, What Are You Made Of?" Dan Dobi Homesick
"Have Faith In Me" Mark Staubach
2011 "All I Want"[22] Drew Russ What Separates Me From You

References

  1. ^ Kerrang Awards 2008
  2. ^ Best International Newcomer winner - Kerrang Awards 2008
  3. ^ "Silverstein Touring U.S. With A Day To Remember".
  4. ^ http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/upcoming_releases/a_day_to_remember_this_wednesday.html
  5. ^ "A Day To Remember pull out of Reading And Leeds Festivals". Retrieved 25 March 2010.
  6. ^ Kraft, Mike. "A Toursick To Remember". Retrieved 30 January 2010.
  7. ^ http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/a_day_to_remember_plan_october_album_release/ Retrieved 20 July 2010.
  8. ^ "A Day To Remember to release album in October".
  9. ^ http://www.tcdcmedia.com/post/1158933312
  10. ^ "A Day To Remember: Playing Warped Tour 2011".
  11. ^ http://www.alterthepress.com/2010/11/day-to-remember-to-play-warped-tour.html
  12. ^ "All I Want" MTV Networks
  13. ^ A Day to Remember Perform on Jimmy Kimmel Live The PRP
  14. ^ http://www.thrashhits.com/2009/02/album-a-day-to-remember-homesick/
  15. ^ http://www.waytooloud.com/2009/02/10/a-day-to-remember-homesick/
  16. ^ http://www.victoryrecords.com/adaytoremember
  17. ^ A Day to Remember at MTV
  18. ^ A Day to Remember at allmusic.
  19. ^ AbosolutePunk interview with A Day to Remember
  20. ^ Billboard.com - Artist Chart History
  21. ^ http://www.ergmusic.com/usa/compilation.asp?series=NRT
  22. ^ MTV.com: All I Want | A Day To Remember | Music Video
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