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Skip the Foreplay | |
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| Origin | Montreal, Quebec |
| Genres | trancecore, electronicore, metalcore |
| Years active | 2010–2014 |
| Labels | Epitaph Records |
| Members | Marc-André Fillion Mathieu Maltais Charles "Chuck" Pilon Julien-Guy "Jude" Béland Marc-André Lemyre Jean-Michael Aumais |
Skip the Foreplay was a trancecore band from Montreal which rose to prominence by covering the song Champagne Showers by LMFAO, getting a contract and releasing an on Epitaph Records and featuring reality TV star Mathieu Maltais on guitar. [1] In addition to the habitual vocals, guitars, bass and drums of metalcore, the band featured a DJ, Jean-Michael Aumais, and their music adds club beats, auto-tuned vocals and dubstep to the elements of metalcore.[2] [3] They changed their name to Now and on Earth in 2014.
History[edit]
The band started in 2010 when Charles Pilon put an ad on the internet looking for musicians. That's how he met Maltais and the others. They started composing songs and Maltais, having good contacts in the entertainment industry after being a candidate during season 5 of reality TV show Occupation Double in 2008, got the band to make a record for cheap. They recorded and autoproduced "Nightlife" themselves and presented it to many record labels [4] [5] [1]
They got a lot of attention for their cover of Champagne Showers by LMFAO, for which they made a video that got more than one million views on Youtube. They then got in contact with Obey the Brave and Despised Icon singer Alex Erian, who accepted to make a guest appearance on the song "This City We're Taking Over", [6] became their manager and helped them get a contract with Epitaph Records only six months after they started playing together. [7] [8]
At first, Champagne Showers was not on Nightlife but Epitaph asked for it to be included, so the band added it to the setlist. Skip the Foreplay made many tours in Canada, U.S.A. and Japan, opening for Falling in Reverse and many other Epitaph bands and playing the Vans Warped Tour in 2012. [9] [1] [7][10] [11] <ref name="nowand">
- ^ a b c Mongrain, Marc-André (May 9, 2012), "De groupe local montréalais au Vans Warped Tour", SorsTu.ca
- ^ The Moncton Times & Transcript (May 4 2012) Skip the Foreplay and enjoy the Nightlife ? Montreal band mixes metal riffs with electronic beats
- ^ "Skip the Foreplay page on Epitaph".
- ^ Wysocka, Natalia (July 12, 2012), "L'art de mettre le party dans la place", Metro
- ^ The Moncton Times & Transcript (May 4 2012) Skip the Foreplay and enjoy the Nightlife ? Montreal band mixes metal riffs with electronic beats
- ^ Rosenberg, Axl (August 31, 2011), "WORST THING EVER OF THE WEEK, PART 1: SKIP THE FOREPLAY'S VIDEO FOR "THIS CITY (WE'RE TAKING OVER)"", Metalsucks.net
- ^ a b Meilleur, Philippe (April 22, 2015), "Now and on Earth: Détruire pour mieux rebâtir", La Presse Cite error: The named reference "nowand" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ Bussières, Ian (July 30, 2014), "La scène plutôt que le travail de bureau", Le Soleil
- ^ Boulanger, Émilie (March 14, 2012), "L'ascension de Skip the Foreplay: Déjà 18 000 fans pour un ex-Matanais", Le Régional
- ^ "Now and on Earth page on Epitaph".
- ^ Mastrogiacomo, Angela (August 2, 2012), "Interview: Skip the Foreplay", Infectious Magazine