HARDROCK MUSIC

August Burns Red is a Christian metalcore band from Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

The band formed in March 2003 while some of the members were still in high school,
and soon began playing shows around Lancaster. The band name is derived from an incident involving their first vocalist, Jon Hershey.


The band is mostly known for their heavy breakdowns and odd-meter riffs. They also cite The Red Chord, Between the Buried and Me, Misery Signals and Hopesfall as their main influences.


History

In 2004, ABR recorded an EP called Looks Fragile After All. After about a year of playing shows and a new vocalist the band was signed to Solid State Records in 2005 and released Thrill Seeker on November 8 of that year. In 2006, drummer Matt Greiner was endorsed by Truth Custom Drums.

Their second album, Messengers, was released on June 19, 2007. It has sold over 75,000 copies thus far,
and has peaked at number 81 on the Billboard 200.


From April to May 2008, August Burns Red toured with As I Lay Dying and Misery Signals.


The band toured from August 27 to October 12, 2008 with A Skylit Drive, Sky Eats Airplane, Greeley Estates, and This or the Apocalypse. August Burns Red headlined the tour.

The band also visited the UK and Europe for a month long headlining tour in November 2008 playing in Germany, Finland, Norway, Sweden, The United Kingdom, Republic Of Ireland, Northern Ireland, Italy, Belgium, The Netherlands, Czech Republic, Slovakia, and France.

The band has recorded an instrumental of the classic song, "Carol of the Bells" originally recorded for X Christmas. This cover is featured in certain trailers for the movie The Spirit, which was released Christmas Day 2008.

August Burns Red recorded a cover of "...Baby One More Time" by pop singer Britney Spears for the Punk Goes Pop 2 compilation album, released in March 2009.

August Burns Red released a song called "Chasing the Dragon" that was part of a new EP called Lost Messengers: The Outtakes. It contains B-sides, demos, and covers from the recording process of Messengers.
The EP was released on February 24.

On March 6, 2009, the band also visited the Middle East for the first time, playing at the Dubai Desert Rock Festival.

The band announced on their Spring Headliner Tour with All That Remains that their latest album, called Constellations, will be released July 14th, 2009.

They completed a headlining tour from July 10 to August 8 with Blessthefall, Enter Shikari, All Shall Perish. After this tour, the band toured Australia during August with Architects and Parkway Drive.

They are also billed to support Bring Me The Horizon on their October UK tour alongside A Day To Remember.

The band released a music video for their song Meddler off their album Constellations in the month of June 2009. They also released a song titled Thirty and Seven, on their Myspace on June 14, 2009
and another one on June 21, 2009 titled Existence. A third track from the upcoming album was added on June 29th, 2009 entitled "Ocean of Apathy".

On July 7, 2009, a week before its release, August Burns Red began streaming their upcoming album "Constellations" live on Myspace.

According to the Billboard sales charts "Constellations" charted at number 24 in its first week of release.

The world premiere of the brand new video titled Meddler was released on their MySpace page on July 28, 2009. The song is off their brand new album "Constellations" which is available in stores and online now.

According to the band Underoath, the band is joining a short tour starting in November along with Emery.

Christian faith

August Burns Red's music is often defined as Christian metalcore.
JB Brubaker mentioned in an interview with Shout!, an online magazine, that "Christianity is a religion, not a style of music" and he would "rather just let the music speak for itself."
However, Brent Rambler commented on the fact that "It is important to us that people know that we are indeed Christians...without having us stand up there and ram it down people's throats."


Band members

Current

* Jake Luhrs − lead vocals
* JB Brubaker − lead guitar
* Brent Rambler − rhythm guitar
* Dustin Davidson − bass, backing vocals
* Matt Greiner − drums, percussion, piano

Former

* Jon Hershey − vocals
* Josh McManness − vocals
* Jordan Tuscan − bass