Asking Alexandria

Asking Alexandria are an English metalcore band from York, North Yorkshire, formed in 2008. Founded
when rhythm guitarist Ben Bruce contacted old friends after moving back to England from Dubai, the
current line-up consists of Bruce, vocalist Danny Worsnop, lead guitarist Cameron Liddell, bass guitarist
Sam Bettley and drummer James Cassells.

Amongst Us and End of Reason (2003-2007)

Asking Alexandria have their roots in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, where guitarist Ben Bruce started a
band under the name Amongst Us. Formed in the fall of 2003, Amongst Us fused both melodic and
hardcore vocals with heavier and more hardcore musical elements. Just as the band started to mature,
some members were soon to leave Dubai and changes were in order. Bruce stated in an interview with
Gulf News that "it was ridiculously hard to keep the band going because people come and go in Dubai".
With new members and material, a decision was made to change their name, settling on End of Reason,
stylised as EndofReason. It has been explained that the name was born whilst endlessly trying to find a
name with reason and meaning without any success.

Sometime after changing to the new name, the band put out a self-released EP entitled
Tomorrow.Hope.Goodbye. In its aftermath, the band started to gain national as well as some
international success, resulting in record deals with Sonicwave International in the United States and
Hangmans Joke Recordings in the United Kingdom. It also contributed to opening slots for bands such as
Boy Sets Fire, Pennywise and Jimmy Eat World, amongst others. Whilst slowly increasing in popularity
and recognition, the band decided in 2007 to yet again change their name, this time to Asking
Alexandria. This decision was made due to the band sharing the name EndofReason with other bands.

On June 25, 2007, Asking Alexandria released their first full length album entitled The Irony of Your
Perfection through Hangmans Joke Recordings. Following the release was a nine-month United Kingdom
tour, as well as shows in Germany, Holland, France and Sweden. Bruce has in an interview at later date
that the band known as Asking Alexandria from Dubai only had the name for about a month before
breaking up, hence the band never went on this tour.

Asking Alexandria (2008 - 2009)

In 2008, Bruce moved back to England, leaving behind his former band and its members. However,
Bruce had no plans on putting his musical career on hold and not long after the move he started fresh
with new members, though deciding to carry on the name Asking Alexandria. Bruce has stated on the
bands MySpace-blog that he was the inventor of the name, that he still liked it and the meaning/reason
behind the name still remained, and therefore decided to continue it in the new project. He also made
an emphasised statement in the same blog post that the current Asking Alexandria is not the same band
that wrote The Irony of Your Perfection, in style nor members, hence they are two different bands,
despite their links. The same statement has been emphasised in interviews and is known to still be a
confusion to many fans.

Asking Alexandria has since their formation in 2008 had a couple of member changes, including going
from a six-piece to a five-piece, with the departure of synthist Ryan Binns. The last known change was
bassist Sam Bettley, whom replaced Joe Lancaster in January 2009. Lancaster played his final show at
Fibbers in their hometown York on January 4. The band left for the United States the day after the show
to promote their music through shows, as well as to prepare for the recording of their debut album.

After spending 2008 and the first months of 2009 to spread the name Asking Alexandria through
relentless touring, the band recorded their debut studio album between May 19 and June 16 at The
Foundation Recording Studios in Connersville, Indiana, United States with producer Joey Sturgis. They
announced their signing with Sumerian Records shortly after finishing the recording and released their
debut album, Stand Up and Scream, on September 15, 2009 through their new label. The band spent
2009 focusing on gaining success in the United States, touring with well known bands such as Alesana,
Enter Shikari, The Bled and Evergreen Terrace, amongst others.

Second album (2010present)

On December 22, 2009, Asking Alexandria announced that they were to start the works on a second
album in January. They informed that they were to be streaming parts of the writing process through a
webcam feed via the service Stickam. It was also announced that they will be entering the studio on
September 1, again with producer Joey Sturgis, whom produced the bands debut album Stand Up and
Scream. The band has later confirmed through an interview with Shred News that the album is
scheduled to drop in early 2011 and is planned to contain 12 new songs. In the same interview, the band
informed that a title was not yet established.
In March, Asking Alexandria are heading out on their first tour of the new year, yet again making their
way through North America, this time with Attack Attack!, Breathe Carolina, label mates I See Stars, and
the up-and-coming British metalcore act Bury Tomorrow. The tour carries through to April, ending ten
days before heading off for their debut European tour with Dance Gavin Dance and In Fear and Faith,
which includes an appearance at the annual Groezrock festival. They are however scheduled to
discontinue the European tour two days before it originally ends to make an appearance at The
Bamboozle festival in New Jersey.

Asking Alexandria announced their first ever headlining tour on March 2, taking place in North America
through May to the start of June. We Came as Romans, From First to Last, Our Last Night and A Bullet
for Pretty Boy were announced as supporting bands for the tour. Bruce has also confirmed through an
interview with Inside Heavy that the band will be making an appearance at the Thrash and Burn summer
festival tour as a main support act, though not revealing details on which other bands that will be
participating. When asked if they were to participate on Warped Tour, he stated that the band was
saving it for next year.

Source: wikipedia.org

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