Iwrestledabearonce

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Iwrestledabearonce
IWABO (2013)
IWABO (2013)
General information
Genre (s) Mathcore , Metalcore , Alternative Metal
founding 2007
Website iwrestledabearonce.com
Founding members
guitar
 Mim Cameron
bass
 Brian Dozier
bass
 Dave Branch
Keyboard
 Daniel Andrews
Drums
 Ryan Pearson
Current occupation
singing
 Courtney LaPlante (since 2012)
Guitar, keyboard, programming , samples
Steven Bradley
Guitar, keyboard, programming, samples
 John Ganey
bass
 Mick "Rickshaw" Martin
Mikey Montgomery
former members
singing
 Krysta Cameron (2007-2012)

Iwrestledabearonce (abbreviated IWABO ) is a mathcore band from Shreveport , Louisiana , founded in 2007 and signed to the German label Century Media . Their music is a mixture of jazz , swing , electronic and deathcore . So far the band has released an EP and three albums .

The band's name comes from a comment by American actor Gary Busey , who claimed during a broadcast on Comedy Central that he had wrestled with a bear once.

history

Iwrestledabearonce was founded in 2007 with the desire to just make music together. After a singer was found in Krysta Cameron and the band stood on two legs after some changes of the band members, they began with their first recordings on the home computer of the guitarist Steven Bradley. Shortly thereafter, their first self-titled EP was released on Tragic Hero Records . They also played the first self-organized concerts together.

The band shared their music with their fans via the Internet, arousing the interest of the German record label Century Media . Her debut album, It's All Happening , was released on July 2, 2009 in the USA . The publication in Europe followed just under two months later . It sold 4,300 copies in the first week of its release and reached # 122 on the Billboard Top 200 Charts, # 1 in the Heatseekers, # 47 in Best Rock Albums and # 16 in Best Hard Rock Albums. In October and November 2009 they performed together with Architects , Despised Icon , As Blood Runs Black , Horse the Band , Oceano and The Ghost Inside at the Impericon Never Say Die! Tour which took place in the UK and Europe. In addition, the band toured with Winds of Plague , The Human Abstract , Greeley Estates , Sea of ​​Treachery and See You Next Tuesday .

In 2010 It's All Happening was re-released as a special edition with a regular album, remix album and DVD. In addition, the freely accessible EP It's All Dubstep was released. The next full-length album Ruining It For Everybody was released on July 26th, 2011 . In the run-up to the recordings for the new album, guitarist Steven Bradley announced that the band would do black metal in the future, which was underlined by the band's appearances in Corpsepaint . Black Metal history turned out to be a big joke with the release of the first new song, which the band had come up with together with the website MetalSucks to parody the Black Metal fans who take themselves far too seriously.

The band produced in 2011, directed by Justin Beasley the Independent - Horror A Beary Scary Movie, in which she played herself.

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
It's all happening
  US 122 06/20/2009 (1 week)
Ruining It for Everybody
  US 80 08/13/2011 (1 week)
Late for Nothing
  US 93 08/24/2013 (1 week)
Hail Mary
  US 186 04/07/2015 (1 week)
  • 2007: Iwrestledabearonce ( EP , Tragic Hero Records)
  • 2009: It's All Happening ( Century Media )
  • 2011: Ruining It for Everybody (Century Media)
  • 2013: Late for Nothing (Century Media)
  • 2015: Hail Mary (Artery Recordings)

Web links

Commons : Iwrestledabearonce  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Interview with IWABO on thrashocore.com; Retrieved May 27, 2013.
  2. ↑ a b Profile at Century Media; Retrieved August 21, 2010
  3. ^ Iwrestledabearonce's 'It's All Happening' Lands On Billboard Chart. In: Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved August 23, 2019 .
  4. ^ Iwrestledabearonce To Screen Movie At Horror Festival. In: AltPress.com. Retrieved August 23, 2019 .
  5. ↑ IWABO in the US charts on billboard.com; accessed on May 16, 2013.