Life of Agony

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Life of Agony
Life of Agony at Elbriot (2014)
Life of Agony at Elbriot (2014)
General information
origin New York , United States
Genre (s) Alternative rock , alternative metal
founding 1989, 2003
resolution 1999
Website www.lifeofagony.com
Current occupation
Mina Caputo
Joey Z.
Alan Robert
Veronica Bellino
former members
singing
 Whitfield Crane (1997-1999)
Drums
 Dan Richardson
Drums
 Sal Abruscato

Life of Agony is an American rock - / Metal - band from New York .

history

Influenced by bands like Metallica , Pink Floyd and Black Sabbath , Life of Agony was founded in 1989 by Mina Caputo (until 2011 under the name Keith Caputo), Joey Z., and Alan Robert. Later drummer Sal Abruscato from the band Type O Negative joined them. Her debut album, River Runs Red , was released on Roadrunner Records in 1993, produced by Type O Negative keyboardist Josh Silver. In addition to ten songs that deal with death and suicide, the concept album contains the last week in the life of a young man, which is told on Monday , Thursday and Friday . Overwhelmed and passed out because of his problems, he dies by suicide .

The successor to River Runs Red was released in 1995 and is called Ugly . After the subsequent tour, drummer Sal Abruscato left the group, he was replaced by the former pro pain musician Dan Richardson. In 1997 the third album Soul Searching Sun was released , which was decidedly softer than its predecessor. Before the next tour, singer Keith Caputo, and with him his distinctive voice - a trademark of Life of Agony - left the band and was replaced by Whitfield Crane , formerly the front man of the group Ugly Kid Joe .

Caputo then embarked on a solo path and recorded his first solo album Died Laughing in 1999 , on which he consistently strikes the quieter notes that were already represented on the last regular LoA album. Life of Agony separated in 1999 without having recorded a new record with Crane.

Mina Caputo at PictureOn 2014

A reunion in the original line-up took place in 2003 when the band gave concerts in New York on two consecutive days. In 2005 the current work Broken Valley followed , again recorded with Keith Caputo as singer and Sal Abruscato on drums. In 2006 Keith Caputo released another solo album under the stage name "Caputo" called Hearts Blood on Your Dawn , which he recorded with three young Dutchmen in Brussels . However, this work is only distributed online and at concerts.

In July 2010 the band released another live album entitled 20 Years Strong - River Runs Red: Live in Brussels on the label I Scream Records . The live album includes an audio CD with almost 75 minutes playing time as well as a DVD. In February 2012, Sal Abruscato announced that Life of Agony had broken up again. “We're not going to perform anymore and we have given up our studio. We just feel that we have reached the end. We can't bring ourselves to write a song anymore. ”However, in 2014 the band announced their reunion.

In mid-2016, Life of Agony announced that the band had signed a worldwide deal with Napalm Records . The fifth studio album, A Place Where There's No More Pain , was released on April 28, 2017. On January 22, 2018, Life of Agony announced on their Facebook page Veronica Bellino, succeeding Sal Abruscato, as their new drummer. The sixth studio album called The Sound of Scars was released on October 11, 2019 , on which the story of the young man from the album River Runs Red is continued. It turns out that he survived the suicide attempt but is still struggling with the psychological distress of the crime decades ago. The accompanying SOS World Tour takes the band to Australia for the first time in its history.

Band members

  • Life of Agony, live at With Full Force 2018

  • Singer Mina Caputo

  • Guitarist Joey Z.

  • Bass player Alan Robert

  • Drummer Veronica Bellino

Discography

Studio albums

year Title
music label 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH US US
1993 River Runs Red
Roadrunner Records 		DE71 (10 weeks)
DE 		- - -
First published: October 12, 1993
1995 Ugly
Roadrunner Records 		DE39 (7 weeks)
DE 		- - US153 (1 week)
US
First published: October 10, 1995
1997 Soul Searching Sun
Roadrunner Records 		DE12 (6 weeks)
DE 		AT28 (6 weeks)
AT 		- US157 (1 week)
US
First published: September 5, 1997
2005 Broken Valley
Epic Records 		DE44 (3 weeks)
DE 		AT36 (3 weeks)
AT 		- US147 (1 week)
US
First published: May 30, 2005
2017 A Place Where There's No More Pain
Napalm Records 		DE23 (1 week)
DE 		AT33 (1 week)
AT 		CH56 (1 week)
CH 		-
First published: April 28, 2017
2019 The Sound of Scars
Napalm Records 		DE34 (1 week)
DE 		AT69 (1 week)
AT 		CH82 (1 week)
CH 		-
First published: October 11, 2019

more publishments

  • 1999: 1989-1999
  • 2000: Unplugged at the Lowlands Festival '97
  • 2003: The Best Of
  • 2003: River Runs Again Live 2003 (2 CDs, Digipak : 2 CDs + DVD)
  • 2010: 20 Years Strong - River Runs Red: Live in Brussels (CD + DVD)

Singles

  • 1994: Through and Through
  • 1994: This Time
  • 1995: Lost at 22
  • 1997: Desire
  • 1997: Weeds
  • 1998: tangerine
  • 2005: Love to Let You Down

Video albums

  • 2003: River Runs Again Live 2003 (DVD)
  • 2010: 20 Years Strong - River Runs Red: Live in Brussels (CD & DVD)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Allmusic (English)
  2. ↑ Discogs: 20 Years Strong - River Runs Red: Live In Brussels (CD, Album + DVD-V) , accessed December 8, 2010
  3. ↑ Allmusic: 20 Years Strong: River Runs Red, Live in Brussels , accessed December 8, 2010
  4. ↑ News . In: Rock Hard . No. 299 , p. 6 .
  5. ↑ LIFE OF AGONY Drummer: 'We're Not Gonna Play Anymore'. (No longer available online.) Blabbermouth.net, February 18, 2012, archived from the original on February 20, 2012 ; Retrieved May 31, 2012 .
  6. ↑ http://www.lifeofagony.com/
  7. ↑ Life Of Agony confirm Veronica Bellino as the new drummer on www.rockhard.de by Alexandra Michels, January 23, 2018
  8. ↑ Chart sources: DE AT UK US

Web links

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