Stick to your guns

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Stick to your guns
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Stick to Your Guns 2018 at the With Full Force
Stick to Your Guns 2018 at the With Full Force
General information
origin Rancho Santa Margarita (United States)
Genre (s) Hardcore punk , metalcore
founding 2003
Current occupation
Jesse Barnett
George Schmitz (since 2008)
Chris Rawson (since 2008)
Andrew Rose (since 2008)
Electric guitar
 Joshua "Josh" James (since 2012)
former members
Drums
 Elliott Sellers (2006)
Electric guitar
 Justin Rutherford (2003-2007)
Electric guitar
 Alex Barnett (2006-2009)
Electric guitar
 Curtis Pleshe (2003-2006)
Electric bass
 Darel McFayden (2007-2008)
Electric guitar
 Ryan Nelson (2006-2008)
Drums
 Casey Lagos (2003-2008)
Electric bass
 Noah Calvin (2003-2006)
Electric guitar
 Reid Haymond (2007-2010)

Stick to Your Guns is an American hardcore - band that in 2003 in Rancho Santa Margarita , Orange County , California was founded.

The group currently consists of singer Jesse Barnett , the two guitarists Joshua James and Chris Rawson, as well as bassist Andrew Rose and drummer George Schmitz. A well-known former musician is drummer Casey Lagos , who, in addition to his work with Stick to Your Guns, was also active as a session musician with groups such as The Warriors , Architects , Confide and Parkway Drive . Today Lagos works as a music producer for clients of the record companies Sony Music Entertainment and Columbia Records .

The band released until today with Compassion Without Compromise of 2003 and Better Ash Than Dust thirteen years later, two independent EPs and 2013, with The Story So Far , a split - EP , and five studio albums: The debut album For What It's Worth was released in 2005 on This City is Burning was released and reissued in 2007 through Sumerian Records . About Century Media appeared in 2008 with Comes from the Heart , before the group switched again to Sumerian and brought out the third album The Hope Division in 2010 . The fourth studio album, Diamond , released in 2012, reached the US album charts for the first time . Disobedient , the band's fifth album, which was released in February 2015, entered the US album charts again. With this album, the group also made a chart entry in Germany for the first time .

The style of music can be described as a mixture of hardcore punk and metalcore . The musicians name groups such as Boysetsfire , Ignite , Death by Stereo , but also Metallica , Green Day , Creed and Nickelback as musical influences . On the fifth album, the sound of the group also reminds of Rise Against at times . In their lyrics, the band deals with topics such as politics , violence in marriage , homophobia and religious fascism . Singer Jesse Barnett categorically rejects an assignment of the band as a Christian music group.

The group toured several times through North America , Europe , Australia , South America and Asia . The group played at several well-known music festivals, such as the Summerblast Festival , the Vainstream Festival , the Groezrock , the Impericon Festivals , the Hellfest of the Warped Tour and the Never Say Die! Tour . On their concert tours the band played with First Blood , Terror , Make Do and Mend , Senses Fail , Obey the Brave , The Amity Affliction , We Came as Romans and Being as an Ocean .

history

Beginnings and debut album

Symbol of diamond . It can be found on the tour posters of the group that they used to promote their album Diamond (2012). This mark is still found quite often today in relation to this band.

The band was formed in the summer of 2003 by singer Jesse Barnett. At this point he was in high school . In an interview, Barnett stated that he never intended to be a singer in the group. Shortly after the founding, guitarists Justin Rutherford and Curtis Pleshe, drummer Casey Lagos and bassist Noah Calvin joined them. Together they recorded the EP Compassion Without Compromise that same year . Ash Avildsen of Sumerian Records became aware of the band, which allowed the band to play as the opening act for Ignite and achieve a higher level of awareness. As a result, Stick to Your Guns was finally able to sign a recording deal with Sumerian Records in 2006.

This was followed by a tour of the USA with Caliban and The Acacia Strain , as well as another tour with Too Pure to Die and As Blood Runs Black . In January and February 2007 followed a tour together with The Warriors and All Shall Perish .

The debut album For What It's Worth was released in 2005 via This City Is Burning Records . Due to their intensive tour engagement, the group was later signed by Sumerian Records, which acquired the rights to the debut album, which was finally reissued in 2007. The group was officially signed to Sumerian Records in December 2006. Stick to Your Guns played as part of the Don't Call It a Comeback Tour with Suicide Silence and Bury Your Dead .

Second album: Comes from the Heart

Stick to Your Guns 2019 at the Impericon Festival

The second album, Comes from the Heart, followed in 2008 and was released through Century Media . As early as January 2008 it was announced that the group had signed a worldwide record deal with Century Media. The album was produced by Chris Harris , who achieved fame in the scene under the pseudonym "Zeuss" by producing commercially successful albums for bands like Hatebreed and Shadows Fall .

In 2009 the group toured the United States and played with bands such as Emmure , Parkway Drive , Shai Hulud , Winds of Plague and Unearth .

Third album: The Hope Division

The next album, called The Hope Division , was released in 2010 through Sumerian Records. It was recorded and produced in Fort Collins , Colorado at Blassinger Studios with Bill Stevenson , intermittent drummer for Black Flag . In November and December 2010, the group toured as part of The Hope Division tour with Wish for Wings and First Blood by Australia and New Zealand . In October 2009 the group was on tour “Down Under” for the first time. At that time the group was accompanied by terror . After the concert tour in Australia, the group gave five concerts in Japan in December 2010 .

In November 2011, Stick to Your Guns was together with Make Do and Mend and The Story So Far support for Senses Fail on their concert tour through the United States.

Fourth album: Diamond

In 2012 the album Diamond was also released on the Sumerian Records label, and Joshua James (formerly Evergreen Terrace ) joined the band. Diamond reached number 116 on the official US charts . Thus it is the first album of the group which could book a chart entry. The group spent the summer on a European tour. The group was accompanied by Evergreen Terrace. At the end of June the band played for the first time on the With Full Force . In October and November the group played together with Obey the Brave , Blessthefall , We Came as Romans , For the Fallen Dreams , At the Skylines , The Browning and At Dawn We Rage as part of the Impericon Never Say Die! Tour a complete European tour.

In March and April 2013 the group was together with Stray from the Path "Special Guest" on the Get What You Give tour of the band The Ghost Inside . Immediately afterwards the group toured with First Blood , The Haverbrook Disaster and Hundredth through Germany , Belgium , Austria , Switzerland and Great Britain . The group spent the entire summer of 2013 on the Warped Tour . On June 18, 2013, a split release with The Story So Far was released via Pure Noise Records . The group played in South America for the first time in early October . The concerts took place in Colombia and Brazil . At the end of 2013, the musicians were in Australia , where they toured with Chelsea Grin and In Hearts Wake as opening act for The Amity Affliction . The concert on October 23, 2013 had to be canceled.

Fifth album: Disobedient

When the group is not on tour, the musicians spend the time in the recording studio, where they meanwhile recorded their fifth album. The musicians originally announced that they would be able to release the album in 2014. On February 5, 2014, the group moved into the studio with producer John Feldmann, who also worked with The Used and Story of the Year , to begin recording the album. The largest work was already completed in March 2014. In September 2014 the group announced that the new album would be called Disobedient and that it would be released in February 2015 via Sumerian Records . A music video was produced for the piece, Nobody , which was also released as the first single in November 2014. This officially premiered on October 21, 2014 on Alternative Press . Disobedient finally appeared worldwide in February 2015.

In June and July 2014 Stick to Your Guns played a multi-week European tour with stops in Germany, France, Denmark, Bosnia, Croatia, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Romania, Austria, the Czech Republic, Spain, Portugal and Belgium. They performed at several music festivals, including the Summerblast Festival , Hellfest , Vainstream Rockfest , With Full Force and the Traffic Jam Open Air . A mini US tour with Whitechapel followed in August . On October 31, 2014, Stick To Your Guns launched as part of Never Say Die! Tour a European tour. Included were Terror , Comeback Kid , More Than a Thousand , Capsize and No Bragging Rights . The tour ended on November 29, 2014 in the Essigfabrik in Cologne .

For April and May 2015, performances took place as part of a co-headlining European tour with Deez Nuts , which was accompanied by Trash Talk and Being as an Ocean . The group played at all seven Impericon festivals , Groezrock as well as at the sister festivals Rock im Revier and Rockavaria, which took place for the first time in 2015 . Previously, the band completed another concert tour in February and March with The Amity Affliction , Being as an Ocean and In Hearts Wake as part of the Disobedient Tour through the United States and Canada. Between August 14th and 22nd, 2015, the group played a smaller European concert tour with The Story So Far , which included Slovakia , Poland and Belgium . This tour also included tour appearances at the Summerblast Festival in Trier , the Hevy Music Fest in Kent and the Ieperfest in Ypres , all of which were only performed by Stick to Your Guns. Another US tour followed in October and November with Blessthefall , Emarosa and Oceans Ate Alaska .

Better Ash Than Dust and True View

On July 8, 2016, it was announced that the band had left their previous record company Sumerian Records and switched to Pure Noise Records . On the same day a new song was released with Universal Language . It was also announced that a new EP would be released in 2016. More information about this EP was announced on August 17th, 2016. This is called Better Ash Than Dust , contains five pieces and was announced for September 23rd. In Europe this EP will be released through End Hits Records .

Between September 8 and October 2, 2016, the band completed a North American concert tour accompanied by Expire and Stray from the Path . At the beginning of 2017, Stick to Your Guns was the first American hardcore band to play in Kenya . The concert was made possible by several non-profit organizations. Immediately after the performance in the East African country, a European tour with Parkway Drive followed . At the beginning of June, the musicians started recording their sixth studio album with producer Derek Hoffman . The album, called True View , was announced for October 2017 at the end of July.

In November and December 2017 the band completed another European tour with Being as an Ocean , Silent Planet and First Blood . In the spring of 2018, the group played in the opening act for Architects in the United States and Canada .

style

Icon of the album The Hope Division

The band plays a modern version of hardcore. The singing is both clear and guttural . The texts often contain socially and politically critical aspects and encourage the listener to think more carefully about their social environment. In contrast, there are hard guitar riffs as well as melancholic and melodic passages. The music can be described as hardcore , metalcore or, due to the melodic insertions, melodic hardcore . Originally, the band's sound should be based on the sounds of Hatebreed .

The musicians also deal with topics such as homophobia , violence in marriage and religious fascism . Nevertheless, the group tries to analyze the presented problems in their texts in order to get a more positive conclusion. In the booklet of their album Diamond , the group quotes several well-known personalities, including Albert Einstein . The group dedicated the song Bringing You Down to the Occupy Wall Street movement.

The musicians name groups like Boysetsfire , Ignite or Death by Stereo as musical influences. Each member of the band has different influences, ranging from Creed and Nickelback to Metallica and Green Day . On their fifth album, the metalcore has almost completely disappeared and gives way to melodic hardcore . As with The Hope Division and Diamond , the group also uses individual pieces on Disobedient to incorporate excerpts from speeches by the Indian philosopher Jiddu Krishnamurti . Some critics claim that the message behind many of the group's lyrics is comparable to that of several Christian metal bands like Sleeping Giant . Singer Jesse Barnett describes the Christian God as an "asshole":

"It was like, you know, if you don't believe in a Christian God, you're gonna go to hell. Or if you're gay, you're gonna go to hell. And I started thinking, wow, this dude God sounds like a bit of a prick. "

- Jesse Barnett in a 2010 interview

Band members

  • Stick to Your Guns, live at With Full Force 2018

  • Singer Jesse Barnett

  • Drummer George Schmitz

  • Rhythm guitarist Chris Rawson

  • Bass player Andrew Rose

  • Lead guitarist Joshua James

Timeline: band members

Discography

Albums

year Title
music label 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE CH CH US US
2005 For What It's Worth
This City is Burning 		- - -
First release: June 10, 2005
Reissue: February 20, 2007 via Sumerian Records
2008 Comes from the Heart
Century Media 		- - -
First published: May 13, 2008
2010 The Hope Division
Sumerian Records 		- - -
First published: June 1, 2010
2012 Diamond
Sumerian Records 		- - US116 (1 week)
US
First published: March 27, 2012
2015 Disobedient to
Sumerian Records 		DE42 (1 week)
DE 		- US85 (1 week)
US
First published: February 10, 2015
2017 True View
Pure Noise Records 		DE16 (1 week)
DE 		CH73 (1 week)
CH 		US71 (1 week)
US
First published: October 13, 2017

EPs

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE CH CH US US
2016 Better Ash Than Dust - - US133 (1 week)
US

More EPs

Awards and nominations

Web links

Commons : Stick to Your Guns  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ Jan Hassenpflug: Laut.de : Disobedient: Against the cliché: Viva La Revolución!
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  6. ↑ lambgoat.com: Stick To Your Guns signs w / Sumerian Recs
  7. ↑ jason: thegauntlet.com : Stick To Your Guns on "Don't Call it a Comeback Tour" with Bury Your Dead starts today in Rochester, NY
  8. ↑ Stick To Your Guns - Comes From The Heart , accessed August 27, 2011.
  9. ↑ lambgoat.com: Emmure, Stick To Your Guns, Oceano tour
  10. ↑ lambgoat.com: Parkway Drive, Stick To Your Guns tour
  11. ↑ lambgoat.com: Stick To Your Guns, Shai Hulud tour
  12. ↑ lambgoat.com: Winds of Plague, Stick To Your Guns, Oceano tour
  13. ↑ lambgoat.com: Unearth to headline Atticus Metal Tour 2
  14. ↑ NewNoiseMagazine.com: Interview: Stick To Your Guns Talk About The Cultural Relevance of Their New Album Title & Imagery. Retrieved May 30, 2020 .
  15. ^ Punknews.org: Terror / Stick To Your Guns (Australia). Retrieved May 30, 2020 .
  16. ↑ lambgoat.com: Stick To Your Guns tour (Japan)
  17. ↑ Michele Bird: Alternative Press : Senses Fail announce fall tour with Stick To Your Guns, Make Do And Mend, and the Story So Far
  18. ↑ Stick To Your Guns - New Guitarist Josh James of Evergreen Terrace , accessed May 5, 2013.
  19. ↑ Chart tracking: US
  20. ↑ Dark Lord: Stormbringer.at : EVERGREEN TERRACE & STICK TO YOUR GUNS - Europe Tour Dates!
  21. ↑ Legacy.de: Impericon Never Say Die Tour - Lineup & Dates ( Memento from September 14, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  22. ^ Brian Kraus: Alternative Press : The Ghost Inside announce headlining tour with Stick To Your Guns, Stray From The Path, Rotting Out
  23. ↑ ALLSCHOOLS PRESENTS: STICK TO YOUR GUNS - on tour with FIRST BLOOD, HUNDREDTH and THE HAVERBROOK DESASTER , accessed on May 5, 2013.
  24. ↑ Ryan Cooper: The 2013 Vans Warped Tour Lineup Official News and Unofficial Rumors as They're Revealed , accessed May 5, 2013.
  25. ↑ deadpress.uk : NEWS: THE STORY SO FAR AND STICK TO YOUR GUNS ANNOUNCE 7 ″ SPLIT!
  26. ↑ Edgard Lara: hxclife.com : Stick To Your Guns agenda fechas en Latinoamérica (Spanish)
  27. ↑ Mike Hohnen: Music Feeds : The Amity Affliction Announce 'Brothers In Arms' Australian Tour With Chelsea Grin & Stick To Your Guns
  28. ↑ ChrisDude: Dying Scene : Stick To Your Guns to release new album in 2014
  29. ↑ No party : STICK TO YOUR GUNS - the band starts recording their new album
  30. ↑ Tyler Sharp: Alternative Press : Stick To Your Guns announce new album, 'Disobedient'
  31. ↑ AltPress.com: Stick To Your Guns, “Nobody” video premiere ( February 19, 2015 memento in the Internet Archive )
  32. ^ Matt Crane: Alternative Press : Stick To Your Guns announce European tour
  33. ↑ Tyler Sharp: Alternative Press : [Stick To Your Guns announce European tour Stick To Your Guns announce August tour dates]
  34. ↑ Dark Lord: Stormbringer.at : IMPERICON NEVER SAY DIE TOUR 2014 - Line Up and Tour Dates including Vienna Concert!
  35. ↑ UndertheGunReview.net: Stick To Your Guns & Deez Nuts to Co-Headline 2015 UK / EU tour ( Memento from February 13, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  36. ^ Tyler Sharp: Alternative Press : Stick To Your Guns announce headlining tour with the Amity Affliction, Being As An Ocean, more
  37. ↑ Patrick Siegmann: Stageload : Stick To Your Guns - On tour with The Story So Far in August
  38. ^ Tyler Sharp: Alternative Press : Blessthefall, Stick To Your Guns announce tour with Emarosa, Oceans Ate Alaska, Cane Hill
  39. ↑ Peyton Bernhardt: Blunt Magazine : Stick To Your Guns sign to Pure Noise Records, Release New Song "Universal Language"
  40. ^ Caitlyn Ralph: Alternative Press : Stick To Your Guns leave Sumerian Records for Pure Noise Records
  41. ↑ RJ Frometa: Vents Magazine : STICK TO YOUR GUNS TO RELEASE NEW EP, 'BETTER ASH THAN DUST,' ON SEP 23RD
  42. ^ Tyler Sharp: Alternative Press : Stick To Your Guns, Stray From The Path, Expire, Knocked Loose tour announced
  43. ↑ Will Cross: Rock Sound : Watch Stick to Your Guns Become the First American Hardcore Band to Play Kenya
  44. ↑ wookubus: The PRP : Stick To Your Guns Added To Parkway Drive, Asking Alexandria & Darkest Hour European / UK Tour
  45. ↑ wookubus: The PRP : Stick To Your Guns Begin Recording New Album
  46. ↑ AltPress.com: Stick To Your Guns announce new album, debut electrifying new track — listen ( Memento from August 16, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
  47. ↑ Charles: Noisiv : Stick To Your Guns and Being As An Ocean: From November on tour in Germany
  48. ^ Maggie Dickman: Alternative Press : Architects announce headlining tour with Stick To Your Guns, Counterparts
  49. ^ Clement: Stick To Your Guns - The Hope Division , accessed August 27, 2011.
  50. ↑ a b Matin Nawabi: Echo-Live : Stick To Your Guns: "I want a positive vibe"
  51. ↑ Amy Sciaretto: AOL Noisecreep : Stick To Your Guns on Homophobia, Their Fans + Remembering Suicide Silence's Mitch Lucker (INTERVIEW)
  52. ↑ whiskytango6: dyingscene.com : Stick To Your Guns premiere “Bringing You Down (A New World Overthrow)” in honor of Occupy Wall Street
  53. ↑ Patrick Siegmann: Stageload.de : Stick To Yor Guns - Bringing You Down (A New World Overthrow)
  54. ↑ Tobias Groß: Stageload.de : Stick To Your Guns - Disobedient criticism
  55. ↑ Bill Forman: csindy.com : Punk-rock descendents Stick To Your Guns stay the course
  56. ↑ Independent Music Awards : 12th IMA Vox-Pop Winners