All great things have humble beginnings and Comeback Kid is no exception. Originating in 2002 as a way to get out some fast, energetic music, CBK has since turned into one of the most infectious forces in independent music today. I wanted to start a band, so I approached Andrew (Neufeld, CBK’s guitarist). We started messing around and basically it went from there mused Comeback Kid’s vocalist Scott Wade about the meeting that led to CBK’s formation in their hometown of Winnipeg, Canada.

Andrew, who was playing with prominent hardcore band Figure Four at the time, was especially excited about starting up this new project. He not only saw it as an opportunity to create music different in style from Figure Four, but also as a chance to move from his role as singer with Figure Four into one of guitarist with Comeback Kid. With a completed lineup that also featured drummer Kyle Profeta, bassist Cliff Heide and fellow Figure Four guitarist Jeremy Hiebert, Comeback Kid immediately began to write and play local shows – all squeezed in-between Figure Four’s extensive touring schedule.

The first year we were around we barely played shows because of Figure Four’s constant touring, but I would have to say sharing members has been a plus. We even got to break in Figure Four’s new van before they did! explains Scott about the pitfalls of starting out of the shadows of an already established band. At first I thought having two bands would pose a problem,Scott continues, but I guess that question might be more directed at Figure Four than us, these days. Simply put, Comeback Kid has grown beyond all expectations.

After playing locally and writing for six months, the band released a six song demo that quickly gained fans from around the world. Their message was simple but clear. Explains Scott, The whole idea of a comeback kid is someone who gets up after the fall, and that’s the direction we shoot for with our lyrics. Everyone can relate to day to day struggles, but in the end you’ve got to keep your eyes focused, because every chance you have you can turn it around into something positive. So thatËœs how we try to look at things

The overwhelming response to their music allowed Comeback Kid to begin touring around North America. Their intense live show subsequently increased their notoriety. Each show instantaneously breaks down into a tangle of sweat drenched limbs, seething to the sing-a-long choruses and punch-tight musicianship.

In March 2003, Southern California’s Facedown Records released Comeback Kid’s aptly titled debut record Turn It Around. Recorded in their hometown with John Paul Peters, Turn It Around showcased Comeback Kid’s solidified sound and intensity. In support of this record, CBK toured continuously throughout Canada, the US, and Europe. They have since played hundreds of shows with influential bands such as Terror, Throwdown, Every Time I Die, and Stretch Armstrong and have shared festival main stages at prestigious events such as Hellfest and Posi Numbers.

For their much anticipated second album, Comeback Kid went into The Blasting Room to work with Bill Stevenson (of Descendents, ALL, and Black Flag fame) and Jason Livemore. Comeback Kid’s relentless drive allowed them to further develop upon their already amazing energy level, and has led them to progress musically and creatively on this new record.

The new album, entitled Wake The Dead, is scheduled for release on February 22, 2005; the band will celebrate by launching a North American tour with Bane.

Pada awal 2011, DENNIS MANDALYCA, MUTIARA RAMADHAN,WELLY WILYANTO(ALM) JOSHUA SIAGIAN memutuskan untuk membentuk sebuah band . Tidak banyak yang bisa diceritakan di sini, karena “BAD HEROES ACADEMY” dimulai sebagai sebuah proyek sampingan atau proyek menyenangkan, didasarkan pada visi dan tujuan yang sama. dunia musik bukan hal yang baru bagi kami, dan band ini tidak terbentuk hanya karena musik, tetapi juga karena persahabatan kami. Dan berdasarkan ini kami berharap tidak ada hambatan yang signifikan dalam mencapai tujuan kami. Dan pada tanggal 13 februari terbentuklah “BAD HEROES ACADEMY”
Kenapa kami memilih nama “BAD HEROES ACADEMY” karena terinspirasi dari salah satu film yang dibintangi actor WILL SMITH berjudul H*NC*CK,pahlawan yang mempunyai latar belakang amburadul dan kata “ACADEMY” diambil karena kami saat memulai band ini masih berada di lingkup pendidikan dan pendidikan masih faktor utama kami,jadi makna khusus dari nama band kami bahwa walaupun kita orang biasa tapi kita bisa menjadi pahlawan/atau berguna dengan segala talenta dan kemampuan yang kita miliki.
Konsep musik BAD HEROES ACADEMY di mini album ini ialah ELECTRONICA / HEAVY POP – PUNK . Namun secara garis besar nya ialah POP – PUNK tapi kami memasukan unsur alat musik electronic seperti SYNTHESIZER dan SAMPLING, juga alat musik konvensional seperti GLOCKENSPIEL dipadukan dengan karakter sound gitar yang padat dan berat juga breakdown yang menjadi ciri khas “BAD HEROES ACADEMY” dijamin akan membuat adrenalin kalian terpacu untuk mengganggukan kepala.
kami tidak mau menghabiskan waktu kami dengan begitu saja oleh sebab itu kami telah memiliki MINI ALBUM/ EP “FIRST GRADUATE” yang telah kami rilis pada 31 desember 2011. “KAMI BERHARAP KARYA KAMI DAPAT DITERIMA DAN DINIKMATI SEBAGAI PENYEMANGAT DI DALAM HIDUP KALIAN DAN DAPAT MEMBERIKAN WARNA BARU DI INDUSTRI MUSIK INDONESIA !! CHEERS.

BAD HEROES ACADEMY is :
DENNIS – LEAD VOC,GUITAR
JOSH – DRUM MACHINE
MUTIARA – SYNTHESIZER,SAMPLING,BACK VOC
WELLY(R.I.P)– FORMER BASS,BACK VOC
EDDY – BASS, BACK VOC

D I S C O G R A P H Y A L B U M :
“FIRST GRADUATE EP”
(release on december 31, 2011 by TRUTH RECORDS)
1.INTRO
2.BANGKIT & BUKTIKAN
3.MELAWAN DUNIA
4.BERMIMPILAH SEPUASNYA
5.TANPA KATA
6.KITA PASTI BISA

“EASYCORE COMPILATION WORLDWIDE EDITON”

Chunk! No, Captain Chunk! is a five piece pop punk band formed in September 2007 in Paris, France. Chunk… crosses multiple borders in musical genres to create an individual and unique sound that takes inspiration from Pop Punk, Metal, Indie and Hardcore music.

The band are currently working with The Artery Foundation and are signed to Fearless Records, inVogue Records (US) and Ice Grill$ (JP). Their début full length record, Something For Nothing, was released in 2010 and subsequently re-released in 2011. Videos for In Friends We Trust and Captain Blood have also been recorded since the release of the album. A cover of Ke$ha’s We R Who We R was recorded by the band for Punk Goes Pop 4, a compilation album of pop covers.

Members:
Bertrand Poncet (Vocals)
Paul Wilson (Guitar/Back Vocals)
Éric Poncet (Guitar)
Mathias Rigal (Bass)
Jonathan Donnaës (Drums)

A Day To Remember adalah Band Rock yang berasal dari Ocala, Florida. Didirikan pada 2003 oleh Gitaris Tom Denny dan Drummer Bobby Scruggs, band ini telah merilis empat album studio, sembilan single dan delapan video musik. Mereka menjadi meledak terkenal karena penggabungan yang tidak biasa dalam warna gaya bermusik, karna mereka menggabungkan gaya Metalcore dan Pop Punk yang di gabungkan menjadi satu dan hasilnya sangat keren.

Dan McKinnon adalah scream vokal A Day To Remember. Dengan Genre Metal Core, Post-Hardcore, dan juga Pop-Punk atau banyak juga yang sering menyebutnya EMO, Pastinya semua itu di dukung oleh suara vokalis kedua / backing vokal yang saat ini masih dipegang oleh Neil Westfall yang berposisi sebagai Rytm Guitar juga.
Dan seiring berjalanya waktu pada formasi awal mereka yakni :

Dalam perjalanan karir di dunia music mereka mengalami perubahan pada posisi drum yang semula di isi Brandon Robert di gantikan oleh Bobby Scruggs, dan Bobby Scruggs mengisi posisi drum dari tahun 2003 yang akhirnya pada tahun 2006 di gantikan lagi posisinya oleh Alex Shelnutt hingga sekarang.
Pada Januari 2008 mereka melakukan tour ke inggris untuk pertama kalinya, dan pada tahun yang sama di Kerrang! Awards 2008 mereka dinominasikan untuk kategori “Best International Newcomer” tapi sayang mereka kalah dari Black Tide (Band Heavy Metal dari Miami Florida).
Setelah itu, ‘’A Lengthy Tour’’-nya Band Silverstein (Band Post Hard-Core dari Burlington, Ontario, Kanada) mereka main sebagai band pembuka bersama The Devil Wears Prada, dan Protes Hero (tapi waktu turun tur digantikan oleh A Lullaby Statis).
Mereka kemudian mereka main di Verizon Amphitheatre dalam acara yang bertajuk The Bamboozle Left pada 6 April di Irvine, California, mereka juga main di Bamboozle Festival di East Rutherford, New Jersey pada tanggal 3 dan 4, serta di Download Festival di bulan Juni, dan tampil di Vans Warped Tour 2008 . Sebelum bermain Download Festival, mereka melakukan tur ke Inggris dengan The Devil Wears Prada dan Alesana di The Road To Download Tour. Pada pertengahan 2008, mereka tampil juga di “Tour Easycore” bersama dengan New Found Glory, Four Year Stronge, Crime In Stereo and International Superheroes Of Hardcore.
Memasuki tahun 2009 pergantian formasipun di lakukan karna Tom Denney – Lead Guitar Backing Vocal memutuskan untuk mengundurkan diri dengan alasan ia ingin lebih fokus pada pernikahannya, keluarga, studio rekamannya dan rencana untuk bersolo karir, Terlepas dari hengkangnya dari band, dia masih akan tetap menjadi bagian dari proses penulisan materi baru di A Day To Remember. Dan di gantikan oleh Kevin Skaff, mantan Personil dari Four Letter Lie (Post-Hardcore Band dari Minneapolis, Minnesota.
tanggal 16 Desember 2009, mereka merilis lagu liburan yang berorientasi sebagai single berjudul “Right Where You Want Me to Be” Sebuah video juga dibuat untuk lagu dan dirilis melalui SantaMosh.com.

Dan formasi yang bertahan sampai saat ini adalah :
Jeremy Mckinnon – Lead Vocals (Sejak 2003)
Neil Westfall – Gitar , Vokal Latar (Sejak 2003)
Joshua Woodard – Gitar Bass (Sejak 2003)
Alex Shelnutt – Drum (Sejak 2006)
Kevin Skaff – Lead Guitar Backing Vocal, (Sejak 2009)

Four Year Strong is an American Pop-punk band from Worcester, Massachusetts, United States , formed in 2001. The group consists of vocalists and guitarists Dan O’Connor and Alan Day, bassist Joe Weiss, and drummer Jackson Massucco. They have released four studio albums; the latest, ‘In Some Way, Shape Or Form’, was released on November 8, 2011. Their music tends to be very fast paced and motivational.

History

Formation and It’s Our Time (2001–2006)
Rise or Die Trying, Explains It All (2006–2009)

The band’s 2007 release Rise or Die Trying with I Surrender Records peaked at number 31 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart in its debut week. On the back of their increasing popularity, the band was signed to Decaydance Records in February 2008.

On July 21, 2009, Four Year Strong released an album of covers from the 1990s, titled Explains It All. The album features guest appearances from Keith Buckley of Every Time I Die, Travis McCoy of Gym Class Heroes, and JR and Buddy of Less Than Jake. The band explained their reasoning behind the album in a MySpace blog, saying “It’s what we grew up listening to. Everyone has those songs that instantly transport you back to when you were younger. Whether we were in our bedrooms playing air guitar, or riding in the car to little league practice, or it was just that song that was all over the radio during that awesome summer at the Cape. These songs have impacted us in some way and we want to share that feeling with you.”

Enemy of the World (2010)

The band’s 3rd full-length album, Enemy of the World, was released on March 9, 2010 on Universal Motown Records. The band released the album’s first single, “It Must Really Suck to Be Four Year Strong Right Now”, on December 21, 2009. The name of the song is a reference to the final sentence of a review in Alternative Press in which the magazine praised Set Your Goals’ new album while remarking on the future of Four Year Strong and how their record would compare. The vinyl record was made available to pre-order on March 2, 2010. The album sold 12,400 copies in its first week, debuting at number 40 on the Billboard 200.

On April 3, 2011, it was announced that Josh Lyford would be leaving the band. Initially, it was implied that Lyford had chosen to leave in order to focus on his side project, Foxfires. However, it was later confirmed by both Lyford and Alan Day, that the band had elected to remove synthesizers from their sound leaving no room for Lyford to continue. The band has said they will continue as a four piece.

In Some Way, Shape or Form (2011–present)

On April 13, 2011, in an interview with Alternative Press, the band revealed that they had been in the middle of recording their fourth studio album with producer David Bendeth in New Jersey’s House of Loud. The band is set to return to the studio, without Josh Lyford, to finish the album in June, after they finish touring with Rise Against. Vocalist Alan Day has also revealed that the new songs the band had written were very diverse, and that the new material is different than anything the band has ever written. While touring with Rise Against, they have been playing a newly recorded, yet unreleased song called “Falling on You”.
On August 18, 2011, the band released “Stuck in the Middle”, a new song from the upcoming album. The band announced that the new album will be titled In Some Way, Shape, or Form, and will be released on November 8, 2011. On September 8, 2011, the band released another song from the album, entitled “Falling on You.” The first official single from the album, “Just Drive”, is set for release on September 27, 2011

During the Fall 2011 AP Tour, the band played another new unreleased song which will be released on the upcoming album. The band dedicates it to fans who have been there “from the very beginning, and will be there till the very end.” a video of the song has been leaked on YouTube. It is called “Fairweather Fan.”

Touring

The band has done multiple national tours, sharing the stage with such bands as The Starting Line, Slip On It, Hellogoodbye, From First to Last, Every Time I Die, Meg & Dia, Hidden in Plain View, Alexisonfire, All Time Low, Mayday Parade, New Found Glory, Bayside and Steel Train. The band toured in February–April 2009 as part of the Taste of Chaos tour, alongside Thursday, Bring Me the Horizon, Pierce the Veil, and Cancer Bats. They undertook the Summer co-headline tour with Set Your Goals, and also Fireworks, The Swellers, Polar Bear Club, A Loss For Words, Drive A and Grave Maker from July to August 2009. Four Year Strong also performed on the Australian Soundwave festival in February and March 2010, alongside headliners Faith No More, Janes Addiction, Placebo; also playing alongside Alexisonfire, Set Your Goals, A Day To Remember, Paramore, It Dies Today, Gallows, Emarosa, A Wilhelm Scream, Anthrax, All Time Low, Escape The Fate, This Is Hell, Enter Shikari, Anti-Flag, Baroness, Comeback Kid, The Almost, Dance Gavin Dance, Architects, You Me At Six, Rolo Tomassi, Dichi Michi, Sunny Day Real Estate and many more. The band was in the lineup for Vans Warped Tour 2010 and played on the Altec Lansing stage along side Breathe Carolina, Hey Monday, and Set Your Goals.[7] They also played the first day on the Bamboozle festival. Late 2010, Four Year Strong headlined a tour with Comeback Kid, The Wonder Years, American Fangs, and Mountain Man. The tour was entitled “Tonight We Feel Alive!”, and spanned the entire United States. In February 2011, Four Year Strong co-headlined the Kerrang! Relentless Tour 2011 with Good Charlotte with support from Framing Hanley and The Wonder Years, The tour began February 3rd in Dublin, Ireland. On the 15th February 2011 it was announced that they had been added to support Blink 182 on their UK tour alongside You Me At Six They will be joining Rise Against and Bad Religion on a US summer tour in 2011. They have also announced that they will come back to Australia later in the year to play Soundwave Revolution along with already announced bands The Damned Things, Story of The Year, Every Time I Die, Hellogoodbye, We Are The In Crowd and many others. They still have yet to announce an upcoming Detroit show. It is long overdue.

Musical style

The band’s sound can be described as popcore a blend of pop punk, hardcore punk, and power pop. This genre is popularly referred to as “easycore” or “happycore”. The band simply developed their sound off the idea of playing ‘exactly what they want to hear’ or music that they would listen to, but no one else was playing at the time.[8] The band has cited their influences as being Lifetime, Saves the Day, Gorilla Biscuits, Blink-182, and New Found Glory, to name a few. Though the band would primarily start out as a post-hardcore , the release of their demo in 2004 would mark a shift from post-hardcore to more synthesizer-heavy tracks, where the band would begin to embrace the styles of power pop and general hardcore punk. Prior to the release of and at times within Rise or Die Trying, the band also incorporates more facets of modern hardcore, such as double bass drums, breakdowns and screaming vocals. For their 3rd studio album, Enemy of the World, the band decided to expand upon their hardcore influences.
Influences

The band has many references to 1990’s pop culture. They have been known to quote lines from ’90s films in lyrics/song titles/ and in conversation. They were influenced by all the bands on their cover album Explains It All.