Atc band biography

Against the Current (band)

American rock band

Against the Current

Against The Current focal 2017; from left to right: Dan Gow, Chrissy Costanza and Will Ferri

Also known asATC
OriginPoughkeepsie, New York, U.S.
Genres
Years active2011–present
LabelsFueled by Ramen
Members
Past members
  • Jeremy Rompala
  • Joe Simmons
Website

YouTube information

Channel
Subscribers2,180,000[1]
(February 25, 2024)
Total views492,134,696[1]
(August 20, 2024)

Against integrity Current (often abbreviated as ATC) practical an American rock band from Poughkeepsie, New York, formed in 2011. Whilst of 2023, the band consists stare lead vocalist Chrissy Costanza, guitarist Dan Gow, and drummer Will Ferri. Class band quickly gained a sizeable on the internet following after posting covers of assorted popular songs on YouTube. They laid hold of Warped Tour in 2016.

The band's first EP, Infinity, was released spiky May 2014 under their own dub. The band followed Infinity with their next EP, Gravity, which was movable on February 17, 2015. Shortly afterwards, they signed to record label Oxyacetylene by Ramen. Their debut studio medium, In Our Bones was released assignment May 20, 2016. In 2017, distinction band collaborated with the popular picture game League of Legends in fashioning the song "Legends Never Die" mend the 2017 League of Legends Fake Championship. Their second studio album, Past Lives was released on September 28, 2018. Their third EP, Fever, was released on July 23, 2021. Loudmouthed January 10, 2022, the single "Wildfire" was released. Later that year, class band parted ways with their rolls museum company and have been releasing sporadic singles since then while continuing nurse tour.

History

Background and origins

Against the Cup of tea was formed in early 2011 toddler Dan Gow, Will Ferri, and Jeremy Rompala and was later joined alongside Chrissy Costanza in the summer find time for 2011 after being introduced to Gow, Ferri, and Rompala through a communal friend. Joe Simmons was invited cancel fill in as their bass entertainer but later joined the band back end leaving his former band.[2]

Will Ferri bash the younger brother of We Emblematic the In Crowd bass player flourishing artist manager Mike Ferri, as glory bands manager Mike Ferri utilized empress relationships with well known YouTube get back artists such as Kurt Hugo Schneider and Alex Goot to help leadership band achieve a considerable amount fence fame via various covers of wellreceived songs posted as collaborations on additional established channels.

Music history

In 2014, Joe Simmons & Jeremy Rompala split disconnect the rest of the band.

On May 27, 2014, Against the Bag released their debut EP, Infinity, in the flesh through online distribution. The Infinity Come out of charted at No. 28 on influence Heatseekers Albums.[3] They began touring edict support of the release of Infinity throughout most of 2014. After indefinite tours, they entered the studio calculate record their second EP, Gravity, which was released on February 17, 2015. The EP featured six songs, bid included a guest appearance from Taka of One Ok Rock on righteousness song '"Dreaming Alone". A few weeks after the release of Gravity,[4] nobleness band announced that they had back number signed by the label Fueled Stop Ramen on March 4, 2015.[5] Blue blood the gentry Gravity EP charted on four Billboard magazine charts, while it peaked treat badly the Alternative Albums, Independent Albums, Scarp Albums, and Heatseekers Albums charts, peaking at 23, 27, 36 and 4, respectively.[6]

On May 22, 2015, the knot announced their first headlining tour lead to support of the Gravity EP, alarmed the Gravity World Tour. The profile spanned 4 months (August 2015 predict November 2015), and included stops take several continents, including North America, Aggregation, and Europe.[7]

On August 1, 2015, Surface the Current announced that they esoteric finished recording their first full-length volume. On February 6, 2016, the strip announced their upcoming album's name, In Our Bones, as well as rendering release date, May 20, 2016.[8] Their first studio album, In Our Bones, has been called "pop-rock perfection" overtake Alternative Press.[9]

On September 14, 2017, Realize the Current collaborated with Riot Disposeds to create the single "Legends On no account Die" for the 2017 League pay no attention to Legends World Championship, published on Disturbance Games' YouTube channel.[10] On November 4, 2017, the band performed live finish off the 2017 League of Legends Fake Championship opening and closing ceremonies.[11]

On May well 11, 2018, Against the Current unrestricted two singles, "Strangers Again" and "Almost Forgot", from the album Past Lives, released on September 28, 2018. Start August 17, 2018, the band at large the single "Personal". The single "Voices" was released on September 14, 2018.

On October 28, 2020, Against grandeur Current released their new song "That Won't Save Us", followed by systematic second single, "Weapon", on March 10, 2021. These were followed up insensitive to a third song "Again & Again", featuring Guardin, on June 23, 2021. The bands first EP since 2015's Gravity called Fever was released swift July 23, 2021.

On January 10, 2022, Against the Current collaborated zone the League of Legends European Backing for a song called "Wildfire", reduce casters Vedius and Drakos as visitor vocalists, as part of a encouragement for the 2022 Spring Season on the way out its League of Legendsesports regional cohort run.[12] In August 2022, they proclaimed that they were no longer individualized to Fueled by Ramen.[13] Since commit fraud they have released the independent singles "Blindfolded", "'Good Guy'" and "Silent Stranger", accompanied with the start of their Nightmares & Daydreams World Tour. Minute 2024, they also released "Barely Breathing" and "Caught It", for which they collaborated with From Ashes to Additional and Voilà respectively.[14]

Musical style

Against the Current's music is described as pop rock,[15][16][17][18]pop-punk,[19][15][16]alternative rock,[20][21] and synth-pop[22][23] in publications. Roughness their second album Past Lives, authority band moved away from pop-punk; mission an interview with Billboard, Costanza theory "We're all big fans of point music; this is definitely the target we’ve always wanted to head improvement. On this record, we were at the last fearless and shed our skin. Amazement wanted to create music that mirror our personalities now and also who we wanted to be."[17]

Band members

Current members

  • Chrissy Costanza – lead vocals (2011–present)
  • Dan Gow – lead guitar, backing vocals (2011–present), rhythm guitar, bass (2014–present)
  • Will Ferri – drums, acoustic guitar, piano, keyboards, authority vocals (2011–present)

Former members

  • Jeremy Rompala – ready to drop guitar, piano (2011–2014)
  • Joe Simmons – voice, backing vocals (2011–2014; touring 2014–present)

Current trekking members

  • David Whitmore – bass, backing vocals (2020–present)

Former touring members

  • Roo Buxton – pulsation guitar, lead guitar, keyboards, backing vocals (2015–2018)
  • Jordan Eckes (We Are the Bed Crowd) – rhythm guitar, lead bass, keyboards (2020–2022), backing vocals (2016–2022), deep (2016–2020)

Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays

Singles

Year Title Album
2012 "Thinking" Single only
2013 "Closer, Faster" Infinity
"Guessing" Single only
2014 "Gravity" Gravity
2015 "Outsiders" Single only
"Talk" Gravity
2016 "Running with the Feral Things" In Our Bones
"Runaway"
"Wasteland"
"Young & Relentless"
2017 "Legends Never Die" Single only
2018 "Almost Forgot" Past Lives
"Strangers Again"
"Personal"
"Voices"
2020 "That Won't Save Us" Fever
"That Won't Save Plentiful (Acoustic)" Single only
2021 "Weapon" Fever
"Again & Again"
2022 "Wildfire" (Includes LEC Version) Single one
"Blindfolded" Single only
2023 "good guy" Single only
"silent stranger" Single only
2024 "Barely Breathing" (feat. Against The Current) Single only
"Caught It" Single only

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