A Day to Remember (often abbreviated ADTR, and previously known as End of an Era) is an American
rock
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band from
Ocala, Florida, founded in 2003 by guitarist
Tom Denney
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and drummer Bobby Scruggs. They are known for their amalgamation of
metalcore and
pop punk
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. The band currently consists of vocalist
Jeremy McKinnon
Jeremy Wade McKinnon (born December 17, 1985) is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer, best known as a founding member and the lead vocalist of A Day to Remember. He has produced full-length albums for The Ghost Inside, Neck Dee ...
, rhythm guitarist Neil Westfall, percussionist/drummer Alex Shelnutt and lead guitarist Kevin Skaff.
Signing with
Indianola Records for their first album, ''
And Their Name Was Treason
''And Their Name Was Treason'' is the debut studio album by American rock band A Day to Remember, released on May 10, 2005 through Indianola Records. It followed their second self-released EP, which was produced the same year. The album was the ...
'' (2005), Scruggs was replaced by Shelnutt in 2006. Later that year the band recorded ''
For Those Who Have Heart
''For Those Who Have Heart'' is the second studio album by American rock band A Day to Remember, and their first for Victory. It was released on January 22, 2007 by Victory. For the album, the band had a line-up change swapping drummer Bobby Scru ...
'' (2007) for
Victory Records
Victory Records is a Chicago-based record label founded by Tony Brummel. It operates a music publishing company called "Another Victory, Inc." and is the distributor of several record labels. It has featured many prominent artists including Thur ...
. They embarked on several tours of the UK and U.S. and played at several festivals before recording and releasing ''
Homesick'' (2009). While promoting ''Homesick'' on tour, Denney was replaced by Skaff. Soon after releasing their next album, ''
What Separates Me from You
''What Separates Me from You'' is the fourth studio album by American rock band A Day to Remember, and their third and final for Victory Records. Originally planned for release in late-October 2010, the album was delayed by a few weeks until mid- ...
'' (2010), the band went on a
worldwide tour
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to promote it. Since 2011, the band has been involved in a lawsuit with
Victory Records
Victory Records is a Chicago-based record label founded by Tony Brummel. It operates a music publishing company called "Another Victory, Inc." and is the distributor of several record labels. It has featured many prominent artists including Thur ...
over their recording contract. In October 2013 the band was given the right to self-release new albums until a final verdict is reached. They released their fifth album, ''
Common Courtesy'', that month. In 2016, the band released their sixth album, ''
Bad Vibrations
''Bad Vibrations'' is the sixth studio album by American rock band A Day to Remember, released on September 2, 2016, by ADTR Records and Epitaph Records. This is the second album since the band's departure from Victory Records, and their first a ...
''. They released their seventh album ''
You're Welcome
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'' on March 5, 2021, which marked their first release under
Fueled by Ramen
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History
John Janick conceived of the l ...
.
History
Early years and debut album (2003–2006)
After all playing in different groups in the
Ocala
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Home to ...
music scene, singer
Jeremy McKinnon
Jeremy Wade McKinnon (born December 17, 1985) is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer, best known as a founding member and the lead vocalist of A Day to Remember. He has produced full-length albums for The Ghost Inside, Neck Dee ...
, guitarists Neil Westfall and
Tom Denney
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, bassist Joshua Woodard, and drummer Bobby Scruggs came together in 2003.
[ Soon after, the band embarked onto playing only 7 shows in their first year of touring.][
The band ]self-released
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an independent EP[Sharpe-Young 2005, p. 9] titled '' Halos for Heroes, Dirt for the Dead'' in 2004, which was sold at their live shows. Their eponymous and second EP, moreso a demo rather, was released in January 2005; this was a precursor to their debut studio album and contained demo versions of six songs.
They were signed to Indianola in February 2005, for which they released their debut album, ''And Their Name Was Treason
''And Their Name Was Treason'' is the debut studio album by American rock band A Day to Remember, released on May 10, 2005 through Indianola Records. It followed their second self-released EP, which was produced the same year. The album was the ...
'' (2005) in May that year. It went on to sell over 10,000 copies.
Woodard said, "A friend of mine said he had the AIM screenname of someone at Victory Records
Victory Records is a Chicago-based record label founded by Tony Brummel. It operates a music publishing company called "Another Victory, Inc." and is the distributor of several record labels. It has featured many prominent artists including Thur ...
. I didn't believe him, but I still started communicating with the guy. We IM'ed back and forth for about six months, and it happened that we were playing ..in a town outside of Chicago. ..It was our first time we ever played in Illinois, yet the 50–60 kids there were singing along to our tunes like they’d been fans all their lives."
Victory Records and ''For Those Who Have Heart'' (2006–2008)
Soon after signing with Victory, the band with their new drummer Alex Shelnutt went into Zing Studios to record their second album.[ The album, titled '']For Those Who Have Heart
''For Those Who Have Heart'' is the second studio album by American rock band A Day to Remember, and their first for Victory. It was released on January 22, 2007 by Victory. For the album, the band had a line-up change swapping drummer Bobby Scru ...
'', was released in January 2007 on Victory and peaked at number 17 on '' Billboard''s Top Heatseekers chart.
In September 2007, they posted a cover of Kelly Clarkson
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's song, "Since U Been Gone
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", on their MySpace page. This was later featured on the re-release of ''For Those Who Have Heart'', released in February 2008, and charted at number 43 on the Top Independent Albums chart.
A Day to Remember toured the UK for the first time in January 2008, and were nominated for Best International Newcomer at the 2008 Kerrang! Awards, but lost to Black Tide
Black Tide was an American heavy metal band from Kendall, Florida. Formed in 2004, the band last consisted of Gabriel Garcia (lead guitar, lead vocals), Austin Diaz (rhythm guitar) and Cody Paige (drums). They released their debut album, ''Lig ...
.
Afterwards, the band had a lengthy tour opening for Silverstein along with The Devil Wears Prada, and Protest the Hero. They then played The Bamboozle Left on April 6 at the Verizon Amphitheater in Irvine, California
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, one day at the 2008 Bamboozle Festival
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in East Rutherford, New Jersey on May 3, as well as the Download Festival
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in June, and the 2008 Vans Warped Tour. Before playing the Download Festival, they toured the UK with The Devil Wears Prada and Alesana
Alesana ( ) is an American post-hardcore band from Raleigh, North Carolina. The group was founded by Shawn Milke, Dennis Lee and Patrick Thompson during the fall of 2004, and is currently signed to Revival Recordings and Artery Recordings. Ales ...
on the Road To Download Tour. In mid-2008, the band played all the U.S. dates of the "Easycore Tour" along with New Found Glory
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, Four Year Strong
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, Crime in Stereo and International Superheroes of Hardcore
International Superheroes of Hardcore were an American parodical hardcore punk band.
History
According to Jordan Pundik:
New Found Glory were demoing for ''Coming Home'' ndit kind of got repetitive and draining. So we were all living in t ...
.
''Homesick'' and Denney's departure (2008–2010)
A remastered version of their first album, ''And Their Name Was Treason'', titled ''Old Record
''And Their Name Was Treason'' is the debut studio album by American Rock music, rock band A Day to Remember, released on May 10, 2005 through Indianola Records. It followed their second Halos for Heros, Dirt for the Dead, self-released EP, which ...
'', was released in October 2008 through Victory. Later that month, the band recorded their third studio album, '' Homesick.''
In December 2008, A Day to Remember toured across Australia with Parkway Drive
Parkway Drive is an Australian metalcore band from Byron Bay, New South Wales, formed in 2003. As of 2018, Parkway Drive have released six studio albums, one EP, two DVDs, a split album and one book, titled ''Ten Years of Parkway Drive''. The ...
, Suicide Silence
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, The Acacia Strain
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Forming in 2001, The Acacia Strain was started by h ...
and Confession
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.
''Homesick'' was released in February 2009 and placed at number 21 on ''Billboard''s Top 200 Listings and at number 1 on Top Independent Albums. It was featured in ''Rolling Stone
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''s "Top 40 Albums" that month, hitting number 21. As of July 2010, the album had sold over 200,000 copies.
Following a UK tour, A Day to Remember went on a European tour in February 2009, with the German leg of the tour supported by For The Fallen Dreams and Kenai. A Day to Remember toured the U.S. from March to May 2009 with The Devil Wears Prada, Sky Eats Airplane
Sky Eats Airplane was an American post-hardcore band from Fort Worth, Texas. The band was signed to indie label Equal Vision Records and most recently released their self-titled full-length album through the label in July 2008. In March 2012, th ...
and Emarosa. Prior to the tour, Tom Denney had broken his wrist; filling in for him was Kevin Skaff formerly of Four Letter Lie
Four Letter Lie was an American post-hardcore band from Minneapolis, Minnesota.
History
The group formed in 2004 and quickly released an EP entitled ''Her Escape'' in May 2005. They followed the release with a heavy tour schedule, which includ ...
. They toured the UK with For the Fallen Dreams and Azriel. They also toured as part of the Warped Tour 2009
The Vans Warped Tour
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, played at the Download Festival 2009 and toured Asia, Australia and New Zealand in August and September.
The band contributed a track to ''Punk Goes Pop 2
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'' record from Fearless
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, covering The Fray
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's "Over My Head (Cable Car)
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".
On June 2, the band announced that Tom Denney had left the band because he wanted to focus on his marriage, family, and recording studio. He would remain a part of the band's process of writing new material. Skaff became a permanent replacement for Denney.[
"The Downfall of Us All" was released as ]downloadable content
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for the ''Rock Band
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'' series of video games, and "NJ Legion Iced Tea" was released as a download for ''Guitar Hero World Tour
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''.
A Day to Remember were set to play Reading & Leeds Festival in 2009 but pulled out due to Neil Westfall needing surgery.
They did their first headlining tour, The Pulling Your Pud Tour, along with Parkway Drive
Parkway Drive is an Australian metalcore band from Byron Bay, New South Wales, formed in 2003. As of 2018, Parkway Drive have released six studio albums, one EP, two DVDs, a split album and one book, titled ''Ten Years of Parkway Drive''. The ...
, In Fear and Faith
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, and I See Stars
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...
, starting in September 2009. The band then supported Bring Me the Horizon, with guest August Burns Red
August Burns Red is an American metalcore band from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, formed in 2003. The band's current lineup consists of lead guitarist John Benjamin "JB" Brubaker, rhythm guitarist Brent Rambler, drummer Matt Greiner, lead vocalist ...
, on their tour of the UK and Europe in October.
On December 16, the band released the holiday-oriented single "Right Where You Want Me to Be". A music video was also made for the song.[
]
''What Separates Me from You'' and lawsuit with Victory (2010–2012)
A Day to Remember performed at the 2010 Soundwave Australian music festival. They toured across the UK in March 2010 with support from Architects
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and Your Demise
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, followed by "Toursick" in North America with August Burns Red
August Burns Red is an American metalcore band from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, formed in 2003. The band's current lineup consists of lead guitarist John Benjamin "JB" Brubaker, rhythm guitarist Brent Rambler, drummer Matt Greiner, lead vocalist ...
, Silverstein, Enter Shikari
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, Veara, and Go Radio
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The band toured with The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, A Day to Remember, as well as Mayday Pa ...
from March 31 to May 18.
On July 14, MTV.com posted the music video for the band's latest single from ''Homesick'', "Have Faith in Me
"Have Faith in Me" is a single by A Day to Remember from their third studio album '' Homesick''. It was released as a radio single on March 2, 2010. The song charted at number 40 on the Alternative Songs.
Composition
The song was written by A Day ...
", on their website.
According to Victory, it was claimed that the band was set to release their fourth studio album titled ''What Separates Me from You
''What Separates Me from You'' is the fourth studio album by American rock band A Day to Remember, and their third and final for Victory Records. Originally planned for release in late-October 2010, the album was delayed by a few weeks until mid- ...
'' on October 26. The album was recorded in Ocala, Florida, with producer Chad Gilbert
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, who also produced ''Homesick'', with the tracking finished in July. On September 20, A Day to Remember announced in a live video through Victory's website the name of their new album: ''What Separates Me from You''. They then revealed the cover art for the album. The album's release was delayed a few weeks, until November 16.
In November, it was announced that A Day to Remember would play the 2011 edition of the Vans Warped Tour
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.
On January 6, 2011, the band showcased the official music video for the first single taken from the album, " All I Want", through an MTV premiere. The video features musicians from groups including A Day to Remember's former lead guitarist Tom Denney, as well as Vic Fuentes
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Biography
Fuentes was born on February 10, 1983, in San Die ...
, Pete Wentz
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, Dallas Taylor, and Tim Lambesis
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.
On January 11, the band made their national TV debut, performing the songs "All I Want" and "Better Off This Way" on ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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''.
Prior to Vans Warped Tour 2011, A Day to Remember headlined "The Game Changers Tour" (March – April) with support from Bring Me the Horizon
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, Pierce the Veil, and We Came as Romans
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.
On June 7, the band released the music video for the second single from the album, "All Signs Point to Lauderdale".
On December 15, it was announced that A Day to Remember planned to file suit against their label, Victory, due to breach of contract. Legal action had reportedly been initiated on May 31 of that year, with the band claiming Victory owed them over $75,000 in royalties. Victory has said that the lawsuit is actually about the band's refusal to fulfill their five- album contractual commitment, and their desire to move to a major label. A Day to Remember gave Altpress.com this statement: "A Day To Remember would like to make it clear that they did not announce nor seek any attention regarding their ongoing suit with Victory Records. This information has been public record since May of 2011 and they have no intention of speaking publicly or disparagingly regarding their disagreement with Victory. A Day To Remember will continue to release music for their fans and are looking forward to touring in 2012."
Beginning in January 2012, the band went on tour supporting Rise Against throughout the U.S., with the tour spreading over two legs and the band performing in Australia and New Zealand between two tour parts.
On February 27, the band released "2nd Sucks" as the fourth single from ''What Separates Me from You''.
''Common Courtesy'' (2012–2014)
On May 8, 2012, the band announced at a show in New Jersey that their upcoming album would be called '' Common Courtesy''. On December 3, the band released a countdown on their website, counting down to December 21 but not revealing what it was counting down to. When the countdown reached zero, a new single titled "Violence (Enough Is Enough)" was released. On January 21, 2013, A Day to Remember released more information about their upcoming tour, referring to it as the Right Back at It Again tour. On March 18, McKinnon announced that the new album ''Common Courtesy'' had completed the tracking
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process and was going to be mixed. On March 20, Woodard posted an image on his official Twitter account, stating that the band was back "on the road again". On the same day, the first stop of their U.S. "Right Back At It Again" tour, A Day to Remember played a new track scheduled to appear on ''Common Courtesy'', titled "Right Back at It Again". They have continued to play this new track on each stop of the Right Back at It Again tour. Asked about a release date for the album in an interview with WGRD
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in April, McKinnon said that "there's a date we've ..tossed around in the last week, but I mean we haven't really set anything in stone."[ Asked in the same interview if ''Common Courtesy'' was going to be released on Victory, he replied that the band were "not sure", and that the lawsuit was still being settled.]
On August 23, the album was announced for release on October 8, 2013. A few days prior to the release, the band won the right to self-release the album, with the band contractually obligated to owing Victory at least two more albums. McKinnon said about Victory, "The only thing hey
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held above us was the right to put out this album and we won the right to put it out ourselves ..Now it can go to a jury and good luck having a jury of random people agree that two live albums that are sold separately not count as an album, good luck with that." The band self-released the album digitally on October 8. A physical edition with additional tracks was released on November 25, by the band's own label, ADTR Records.
The band went on a UK and Europe tour in January and February 2014. In an interview in late January, McKinnon mentioned the band would film the London show on the tour, with the hopes of releasing a live album. The band toured across America throughout September and October with support acts including Bring Me the Horizon
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, Motionless in White
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and Chiodos
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, dubbing the venture the Parks & Devastation Tour. The band opened for blink-182 (live debut with Matt Skiba) on two dates.
''Bad Vibrations'' (2015–2018)
On September 30, 2015, rhythm guitarist Neil Westfall announced in an interview with Ultimate Guitar
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that the band were casually working on new material, without a prospective release date. A Day to Remember co-headlined the Big Ass Tour in arenas with the Amity Affliction
The Amity Affliction is an Australian metalcore band from Gympie, Queensland, formed in 2003. The band's current line-up consists of Ahren Stringer (bass, clean vocals), Joel Birch (lead vocals), Dan Brown (guitar) and Joe Longobardi (drums). ...
in Australia and New Zealand in December 2015, with supporting bands Motionless in White
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and Hands Like Houses
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. On March 9, 2016, "Paranoia
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" was premiered through Beats 1. The song was recorded with Bill Stevenson of Descendents
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/All
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. It was released as a single on 11 March. A music video was released on the same day, directed by Ethan Lader.
On June 2, 2016, a song titled "Bad Vibrations" was released, alongside a music video. It was also announced that the song would be the title track of their sixth album, ''Bad Vibrations
''Bad Vibrations'' is the sixth studio album by American rock band A Day to Remember, released on September 2, 2016, by ADTR Records and Epitaph Records. This is the second album since the band's departure from Victory Records, and their first a ...
.'' The album was released on their independent label and Epitaph Records. "Bullfight" was released as a single on July 25. "Naivety" was released as a single on August 19. "We Got This" was released as a single on September 1. The album was released on September 2. The band went on to support Blink 182 on the 2016 'California' Tour from July to October 2016. During their homecoming show in Ocala
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on March 18, 2017, the band were presented with keys to the city. The song "Same About You" was released to rock radio stations on January 23, 2018.
''You're Welcome'' and departure of Woodard (2019–present)
On June 14, 2019, EDM producer Marshmello
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released a collaboration track with the band titled " Rescue Me" marking A Day to Remember's first new release in three years. Two months later, on August 20, 2019, the band released a new single titled "Degenerates" and revealed that they are now signed to Fueled by Ramen
Fueled by Ramen LLC is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group and distributed by 300 Elektra Entertainment. The label, founded in Gainesville, Florida in 1996, is now based in New York City.
History
John Janick conceived of the l ...
. During an intimate free show at the House of Vans in London
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on August 21, 2019, the band announced that their seventh album is titled called ''You're Welcome'' and would be released later that year.
It was eventually announced that the album would be released on November 15, but a week before this scheduled release, it was announced the album was delayed until early 2020, the band's guitarist Kevin Skaff later explained it was due to the album's mixing and artwork not being complete yet. In the meantime, the band released another single, "Resentment", on November 22. On April 15 2020, the band released the third single "Mindreader" alongside an accompanying music video. On November 18, the band announced that their new album is set for release on March 5, 2021. They also released the fourth single "Brick Wall".
On January 25, 2021, the band held an acoustic livestream event called "Live at The Audio Compound". On January 27, the album's fifth single, "Everything We Need" was released; it was followed by an official music video on March 10. On August 2, the band announced on their social media their headlining "The Re-Entry Tour" with Asking Alexandria
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Initially formed in 2006 ...
and Point North as supporting acts. Ticket pre-sales began the next day, and the actual sales began on August 6. On October 13, it was announced that founding bassist Joshua Woodard had left the band due to the addressed allegations of past sexual misconduct from 2020. Woodard was also involved in a 2017 car crash where he "unexpectedly crossed over three lanes of traffic" and killed a 24-year old driver. This did not surface until 2021. On December 16, the band released a music video for the song "Last Chance to Dance (Bad Friend)".
On July 21, 2022, the band released a single called "Miracle".
Musical style and influences
A Day to Remember have been described by critics as metalcore, pop punk
Pop punk (or punk pop) is a rock music genre that combines elements of punk rock with power pop or pop. It is defined for its emphasis on classic pop songcraft, as well as adolescent and anti- suburbia themes, and is distinguished from other p ...
, post-hardcore
Post-hardcore is a punk rock music genre that maintains the aggression and intensity of hardcore punk but emphasizes a greater degree of creative expression. It was initially inspired by post-punk and noise rock. Like post-punk, the term has been ...
, alternative rock
Alternative rock, or alt-rock, is a category of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1970s and became widely popular in the 1990s. "Alternative" refers to the genre's distinction from Popular culture, mainstre ...
, melodic metalcore
Melodic metalcore is a fusion genre, incorporating elements of melodic death metal and metalcore; it has a heavy emphasis on melodic instrumentation, distorted guitar tones, palm muting, double bass drumming, blast beats, metalcore-stylized br ...
, melodic hardcore
Melodic hardcore is a broadly defined subgenre of hardcore punk with a strong emphasis on melody in its guitar work. It generally incorporates fast rhythms, melodic and often distorted guitar riffs, and vocal styles tending towards shouting and ...
, pop rock
Pop rock (also typeset as pop/rock) is a fusion genre with an emphasis on professional songwriting and recording craft, and less emphasis on attitude than rock music. Originating in the late 1950s as an alternative to normal rock and roll, earl ...
, and easycore
Pop punk (or punk pop) is a rock music genre that combines elements of punk rock with power pop or pop. It is defined for its emphasis on classic pop songcraft, as well as adolescent and anti-suburbia themes, and is distinguished from other pu ...
. Their song structures often follow a metalcore formula and blend into a more pop punk style chorus. AllMusic
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critic Eduardo Rivadavia has called this blend "pop-mosh", and also described the band as fusing "emo
Emo is a rock music genre characterized by emotional, often confessional lyrics. It emerged as a style of and hardcore punk from the Washington D.C. hardcore punk scene, where it was known as emotional hardcore or emocore and pioneered b ...
, hardcore
Hardcore, hard core or hard-core may refer to:
Arts and media Film
* ''Hardcore'' (1977 film), a British comedy film
* ''Hardcore'' (1979 film), an American crime drama film starring George C Scott
* ''Hardcore'' (2001 film), a British documen ...
, and metal
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." When asked in an interview with AbsolutePunk
''AbsolutePunk'' was a website, online community, and alternative music news source founded by Jason Tate (the most recent CEO). The website mainly focused on artists who are relatively unknown to mainstream audiences, but it was known to fea ...
about their sound, Jeremy McKinnon stated:
Members of A Day to Remember have cited New Found Glory
New Found Glory (formerly A New Found Glory) is an American rock band from Coral Springs, Florida, formed in 1997. The band currently consists of Jordan Pundik (lead vocals), Ian Grushka (bass guitar), Chad Gilbert (lead guitar, backing voc ...
, Blink-182
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, NOFX, Bury Your Dead
Bury Your Dead is an American metalcore band from Boston, Massachusetts, formed in 2001. The current lineup is guitarist Chris Towning, lead vocalist Mat Bruso, drummer Mark Castillo, and bassist Aaron Patrick. To date, they have had eight rele ...
, Comeback Kid, Millencolin
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, On Broken Wings, and Seventh Star
''Seventh Star'' is the twelfth studio album by English heavy metal band Black Sabbath. Released in January 1986, it features founding guitarist Tony Iommi alongside musicians Geoff Nicholls, Eric Singer, and Dave Spitz, playing keyboards, ...
as influences.
Self Help Fest
The inaugural Self Help Fest was an idea that vocalist Jeremy McKinnon
Jeremy Wade McKinnon (born December 17, 1985) is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer, best known as a founding member and the lead vocalist of A Day to Remember. He has produced full-length albums for The Ghost Inside, Neck Dee ...
came up with while talking with his girlfriend. "She told me that most people who come o our showsrespond like it's more than just a concert to them... It's like the music is genuinely helping them. Thus we titled our festival Self Help, because at the end of the day, that's what music's all about." The first Self Help Fest took place on March 22, 2014 at the NOS Event Center in San Bernardino, California
San Bernardino (; Spanish for "Saint Bernardino") is a city and county seat of San Bernardino County, California, United States. Located in the Inland Empire region of Southern California, the city had a population of 222,101 in the 2020 cen ...
. A Day to Remember headlined the festival, and a number of punk rock and metalcore bands also performed, including "Bring Me the Horizon
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, Of Mice and Men
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, The Story So Far The Story So Far may refer to:
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* ''The Story of Sar'' (book), a 2003 book by Bhawana Somaaya
Films
* ''The Story So Far'' (2001 film), a film about the band Sick of It All
* ''The Story So Far'' (2002 film), a documentary about ...
, Memphis May Fire, Attila
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, and Letlive
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.
On October 4, 2014 in Philadelphia
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, Pennsylvania, only six months after the first festival, the line-up for the second festival was announced, with A Day to Remember, Bring Me the Horizon and the Story So Far returning. Other bands such as The Wonder Years
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, Motionless in White
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, Chiodos
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, and Gnarwolves
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History Formation, and early ...
made an appearance at the festival.
A Day to Remember's third Self Help Fest took place in San Bernardino on March 7, 2015. A Day to Remember did not perform, but they did produce the festival along with Fly South Music Group and a few other agencies.
A Day to Remember did perform at the fourth festival, held on March 19, 2016 at the NOS Events Center in San Bernardino.
In 2017, for the first time in the festival's history, four shows will be played: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on September 10, 2017, Orlando, Florida
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on September 30, Detroit
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, Michigan
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on October 7, and San Bernardino on March 3, 2018. Bands have yet to be announced.
Band members
Current members
* Jeremy McKinnon
Jeremy Wade McKinnon (born December 17, 1985) is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer, best known as a founding member and the lead vocalist of A Day to Remember. He has produced full-length albums for The Ghost Inside, Neck Dee ...
– lead vocals (2003–present)
* Neil Westfall – rhythm guitar, backing vocals (2003–present)
* Alex Shelnutt – drums (2006–present)
* Kevin Skaff – lead guitar, backing vocals (2009–present)
Former members
* Bobby Scruggs – drums (2003–2006)
* Tom Denney
Tom or TOM may refer to:
* Tom (given name), a diminutive of Thomas or Tomás or an independent Aramaic given name (and a list of people with the name)
Characters
* Tom Anderson, a character in '' Beavis and Butt-Head''
* Tom Beck, a character ...
– lead guitar (2003–2009)
* Joshua Woodard – bass (2003–2021)
Timeline
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A Day to Remember - Neil Westfall – Elbriot 2014 03.jpg, Neil Westfall
13-06-07_RaR_ADTR_Alex_Shelnutt_02.jpg, Alex Shelnutt
A Day to Remember - Kevin Skaff – Elbriot 2014 01.jpg, Kevin Skaff
Discography
Studio albums
* ''And Their Name Was Treason
''And Their Name Was Treason'' is the debut studio album by American rock band A Day to Remember, released on May 10, 2005 through Indianola Records. It followed their second self-released EP, which was produced the same year. The album was the ...
'' (2005)
* ''For Those Who Have Heart
''For Those Who Have Heart'' is the second studio album by American rock band A Day to Remember, and their first for Victory. It was released on January 22, 2007 by Victory. For the album, the band had a line-up change swapping drummer Bobby Scru ...
'' (2007)
* '' Homesick'' (2009)
* ''What Separates Me from You
''What Separates Me from You'' is the fourth studio album by American rock band A Day to Remember, and their third and final for Victory Records. Originally planned for release in late-October 2010, the album was delayed by a few weeks until mid- ...
'' (2010)
* '' Common Courtesy'' (2013)
* ''Bad Vibrations
''Bad Vibrations'' is the sixth studio album by American rock band A Day to Remember, released on September 2, 2016, by ADTR Records and Epitaph Records. This is the second album since the band's departure from Victory Records, and their first a ...
'' (2016)
* ''You're Welcome
You're welcome is a phrase used to acknowledge an expression of gratitude.
You're Welcome may also refer to:
* ''You're Welcome'' (Wavves album), 2017, or the title track
* ''You're Welcome'' (A Day to Remember album), 2021
* ''You're Welcome ...
'' (2021)
Awards and nominations
''Alternative Press'' Music Awards
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References
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External links
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Victory Records profile
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