Arsonists Get All the Girls was an American
avant-garde metal
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band from
Santa Cruz, California
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. Founded in 2005, the band was known for taking influence from varying genres, particularly in their early years for fusing
extreme metal
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with various
electronic music
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styles. They were previously signed to
Century Media Records
Century Media Records is a heavy metal record label with offices in the United States, Germany and London. In August 2015, Century Media was acquired by Sony Music for US$17 million.
Background
Century Media was founded by Robert Kampf and Oli ...
and have released five full-length studio albums: ''
Hits from the Bow'', ''
The Game of Life
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'', ''
Portals'', ''
Motherland
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'', and ''
Listen to the Color''.
Arsonists Get All the Girls was founded in
Santa Cruz, California
Santa Cruz (Spanish for "Holy Cross") is the county seat and largest city of Santa Cruz County, in Northern California. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 62,956. Situated on the northern edge of Monterey Bay, Santa Cruz is a pop ...
, in 2005. The band first wanted to develop a sound similar to
Horse the Band
Horse the Band (stylized as HORSE the band) is an American metalcore band from Lake Forest, California, who are best known for their chiptune, 8-bit video game-influenced sound combined with metalcore. Frontman Nathan Winneke once jokingly desc ...
.
In November 2007, bassist Patrick Mason died of alcohol poisoning.
Arsonists Get All the Girls toured with
Darkest Hour,
Carnifex, and
Bleeding Through
Bleeding Through is an American metalcore band from Orange County, California, formed in 1999. In 2004, ''Revolver'' magazine hailed Bleeding Through as one of eight bands ushering in the "Future of Metal" cover story, and '' Spin'' called Ble ...
, among others, in the
Thrash and Burn European Tour 2009
Darkest Hour is an American heavy metal band from Washington, D.C., formed in 1995. Though failing to break through early in their tenure, the band has received acclaim for their albums '' Undoing Ruin'', '' Deliver Us'', and '' The Eternal Ret ...
in April and May 2009. The band was also scheduled to support
It Dies Today on a North American tour in October 2009 but It Dies Today were denied access into Canada.
Their vocalist Cameron Reed left and was replaced by Jared Monnette. Reed returned as a guest vocalist on their fifth studio album, ''Listen To The Color'' which was released on August 1, 2013.
Band members
;Final line-up
*Cameron Reed – lead vocals, keyboards
(2005–2009, 2019)
*Sean Richmond – keyboards
(2008–2015, 2016–2019), co-lead vocals
(2008–2009, 2013–2015, 2019), lead vocals
(2016–2019)
*Sam Hafer - guitar
(2017–2019)
*King Zabb - bass
(2017–2019)
*David Cubine – drums
(2017–2019)
;Previous members
*James Lucas – guitar
(2005–2006)
*Adam Trowbridge – guitar
(2005–2006)
*Drek Yarra – guitar
(2008–2009)
*Garin Rosen - drums
(2005-2015, 2016–2017)
*Jaeson Bardoni - guitar
(2008-2009, 2009–2014), bass
(2008, 2009)
*Adam Swan – bass
(2007)
*Steve Dean – bass
(2008)
*Kyle Stacher – bass
(2014–2015)
*Ronnie Smith – guitar
(2014–2015)
*Francesco Presotto – guitar
(2016–2017)
*Brett Roos – guitar
(2017)
*Joey Souza – bass
(2017)
*Jared Monette – lead vocals
(2009–2013)
*Patrick Mason – bass
(2005–2007, died 2007)
*Nick Cardinelli – guitar
(2005–2008)
*Arthur Alvarez – guitar
(2005–2013)
*Greg Howell - bass
(2009-2014, 2016-2017)
*Remi Rødberg - keyboards
(2005-2008,2013-2015), co-lead vocals
(2005–2008), lead vocals
(2013–2015)
; Timeline
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Discography
Music videos
References
External links
*
Arsonists Get All the Girlsat
Century Media
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