Abandon All Ships is a Canadian

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band from

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. Formed in 2006, it was signed domestically to

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via

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, along with an American deal to Rise Records and its imprint

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History

Formation and First EP (2006–2009)

Abandon All Ships was founded in 2006 in

, originally playing covers of Norma Jean songs. Most of the band members attended

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, including lead vocalist Angelo Aita, keyboardist Sebastian Cassisi-Nunez, and original guitarist David Stephens; Toronto friends Martin Broda and Francesco Pallotta were added on bass and drums respectively. In 2007, Nick Fiorini was added on rhythm guitar. By 2008, the band had released four demo songs online: "Megawacko", "When Dreams Become Nightmares", "Brendon's Song" and "Pedestrians Is Another Word for Speedbump". After rising in the Toronto scene, the group toured and opened for many larger bands in their same genre, such as Silverstein. By the end of 2008, Nick Fiorini had been replaced by Andrew Paiano. By then, the band had recorded their self-titled EP and quickly became popular on the Internet through Myspace. They were given even more exposure after their appearance on the

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's Canadian television program '' Disband'' and began playing shows outside of Ontario. Because

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themes regularly appear in the band's music, some thought that Abandon All Ships was a Christian band, but it was not; its regular use of

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and suggestive lyrics eventually settled the debate.

''Geeving'' (2009–2010)

At the end of 2009, David Stephens and Francesco Pallotta left the band; they were replaced by Kyler Browne on lead guitar and, on drums, Daniel Paiano (Andrew's brother). In early 2010, the group was signed to

, Rise Records, and

. On June 29, 2010, they released their first single, " Take One Last Breath"; the music video premiered online the same day. They played at the 2010 Bluesfest in Ottawa, performing new songs "Geeving", "Guardian Angel" (which features

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from the Russian band

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), " Maria (I Like It Loud)", and "Take One Last Breath", all of which were to appear on the up-coming album, '' Geeving''. (The name of the album is taken from its Urban Dictionary definition, 6"Couldn't care less. Don't give a shit. Leave me alone. Fuck off. Happy Thanks Geeving." 7 The single "Megawacko 2.0" was released on

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on August 24, 2010, with the video premiering on

that same day. In September, "Bro My God" also premiered via online streaming. Abandon All Ships was then included on the ''Monument'' tour from October 29, 2010 to December 5, 2010 with

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, Sleeping with Sirens,

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, and

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Lineup instability, ''Infamous'' (2011–2012)

2011 MuchMusic Video Awards - Abandon All Ships

On January 24, 2011, lead guitarist Kyler Browne left the band and was replaced by Daniel Ciccotelli. Abandon All Ships participated in the 2011 Vans

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for selected dates on the east leg. On July 14, 2011 the Paiano brothers, Andrew (

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) and Daniel (

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), left the band. On January 18, 2012, the band announced that they were in the process of recording their second

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. The title was announced as ''

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'', and it was released on July 3, 2012. The video for its title track was released on the first of May with its environment and direction being described as "very Toronto". On November 29, 2012, the band was announced as support for

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European/UK tour beginning in March alongside fellow supporting acts

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, and ''No Bragging Rights''. On December 14, drummer Chris Taylor left the band.

''Malocchio'', and Breakup (2013–2014)

The band announced their third full-length album ''Malocchio'' on December 20, 2013, which was released in 2014. Along with the announcement, the band streamed the album's first single, "Reefer Madness" on

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. On January 25, 2014 the band released the second single, "Cowboys". On August 5, 2014, the band was announced to go on a short tour with

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and Stolas beginning at the end of August and on the 15th of that same month, guitarist Daniel Ciccotelli left the band. Abandon All Ships announced its breakup on August 15, 2014 and played their last show on September 25 in Toronto with current and past members. Some members went on to a form a new band, Sine of the Lion. Martin Broda started a new band, Cherry Pools.

Reformation and new single (2016)

The band reformed to release one new single titled "Loafting", which features the band's original line-up, except for Kyler Browne, and with the addition of Daniel Ciccotelli.

Cover Rereleases (2020)

On October 30th, the band officially released their cover of Scooter's song "Maria (I Like It Loud)" on streaming services, 10 years after its unofficial release alongside Geeving. On November 3rd, the band released their cover of

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's "We'll Be Fine" on streaming services. "We'll Be Fine" was a 9 year old cover but hadn't been released on streaming services prior.

Musical style

The band's third album incorporates elements from their first and second albums, plus new elements as keyboardist Sebastian Cassisi-Nunez brought in more of an

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influence.

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's Gregory Heaney described the group as "an electronicore band who fused

with EDM" besides stating that they "combine elements of

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and

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and

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into a strangely triumphant hybrid. The band cites

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, Slipknot,

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as influences.

Members

Final Lineup * Angelo Aita – unclean vocals (2006–2014, 2016) * Sebastian Cassisi-Nunez – keyboards, programming,

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(2006–2014, 2016) * Daniel Paiano – drums (2009–2011, 2016) * Andrew Paiano – rhythm guitar (2008–2011, 2016) * Martin Broda – clean vocals (2006–2014, 2016), bass guitar (2009–2014, 2016), drums (2006–2009) * Daniel Ciccotelli – lead guitar (2011–2013, 2016) Former * David Stephens – lead guitar (2006–2009) * Francesco Pallotta – bass guitar (2006–2009) * Nick Fiorini – rhythm guitar (2007–2008) * Chris Taylor – drums (2011–2013) * Kyler Browne – lead guitar (2009–2011, 2013–2014) * Melvin Murray – drums (2013–2014) Timeline ImageSize = width:800 height:auto barincrement:20 PlotArea = left:130 bottom:90 top:5 right:20 Alignbars = justify DateFormat = dd/mm/yyyy Period = from:25/09/2006 till:01/01/2017 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal format:yyyy Colors = id:uvocals value:claret legend:Unclean_vocals id:cvocals value:red legend:Clean_vocals id:lguitar value:teal legend:Lead_guitar id:rguitar value:brightgreen legend:Rhythm_guitar id:bass value:blue legend:Bass id:drums value:orange legend:Drums,_percussion id:keys value:purple legend:Keyboards,_programming id:studio value:black legend:Studio_album id:EP value:gray(0.64) legend:Other_release id:bars value:gray(0.95) BackgroundColors = bars:bars Legend = orientation:vertical position:bottom columns:3 ScaleMajor = increment:1 start:2007 ScaleMinor = increment:1 start:2008 LineData = layer:back color:EP at:15/07/2009 color:studio at:05/10/2010 at:03/07/2012 at:11/02/2014 BarData= bar:Angelo text:"Angelo Aita" bar:David text:"David Stephens" bar:Kyler text:"Kyler Browne" bar:Daniel text:"Daniel Ciccotelli" bar:Nick text:"Nick Fiorini" bar:Andrew text:"Andrew Paiano" bar:Francesco text:"Francesco Pallotta" bar:Martin text:"Martin Broda" bar:Paiano text:"Daniel Paiano" bar:Taylor text:"Chris Taylor" bar:Melvin text:"Melvin Murray" bar:Sebastian text:"Sebastian Cassisi-Nunez" PlotData= width:11 textcolor:black align:left anchor:from shift:(11,-4) bar:Angelo from:25/09/2006 till:25/09/2014 color:uvocals bar:Angelo from:01/02/2016 till:19/03/2016 color:uvocals bar:Martin from:25/09/2006 till:15/11/2009 color:drums bar:Martin from:25/09/2006 till:15/11/2009 color:cvocals width:3 bar:Martin from:15/11/2009 till:25/09/2014 color:bass bar:Martin from:15/11/2009 till:25/09/2014 color:cvocals width:3 bar:Martin from:01/02/2016 till:19/03/2016 color:bass bar:Martin from:01/02/2016 till:19/03/2016 color:cvocals width:3 bar:Sebastian from:25/09/2006 till:25/09/2014 color:keys bar:Sebastian from:01/02/2016 till:19/03/2016 color:keys bar:David from:25/09/2006 till:17/04/2007 color:lguitar bar:David from:25/09/2006 till:17/04/2007 color:rguitar width:3 bar:David from:17/04/2007 till:15/11/2009 color:lguitar bar:Kyler from:15/11/2009 till:24/01/2011 color:lguitar bar:Kyler from:15/08/2013 till:25/09/2014 color:lguitar bar:Kyler from:15/08/2013 till:25/09/2014 color:rguitar width:3 bar:Daniel from:24/01/2011 till:14/07/2011 color:lguitar bar:Daniel from:14/07/2011 till:15/08/2013 color:lguitar bar:Daniel from:14/07/2011 till:15/08/2013 color:rguitar width:3 bar:Daniel from:01/02/2016 till:19/03/2016 color:lguitar bar:Nick from:17/04/2007 till:28/11/2008 color:rguitar bar:Andrew from:28/11/2008 till:14/07/2011 color:rguitar bar:Andrew from:15/11/2009 till:24/01/2011 color:bass width:7 bar:Andrew from:15/11/2009 till:24/01/2011 color:drums width:3 bar:Andrew from:01/02/2016 till:19/03/2016 color:rguitar bar:Francesco from:25/09/2006 till:15/11/2009 color:bass bar:Paiano from:15/11/2009 till:14/07/2011 color:drums bar:Paiano from:01/02/2016 till:19/03/2016 color:drums bar:Taylor from:14/07/2011 till:15/08/2013 color:drums bar:Melvin from:15/08/2013 till:25/09/2014 color:drums

Discography

;Studio albums ;EPs

Music videos

* "Take One Last Breath" (2010) * "Megawacko2.1" (2010) * "Geeving" (2011) * "Infamous" (2012) * "August" (2012) * "Less Than Love" (2013) * "Trapped" (2014) * "Loafting" (2016)

References

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