The Deadly Syndrome was a musical group based in

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Biography

The band was formed in 2006 by William Etling, Jesse Hoy, Michael Hughes and Crash Richard. In fall of 2006 the band was signed to the record label

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. Immediately after being signed, the band began working on its debut album, ''The Ortolan'', which was released worldwide on September 11, 2007 and produced by Nico Aglietti and Aaron Older of the band

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. ''The Ortolan'' received favorable reviews from

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[], the ''Los Angeles Times

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and French rock magazine ''Les InRockuptibles'

Prior to the album's release, the band toured in California with Oh No! Oh My! and Let's Go Sailing, and played shows with

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opening for them. In July 2007, they toured with

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whose frontman Steve Bays cited their sound as one of his new favorites in an interview on Rolling Stone

In 2009 The Deadly Syndrome opened for

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at The Glass House in Pomona, California, as well as

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in Los Angeles, Californi

In November 2009 the band played several shows across the Southwest with

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In February 2010 the band announced plans to self-release a second LP, titled ''Nolens Volens''. The album was engineered and produced by band member Michael Hughes at Hughes' home, mixing duties were shared by Hughes and Kennie Takahash

''Nolens Volens'' was released on March 23, 201

to favorable reviews

Their song "I Hope I Become a Ghost" can be heard on the "

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soundtracks and their song "Young at Heart" can be heard on the Jackass 3.5 On March 20, 2012, the band released the video for "Demons", the first track off their newest album All In Time. All In Time was released on August 7th, 2012. On January 7, 2013, the band announced that they were officially separating, on statements released via their websites and various social networks. Now a member of

, Crash Richard released solo works, Hardly Criminal in early 2014, and Big Waste in early 2018. On June 21st, 2019, following the release of The Ortolan on vinyl the band broke their silence with a small statement thanking those who helped finish releasing all three albums on vinyl and ended with the statement with "You won’t be hearing from us anymore. It was a pleasure walking down memory lane with you. Until next time...goodbye…..goodbye…….goodbye……sorry about the stumps....."- The same day the band released their final song, a cover of Frank Sinatras 'Young at Heart'.

Band members

*William Etling *Jesse Hoy *Michael Hughes * Crash Richard

Discography

* ''The Ortolan (Dim Mak, 2007)'' * ''Nolens Volens (Self-released, 2010)'' * ''All In Time (Self-released, 2012)''

References

External links

* The Deadly Syndrome's Homepag

* The Deadly Syndrome's Myspace pag

* Demons on Vime

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