There are multiple groups named Ashes. 1) Ashes was a Washington, DC-based post-hardcore band that featured Brian McTernan of Battery fame and Elena Ritchie on vocals. They existed in the early to mid 90s. Ashes released two EPs on a now-defunct California label named Network Sound entitled Ashes and Hiding Places. A discography was released on McTernan's own label Salad Days called Wisconcin Avenue Tour.
There are multiple artists with the name Luca Brasi: 1) Luca Brasi are a 4 piece Tasmanian Post-hardcore/punk rock band based in Launceston, Tasmania. The band formed in Mid 2009.The band comprises of Tyler Richardson (Bass/Lead Vox), Tom Busby (Guitar/Back Up Vox), Mitchell Dobson (Guitar/Back Up Vox) and Saxon Hall (Drums) the boys quickly slapped together a demo of four songs and have been handing out free copies to anyone and everyone who would listen.
A Skylit Drive is a six-piece post-hardcore band from Lodi/Galt California. They released their first EP, titled She Watched The Sky, with Tragic Hero Records in January 2007 and the follow-up full length album Wires And The Concept Of Breathing on May 20, 2008. Now signed to Fearless Records, the band will release their second full length, entitled Adelphia, on June 9, 2009. They will be on Warped Tour 2009. Current Line-up:
Michael “Jag” Jagmin (Vocals)
Nick Miller (Guitar)
Beacon is Thomas Mullarney III and Jacob Gossett. Their “No Body EP” explores a combination of deep south bass music and ambient pop melodies, with R&B tinged vocals that accompany warm arpeggiated synthesizers. The EP's atmosphere and narrative recall brooding spirituality in the wake of first love and the allure of the paranormal in teenage romance.
There are several bands by the name of Sugar:
(1) Project of former Hüsker Dü member Bob Mould.
(2) is a Korean girl-pop group with releases in Japan and Korea
(3) is a Japanese visual-kei group (Ｓｕｇａｒ).
(4) is Australian psy-trance producer / artist Felix Hamer, on the Green Ant label from Melbourne, Australia.
(5) is a rockband from Den Bosch The Netherlands. Sugar (1) was formed by Bob Mould after the breakup of Hüsker Dü, and conceived as having a similar sound, though with Mould as the sole leader.
City of Ships is an active three piece progressive hard rock band from Richmond, VA. Discography: 'Live Free or Don't' CDep (FFR003)
released June 2007 on Forcefield Records
forcefieldrecords.org
Track listing:
1. 20/20
2. Hold Tight
3. Evidence-based Medicine
4. Too Late to Pray
5. Time Flies 180 Gram Split LP with Souvenir's Young America (PMM020)
released March 2008 on The Perpetual Motion Machine
theperpetualmotionmachine.com
Track listing:
1. Prevailing Winds
2. Trade Winds
The Getaway Plan is an alternative rock band based in Australia. The band formed in Melbourne, Australia, in 2004, comprising of vocalist/guitarist Matthew Wright, guitarist Clint Splattering, bassist Dave Anderson and drummer Aaron Barnett. Their debut release was a demo in 2004. In 2006 The Getaway Plan signed to Boomtown Records and made their debut release through a label, an EP titled Hold Conversation.
Heretics and Lovers are a five piece post-hardcore band from the UK, forming in 2006. They released their first EP "The Eretica Sessions" in April 2007. In the later part of 2007 the band took time off to focus on writing their first full length which was recorded during January 2008. The album got released on September 8th 2008 via Attic Room Records. Album Description "Heretics and Lovers are a 5-piece alternative, post hardcore band from the South West with a melodic twist.
Pierre Gage (born 3 January 1977, Montreal, Quebec, Canada), known by his last name Gage, is a Francophone Canadian singer/songwriter of Jamaican and Haitian ancestry. Gage got his start in the music business while still attending high school by landing the role of Johny Roquefort after attending an audition for the rock opera Starmania. Thus began his career as a musician heavily influenced by Bob Marley, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye and Lauryn Hill; influences partly explained by Gage's Jamaican and Haitian roots.
Post-Hardcore band from Newark, Delaware, United States The hardcore, then later post-hardcore, band boysetsfire was founded 1994 in Delaware/USA. One of the main reasons was 'To shake things and change', which basically meant to mosh like lunatics through the rehearsal room. But soon the wish for a change manifests in more and more politically inspired lyrics. Only about a month after their first rehearsal, they played their first gig for friends. This opened the doors for some local club gigs in Newark, and the first demo was recorded shortly after.