Alesana

Infobox musical artist
Name = Alesana


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Origin = Raleigh, North Carolina
Genre = Post-hardcore
Emo
Years_active = 2004–Present
Label = Tragic Hero, Fearless
Associated_acts = We Were Gentlemen
Left On Cates
An Autumn Surrender
Shishak Attack
URL = [http://www.alesanamusic.net alesanamusic.net]
Current_members = Shawn Milke
Patrick Thompson
Dennis Lee
Jeremy Bryan
Adam Ferguson
Jake Campbell
Past_members = Shane Crump
Steven Tomany
Will Anderson
Daniel Magnuson
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Alesana (pronEng|ælɛsənɑː) is an American post-hardcore band from Raleigh, North Carolina.

History

Although the band's members first began playing together in Baltimore, Maryland, the band officially formed in October 2004 in Raleigh, North Carolina. One of Alesana's close bands they toured with was Before Their Eyes. [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:kjftxqrsldhe~T1 Alesana] at Allmusic] Alesana was the first band to join Tragic Hero Records in 2005, and released their debut EP, "Try This With Your Eyes Closed", in June of that year. They toured the United States, including an appearance at the Cornerstone Festival, in 2006, and added a new drummer and an additional guitarist/vocalist to their lineup. They followed with a full-length, "On Frail Wings of Vanity and Wax", in the summer of 2006. Many of the songs on the album take inspiration from Greek mythology.Fact|date=April 2008 In late 2006, they signed on to Fearless Records, which re-released their LP in March 2007 to mixed reviews. [ [http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2007/03/30/entertainment/music/14_88_151_23_17.txt Album Review] , "North County Times", March 30, 2007. Accessed January 19, 2008.] [ [http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=226915 Album Review] , Absolute Punk. Accessed January 19, 2008.] [ [http://www.punknews.org/review/6674 Album Review] , Punknews.org. Accessed January 19, 2008.] [ [http://www.the-trades.com/article.php?id=5378 Album Review] , The Trades. Accessed January 19, 2008.] [ [http://www.musicemissions.com/artists/albums/index.php?album_id=6024&sid=5aaef93200ed018738de8df3c5f84312 Album Review] , Music Emissions. Accessed January 19, 2008.] 2007 saw the group play the entire Warped Tour. They are now set to play the whole Warped Tour 2008. [ [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=LCSB&s_site=lcsun-news&f_site=lcsun-news&f_sitename=Las+Cruces+Sun-News+%28NM%29&p_multi=LCSB&p_theme=gannett&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=11A57AA5C5BD48B8&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Alesana Calls the tour "Amazing"] . "Las Cruces Sun-News", July 11, 2007. Google News mirror. Accessed January 19, 2008.] In early 2008, "On Frail Wings of Vanity and Wax" charted on the Billboard Heatseekers chart, peaking at #44. [ [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:kjftxqrsldhe~T5 Billboard] , Allmusic.com] Alesana is done recording their new record titled, "Where Myth Fades To Legend. The album was released on June 3, 2008. Where Myth Fades To Legend is also the title of their headlining tour with Sky Eats Airplane, Our Last Night, Lovehatehero, and The Chariot. Shane Crump was recently revealed in the intro to Alesana's 4th video blog on purevolume to be a vocalist on the new album. Their new album, 'Where Myth Fades To Legend' was leaked on popular torrent sites on May 25, 2008 and released officially on June 3, 2008.

Alesana will head out this fall along with Escape the Fate and A Skylit Drive in support of Chiodos and Silverstein.

Alesana have also been named along with Nine Inch Nails, Alice in Chains and The Bloodhound Gang to tour Australia with the Soundwave '09 festival.

Members

;Current members
*Dennis Lee - Screaming vocals (2004-present)
*Shawn Milke - Vocals, Guitar, Piano (2004-present)
*Patrick "Peezee" Thompson - Lead guitar (2004-present)
*Adam "Huckleberry" Ferguson - Rhythm guitar, Vocals (2005-present)
*Jeremy Bryan - Drums (2005-present);Touring members
*Jake Campbell - Bass guitar (2008-present)

;Former members
*Shane Crump - Bass guitar, Backing Vocals (2007-2008)
*Steven Tomany - Bass (2004-2007) [ [http://www.alesanarock.com Band Website] List of Original Members]
*Will Anderson - Drums (2005)
*Daniel Magnuson - Drums (2004-2005)

;Other members
*Melissa Milke (Shawn Milke's sister) - Female vocals on "The Third Temptation of Paris" & "As You Wish" as well as some backing vocals on other songs.

Discography

Albums

*2006: "On Frail Wings of Vanity and Wax" (Tragic Hero Records)
*2007: "On Frail Wings of Vanity and Wax (Reissue)" (Fearless Records) U.S.
*2008: "Where Myth Fades To Legend" (Fearless Records) U.S. #96 [ [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:kjftxqrsldhe~T5 Billboard] , Allmusic]

EP

*2005: "Try This With Your Eyes Closed" (Tragic Hero Records)

Compilation Appearances

*Apology (Acoustic) - Punk Goes Acoustic 2
*Apology (Acoustic) - HiMyNameIsMark Podcast
*Apology - All the Tragedy Money Can Buy
*Beautiful in Blue - All the Tragedy Money Can Buy
*Goodbye, Goodnight For Good - All the Tragedy Money Can Buy
*Seduction - Warped Tour 2008 Tour Compilation

Unreleased 2003

* Cancer Or Car Accidents - Baltimore Sessions [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore_Sessions#The_Baltimore_Sessions]
* Days That End In Why - Baltimore Sessions

References

External links

* [http://www.alesanarock.com/ Official site]
* [http://www.myspace.com/alesana MySpace site]
* [http://www.punknews.org/bands/alesana Alesana at Punknews.org]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20040814201847/http://www.alesana.com/ Alesana's first website when the band was in Baltimore]
* [http://www.a-pathetic.net/zine/archives/550 Interview @ SHOUT! Music Webzine]
* [http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=C9885171590D49FA Watch Alesana Live Web DVD] - Live at the Chain Reaction 7/18/08 by PUNKVIDEOSROCK