The Amity Affliction is an Australian metalcore band from Gympie, Queensland, Australia, formed in 2003. The band's current list consists of Ahren Stringer (clean vocals, keyboards, bass), Joel Birch (unscaled vocals )), and Dan Brown (guitar). The Amity Affliction has released five studio albums including Severed Ties (2008), Youngbloods (2010) which debuted at number 6 on ARIA Charts, Chasing Ghosts (2012) which debuted at number 1 on the ARIA charts, Let The Ocean Take Me (2014) and This Could Be Heartbreak (2016), both also started debuted at number 1. On November 13, 2015, The Amity Affliction also released a single titled " Shine On ". They are known for their very personal songs, often dealing with depression, anxiety, substance abuse, and suicide, much of the lyrics coming from past struggles of vocalist Joel Birch. Until April 2018, the band has sold more than 140,000 recordings.
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History
Establishment and initial release (2003- 08)
Suffering Amity was formed in Gympie, a town in South East Queensland in Australia by friends of Ahren Stringer and Troy Brady in their final year of high school. The band was named for a close friend of the band, who died in a car accident at the age of 17. 'Amity' called friendship and 'Suffering' was to show the struggles associated with causing death to band members. While still in high school, the band spent a lot of time playing at school concerts and lunch breaks.
In 2004, Amity Affliction released three self-titled demo songs produced by Scott Mullane on Aisle 6 Recording. At that time there were four members with former members of Garth Buchanan on bass and Lachlan Faulkner on Drums. In late 2004, vocalist Joel Birch joined the band. After that, mid 2005, Amity Affliction released their self-titled EP debut. After the release of EP they toured the East Coast on their 2005 East Coast Tour.
In 2007, there was a marching change when Lachlan Faulkner quit and Garth Buchanan went to join Behind Crimson Eyes. Lachlan Faulkner later joined Saint Lucia. They then hired drummer, Troels Thomasson, Chris Burt on Guitar (originally on Bass), Ahren Stringer now on bass and keyboardist addition, Trad Nathan. The Amity Affliction released five new EP songs titled High Hopes named for the home where The Amityville Horror occurred. The first emphasis comes in the CD/DVD package. The DVD featured a band that discussed the EP recording, it also featured bands on the street and performing.
Disconnected Relations (2008-2010)
The band released their debut studio album in 2008, titled Severed Ties . The album spent a week on the Australian Album Chart at number 26.
This is the first album featuring Chris Burt's brother, Ryan Burt on drums. The album features guest vocals from I Killed the Prom Queen/Confession, Matthew Wright from The Getaway Plan, JJ Peters of I Killing Prom Queen/Deez Nuts/Grips 'N' Tonic, Helmet Roberts and Lochlan Watt (Nuclear Summer). The music video was released for the song Fruity Lexia. Amity Affliction plays many events in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth.
During May 2009, they supported The Getaway Plan along with Perth band Elora Danan, on the National Final Tour of the Getaway Plan.
Amity Affliction toured headlining throughout Australia in 2009. They also played the 2009 Stairway to Hell Tour across Australia with support from UK band We Are the Ocean and Melbourne band Hopeless, with local support bands for each city. Amity Affliction then went to England for a full tour supporting We Are the Ocean with the Red and All Forgotten Flood.
Youngbloods and Glory Days (2010-11)
At the end of 2009 The Amity Affliction parted ways with guitarist Christopher Burt. The decisions are mutually beneficial and have been planned for some time. His last performance was in London in December 2009. While all members were still good friends with Chris, the decision was made in the best interests of the band. Chris now plays guitar and sings in the Brisbane-based SENSaii band. After that, Clint Ellis (Splattering) from The Getaway Plan replaced him.
In April 2010 the band flew to New York to record their second full record with Producer Machine. On May 10, the band uploaded new songs from this album, "I Hate Hartley" on their MySpace and the song was then available for free download.
On a date that was pushed-forward on June 18th as announced on their website (originally June 25, 2010) the band released their second studio album Youngbloods in Boomtown and Shock Records. The album was a huge success for the band, received critical acclaim and debuted at number 6 on the ARIA charts. Amity Affliction went on tour in July to support the release of their second album. Joining them is a Signal of Suffering, fellow Australians Recognition and the Red Flood Scottish band. They toured Western Australia a few weeks later, joining the local band Break Even.
In October the band announced they would release Glory Days , which would be a compilation of the old demo and the first two EPs as well as the two B-sides of Youngbloods . Glory Days was released on November 26th. They then announced a UK tour with Asking Alexandria and another with old friends Deez Nuts, Endwell and Louie Knuxx.
In the fall of 2010 The Amity Affliction conducted their first US interview with the alternative edition magazine Substream Music Press for the 22nd edition, right after signing to The Artery Foundation. The band knew that they would perform at the next Soundwave festival during the actual interview for the article.
On May 30, 2011, the band released their second music video from Youngbloods ; following the music video for "I Hate Hartley", the new music video for the song "Youngbloods" was released exclusively on Guvera.com.
At the end of 2011 the band embarked on their national tour, Fuck the Reaper , with supporters Asking Alexandria, Skyway and local bands in every city.
Pursuing the Ghost (2012-13)
During the September 17, 2011 show in Townsville, Queensland, Vocalist Joel Birch announced that they plan to go to America in early 2012 to record their third album.
Then again on September 22, 2011 Ahren stated in an interview with Alt Music Hub that the band plans to start recording their new album in March/April 2012.
On February 8, 2012 it was announced that The Amity Affliction has been signed to Roadrunner Records for their upcoming album and future.
On May 7, 2012, the band headed to Orlando, Florida to begin recording their third album with producer Michael Baskette.
On June 7th, 2012 it was announced that the band's 3rd album will be titled Chasing Ghosts and is planned to be released on September 7, 2012 in Australia, September 17 for UK, and September 18 for US.
It was revealed in a news article and magazine cover posted on 13/14 August that guitarist Imran Siddiqi will no longer be part of the band. Furthermore, Siddiqi then did not appear in the video clip for the single "Chasing Ghosts" which was released on August 15th. Guitarist filling plays tour album and US tour in late 2012.
After the release of Chasing Ghosts , the band held an Australian national tour in September-October promoting their new album with supporters of The Ghost Inside, Architects and Buried In Verona. Amity appeared on Soundwave in 2013 in February-March and also Warped Tour Australia at the end of the year.
It was announced by Joel Birch on March 24, 2013 that Dan Brown is a new guitarist, although he did not appear in the music video "Open Letter".
In 2013, Amity Affliction is part of the Warped Tour in the United States with Chad Hasty (Glass Cloud) on drums and percussion because Ryan Burt damaged his corneas for a set in Portland, Oregon. Later on tour vocalist Joel Birch was also hospitalized for an unspecified illness, forcing the band to cancel their set in Pittsburgh. Fortunately the band's next show in Cleveland was played because of the help of Sam Carter (Architect), Jason Aalon Butler (Letlive.) And Chris Roetter (Like Moths To Flames) shared the stage as a vocal substitute for Joel. All subsequent performances are played with Joel back on vocals after his recovery.
Let Ocean Take Me (2014 - 15)
In late 2013 the band went on to play "Brothers In Arms" tours across Europe and Australia supporting Landscapes and In Hearts Wake for Europe and Chelsea Grin, Stick To Your Guns and In Hearts Wake for the Australian segment. In late 2013, the band released a demo of the song "Cave In". The single is speculating to be featured on the upcoming album. However, this proved wrong when the band announced the list of songs for their upcoming fourth studio album. The first single from the upcoming bands album titled "Pittsburgh" was released on April 14th. The second single "Do not Lean On Me" was released on May 15th. The album itself titled "Let i Ocean Take Me" was released June 6 in Australia, June 9 in the UK, and June 10 in the US debuted at No. 1 on the Australian ARIA album chart, becoming the second consecutive serial number No. 1.
On October 11, main guitarist Troy Brady announced that he had decided to leave the band, making Ahren Stringer the only original member left in the band.
On May 18, 2015, The Amity Affliction released a trailer for their upcoming documentary titled Seems Like Forever on YouTube. The video description contains links to order the previous movie, released on July 10, 2015 as a stand-alone DVD or deluxe two-disc CD edition. Let Ocean Take Me , including two unreleased tracks, "Skeletons" ( displayed in the trailer) and "Farewell".
The band plays a complete Vans Warped Tour, and in October-November 2015 performs in the US with "Seems Like Forever U.S. Tour" with Chelsea Grin, Secret, Cruel Hands, and Plots at you. In mid-November, the new single, non-album "Shine On" aired on radio and released digitally without prior announcement. It reached the top 5 on the Australian iTunes chart and debuted at No. 1. 19 on the ARIA single chart, the highest band. The band also co-headlined the "Big Ass Tour" with A Day To Remember, Motionless In White and Hands Like Houses in Australia and New Zealand in December 2015.
This Can Be a Broken Heart ( 2016-shows)
On May 18th, The Amity Affliction posted a video to their Facebook page announcing their fifth studio album, This Could Be Heartbreak . It was also announced that the album will be released on August 12 and the band also released the music video for the first single, "I Bring the Weather with Me". The song also features clean vocals from Joel Birch. Along with this new album, The Amity Affliction also announced a 1500 person (per city) tour in Australia called I Bring the Weather with Me Tour at The Tivoli in Brisbane on August 19, the Metro Theater in Sydney on August 26 and 170 Russell at Melbourne on 31 August. Support them on this tour is Trophy Eyes. They will also tour the United States during September and October and then Europe in December for the record. On July 10th the band released their second single for the album, the title song "This Could Be Heartbreak" along with a music video. On August 9, the band released a lyric video for the song "All Fucked Up" on YouTube. The band also appeared in the compilation Punk Fearless Goes Pop Vol. 7, covering the hit song The Weeknd "Can not Feel My Face". A music video for its cover was released on June 22, 2017. Amity Affliction officially announced that Ryan Burt departed from the band due to a mental health problem on February 5, 2018.
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Controversy
Shortly after the announcement of Chasing Ghosts album, the cover of the album was revealed. The cover depicts a man hanging on a tree that allegedly committed suicide. The graphic nature of this image causes a lot of controversy amongst social media and fans. The situation is very ironic because the main message behind this album is anti-suicide and urges fans who feel like turning people close to them and seeking help rather than taking their own lives.
Minor controversy occurred during the 2013 Warped Tour with The Amity Affliction and Memphis May Fire, when in the middle of the set Joel Birch called Memphis Mayman's Frontman Fire, Matty Mullins, about the sexist comments made for the presence of women at the Curve. The frontman then went on with his rough words about racist ridicule made against the band drummer/percussion replacement for the tour, Chad Hasty.
band members
Timeline
Discography
Studio albums
- Disconnected (2008)
- Youngbloods (2010)
- Pursuing a Ghost (2012)
- Let Ocean Take Me (2014)
- It Can Be a Broken Heart (2016)
Further reading
Side project
- Vocalist Joel Birch also features a hardcore band called The Author.
- The bassist/netist Ahren Stringer and former keyboard player, Trad Nathan has an electro/techno side project called Lovecats.
He also has a hip hop group called Royal Family.
- Stringer appeared on single rogue singer "Youngbloods" Australia.
- The former member of Trad Nathan is now in a band called Swear Words.
- Former member Christopher Burt is now playing the guitar and singing in Brisbane Band called SENSaii.
- Ahren Stringer started knocking as part of the Royal Family with his girlfriend "Lady KC".
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