Band:

Bleed The Dream

BiografieBleed The Dream is going for broke. In only its first two years of existence, the Southern California rock band produced an EP (Awake), booked its own national tour, shang-hai´d its way aboard the Vans Warped Tour ´03, were invited back for Warped Tour ´04, earned an opening slot on a tour with Pennywise, played a week of shows with Yellowcard in February 2004 and are now scheduled to head out on the Taste Of Chaos tour with The Used, My Chemical Romance, Killswitch Engage, Opiate For The Masses, Senses Fail, A Static Lullaby, Saosin, Underoath and Nicky P. They are also eagerly awaiting the release of their first full-length album Built By Blood on WARCON Enterprises LLC on April 26, 2005.


"Bleed The Dream´s about music, first," says Dave Aguilera. "It´s been about the songs from the very get-go. This is a real band, going out on the road, making it, doing everything on our own. What we´ve been able to do on our own so far without the help of a major label is cool."


"We do things with a work-horse mentality," says Brandon Thomas, who grew up with Keith Thompson in Baltimore. "We´re not waiting for hand-outs."


Bleed The Dream was an accident waiting to happen. They´d all been in other bands and what started off as a side project quickly evolved into a powerful reality.


Effortlessly mixing and matching musical styles, Bleed The Dream navigates the waters of rock and ends up wearing its heart on its sleeve.


In regard to Bleed The Dream´s music: "It´s 50 percent aggressive, 50 percent passive," says Brandon. "Some of it´s really kind of wide open for whoever to dig a fork into the heart of the song and take a bite of whatever they want, and some of it´s kind of like, ´Fuck you, here´s what it is.´ "


"I think we´re kind of experimental, with traditional songwriting too," says Keith. "Sometimes kind of dark, but sometimes really upbeat and light."


The varied descriptions are not surprising, with each member bringing something different to the table. Brandon´s influences include Faith No More, the Deftones, and Dave Gahan, as well as "dirty white trash metal." Scott tunes into Bad Brains, British punk, and jazz, while Dave gets his kicks from Radiohead, Fugazi and the Cure. For Keith, it´s all about Bjork, Jeff Buckley and Glassjaw.


"This is a band where each and every one of us contributes in equal parts," says Dave. "We do it because it´s fun, it´s what we like to do, for the love of music. The fact that people like the music is the ultimate compliment because we write this stuff for us. Truly, it´s for us. The fact that we´ve gone this far is so awesome."


"I´ve never seen so much luck with one band," says Scott. "We were in New York for about five hours and we said, ´We´re gonna play CBGBs.´ I´ve never even been there before in my life. And sure enough, we ended up playing CBGBs. We didn´t have any of our equipment. We were just hanging out drinking. But we did, we went up and played two songs. It was surreal."


"You can call it luck, call it whatever you want, but there´s something to be said for making your luck happen," says Dave. "It´s been that attitude of not giving up. It´s determination. We were not gonna take no for an answer."


If timing is everything, then the time is right for Bleed The Dream. The band´s balls-to-the-wall attitude and DIY spirit is the perfect antidote to a music industry that´s oversaturated with pre-fab shite. "All the kids are coming back to the garage shit, where it´s real," says Brandon. They just want something that´s honest."


The latest developments in the Bleed The Dream story are perhaps the most significant to date. While on tour with Matchbook Romance, Scott was stricken with leukemia. In and out of the hospital for months, he was able to complete the drum tracks for Built By Blood. "We work fast," says Dave. "We finished the first EP in five days, and the second in three, but for the full-length we spent a bit more time. It took us at least 20 days to finish this album, and we would have done more, but Scott gave his best effort and we didn´t want to make him do any more. This album is just a roller coaster ride. I think it will surprise people." Signing to WARCON Enterprises LLC is definitely a huge advantage for the band. The Taste Of Chaos tour is just the tip of the iceberg, as they are also preparing to hit the road for the upcoming WARCON and Vans Warped Tours.


With nothing to lose and an endless drive to succeed, Bleed The Dream has truly become a band to watch. "We´re all kind of last chance kids," says Brandon. "So this is the dream and we´re bleeding it for all it´s worth."

Quelle: http://www.bleedthedream.com/Discografie2006 Built By Blood
2007 Killer Inside
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Reviews

Built By Blood - Cover
Newcomer haben es eigentlich immer schwer im Musikzirkus, egal welcher Sparte sie angehören.
Killer Inside - Cover
Mit Ausnahme von BILLY TALENT kommt mir Emo normalerweise nicht ins Haus.