All Time Low- New Pop Punk Princes
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The American pop punk band, All Time Low has been around for a couple of years. Compared to the work of other bands though, the All Time Low discography is considered a young and fresh entrant into the music scene. The group was formed in 2003 in Baltimore, Maryland by musicians barely out of their teens. Band members are in their early twenties.
Age however doesn’t seem to be an indication of how successful a group can become. Despite being young, the group is on the road to greater achievements. Current members include Rian Dawson on drums, Jack Bakarat on rhythm guitar and backup vocals, Zachary Merrick on bass guitar and Alexander Gaskarth on lead guitar and lead vocals.
Band Story
The members of All Time Low began playing together when they were only in the eighth grade. True to their genre, they started playing songs by the pioneers of pop punk, Blink 182. The group however that has exerted the most influence on them is New Found Glory. This established band has been so influential that the young band’s name is lifted from their song “Head On Collision.”
Today, the band is no longer just a cover band but is fast becoming pop punk’s newest star. For a new group, the All Time Low music merch is already quite good with three studio albums, eight singles and two extended plays. They are set to release a DVD soon.
Studio Albums Released
Just a year after being formed, the band signed with Emerald Moon Records. The results of that deal included their debut EP titled “The Three Words to Remember in Dealing with the End” and the debut All Time Low album “The Party Scene” which was released in July 2005.
The next year, however, the group signed on to Hopeless Records. This was before the band members even graduated from high school, which gives an idea of just how talented the new kids on the block were in terms of their music. The first result of this new record deal was the re-recording of songs from the debut album with the addition of 2 new materials for the EP release, the latter of which entered the Top Heatseekers and Independent Albums charts. One might say that this was the start of All Time Low’s ride to an all-time high in the business of music.
In 2007, the band released “So Wrong, It’s Right”. This was the album that paved the way for mainstream exposure, with the accolade of 2008 Band of the Year awarded by the Alternative Press Magazine to prove it.
To hammer the point of their rise to fame, the band teamed up with Blink 182′s Mark Hoppus on its third All Time Low album, “Nothing Personal” which was released in July 2009 still under the Hopeless Records label and available in both CD and digital download formats. In more recent news, the band’s upcoming fourth album will be released through Interscope Records.
It’s unusual that the band should be called All Time Low. Clearly they are cruising on an all time high. Fans and critics alike are eagerly waiting for fresh work from this promising pop punk group.
