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Akissforjersey

Akissforjersey
Origin Pilot Mountain, North Carolina
Genres Christian hardcore, post-hardcore, screamo
Years active 2004–09, 2009-present
Labels Tragic Hero, inVogue
Website facebook.com/akissforjersey
Members Zach Dawson
Joey Allen
Tyler Lucas
Bob Gassett
Parker Williams
Past members Matthew Bean
Cory Wood

Akissforjersey is an American Christian hardcore band from Pilot Mountain, North Carolina, the band started making music in July 2004. Current members include Zach Dawson, Joey Allen, Tyler Lucas, Bob Gassett, and Parker Williams, with past members including Matthew Bean and Cory Wood. The band released their debut studio album Keep Your Head Above the Water in 2006 through Tragic Hero Records. Their sophomore album Victims was released through Tragic Hero Records again in 2008. They signed to inVogue Records in 2014 and released their third album New Bodies on January 21, 2014. New Bodies was considered a breakthrough release upon the Billboard magazine charts, where it placed on the Heatseekers Albums.

Akissforjersey is a Christian hardcore band from Pilot Mountain, North Carolina. They started, as a group, in July 2004. Their members currently are vocalist, Zach Dawson, drummer, Joey Allen, former bassist and current guitarist, Tyler Lucas, another guitarist, Bob Gassett, and current bassist, Parker Williams, with their former members guitarist, Matthew Bean, and guitarist, Cory Wood, who both left between 2008 and 2014. In early 2009, the band broke up, but on December 24, 2009, they reformed.

The band commenced as a musical entity in 2004, with their first release, Keep Your Head Above the Water, a studio album, that was released by Tragic Hero Records on August 22, 2006. Their subsequent album, Victims, was released on May 6, 2008 by Tragic Hero Records. They signed to inVogue Records, where they released a studio album, New Bodies, on January 21, 2014. The album was their breakthrough release upon the Billboard magazine charts, where it placed on the Heatseekers Albums, at a peak position of 26.

The band has played at the debut Scream the Prayer Tour, along with well-known acts, Impending Doom, Sleeping Giant, Soul Embraced, Haste the Day, Before Their Eyes, and War of Ages.


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