Fort Hope (band)

Fort Hope
Jon Gaskin of Fort Hope performing in Club 85, North Hertfordshire in 2013.
Background information
Origin	Hertfordshire, England
Genres	Alternative Rock, Post-Hardcore, Pop Rock
Years active	2013–present
Labels	LAB Records, Virgin/EMI
Associated acts	My Passion
Members	Jon Gaskin Jamie Nicholls Simon Rowlands

Fort Hope are a British rock band formed in 2013 after the disbandment of electronic rock band My Passion in 2012. The band has released three EPs and released their debut mini-album in May of 2014, which peaked at 8 on the UK top Rock and Metal albums.

The band consists of four former members of the electronic rock band My Passion, the line-up consisting of Jon Gaskin, Simon Rowlands and Jamie Nicholls, who all agreed to stay together and form a new band while Laurence Rene, the former singer of My Passion, did not. The band was officially announced on 13 January 2013 along with the release of their first song titled 'Control'. The song was aired on BBC Radio a month later. In April the band embarked on their first ever tour supporting Fearless Vampire Killers throughout April in the UK.

The first album release by the band was in the same year when they released their debut EP titled 'The Future's In Our Hearts' and was free to download after it was streamed online in June, also officially releasing the song 'Control' as the EPs official single, of which they also released their first music video for. In November they released their second EP titled 'Choices'.

In 2014 they embarked on a tour in the UK along with Max Raptor in January 2014 across the UK, making it their first tour they've embarked on as a headliner and where also announced to be part of the LAB Records roster and would be releasing their debut mini album titled 'Courage' on 11 May. To promote the release the band released an official music video for the song 'The Rapture'. In July the band released their music video for the song 'New Life' and a month later the band performed at Sonisphere Festival. The band are supported rock band Mallory Knox in the UK throughout November along with Frank Iero and Moose Blood.