Pin-Up Went Down

Pin-Up Went Down
Also known as	Esthete Piggie (2006)
Origin	Rouen, France
Genres	Avant-garde metal, death metal, progressive metal, extreme metal
Years active	2006–present
Labels	Ascendance Records
Associated acts	Carnival in Coal, Wormfood, öOoOoOoOoOo, Void Paradigm
Website	http://pinupwentdown.fr/
Members	Alexis Damien Nicolas Damien
Past members	Asphodel

Pin-Up Went Down is a French experimental band. Although their music is mostly referred to as avant-garde metal, they describe themselves as "an experimental band blending art rock, metal, avant-garde, and pop. Pin-Up Went Down was formed as a one-man project by Alexis Damien in Rouen in 2006, who then added more members.

Pin-Up Went Down was formed in 2006, initially as a one-man project by former Carnival in Coal and Wormfood member Alexis Damien and bearing the name Esthete Piggie. Damien was later joined by singer and photographer Aurélie "Asphodel" Raidron, who had also sung for other projects such as gothic metal band Penumbra, Howdy Effect and Nowonmai, and the band changed its name to the current one later on.

On 28 March 2008 the duo released their first studio album, 2 Unlimited, through Ascendance Records. The album's fusion of different musical genres such as power pop, progressive metal, death metal, funk, symphonic metal and gospel music was well received by the critics, and two years later, on 28 June 2010, their second album, 342, came out also through Ascendance, further developing their unusual musical style and also being well received. In the same year, Pin-Up Went Down was joined by Alexis' brother Nicolas Damien, becoming a trio.

In 2012 the band self-released through their Bandcamp page the EP B-Sides, containing five new tracks.

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