The Last Sleepless City
| The Last Sleepless City | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Orlando, Florida, United States |
| Genres | Pop punk, synthpop |
| Years active | 2009-present |
| Website | http://www.thelastsleeplesscity.com |
| Members | Dylan James Benjamin Jimenez Jonathan Riley Mike Battista Josh Grimes |
| Past members | Allen Niles Mitchell Willard Jake Smith Tim Howell Collin East Tae Kim Vinnie DeRise Tyler Whiting Guy Petrie Evan Guffin Juan Rodriguez Cody Simmons Joel VanWie Julian Alexander Logan Garcia Thomas Filbert |
The Last Sleepless City is an American pop punk band from Orlando, Florida, formed in 2009 under the name Autumn Under Fire. The band went through a large number of members, the only permanent member being frontman Dylan James Wolstencroft, better known as simply Dylan James, who writes all the music and plays all the instruments on the studio records, while the other members back him up for live shows or music videos.
The band is mainly known for their cover of "Let It Go" by Idina Menzel, which has been viewed, as of January 2016, over 865,000 times on the band's YouTube channel, and over 1,663,000 times on the music promoting YouTube channel Ghost Killer Entertainment, making it the most viewed video on both channels.
The Last Sleepless City was formed in the summer of 2009 under the name Autumn Under Fire. Dylan James had just seen Breathe Carolina performing on the Vans Warped Tour and he wanted to start a band in their style. He recruited his friend Allen Niles to scream and play the synthesizer, while he would be the singer and guitarist. The band released their debut EP, called Time To Take Cover on November 6, 2009. After releasing the EP, Dylan decided to find a new guitarist for Autumn Under Fire, so that he wouldn't have to play the guitar while singing during live shows. After recruiting Mitchell Willard for guitar duties, the band released another EP, called Crash The Scene.
Mitchell Willard left the band in late 2010. Following his loss, Dylan and Allen started looking for people to replace him, and found Jake Smith, Tim Howell, Collin East and Tae Kim. With this six-member lineup, the band changed its name to The Last Sleepless City. As Autumn Under Fire songs had a very electronic sound, The Last Sleepless City would include more pop-punk aspects to their music. The band started working on a CD shortly after their name change, and played a live show for its release.
On November 15, 2011, with a new five-member lineup, the band released an acoustic EP called Words To Say. In 2012, all the band members, except Dylan, left the band.
On December 1, 2012, with a new lineup consisting of Dylan with new members Guy Petrie, Evan Guffin, Juan Rodriguez and Cody Simmons, The Last Sleepless City released an EP called Ignite the Stars. The EP includes the song "Dreamers Never Die", which is the most popular song on the band's YouTube channel. Dylan says it is his "most meaningful song". Fans of the band are also dubbed "Dreamers".
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