The Word Alive
| The Word Alive | |
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TWA performing live.
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Phoenix, Arizona, United States |
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| Years active | 2008–present |
| Labels | Fearless |
| Website | www.wearethewordalive.com |
| Members | Tony Pizzuti Tyler "Telle" Smith Zack Hansen Daniel Shapiro |
| Past members | Nick Urlacher Tony Aguilera Craig Mabbitt Dusty Riach Justin Salinas Luke Holland |
The Word Alive is an American metalcore band from Phoenix, Arizona, United States. Formed in 2008, the band is signed to Fearless Records. Their 2009 label debut, Empire reached No. 15 on the Top Heatseekers, meeting a great amount of positive acclaim upon its release in 2009. The following year, the group recorded and released their debut full-length album, Deceiver on August 31, 2010, which reached No. 97 on the Billboard 200 and 15 on Independent Albums.
The Word Alive was founded in 2008 by Craig Mabbitt (lead vocals) with Zack Hansen (guitars) and Tony Pizzuti (guitars) who were former members of the bands Calling of Syrens and Clouds Take Shape. As a side-project of Mabbitt during his part in Escape the Fate, the remaining required members he recruited to start The Word Alive were chosen to be Nick Urlacher (bass), Dusty Riach (keyboard) and Tony Aguilera (drums). The group recorded songs with the intention of releasing them as a self-titled EP, despite that it never surfaced. Later on, the band forced Mabbitt to leave due to their dissatisfaction with Escape the Fate's schedules, which required Mabbitt to work as a full-time member.
The day after, Mabbitt posted a blog to his fans via his Myspace account explaining that leaving the band was not his decision and that "[The Word Alive] pretty much replaced me while I was on the road due to the fact that they wanted to tour and couldn't until I was available, I started that band with those guys and I'm very hurt at how they replaced me while I was touring...it's bullshit." On December 3, the band officially announced that Tyler "Telle" Smith, who was formerly one of the vocalists for In Fear and Faith and bassist for Greeley Estates, joined The Word Alive as their new frontman.
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