You And What Army

You And What Army
from left to right: Zak Hammond, David Brown, Jamie Hancox, Kieran Smith
Background information
Origin	Telford, England, UK
Genres	Alternative metal, nu metal, rap metal, electronic rock, Electronicore, industrial metal, drum and bass, electronica
Years active	2007–2014 (on hiatus)
Labels	Unsigned
Members	David Brown Kieran Charles Smith Jamie Hancox Zak Hammond
Past members	Joseph Allen Darren Smith Tom Bridgwater Mark Yardley Ben Roberts Eamon Shortt (on LaserTech ((whatever dat is)))

You and What Army is a four-piece band from Telford, Shropshire, United Kingdom, consisting of David Brown, Kieran Smith, Jamie Hancox and Zak Hammond. They combine several different musical styles into their sound and are mainly influenced by heavy metal and electronic music.

In 2010, You And What Army played at Download Festival,T in the park,Sonisphere,Underage Festival and Hevy Music Festival and toured with Kids in Glass Houses and Boys Like Girls. You and What Army has also performed with Hadouken!, Chase and Status, Tempah T, My Passion, Goldie Lookin Chain, Dave McPherson and Silent Descent.

Brown runs the YouTube channel 'boyinaband' where he makes music tutorials, skits and videos involving the band. He has also collaborated with other YouTube users. He also has a career as a producer, specializing in electronic and metal music.

The guitarist/vocalist Smith previously performed under the alias 12 Story Fall as a singer/songwriter. He recently changed his performance name to 'Kieran Smith' and released an acoustic album 'Rooted'.

They are also the winners of the Red Bull Bedroom Jam 2010.

The band was formed in 2007 and gigged extensively between September and December 2008, playing in bars, clubs and other small venues. They were voted second in Rocksound magazine's readers; poll for Best Live Unsigned Band. In January 2009, the band began recording their first EP, Soundtrack to the Apocalypse in Brown's home studio. The EP was produced, mixed and mastered by Brown and was released on 5 June 2009. With the EP, the band gigged throughout the summer and supported Hadouken in Wolverhampton during Hadouken's UK September/October tour.