Parkway Drive
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| Parkway Drive | ||
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| Background information | ||
| Origin | Byron Bay, Australia | |
| Genre(s) | Death Metal, | |
| Years active | 2003 - Present | |
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Resist Records Epitaph Records |
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| Website | Official website | |
| Members | ||
| Winston McCall Ben Gordon Jeff Ling Luke Kilpatrick Jia O'Connor |
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| Former members | ||
| Brett Versteeg Shaun Cash Tom Jagels |
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Parkway Drive is a Death Metal band from Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia. As of 2005, Parkway Drive has released an EP, entitled Don't Close Your Eyes, two split CDs, and a full-length album, Killing with a Smile.
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[edit] History
Parkway Drive formed in the summer of 2003, and not long after, released a split EP with Adelaide's I Killed The Prom Queen. Later that year, the band also made an appearance on the Byron Bay compilation What We've Built, preceded by their debut EP, Don't Close Your Eyes.
In May 2005, the band headed to the USA to record their debut album with renowned metal producer, Killswitch Engage guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz (who is responsible for acclaimed releases from the likes of Unearth, Underoath, Killswitch Engage, and From Autumn To Ashes) at Zing Studio in Massachusetts.
Since the release of Don't Close Your Eyes, Parkway Drive have rapidly accumulated a loyal fanbase Australia-wide, courtesy of support slots for international acts including Hatebreed, In Flames, Chimaira, Shadows Fall, As I Lay Dying, Bleeding Through, Alexisonfire, and performances at Metal for the Brain 2005 and Australia's Hardcore 2005. They have built quite a strong reputation within the music industry, this led to their signing with Epitaph record labels.
In June 2006, the band was signed to Epitaph Records, which released Killing with a Smile in the United States during August of that year.
In late May 2006, original bass player Shaun Cash left the band for personal reasons with the full support of the rest of the members. The band soon found a replacement in their "merch guy" and long-time friend, Jia "Pipey" O'Connor. Now a permanent part of the line-up, he played with them for the rest of their first international tour in the UK and Europe, and later dates in the United States.
In October 2006, they were billed as the Australian contingent on the Rockstar Taste of Chaos tour, playing alongside Anti-Flag, Underoath, Thursday, Senses Fail, Taking Back Sunday and Saosin. As of November and December 2006 they are to appear at the Homebake Festival, Sound Fest, Resist Records's tour, Soundwave Festival and Gravity G Festival before returning to the UK and Europe.
Their latest tour was on the Soundwave Festival with bands including Hatebreed, Deftones and +44.
On 3rd March 2007, they played a new song, The Science Song, to a crowd at the venue Underworld in Camden, hinting that it may feature on a future album.
They have been added to the Warped Tour so far they are the only Australian band on the punk fest
[edit] Members
[edit] Current
- Winston McCall - vocals
- Ben Gordon - drums
- Jeff Ling - guitar
- Luke Kilpatrick - guitar
- Jia "Pipey" O'Connor - bass
[edit] Former
[edit] Discography
Albums
- 2005 - Killing with a Smile (Resist Records, Epitaph Records)
Other Releases
- 2003 - Split EP with I Killed The Prom Queen
- 2004 - Don't Close Your Eyes EP (Resist Records)
- 2006 - Don't Close Your Eyes (Reissue) EP (Resist Records)
- 2006 - Smoke 'Em If Ya Got 'Em [Music Video] (Resist Records)
