| Like A Storm | |
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| Origin | Auckland, New Zealand |
| Genres | Hard rock, alternative metal, post-grunge |
| Years active | 2005–present |
| Labels | Prospect Park |
| Website | likeastorm.com |
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| Chris Brooks Matt Brooks Kent Brooks Thomas Karanasos |
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| Notable instruments | |
| didgeridoo PRS Mushok Baritone Fender Jaguar Baritone |
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Like A Storm is a hard rock band from Auckland, New Zealand. Formed by brothers Chris, Matt & Kent Brooks, Like A Storm has toured the U.S. extensively with Shinedown, Creed, Puddle of Mudd, Staind, Alter Bridge, Drowning Pool, Helmet, Skillet, Hoobastank and many others, as well as playing the Rock on The Range and Rocklahoma festivals. Overwhelming fan response to the band's live show saw their first album, The End of the Beginning, enter Billboard's New Artist Charts at #61 from tour sales alone. The album is available on iTunes. Like A Storm's first single, "Chemical Infatuation", reached #43 in the U.S Active Rock Top 100.
In early 2011, Like A Storm completed 2 US tours with Alter Bridge - the first in December/January, and the second in April/May. After spending the earlier part of 2011 writing in the studio for their second record, the band took a break in July and August to play main stage slots at 3 summer festivals - Boonstock in Gibbons, Alberta, Canada; "Pain in the Grass" for KISW Seattle; and the PDX "RockFest" in Portland.
Also in early 2011, Like A Storm recorded an acoustic EP, featuring acoustic and piano driven interpretations of some of their most popular songs. Like A Storm Unplugged, produced and mixed by the Brooks brothers, showcases the band playing a wider range of instruments - including didgeridoo, piano, church organ and djembe. In the words of singer/guitarist Matt Brooks, "we all grew up playing any instrument we could get our hands on, and it's an amazing feeling to be able to explore these different musical ideas within the music of Like A Storm. We see it more as re-building the soundscape with different instruments and textures than stripping the songs down."
As of November 2011, Like A Storm have begun tracking guitars, bass and vocals for their second record. Lead singer Chris Brooks describes the new music's heavier direction, "Our sound really evolved out on the road. We kept the heavy riffs and melodies, but added this new live aggression. After two years of playing every night, we really wanted to capture the energy of our live show in the studio. The bands we toured with played like their lives depended on it, and that really inspired us."
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Like A Storm began in 2005 when brothers Chris, Kent and Matt Brooks first played together in their native New Zealand. They decided to move to North America to pursue a career in music. According to lead singer Chris, "New Zealand is such an amazing place to grow up, so beautiful and isolated. But the first time we jammed together, we had this amazing chemistry, and we knew we had to take our sound to North America. We left our family and friends and set up in Canada. There are so many different experiences from that time, and the songs on the record are about them."[1] The band settled in Vancouver and quickly attracted attention. After their first show, Kai Marcus from Methods of Mayhem and Econoline Crush befriended them and introduced them to producer Mike Plotnikoff. In 2006, Like A Storm began working on the record, and officially began recording with Plotnikoff and producer/composer Igor Khoroshev in 2007 in Los Angeles, California. After sixteen months of writing and recording, The End of the Beginning was complete.
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