Slade�Groth
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13-Jan-2010 00:42:50
Last edited on 27-Jun-2010 22:14:16 by Slade�Groth
On June 25, 2007, the previous arrangement of Asking Alexandria released a full length album entitled The Irony of Your Perfection through Hangmans Joke Recordings. Following the release was a nine-month United Kingdom tour, as well as shows in Germany, Holland, France and Sweden. Bruce has in an interview at later date that the band known as Asking Alexandria from Dubai only had the name for about a month before breaking up, hence the band never went on this tour. Although they would have, the band also went on an different tour later that year, with Alesana. Asking Alexandria (2008-2010) In 2008, Bruce moved back to England, leaving behind his former band and its members. However, Bruce had no plans on putting his musical career on hold and not long after the move he started fresh with new members, though deciding to carry on the name Asking Alexandria. Bruce has stated on the bands *******-blog that he was the inventor of the name, that he still liked it and the meaning/reason behind the name still remained, and therefore decided to continue it in the new project. He also made an emphasised statement in the same blog post that the current Asking Alexandria is not the same band that wrote The Irony of Your Perfection, in style nor members, hence they are two different bands, despite their links. The same statement has been emphasised in interviews and is known to still be a confusion to many fans. Asking Alexandria has since their formation in 2008 had a couple of member changes, including going from a six-piece to a five-piece, with the departure of synthist Ryan Binns. The last known change was bassist Sam Bettley, who replaced Joe Lancaster in January 2009. Lancaster played his final show at Fibbers in their hometown York on January 4. The band left for the United States the day after the show to promote their music through shows, as well as to prepare for the recording of their debut album.
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