Ignite (band)

Ignite (English: ignite / catch fire ) is a melodic hardcore band from Orange County, California.

Band History

Brett Rasmussen and Joe D. Foster founded in 1992, the project, which Joe Nelson and Gavin Oglesby joined in 1993. Gavin finally brought Casey Jones as the drummer in the band. First band name was Fuse, other names were Anger slave and Shade.

After the first demo tape with the songs Ash Return, Distance, Slow, Should have known and Far Away Joe Nelson hired temporarily as a roadie for Quicksand. Lost & Found Records offered Ignite on to release an LP in Europe and promised them a tour with Sick of It All and Slapshot in the summer of 1994. Ignite persuaded Joe to look at the recording of the album Scarred for Life to sing, but they lacked for the tour a singers. After several months of searching proved successful with the Hungarian Zoltan " Zoli " Téglás.

After the big European tour with Slapshot took Ignite the beginning of 1995 the EP In my time in the cast Téglás / Rasmussen / Foster / Jones. Thus, the problems started with Lost & Found, since Ignite left behind by the master tapes in Germany. Ignite now had with Conversion Records in America, a new label, which was also represented in Europe with headquarters in Berlin. After asking if Lost & Found issued the master tapes for distribution in the States, these reacted angrily and threatened to boycott Conversion, which would have meant the end in Europe. So Ignite gave the rights to the LP Family at Lost & Found, which sold the album today to have ever paid for without Ignite.

In America, then released the LP- CD Call on My Brothers, which consisted of the material available in Europe In My Time and Family plus bonus tracks. Ignite changed after the hardcore label Revelation and published in the summer of 1996 the EP Past our Means. This was followed by a tour of Japan and a festival tour in Europe with Millencolin and Madball. Ignite have been awarded by the magazine VISIONS as third best live band of the year 1996.

In April 1997, during the "Wonderland Festival tour ," drummer Casey Jones the band returned unexpectedly back. With Scott Golley was found replacement and toured through Europe in summer 1997. Then Craig Anderson came as drummer for the band.

The band members now began each side projects and incidentally was searching for a new label. Founding member Joe D. Foster got out and was replaced by Brian Balchack. After several tours Ignite began the recordings for A Place Called Home, which appeared at TVT Records in America 2000. Since DVT is not represented in Europe, the album was released there in GUN / Supersonic. During the subsequent tours you changed the guitarist and eventually found his way back to Brian Balchack. A Place Called Home proved to be a success and Ignite were given a high profile. So you had the honor to be at the 2003 Persistence Tour this. In spring 2006, a live DVD and album Our Darkest Days released. On the subsequent tour Ignite were supported by the guitarist Nik Hill and Kevin Kilkenny, which is another of the countless Lineupänderungen meant.

Parallel to Ignite realized Zoltan " Zoli " Téglás and the other band members, the projects Zoli band (later California United). Under this name they recorded songs that did not fit the Ignite- style and more are in the rock than in the hardcore area. First, some fans were surprised at the expected Ignite a concert, but established by Zoli band and California United within a short time their own constituencies. Among the most famous songs include Hold Me, I Lost You Tonight and Wash Away.

The side projects, however, were set on the basis of lack of time. So currently, there is a studio album by Zoli band, a live album and a 3- song demo of California United.

Since 2008, discussions tension the political leanings of singer Zoli Teglas. Debt was a guest post on a song by the Hungarian band Hungarica, which are known in their home for an extreme nationalist and anti -Semitic attitude. In an interview during the Zoli Band tour in 2010, Teglas commented stating how this song came and distanced himself from any nationalist sentiments.

Style

The band's style is based on the typical melodic so-called West Coast hardcore punk (see also Melodic Hardcore). The band is one of the most important representatives of this style in modern times.

Green light with the band will be described as follows:

" Brisk, highly melodic Orange County hardcore in the tradition of Uniform Choice, respectively. Unity, Insted, 7 Seconds, ... "

Trivia

The band members are avowed supporters of marine conservation organization Sea Shepherd. So they put their booklets with remittance slip of the organization, using which one can support the organization directly.

Discography

Studio albums

Live albums

• 2007: Our Darkest Days - Limited Tour Edition - Century Media Records

Videography

• 2012: Our Darkest Days Live (DVD) - Century Media Records
• 2012: Our Darkest Days Live - Limited Edition ( DVD CD) - Century Media Records