boysetsfire

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Newark, Delaware, United States (1994 – 2006)

Post-Hardcore band from Newark, Delaware, United States

The hardcore, then later post-hardcore, band boysetsfire was founded 1994 in Delaware/USA. One of the main reasons was ‘To shake things and change’, which basically meant to mosh like lunatics through the rehearsal room. But soon the wish for a change manifests in more and more politically inspired lyrics. Only about a month after their first rehearsal, they played their first gig for friends. This opened the doors for some local club gigs in Newark, and the first demo was recorded shortly after.

The band is not in for half done things, so a second demo is released, and a two week long tour booked. Before the first EP “This Crying this Screaming, my voice is born” in 1996, the name boysetsfire is already quite known in the Hardcore-Scene along the east coast of the United States. 1997 they signed a contract with Initial Records, and record their first full length album “The day the sun went out”. Underground Magazines celebrate the newcomer band and especially the vocalist Nathan Gray.

In 1999 the second full length album “After the Eulogy” is recorded, and boysetsfire go on Tour with Snapcase and also do the Vans Warped tour. Their old bassist is replaced by Rob Avery, who also does all the artwork for the new albums. After a short (and unpleasant) stop at Victory Records, the band changes to Wind Up, a sub-label of Sony. There “Tomorrow come today” is released in 2003.

1	Requiem full track	535
2	Rookie	464
3	Empire full track	411
4	Walk Astray full track	368
5	The Misery Index full track	326
6	My Life in the Knife Trade	313
7	Falling Out Theme full track	311
8	With Cold Eyes full track	310
9	Deja Coup full track	306
10	After the Eulogy	290
11	High Wire Escape Artist	265
12	Social Register Fanclub full track	263
13	Still Waiting for the Punchline	243
14	Nostalgic For Guillotines full track	230
15	Handful of Redemption	220

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nancythetomato wrote:
last month

LOL @ "-Core genres."

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aSharedHistory wrote:
last month

of course, because fans of boysetsfire are obviously into deathcore.

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SchWarG wrote:
last month

http://www.last.fm/group/True+Fans+of+the+Core If you love -Core genres, join this group!!! For those who agree real metal is lame and Metal/Death-core are superior forms of music.

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aSharedHistory wrote:
last month

yep. at least most of them, members of US communist party, as well as about a hundred other left wing organisations.

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RadioSolo wrote:
last month

Just a neutral question ...

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RadioSolo wrote:
last month

Are the members of boysetsfire communists?

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DerSaartan wrote:
last month

Wow, I didn't know that they recorded their version of the Dead Kennedys' song "holiday in cambodia", great!

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whargoul7 wrote:
last month

..... still waiting for.... THE COMEBACK TOUR!

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Crovi wrote:
last month

Saw them in Vienna back when they did their farewell-tour. Best show of my life.. Can't wait for the DVD too! :)

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Sacrefice wrote:
last month

i hope the dvd is coming out soon, i saw them twice and they are awesome.

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Siberiandreamer wrote:
last month

The DVD is gonna be amazing. Oh, Rise Against are melodic hardcore.

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gggravy wrote:
July 2008

Shit why did they brake up?? they rock!!

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aSharedHistory wrote:
July 2008

someone tell me when the dvd comes out. i wants.

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eimer wrote:
July 2008

want this damn dvd!

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xsuserix wrote:
July 2008

HI

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oberbossaexel wrote:
July 2008

september... according to a myspace bulleting from josh ;-)

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freeze2k6 wrote:
July 2008

the dvd's from the last tour seem never to come out :/ would be nice to see these last shows again, last hope is a reuinion one day, alot of oldshool hardcore bands did it last year and this year like gorilla bisquits, slapshot, biohazard...

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aSharedHistory wrote:
July 2008

yeh the similiar artists on last.fm are based on what people who listen to this artist, also listen to most often. it's not a measure of similarity of sound. so it's pretty annoying at times. love all the bsf EPs at the moment. particularly in chrysalis. the splits are pretty godly tho. coalesce and snapcase.

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MACHINE_FPV wrote:
July 2008

ok ok u win. XD, although another argument which i think that i should win is that i dont no how the hell from autumn to ashes is commpared to boysetfires, it really suprises me XD

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rise_again wrote:
July 2008

I love the split with coalesce =)

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