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Atreyu Interview – October 27, 2009

October 27, 2009 By Ben Minsky Leave a Comment

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Can you please introduce yourself and your role in Atreyu?

My name’s Travis Miguel and I play guitar

You have a new record coming out Congregation Of The Damned coming out on October 27th. Overall, how do you feel about this album? How is it different from your older material?

We’re really excited for C.O.D. to finally be released.  We worked extremely hard on it.  As far as differences from our older material, oddly enough C.O.D. has a lot of our older sound in it.

Is there any particular significance behind the album title?

What are some of the different things listeners can expect to hear from Congregation Of The Damned?  The album title loosely refers to the state the world is in.  World leaders, politicians, celebrities, the human race in general.  Things could be going a lot better.  Listeners can expect old, new, and everything in between.

Besides the new record, what else has Atreyu been up to since we last heard Lead Sails Paper Anchor in 2007?

We toured for over a year and a half on Lead Sails Paper Anchor.  After the cycle was done, we went straight into our practice space and started writing for Congregation of the Damned.  We played a few one-off shows here and there, but most of the time was spent working on the album.

You guys signed over to Hollywood Records in 2007 from Victory Records. How has that transition been for the band? Any particular reason for the switch?

We ran our course with Victory.  We fulfilled our contract and it was time to make the next logical step.  We’re the only aggressive band on Hollywood so we don’t have to compete with anyone for attention and they’ve given the band the right push.

Atreyu just started a tour with Escape The Fate and Hollywood Undead. How is that tour going so far? Do you have any touring plans for 2010?

The tour with Hollywood Undead has been great thus far.  We share some of the same fans and at the same time, there are a lot of Hollywood Undead fans who may not have heard of Atreyu and vice versa.  Hollywood Undead are good drinkin’ buddies too.

How did you get started playing music? What are some of your musical influences?

I basically picked up a guitar around 12 or 13 and didn’t stop playing.  As far as musical influences I love everything from Mogwai, Slayer, Sepultura, the Smiths, Outkast, Def Leppard, Alkaline Trio, Deftones, Hatebreed, Elvis Costello, The Police…..i could go on forever.

Since the your first record release of Suicide Notes and Butterfly Kisses in 2002, how do you think Atreyu has grown as a band in general-relationships, music, etc?

We’re definitely not the same 5 guys that we were in 2002.  We’re more grown up in general.  4 of us have mortgages and 2 of us are married.  Don’t get me wrong, we act like a bunch of prepubescent teens from time to time, but just in a more “grown up” way.

What are some of the goals you have for Atreyu in the future?

We never really expected to get as far as we have so far, so everything positive thing that has happened to us has been a blessing.  We’re just gonna keep on keepin’ on and hope for the best.

Any additional comments?

Thanks for listenin’.  Check out Congregation of the Damned and come on out to the shows…good times will be had.

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Taste Of Chaos Photos

April 26, 2008 By Tamlyn Koga 3 Comments

Photos from this year’s Rockstar Taste Of Chaos can now be seen in Driven Far Off’s photos section. These photos were taken at the San Jose State Event Center in San Jose, CA. on April 12, 2008. Bands on the Taste Of Chaos tour include Avenged Sevenfold, Bullet For My Valentine, blessthefall, Atreyu, and many more. Click here to check out photos from this year’s Taste Of Chaos and other photos taken by Driven Far Off.

Avenged Sevenfold

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Albums In Stores Tomorrow 4-22-08

April 21, 2008 By Bryce Jacobson Leave a Comment

Here are some albums hitting stores tomorrow. Let us know which ones you’ll be picking up.

Goldfinger – Hello Destiny
Story Of The Year – The Black Swan
Atreyu – Lead Sails Paper Anchor 2.0
Tokyo Police Club – Elephant Shell

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Hawthorne Heights Added To Projekt Revolution Tour

April 6, 2008 By Bryce Jacobson Leave a Comment

Hawthorne Heights has been added to the upcoming Projekt Revolution tour along side Linkin Park, Chris Cornell, The Bravery, and Ashes Divide. The band will be appearing on the Revolution Stage along with Atreyu, Armor For Sleep, 10 Years and Street Drum Corps.

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Taste Of Chaos Announces Dates For Canada

February 28, 2008 By Bryce Jacobson Leave a Comment

A few Canada dates have been added to this years Taste Of Chaos Tour. Check out the information below.

Four Canadian dates have been announced in April. The new dates are: Vancouver, BC (April 17 at PNE Forum), Calgary, AB (April 19 at Stampede Corral) Regina, SK (April 21 at Brandt Center) and Edmonton, AB (April 22 at Northlands Agricom). The multi-artist package in Canada will feature Avenged Sevenfold, Atreyu, Bullet For My Valentine plus very special guests.

Dates:

Thu 04/17/08 Vancouver, BC PNE Forum
Sat 04/19/08 Calgary, AB Stampede Corral
Mon 04/21/08 Regina, SK Brandt Center
Tue 04/22/08 Edmonton, AB Northlands Agricom

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Taste of Chaos 2008 Announces Lineup and Tour Dates

December 20, 2007 By Bryce Jacobson 22 Comments

The 2008 Taste of Chaos Tour will include Avenged Sevenfold, Atreyu, Bullet For My Valentine, Bless The Fall and they will also be brining the best Japanese Rock bands to the United States (a burgeoning movement also known as JROCK). The JROCK bands will include Mucc, D’Espairsray and The Underneath. Idiot Pilot will also be playing two special sets every night in each venue concourse.

Internet pre-sale will begin on January 5th at www.rockstartasteofchaos.com, and the national on sale will take place on Saturday January 12th. Tour dates can be found below.

2/29 Denver, CO Fillmore Auditorium
3/1 Kansas City, MO Memorial Hall
3/2 Milwaukee, WI The Eagles Ballroom
3/4 Minneapolis, MN Roy Wilkins Auditorium
3/5 St. Louis, MO Family Arena
3/7 Dayton, OH Hara Arena
3/8 Detroit, MI Cobo Arena
3/10 Rochester, NY The Armory
3/11 Chicago, IL Aragon Ballroom
3/14 Philadelphia, PA Tweeter Center
3/15 Asbury Park, NJ Convention Center
3/17 Washington, DC Patriot Center
3/18 Portland, ME Cumberland County Civic Center
3/20 Nassau, NY Nassau Coliseum
3/21 Boston, MA Tsongas Arena
3/22 Albany, NY The Armory
3/24 Atlanta, GA Gwinnett Center
3/25 Tampa, FL USF Sundome
3/26 Miami, FL Bayfront Park
3/28 Orlando, FL UCF Arena
3/29 Biloxi, MS Mississippi Coast Coliseum
3/30 TBA
4/1 Dallas, TX Nokia Theatre
4/3 Oklahoma City, OK Fairgrounds Arena
4/4 Corpus Christi, TX Concrete Street Amphitheatre
4/5 San Antonio, TX Freeman Coliseum
4/6 El Paso, TX County Coliseum
4/8 TBA
4/9 Phoenix, AZ Jobing.com Arena
4/10 Long Beach, CA Long Beach Arena
4/12 San Jose, CA Event Center
4/13 Sacramento, CA ARCO Arena
4/15 Seattle, WA WaMu Center

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Albums In Stores Tomorrow 8-28-07

August 27, 2007 By Bryce Jacobson 1 Comment

Scary Kids Scaring Kids – Scary Kids Scaring Kids
Barely Blind – The Way We Operate
Atreyu – Lead Sails Paper Anchor
Emanuel – Black Earth Tiger
Horse The Band – A Natural Death
Plain White T’s – Every Second Counts CD/DVD
Killswitch Engage – As Daylight Dies (Special Edition) CD/DVD
Good Charlotte – Staying Alive DVD

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Atreyu Album Stream

August 24, 2007 By Bryce Jacobson Leave a Comment

Atreyu‘s new album, Lead Sails Paper Anchor, is currently streaming on their MySpace page. The album set to hit the streets on August 28th. Fans who like what they hear can pre-order the album at Interpunk.com and get an autographed poster from Atreyu while supplies last.

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Atreyu Listening Party

August 22, 2007 By Bryce Jacobson Leave a Comment

Atreyu will premiere their new album Lead Sails Paper Anchor to the world on August 24th. The band has set-up a special listening party with Myspace where all their fans can preview the new album before it goes on sale August 28th. To listen to the new album just go to www.myspace.com/atreyurock.

To celebrate the release of Lead Sails Paper Anchor, Atreyu have scheduled two special in store events for their home town fans. On August 28th, the band will be in Irvine, CA at the Irvine Spectrum and will be signing copies of their new album starting at 5pm. Then on August 30th, the band head down to Horton Plaza in San Diego, CA for another signing at the Hot Topic store. Fans that purchase the record in advance of street date at the Irvine location will get a wristband that will guarantee them a meet-and-greet with Atreyu and the same applies to the San Diego fans that purchase the record on August 28th.

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Atreyu Post Guitar Video From The Studio

August 7, 2007 By Bryce Jacobson Leave a Comment

Atreyu have filmed a video series documenting the recording process of their new album, Lead Sails Paper Anchor, due out August 28th. Atreyu teamed with producer John Feldmann (The Used, Good Charlotte) on the follow-up to A Death-Grip On Yesterday. This next installment of the video series opens Atreyu’s book of guitar-methodology and open highway of creative writing between guitarists Dan Jacobs and Travis Miguel on Lead Sails Paper Anchor.

Quicktime | Windows

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