Art of Dying (band)
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Vancouver, Canada |
| Genre(s) | Hard rock ,Post-Grunge |
| Label(s) | Thorny Bleeder Records |
| Associated acts | Hethro SunLikeStar Seether |
| Website | Official Art Of Dying Website Official Myspace of Art Of Dying |
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| Jonny Hetherington Greg Bradley Jeff Brown Cale Gontier Tavis Stanley |
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Art Of Dying (AOD) is a Canadian Hard rock band fronted by Jonny Hetherington.
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[edit] Albums
Art of Dying’s self-titled debut album was released in the UK on October 9th 2006, on their own label, Thorny Bleeder Records, via a licensing deal with Revolver/Universal. The album was released to the rest of the world via a US online retailer known as CD Baby, on February 3rd 2007.
In October 2007, Thorny Bleeder Records released their debut album in Canada with distribution through Universal Music Canada and Conveyor Canada.
[edit] Biography
The band first entered the music scene in 2005, when Jonny Hetherington (vocals) and Greg Bradley (guitar), formerly of Sunlikestar, stepped into the studio with producer Darryl Rhompf (Trapt, Chevelle).The self-titled debut album was mixed by Dean Maher (Slayer, Bryan Adams, Trapt) and Mike Fraser.
Outside of the core members of Jonny and Greg, Art Of Dying has always had a cast of revolving players, including Tavis Stanley (guitar) and Cale Gontier (bass) from Canadian rock outfit Thornley, and Jeff Brown (drums).
In 2006, Art of Dying joined South African rockers Seether on their UK tour. Earlier this year, with the birth of a new song, “Die Trying”, Jonny and Greg asked Shaun Morgan, lead singer for Seether, to be featured on the track. Respected radio veteran Derm Charnduff (Program Director of Y108, Hamilton), calls it a "home-run grand slam that will take this band to the next level". The song will be used on a future release.
Since recording the album, Art Of Dying has torn up stages all over the UK, Canada and the United States. They have rocked with some of the world’s biggest artists, including Tool, Deftones, My Chemical Romance, Staind, Our Lady Peace, Hinder, Papa Roach and AFI. Art Of Dying was the main support act for Seether on their 2006 UK tour and for Saliva on their 2007 Canadian Tour. In 2008, the band was invited to join Disturbed on their 2008 US Tour, and they haven’t looked back since. “Dan was a fan of the band and mentioned that the only way he could see us live was to have us join them on the Disturbed tour! Of course we were psyched at such an amazing opportunity and it has been a great ride”, exclaims Jonny.
So what is the ‘art of dying’?
It’s how you live your life, how you embrace it, and what you do with your life while you're here. It’s your life to live, and that's exactly what Art of Dying is doing.
[edit] Band Members
Jonny Hetherington – Vocals
Greg Bradley – Guitars
Jeff Brown - Drums
Cale Gontier - Bass
Tavis Stanley - Guitar
[edit] Former Members
Flavio Cirillo - Drums
Matt Rhode – Bass
Chris Witoski – Guitars
Dave Mariacci - Bass
[edit] Reviews
Hailed by Kerrang Magazine, as “heavy crowd pleaser's” at the 2006 Download Festival in June, reviews from their recent tour are starting to hit the press.
Classic Rock Magazine has picked Art of Dying as one of their top acts to watch in 2007
"Art Of Dying is the best independent rock band in Canada." (Todd Hancock, CFOX Vancouver)
“Art of Dying…sound massive, channelling the spirit of Vedder with raucous screaming thrown in for good measure.” (Leeds Music Scene)
“AOD does…everything right to not be lost in the jungle of average music.” (Melodic.net)
"Epic post-grunge sound" (Classic Rock Magazine, UK)
