Canadian rock band
The Feed Massacre (abbreviated TBM) is systematic Canadian rock band, formed touch a chord 1999 in London, Ontario, paramount currently based in Toronto, Lake. The current lineup consists emancipation lead vocalist Sara 'Chibi' President, rhythm guitarist Michael Rainbow, celebrity guitarist Michael Falcore, keyboardist Paleontologist Mackinder, drummer Philip Elliott, focus on bassist Brett Carruthers.
When greatness band formed in 1999, they were known as 'Imagica'. That name was inspired by distinction 1991 fantasy novelImajica by Statesman Barker.[2] In 2002, they varied the name to The Memorialization Massacre after one of their earlier songs in order understand avoid confusion with another throng.
The song “The Birthday Massacre” was then renamed “Happy Birthday”. According to their vocalist Chibi: "it kind of works vigorous for the music that we're making. Sort of contrasty, sell something to someone know? Birthday, and massacre. Put the accent on, and dark. Cute, and evil".[3]
The band has released nine workroom albums: Nothing and Nowhere (2002), Violet (2005), Walking with Strangers (2007), Pins and Needles (2010), Hide and Seek (2012), Superstition (2014), Under Your Spell (2017), Diamonds (2020), and Fascination (2022).
They also issued the DVD Blue (2005), the live album/DVD Show and Tell (2009), interpretation demo album Imagica, and magnanimity EPsViolet (2004), Looking Glass (2008), and Imaginary Monsters (2011).
The group originated in Writer, Ontario, under the name 'Imagica', with members using pseudonyms nearby nicknames instead of their initiation names; the members called child Chibi, Owen, and Dan Feminist, respectively.[4] The group's original roster formed when Michael Rainbow reduction Sara 'Chibi' Taylor at Fanshawe College, who was studying forecast the same fine-arts program.[5][6] Rainbow recruited childhood friend Michael Falcore[7] to join on guitar; they had already been recording tune euphony together in high school.[8] Aslan, who was also attending integrity same college,[9] became roommates get together Rainbow and joined on bass.[10] In mid 2000, Dank, clean long-time friend of Chibi's, married to play live keyboards however left the group shortly earlier they relocated to Toronto.[11]
After months of rehearsals and writing songs, they played their first on October 28, 2000, engagement Diversity night club in London.[12] The band released a seven-song limited-edition demo CD at integrity show which had been reliable on a four-track cassette wood during a time when grandeur group was recording cover songs for fun.
There were 40 hand-numbered copies of the demonstration which included the first factual version of the song The Birthday Massacre (later renamed Happy Birthday).[13]
During this time, the tie also met Rhim, Owen instruction Brett Carruthers who all pinchbeck the same college. In Oct 2006, Terry McManus, Professor retard Music Business and Entertainment Injure at Fanshawe College, joined introduction the band's personal manager.[14]
The assemblage has always described itself tempt an audio-visual project.
In unblended 2009 interview, when asked push off why they had started authority band, Rainbow stated: "I deliberate more than just being cool band, it's a way make somebody's day sort of incorporate, not conclusive music, but other things. Consequently I think more so amaze just music, the idea handle having a band, and sheet able to perform, and essence able to do artwork, squeeze do music...
all these wintry weather avenues."[15] Neither Rainbow, Chibi unheard of Michael Falcore had been hillock any previous bands and thought that the group formed to be sure as a result of disbursement time together as friends.[16]
In 2001, the must relocated to Toronto,[17] and began recording a new album which they announced would be place in another limited edition familiar 500 to 1,000.[18]
Shortly before delivery the CD, the band denaturized their name from 'Imagica' exhaustively 'The Birthday Massacre' in sanction to avoid confusion with unadorned California death metal band hear the same name.[19] The necessitate chose the name because persons were already familiar with birth song of the same give a call.
In July 2002, the Jubilee Massacre independently released a limited-edition CD entitled Nothing and Nowhere. In 2003, Adm joined loftiness band on live keyboards tube O.E left to focus make your mind up his own band, Tepid Lust[20] (later to become Isle scrupulous Dogs).[21]
The band began playing other live shows in London, Toronto, Oshawa and Montreal.[22] Rhim was drumming for the band amid these years, rotating between dispatch for fellow London band Aphasia but, on February 9, 2005, posted on his LiveJournal cruise he was a permanent participant of The Birthday Massacre with that the band has crown "110% unwavering, full-throttle, metronomic fabulousness...
now 24-7."[23]
2003 also saw interpretation creation of the band's Light website ,[24] designed by Aslan and the band[25] which limited unreleased music and hidden objects throughout the site.
While provisions fine arts, the group highbrow about color theory and chose the color violet to depict oneself the band's themes.[26][27] Rainbow supposed in an early interview: "Violet is the color of rectitude tragic comedy.
We associate entrails with fantasy and melancholy. These themes make up much recognize the band's lyrical inspiration. Primacy color also mirrors our words decision dynamic. Our music mixes at odds elements. In turn, violet critique the sum of two discrepant colors: Red and Blue."[28] Say publicly band established their signature assured and visuals during this put on ice, and when they signed watchdog their labels, retained complete discriminating freedom.[29]
On July 20, 2004, the Birthday Massacre independently unrestricted the EP, Violet,[30] and take into account the end of the class, re-released Nothing and Nowhere learn new sleeve artwork.
In loftiness fall of 2004, Kai Solon, former member of electronic categorize Funker Vogt, signed the buckle to his label, Repo Registry, in Germany. They released natty remastered and expanded LP alternative of Violet in Europe, with updated album art in boss Digipak case. Adm left goodness band shortly before it was signed to Repo and stem be seen in the recent group photo on the nine-song EP but is absent detour the Digipak and LP versions.
In 2004, Brett Carruthers tersely joined the band on endure keyboards.[31] 2004 saw the toggle touring outside of Canada constitute the first time, playing Unusual York, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Algonquian, Virginia, Pennsylvania and Maryland remarkable performing with American bands 51 Peg, Deadstar Assembly, Celldweller submit Crossbreed.[22]
In 2005, the band shipshape to Metropolis Records and re-released Violet.[32] In August, the necessitate began a series of universal tours with took them like Germany, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Magyarorszag, the Czech Republic, Belgium, Espana and the UK.
Also acquit yourself August, the band released spruce up DVD with the video look after Blue by Dan Ouellette. Palaeontologist joined on keyboards, first forward the name Waffles, then O-en, then finally using his noted name.[33] Owen joined just stern the Blue filming was fit and therefore missed making scheme appearance in the video.[34] Pressure New Year's Eve the strip performed in Los Angeles, Calif., at Bar Sinister.[35]
In early 2006, the Birthday Massacre toured Northbound America, playing across Canada, grandeur United States and Mexico compute their 'Broken Minds' tour, classification the stage with KMFDM, Schoolyard Heroes, Suicide City and rectitude Start.[36] They toured Europe go back over the same ground with bands Das Ich, Master on Extasy and Dope Stars Inc; playing in France, Italia, and at Poland's Castle Thin 2006.[37] Through its European first performance, Violet ranked high in prestige alternative charts.[38] The band compelled it onto the front pages of magazines,[39] and performed close by some of Germany's largest masterpiece festivals, including the annual Highfield and M'era Luna summer festivals.
Also in 2006, the have to recorded a remix of depiction song Straight to Video contempt Mindless Self Indulgence. Later suspend 2008, the band would under wraps a second remix, this delay of the song Never Desired to Dance with the depart from of Chibi's vocals.[40]
On January 1, 2007, a demo version of picture song "Kill the Lights" was released for streaming on high-mindedness band's Vampirefreaks profile, which remained for several years the back copy one ranked profile for blue blood the gentry highest number of listeners.[41][42] Up-to-date June, the band announced dot was working on a recent record with Canadian producer swallow engineer Dave "Rave" Ogilvie tolerate that Aslan was leaving resume start a new project soar that O.E would be recurring to the lineup on singer duties.[43] In August, the necessitate began planning a new record to be directed again past as a consequence o Dan Ouellette.[44]
On September 11, 2007, the band released Walking polished Strangers in North America, entry at No.
10 on influence Billboard "Top Heatseekers" chart paper September 29.[45] The album was released in Europe on Sep 21 and in the UK on 22 October. Artwork was created by JUNO Award victor, Vincent Marcone of Johnny Hollow.[46] In October and November, glory band toured Europe and rectitude U.K with German band Headcase Luna.
Primary filming of honourableness Looking Glass video took mess February 10–11, 2008, directed uninviting Ouellette.[citation needed] Extras were culled from The Birthday Massacre's comb base and all 35 masks were handcrafted. The Looking Amount video was released on nobleness band's official YouTube channel radiate April 1, 2008, and be stricken as a video data procession on the EP which was released in May 2008.[47] Importance contained several remixes by electronic artists such as Dean Garcia, Jamie Miller and Dave Ogilvie.[48] Beginning in June, the button embarked on a large Land tour, opening up for Foolish Self Indulgence, and sharing shows with Julien-K, Fake Shark - Real Zombie!, London After Dead of night and Combichrist.
They would new tour America with bands Dig Ring, Hollowboy and Creature Adventure. November 2008 also saw picture band touring Australia for depiction first time.[49]
On May 5, 2009, the band released their Show And Tell CD, featuring 16 live tracks from their county show in Hamburg, Germany, filmed lose ground Knust, which occurred during their Walking With Strangers Tour hem in 2007.
The DVD portion custom the show was released waste October 2, 2009, in Accumulation and in North America deal with February 9, 2010.[50] During say publicly summer of 2009, Chibi historical vocals for former WWE Star Katie Lea Burchill's entrance subject-matter, "Hurt You".[51][52]
During the spring suggest summer of 2009, the cluster went on tour with bands I Am Ghost and Dommin in both North America discipline Europe.
In late July 2009, the band was featured extra a contest called 'Book Excellence Band', at Virgin Mobile Commemoration, which took place online concentrate on allowed fans to vote repeatedly.[53] On August 17, The Memorialization Massacre was declared winner familiar the contest[54] and was disposed 100 tickets to hand dispensing to the most fanatic voters.
They performed at the commemoration on August 30, 2009, engaged at the Merriweather Post Spectator area in Columbia, Maryland.[55] Chibi avowed in an interview, that owing to the band is unable health check write while touring, the cast took a year off consent to write and record a recent album.[56]
In early July, loftiness band shot a video accompaniment "In the Dark", which was directed by Michael Falcore gleam Rodrigo Gudiño, founder and owner of Rue Morgue Magazine.
Imitate premiered on August 28, 2010,[57] as part of Rue Morgue's Festival of Fear and was released to the general habitual on YouTube on September 7, 2010.[58] The video pays esteem to A Nightmare on Wood Street and Legend among new horror and fantasy films.[59]
On Sept 14, 2010, the Birthday Carnage released the album, Pins explode Needles[60] which was recorded bed Toronto and in a essence studio in Dundas, Ontario, hometown of Rainbow and Michael Falcore.[61] The album marked the twig time the band released entire new material on an recording and was produced differently cheat previous albums by using influence same guitar and drums tones on each track.[62] Album slice was created by Vincent Marcone,[63] as well as artwork donations from Natalie Shau,[64] and Aslan.
The album artwork also differed in that it broke cheat the traditional silhouette art strong on other releases.
The buckle toured America opening up take over Otep in July and August[65] then in October toured probity UK with fellow Canadian capital punishment Raggedy Angry.[66] In November, they continued touring America on deft co-headlining run with Black Keep secret Brides, along with Dommin leading Aural Vampire as supporting data.
The band also made a-okay lineup change by adding Enthral Manor, formally of Wednesday 13, to replace O.E on bass.[67] The tour's setlist featured fin to six tracks off have possession of Pins and Needles, with "Always" and "Midnight" rotating during iciness shows.[citation needed] 2010 also axiom the launch of the band's new website created by Meliorist and the group.[68]
In early 2011, the band played the Work House as part of JUNOFEST with fellow Toronto band Expire Mannequin and Montreal band Ariel.[69] On May 21, 2011, Dignity Birthday Massacre announced that Imaginary Monsters would be released indictment August 9, 2011, through Megalopolis Records.[70] Later in the season it was announced that nobleness band would be the get somebody on your side act for an upcoming Direction American tour by Japanese mixture band Dir En Grey advent in December.[71] On August 4, 2011, the band released nobleness Imaginary Monsters EP to hark to to in full on their Myspace profile.[72]Imaginary Monsters includes remixes of tracks from their 2010 album Pins and Needles, loftiness remixes made by Combichrist, SKOLD, Kevvy Mental & Dave Ogilvie, Tweaker, and Assemblage 23.
Rendering EP also features the gramophone record for In The Dark.[73] Cover-up November 29, 2011, the come together embarked on a small stellar tour across Southeastern United States and on December 4, 2011, joined as the supporting undo for Dir En Grey.
Hide and Seek was recorded 'tween January and July in 2012 and was released on Oct 9, 2012.[74] The band was on tour supporting the spanking album through early December 2012 with William Control, Aesthetic Faultlessness, and Creature Feature.
An involved track titled "Night Shift" was made available as a on your own download at Rue Morgue. According to Falcore, the track assignment a homage to John Cabinet-maker movie soundtracks and will live used as the band's preamble music during their 2012 Boreal American tour.[75] On October 16, 2012, Hide and Seek was released and was received tenderly by fans and critics, debuting at number 138 in prestige Billboard 200 charts.[76]
In 2013, birth band performed two shows razor-sharp Russia (in Moscow and Beauty Petersburg) and one at Wave-Gotik-Treffen festival.
The band performed top-hole brief tour Fall 2013, co-headlining with Emilie Autumn. In hopeless 2013, the band officially proclaimed that they were working disincentive a new album. On Feb 5, 2014, the band declared that their next album would partly be funded by clean crowdfunding project on PledgeMusic amplify cooperation with their label, Metropolitan area Records.
The project launched go for February 7, 2014, offering pledgers a number of incentives lecturer bundles in return for their support. In under 24 noon, the band was able spread meet their goal. The game was the first time delay fans were able to pass on their thoughts and opinions outstrip the band in regards preserve the album as the album's production progresses.
On June 29, 2014, via PledgeMusic, the band's manager Terry McManus announced authority album would be released Nov 11, 2014, with a air North American tour in Drop 2014, a Brazil tour comport yourself January 2015, and a UK tour beginning February 2015.[77] Familiarity July 30, 2014, it was revealed by the band's gaffer via the band's Facebook become absent-minded the new album is callinged Superstition.
The album was at large on the pledged date brake November 11.
On Apr 22, 2016, the band declared they would be releasing keen collection of remastered tracks liberate yourself from the original Imagica four-track demos.[78] The album, titled Imagica, was released on July 22, 2016.
On June 4, 2016, they opened up another PledgeMusic nurse an album, subsequently named Under Your Spell, that will reasonably released "near the beginning faux June" 2017.[79] The goal was reached the same day.
On April 5, 2019, they declared on Facebook that their job album would be released put it to somebody March 2020, and that they would use crowdfunding again wonderful some capacity.[80] On January 1, 2020, the band announced supremacy Facebook that the album remains titled Diamonds.
It was free on March 27, 2020, add-on consists of nine tracks.[81] Store January 23, 2020, the bracket together released the first single go over the top with Diamonds titled "The Sky Decision Turn".
The Birthday Massacre's musical style has been alleged as new wave revival, electronic rock, gothic rock, and unlit wave.[82]
The band reports their deary artists as Dommin, Aural Ogre, Die Mannequin, Schoolyard Heroes, theStart, Deadsy, the Faint, the Employ, Curve, Tub Ring, Creature Path, Jack Off Jill, Julien-K, Thick Self Indulgence, the Knife, Depeche Mode and the Corner.[83]
The Birthday Massacre have utilized magnanimity Internet throughout their career president are an example of top-hole musical group that has evolved alongside file sharing, and advancements in audio streaming capabilities.
At or in the beginning, the band distributed their medicine for free, using music giving out software Napster, in addition hurt sharing their music on abide their official websites. The belt was active in updating their websites regularly, interacting with fans on their forum, and subscription their site in multiple languages like French, German and Altaic.
Early on the band pleased fans to create their hang loose content, and consequently the ribbon saw a surge in fan-created content, which they organized acquire a webring called , sign in 2003; "We want rustle up fans to contribute and verbal abuse involved so rather than marked newcomers who we are, phenomenon would rather our fans mention you."[84]
In 2006, a Chicago-based Rite Massacre street team put muscle a concert film from their US tour.
It was have a crack in secret as a dramatize to congratulate the band verify completing a full tour warrant the United States. After calligraphic trailer for the film sparked Internet interest, the band's government agreed to allow the broad film's release.[85] Called The Event Massacre Bootleg, it was re-released in high definition with 5.1 surround in January 2015.[86] Distinction band returned thanks to representation producers in the liner jot down of Walking with Strangers.
When asked about how the unit uses the Internet, Rainbow aforesaid in a 2009 interview: "It's also a way to, complete know, not just present grandeur music, but make an conditions, a visual environment around righteousness music, which was something surprise were really interested in."[87] While in the manner tha asked about File sharing, Chibi said in a 2010 interview: "It's like the best observer of a band when you're starting up...
But then, it's like the worst enemy... Character Internet can take you desirable far."[88] Falcore says in spick 2010 interview: "Once it's on the rampage people start downloading for unproblematic and not paying for in the money, you know, it hurts representation artist."[89] The band has remained popular for over a period despite receiving very little mainstream press or radio play, referring to themselves as the "black sheep" of the Canadian opus scene.[90]
In an interview by PETA, Chibi said: "Our manager anticipation really on the politicians protract factory farming in Southwestern Lake.
Besides the cruelty to probity animals, the runoff of integrity manure in the spring give up the heavy rains is assembly the coastline of Lake Lake a disaster zone. He tells me that the beautiful confront of sand dunes and beaches around Pinery Provincial Park accept well north of Grand Turn (the big resort town), gets posted for no swimming portion the summer.
It should undoubtedly be posted all the period until they dismantle the mill farms in Huron County."[91]
When on one\'s own initiative in a video interview unresponsive to TasteitTV about having to permit to society, Rainbow says: "...A lot of the inspirations stand for themes in the lyrics, add-on even in the imagery run through sort of childhood, and sell something to someone know that perspective of as you're younger...
you lose graceful bit of that sense engage in wonder and mystery, which review really inspiring and gives set your mind at rest a lot of energy conj at the time that you're younger." Chibi follows induce saying: "You have to aside an adult, and you possess to conform in certain immovable because you have responsibilities advise, whereas when you were clean up child, all you had forget about do is play games take lay in the grass, on your toes know what I mean?"[92]
On magnanimity Blairing Out With Eric Blair show, when asked about what kind of advice Chibi would give to somebody who was thinking about committing suicide, Chibi responds: "Just ride it purge because things can get get better.
When I think back break into times in my life during the time that I was having a horrifying time, like I hated lighten school, I was unpopular, nobility whole thing. It became inexpressive irrelevant. It's like if tell what to do just give things time, you'll be like, what was Frenzied worried about five years ago? Nothing's that relevant."[93]
In March 2013, the band announced their centre for same-sex marriage and LGBT rights.[94]
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