Artist InformationBiography
After August is from Spartanburg, South Carolina, and pretty much grew up together. John Labanick and Chris Hillard have been playing for the last 8 years together, but didn’t start AA until 2004. At that time, they decided to get something else going, so John got in touch with Darin Worley (from a band that John had previously been in) to see if he’d be into it, and he was.. Josh Bradley was one of John’s best friends and showed interest in playing bass, so John was suddenly giving Josh crash course lessons on the bass – to which paid off quickly! John’s theory behind this – “We wanted somebody that fit in good with us and that we knew instead of some bass virtuoso that we'd never met...” In a world of so many egos in the music business, these guys went off the idea that it might be a good idea to play with guys that actually got along with each other.
It worked.
Within no time, the band started making marks on their local scene. They entered Rock 101.1’s Battle of the Bands in January 2006 and win it, while beating out over 100 bands. Their reward – opening up for Bon Jovi at the Bi-Lo Center in Greenville, SC on February 8, 2006 for a sold out crowd of 12,000 people. The next day, they had so many hits and DL’s on their website, that it crashed. It was a very good crash. Since then the band has released albums, is constantly touring, and has played with many national acts.
With tunes ranging from pop-rock love ballads to lead-filled southern-rock songs, After August already has racked up over 200,000 myspace visits.
Other notable gigs since then:
April 6, 2006 - Headlined at University of South Carolina-Upstate
April 29, 2006 - Headlined at Tusculum College ( Greenville, Tenn.)
May 6, 2006 - Headlined at Converse College ( Spartanburg, S.C.)
August 19, 2006 - Held release for 1st full-length album at the Handlebar (Greenville, SC)
October 21, 2006- Opened up for Little Big Town in Loris, SC
December 28th 2006- Co-billed a show with Cowboy Mouth (Greenville, S.C)
March 10th, 2007- Helped organize and headlined a very successful Ovarian Cancer Benefit Concert (Boiling Springs, S.C.)
March 15th, 2007- Played @ South by Southwest (SXSW) in Austin, Texas
April 2007- Placed in top 12 out of over 5,000 bands in Epic Records/MusicNation.com's record deal contest.
September 15th, 2007- Recorded @ The Handlebar (Greenville, SC) for upcoming LIVE DVD/CD release
October 13th, 2007 - Headlined @ Wofford College
March 29th, 2008 - Headlined @ College of Charleston ROCKSTOCK
April 16th, 2008- Opened up for The Last Goodnight in Goose Creek, SC
April 23rd, 2008 - Opened up for Twista @ College of Charleston's "Cougarpalooza"
August 30th, 2008 - Opened up for Cravin' Melon @ The Windjammer
October 7th, 2008 - Opened up for Matt Costa @ Furman University
April 27th, 2009 - Showcased at Rocketown in Nashville, Tn.
June 19th, 2009 - Opened up for Little Texas @ The Dive in Charleston, SC
They’ve also been featured on the front page of Spartanburg Herald Journal, and have had featured stories in the following papers:
Metro Beat
The Link
The Greenville News
Loris Times
Loris Scene
Spartanburg Herald Journal
The Greenville Journal
They also had a Reporter shadow them a whole day for his story "A Day In the Life of a Band" (Dudley Brown-Sptbg Herald Journal)
They've had on-air interviews and performance footage broadcast on the following news stations:
WSPA-7
WASV-62
WYFF-4
FOX-21
Also, they've had on-air interviews and live acoustic performances on:
WROQ ROCK 101.1 FM
WFBC B-93.7 FM
Venues played include:
Bi-Lo Center
The Handlebar
The Plex
The Pour House Music Hall
The Windjammer
University of South Carolina-Upstate
Tusculum College
Converse College
Wofford College
College of Charleston
Spartanburg Spring Fling
Spartanburg Music on Main
Spartanburg Wild Wing Cafe
Asheville Wild Wing Cafe
Greenville Wild Wing Cafe
Garden City Wild Wing Cafe
Gainesville Wild Wing Cafe
Columbia Wild Wing Cafe
Hangar B Ball
Barnet Park (Spartanburg, SC)
Hendersonville's Fabulous 4th of July Festival
Loris Bog-Off Festival
Boiling Springs High School
Six Flags White Water
P.J.'s
The Tiki Hut
Village Tavern
Atlanta Pride Fest
Brick City Grille
The BBC
Wompus Fest
The Showroom
The Map Room
Flying Saucer
Jillian's
5 Points Pub
Underground Pub
Red Eye Tavern
The Dive
and TOO MANY MORE TO LIST.....
Instrumentation
Andrew Fox - Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
John Labanick - Lead Guitar, Back Vocals
Josh Bradley - Bass Guitar
Darin Worley - Drums
Discography
ALBUMS:
After August "AA EP"
5 song album (2008)
"After August"
self-titled full length debut(2006)
After August "EP"
6 song album (2005)
RADIO:
WFBC B93.7 (Greenville, S.C.)
WROQ Rock 101.1 (Greenville, SC)
WBZT 96.7 (Greenville, S.C.)
Links
| http://www.afteraugust.net |
| After August's MySpace |