As We Are

As We Are made their debut appearance at Brisbane's Zoo Bar in December 2006. That show sold out and as a result they have recorded an EP which they intend to release throughout the world in 2007. Featuring members of Brisvegas acts Afro Dizzi Act/Resin Dogs, The Eighth Colour, Globaltone & Triple J Unearthed winners Communion, the band has been signed to an international record label Baria Records and a UK and US tour will follow.
To catch them before the explosion head to The Zoo, Ann St, Fortitude Valley, Friday the 9th of February where they will launch their debut EP "To Drown A Box"! Tix $7 at the door, 8pm. Transic and Pretty Guns support. - RAVE

They played their 1st gig in Decemberlast year, but As We Are have already scorewd an international record dealand are launching their debut Ep, "To Drown A Box" at The Zoo this Friday.
We're not really that surprised by their success so far, however, considering As We ARe is made up of members of Resin Dogs, The Eighth Colour,
Globaltone and jjj winners Communion. - Time Off

AS WE ARE

MAD AS HELL about music since they were young ‘uns, five of Cleveland’s finest decided to form alt-rock band As We Are and launch into the proverbial stratosphere of rock and roll superstardom

Although the lads are old high-school buddies, they previously meddled around in other bands and only just recently formed As We Are. Both vocalist Rich Grewar (The Eighth Colour) and drummer Mark Henman (Resin Dogs, Afro Dizzi Act) still play in other bands, but both are quick to point out that As We Are is an entirely different entity, one that’s determined to stand independently on its own musical merits.

“It’s a beast of it’s own,” guitarist Ian Jones attests. “This band is pretty different from everyone else’s other stuff, so it’s quite easy to separate them.”

“It would be pretty obvious if we were to outright pinch bits and pieces from the songs the other bands write,” Grewar adds. “So you do have to think outside your own creative box to come up with ideas and sounds that solidify an As We Are song. The five of us are equally as excited about the potential this band has to do really well, so with that in mind we approach gigs and jamming with a strong focus.”

As We Are recently released their debut EP To Drown A Box, which was produced by Intercooler guitarist Darek Mudge.

“Considering we’d only played one gig together and had a handful of rehearsals before we went into the studio it was definitely a collective melting pot of ideas,” Grewar says of recording the EP.

“There’s plenty of studio hours under our belts, so the light bulbs over our heads were always going off at a rapid pace. It feels like we’ve taken that all important first step; we’re certainly stoked with the first entry in our discography.”

As We Are play The Living Room Saturday Mar 31. To Drown A Box out now on Baria Records.
- TIME OFF