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Resist Presents:
Parkway Drive "The Mix N' Mash Tour" May 2011
Having toured together on the 2010 Warped Tour, Parkway Drive and UK's You Me At Six clicked from the word go. It may have been a case of World Cup fever from watching many a game together or the friendly games of soccer the bands played themselves that bonded them, but one thing is for sure it was a shared outlook and attitude that brought the two groups together from the opposite sides of the globe and genre spectrum.
"I think the name of the tour says it all" says Parkway Drive vocalist Winston McCall. "When we first started going to shows we we're stoked to be able to see a bunch of bands that we liked, but also that may not sound exactly the same. These days it seems every tour has become so stream lined to one particular sound you may as well be watching the same band play four or five times in a row". "This tour has a bit of everything for anyone who like's their music a little faster, a little more energetic, something local, something punk, something heavy, something rock, and then us hahaha. It's everything we love, and we couldn't be more siked"
You Me At Six frontman Josh Franceschi commented "We're really happy to announce that we'll be hitting Australia with our boys in Parkway Drive. The shows are going to be HUUUGGGEEE, so if you like either of our bands head down. Ripper!"
Joining Parkway Drive and You Me At Six on The Mix N' Mash Tour will be Orange County's Bleeding Through, Philadelphia's The Wonder Years and Melbourne's Confession.
Tickets on sale Friday February 25.
Parkway Drive "The Mix N' Mash Tour" May 2011
w/ You Me At Six, Bleeding Through, The Wonder Years, Confession
Wednesday May 18 Riverstage, Brisbane Lic / AA
Wednesday May 25 Festival Hall, Melbourne Lic / AA
Friday May 27 Challenge Stadium, Perth Lic / AA
Byron Bay metalcore giants, Parkway Drive have released a new music video "Karma" from their critically acclaimed, ARIA award winning ("Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Album") record, Deep Blue. Taking fans deep into the essence of their core, Parkway Drive have unleashed a video that features the band performing on the beach and on their boards, mastering both surf tricks and hardcore metal, unlike anything you have seen before.
Set on the beaches of Dolphins Beach, Byron Bay, "Karma" gives fans a glimpse of Parkway Drive in their element, a place where heavy riffs meet the serenity of the shoreline and where hardcore breakdowns meet offshore breaks.
"We saw a real opportunity for a unique video for a band of this style," said director Caleb Graham, who draws from his experience directing surf videos. "It's something that represents the bands lifestyle in a fun and accurate way."
Taking full advantage of their vigorous tour schedule, Parkway Drive have hit the best surf spots in the world. With an arsenal of music locked and loaded, the band will continue to bring fans what they want, uncompromising, hard-hitting waves of sound.
In-depth Biography
Hailing from the hippie-loving, beachfront town of Byron Bay, Australia, metalcore outfit Parkway Drive blasted out of their serene surroundings touting a volatile blend of intricate metal riffing, punishing breakdowns, and hardcore's emotional tension. Named after a rural countryside road, the band was formed in summer 2003 by vocalist Winston McCall, guitarists Luke Kilpatrick and Jeff Ling, drummer Ben Gordon, and bassist Jia O'Connor. The five-piece outfit split an EP with like-minded countrymen I Killed the Prom Queen that same year, and later appeared on the local hardcore compilation What We've Built. This activity preceded the May 2005 release of Parkway Drive's debut EP, Don't Close Your Eyes, on the Sydney-based Resist Records. Parkway Drive continued building a respected name for themselves in the Australian hardcore scene, often opening for Bleeding Through, Shadows Fall, Every Time I Die, Hatebreed, and other American bands who were touring abroad. When the time came to do something traveling of their own, Parkway Drive journeyed to Massachusetts to record their inaugural full-length with Killswitch Engage's Adam Dutkiewicz. Recorded over a two-week period in 2005, Killing with a Smile entered the Australian Independent Chart at number two upon its February 2006 release. The debut album sold extremely well across the country and later saw a North American release through Epitaph Records, which issued the album in August. For the band's sophomore effort, Parkway Drive again traveled to Massachusetts to reprise their successful partnership with producer Dutkiewicz. The metallic Horizons emerged from those recording sessions, and Epitaph released the record in October 2006. In 2010, the band came back with their third full-length effort, Deep Blue. ~ Corey Apar & Andrew Leahey, Rovi
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