There are four bands named Featherweight:
1) Featherweight is a punk/post hardcore/screamo band from Fort Lauderdale Florida, in the vein of Knapsack, Small Brown Bike, and Jawbreaker. 2) Boston, MA (2009 - 2011).
Featherweight was a D.I.Y. emotive hardcore band from Boston, MA.
We broke up in October, 2011. Anti-war, anti-violence, anti-sexist, anti-fascist, anti-racist, anti-homophobic, straight edge, ALWAYS D.I.Y. emotive hardcore.
Potentailly one of the raddest bunch of dudebros to make music in Australia..Making the perfect mix of mosh,swedish death metal, hardcore, post hardcore and sensible pop melodies the Amity Affliction is hard to beat. The Amity Affliction is: Vox- Joel
Guitar- T(roy)
guitar-??????
bass/vox- Ahren
Drums/Vox- Ryan
Keys- Trad-ical
www.myspace.com/theamityvilleaffliction
for merch, show info, contact ETC.
Touring with Coma Lies in early June, a Band not to be missed
There are at least two western bands named 'Breaker Morant'. One Being comprised of Ex members of Prozac Memory playing explosive emo. The other, a recently formed (as of april 2008) Fall tribute band based out of Melbourne, Australia. Features an ex on/oxx'er in the role of Smith. See http://www.myspace.com/thebandbreakermorand
Funeral for a Friend is a post-hardcore band from Wales. They formed in 2001 as a sextet called January Thirst. This did not last long, and in 2002 Funeral for a Friend recorded their debut EP Between Order and Model with their original 6-piece line up. After having been together for just a few months, the band changed their line up and subsequently signed a deal with Warner Brothers records for whom they recorded their second EP Four Ways To Scream Your Name.
The Starting Line is an alternative rock band which formed in 1999 in Churchville, Pennsylvania, United States. The band consists of Kenny Vasoli (vocals, bass), Matt Watts (guitar), Mike Golla (guitar), Brian Schmutz (keyboards, vocals) and Tom Gryskiewicz (drums). The band are best known for their 2007 rock radio hit "Island". In 2008, the band began a hiatus, which was recently ended. Vasoli is currently focusing on his side project person L.
You Me At Six are a 5-piece pop/pop punk band from Weybridge, Surrey who formed in 2005. The five piece played locally until early 2007 when spring support slots with Saosin at Leeds Cockpit (03.05.07) and later Paramore at the Colchester Arts Centre (10.06.07) saw them attract media attention from the likes of Kerrang, Musicscoop and NME. In July 2007 they supported Tonight Is Goodbye on their summer tour along with Death Can Dance and then later that month were featured in Kerrang! magazine in their new music section.
Behind Crimson Eyes are an Australian post-hardcore rock band from Melbourne, Victoria. Their debut album attempted a more mainstream direction compared to their previous two EP releases, featuring heavy rock mixed with elements of the mainstream idea of screamo, pop and, allegedly, metal. Since forming in 2004, they have played the Melbourne leg of the Taste of Chaos tour in 2005, after which they sold out all but one show on their national headline tour, clocking up over 150 shows in 2005.
Pierce the Veil, formerly known as Before Today, are a post-hardcore band from San Diego, California. Pierce the Veil were formed in the fall of 1998 under the name Early Times. After recording an EP titled Roots Beneath Ideals, they signed to Equal Vision. Due to copyright issues, the band released their next album, A Celebration of An Ending, under the name Before Today, which was taken from the title of a song off No Turning Back, an EP released under Early Times.
The Summer Set is a pop rock/powerpop band from Scottsdale, Arizona that formed in 2007. TSS is signed on the Militia Group and released their first EP on September 30th, 2008 titled “…In Color”. In December of 2008 The Summer Set realeased their EP “Meet Me On The Left Coast” which inculded their Christmas single, “Love By Our Side”, a b-side titled “Can You Find Me” and an Usher cover, “Love In This Club” as a bonus track. The Summer Set announced in April 2009 that they were heading into the studio to record their debut album, “Love Like This” which was released on October 13th, 2009.
Circa Survive is an alternative rock band consisting of former Saosin vocalist Anthony Green and members of the now-defunct This Day Forward, including guitarists Brendan Ekstrom and Colin Frangicetto. Compared to the sound of Green's former group, the music of Circa Survive taps a different musical influence for Green, who cites Paul Simon, Dredg, and Björk among later artists who have more influence on his vocal stylings in Circa Survive which are comparatively less aggressive, as well as his songwriting.