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The Great Escape was formed with the mindset of breaking through musical boundaries. With all the members being accomplished musicians in a wide array of genres, and influences ranging from Saosin to Dream Theater, The Great Escape has crafted a sound that is both ferocious and epic. Guitars that blur the lines between metal and rock, a triple vocal assault that takes no prisoners, and a driving backbeat make each song urgent and memorable. .

The Great Commission was born in 2008 when Angela Razo and Justin Singh disbanded Every Man For Himself in search of something more significant. TGC has their roots in Redlands, CA where they are surrounded by the spiritual influence of bands like Sleeping Giant and xDeathstarx. However, the bands they look to for guidance aren't limited to their hometown. TGC draw musically from the bands they grew up listening to and mix the dynamics of these older, heavy, hardcore bands (including Point of Recognition, No Innocent Victim and Hatebreed) with the new school brutality of bands like Impending Doom and...

A Great Big World is the new incarnation of Ian Axel and Chad Vaccarino. Axel’s known for the 2011 viral hit “This Is the New Year,” which solidified him as an indie pop presence with staggering YouTube views and numerous syncs on film and television. Teaming up with longtime collaborator Chad, he’s expanding his horizons immensely into A Great Big World. The seeds for the partnership were planted early, even before Ian’s solo career took off. While both studying music at NYU, Ian tracked Chad down in the school’s practice rooms. Chad smiles, “I kept blowing him off, and then...

The Awakening is a name of at least six bands: 1) A Johannesburg (South Africa), alternative rock band 2) A 1970s U.S. funk/jazz group 3) A Long Island (NY, USA) post hardcore band 4) A Hungarian dark ambient act, better known as Awakening 5) A Göttingen (Germany) brutal death metal band 6) A mid-late 80s Christian rock band (similar to Yes) 1) A Johannesburg alternative rock band, formed in 1995 by vocalist, guitarist and producer Ashton Nyte. The band is credited in the press as "South Africa's most successful Gothic Rock act and one of the top bands in the...

Great White is a hard rock band that formed in 1978 in Los Angeles, California, United States. The band was popular during the late 80s, when their cover of Ian Hunter's "Once Bitten, Twice Shy" became a Top 5 hit in the United States. The band's only constant members have been Jack Russell (vocals) and Mark Kendall (guitar), with the exception of a period between 2000 and 2001 in which Kendall did not perform with the band. The band continued to release new material into the 1990s, although none of their material charted in the United States. In 2003, the...