Like a Storm
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Like A Storm is a rock band from Auckland, New Zealand. They have toured the U.S. with Shinedown, Creed, Puddle of Mudd, Staind, Alter Bridge, Drowning Pool, Helmet, Skillet, Hoobastank and many others, as well as playing the Rock on The Range and Rocklahoma festivals. Overwhelming fan response to the band's live show saw their first album, The End of the Beginning, enter Billboard's New Artist Charts at #61 from tour sales alone. The album is currently[when?] available on iTunes. Like A Storm's first single, "Chemical Infatuation", reached #43 in the U.S Active Rock Top 100.
Like A Storm recently[when?] recorded some new tracks in Vancouver, produced by the Brooks brothers and long-time producer Mike Plotnikoff. The band will perform a number of these new songs live, including "Never Surrender" and "New Life", when they tour with Alter Bridge and Black Stone Cherry in Spring 2011.
In early 2011, Like A Storm recorded an acoustic EP, featuring acoustic and piano driven interpretations of some of their most popular songs. Like A Storm Unplugged, produced and mixed by the Brooks brothers, has the band playing a wider range of instruments - including didgeridoo, piano, church organ and djembe.
History
Like A Storm began in 2005 when brothers Chris, Kent and Matt Brooks first played together in their native New Zealand. They decided to move to North America to pursue a career in music. According to lead singer Chris, "New Zealand is such an amazing place to grow up, so beautiful and isolated. But the first time we jammed together, we had this amazing chemistry, and we knew we had to take our sound to North America. We left our family and friends and set up in Canada. There are so many different experiences from that time, and the songs on the record are about them."[1] The band settled in Vancouver and quickly attracted attention. After their first show, Kai Marcus from Methods of Mayhem and Econoline Crush befriended them and introduced them to producer Mike Plotnikoff. In 2006, Like A Storm began working on the record, and officially began recording with Plotnikoff and producer/composer Igor Khoroshev in 2007 in Los Angeles, California. After sixteen months of writing and recording, The End of the Beginning was complete.
Band members
- Chris Brooks – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, didgeridoo
- Matt Brooks – lead guitar, vocals
- Kent Brooks – bass guitar, vocals
- Thomas Karanasos – drums
Discography
- The End of the Beginning (2009)
- Like A Storm Unplugged EP (2011)
References
- ^ www.myspace.com/likeastorm
- Staind, Creed and Like A Storm rock out at Mid America Center
- Like A Storm living dream Wednesday with Creed and Staind tour stop
- Creed cranks out hits for Utah crowd
- Top Ten Heavy Metal/Rock/Hardcore Albums of 2009