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I Am The Avalanche feat Vinnie of The Movielife / Hostage Calm

Start:
Thursday, March 22, 2012 7:00 PM
Cost:
$10 adv / $12 dos
Venue:
Grog Shop
Phone:
2163215588
Address:
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2785 Euclid Heights Blvd., Cleveland Heights, OH, United States, 44106
iamtheavalanche

w/ Runaway Brother / My Mouth Is The Speaker

Doors 7pm | Show 8pm

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A second-generation post-hardcore act, I Am the Avalanche features members of several earlier emo and screamo outfits. Singer and songwriter Vinnie Caruana was the leader of the Movielife, guitarist Brandon Swanson was in Further Seems Forever, and bassist Kellen Robson is a former member of Scraps and Heart Attacks. Formed in Brooklyn by Caruana in 2004 after the Movielife broke up (and following an abortive stint with the nascent Head Automatica), I Am the Avalanche was — unsurprisingly, for an emo band — first inspired by a bad breakup. After writing a number of songs about the failed relationship, Caruana enlisted Swanson, Robson, second guitarist Michael Ireland, and drummer Brett “Ratt” Romnes to perform them, taking the band name from a line in one of those songs.