Today, I'll be focusing on a band called All Time Low.
The band hails from Baltimore, Maryland. They've been together since 2003, when guitarist Jack Barakat asked lead singer Alex Gaskarth to be in a blink-182 cover band with him. Soon after, they recruited Rian Dawson to play drums and Zack Merrick to play bass. The following year, they signed to Emerald Mood records, where they released one EP and one full length album. Neither of these records are currently for sale.
In 2006, the band decided to sign to Hopeless Records because they were serious about what they were doing. At the time, they were seniors in high school. They started touring and released their next EP, Put Up Or Shut Up.
In 2007, they released their sophomore album, So Wrong, It's Right. The album peaked at 62 on the Billboard 200 chart and 6 on the Independent Albums chart. All Time Low gained mainstream success with this album due to the rigorous amounts of touring and promoting they did for it, having it streamed on MTVs "Discover and Download."
Alternative Press named All Time Low the 2008 Band Of the Year, appearing on the cover of their January 2008 issue. In between tours, they began writing their next record with blink-182's Mark Hoppus.
In 2009, they began recording what would end up being their third studio album, Nothing Personal, before going on tour with Fall Out Boy on their "Believers Never Die (Part Deux)" tour. The album was released in the summer and a preorder was available through Glamour Kills, a clothing line the band not only supports, but collaborates with. The album peaked at 4 on the Billboard 200 chart. Late in the year, the band announced that they had signed to Interscope Records, a major record label, and they released a live cd/dvd set they had recorded during MTV's Unplugged. They also released a song on the soundtrack for "Jennifer's Body," called "Toxic Valentine." In the end of the year, they headlined the Glamour Kills tour and released a live EP via iTunes.
This year, they released a song for the Alice In Wonderland soundtrack, entitled "Painting Flowers." They're also currently writing and recording their fourth studio album with Matt Squire, Mark Hoppus and John Fields. In terms of a release date for this album, nothing has been announced, but they have done live studio updates and sneak peeks of new songs.
In May, they'll be headlining the Bamboozle Roadshow with other bands such as Good Charlotte. They've also recorded a live dvd from the Glamour Kills tour that does not have a release date yet, though the band has hinted via twitter that it will be released soon.
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