New band alert!!!
Signed to Island Records these six rockers hail from Texas and are set to make their mark on UK shores next month with their debut single and album.
Check out their video at
Success in the music business requires a magical combination of talent, perseverance and opportunity. The six young rockers in Dallas, Texas band Forever the Sickest Kids easily possess all this and more. They’re unquestionably gifted, ambitious and hard working, and in the year since they formed, they’ve repeatedly created their own opportunities – sometimes accidentally.
Five days after their official formation, singer Jonathan Cook was flipping through the Pure Volume web site when, with a click of his mouse, he inadvertently spent $350 the band didn’t have on a front page song placement. Worse still, Forever the Sickest Kids didn’t have any songs written yet. So, over the next two days, the band members got together and banged out a track called “Hey Brittany,” then recorded it with their friend/producer Jeff Rockwell.
“Buying that Pure Volume spot was an amazingly great mistake,” laughs guitarist Caleb Turman, noting how “Hey Brittney” quickly becoming the band’s first big break. “The song just took off and after that everyone was suddenly interested in us.” Since it was first posted, “Hey Brittany” has garnered over 2.5 million Internet plays and triggered a bidding war between eight major labels. Motown emerged victorious.
Forever The Sickest Kids (FTSK) have already appeared on the cover of Alternative Press and been part of the Alternative Press US tour which focuses on the handful of new acts they believe will break through. Additionally, they are just about to finish their stint on the greulling WARPED tour (a legendary 2 month US tour) which has made the careers of many a band including Eminem and Blink 182 to name but a couple. The band will then head over to UK shores for their first ever trip and will be performing headlining shows as follows:
Wednesday 17-Sep-08 Birmingham Barfly £ 6.00
Thursday 18-Sep-08 Glasgow ABC2 £ 6.00
Friday 19-Sep-08 Manchester Club Academy £ 6.00
Saturday 20-Sep-08 Leeds Cockpit £ 6.00
Sunday 21-Sep-08 Nottingham Rock City - The Basement £ 6.00
Monday 22-Sep-08 London Underworld £ 7.00
Although Forever the Sickest Kids have only been around for just over a year, their roots date back to the members’ childhood. Guitarist Marc Stewart and drummer Kyle Burns are stepbrothers and shared many musical discoveries in their early lives. Around the same time, guitarist Caleb Turman and bassist Austin Bello became friends and started writing songs. Years later, Stewart met keyboardist Kent Garrison in high school. Then, when Garrison went to college, he hooked up with singer Jonathan Cook and Bellows and the Sickest Kids were born.
To introduce UK fans to their music, the band are giving away an exclusive free download of the track “Hurricane Haley” via www.foreverthesickestkids.com and www.myspace.com/foreverthesickestkids from 25th August. Their debut single and album will follow in October.
Signed to Island Records these six rockers hail from Texas and are set to make their mark on UK shores next month with their debut single and album.
Check out their video at
Forever The Sickest Kids
Jonathan Cook – lead singer
Caleb Turman – guitar, vocals
Marc Stewart – guitar
Austin Bello – bass, vocals
Kent Garrison – keyboards
Kyle Burns – drums
EXCLUSIVE FREE DOWNLOAD “Hurricane Haley” – available from 25th August
DEBUT UK SINGLE “Whoa Oh” – out on 13th October
DEBUT UK ALBUM “Underdog Alma Mater” – out on 20th October
Success in the music business requires a magical combination of talent, perseverance and opportunity. The six young rockers in Dallas, Texas band Forever the Sickest Kids easily possess all this and more. They’re unquestionably gifted, ambitious and hard working, and in the year since they formed, they’ve repeatedly created their own opportunities – sometimes accidentally.
Five days after their official formation, singer Jonathan Cook was flipping through the Pure Volume web site when, with a click of his mouse, he inadvertently spent $350 the band didn’t have on a front page song placement. Worse still, Forever the Sickest Kids didn’t have any songs written yet. So, over the next two days, the band members got together and banged out a track called “Hey Brittany,” then recorded it with their friend/producer Jeff Rockwell.
“Buying that Pure Volume spot was an amazingly great mistake,” laughs guitarist Caleb Turman, noting how “Hey Brittney” quickly becoming the band’s first big break. “The song just took off and after that everyone was suddenly interested in us.” Since it was first posted, “Hey Brittany” has garnered over 2.5 million Internet plays and triggered a bidding war between eight major labels. Motown emerged victorious.
Forever The Sickest Kids (FTSK) have already appeared on the cover of Alternative Press and been part of the Alternative Press US tour which focuses on the handful of new acts they believe will break through. Additionally, they are just about to finish their stint on the greulling WARPED tour (a legendary 2 month US tour) which has made the careers of many a band including Eminem and Blink 182 to name but a couple. The band will then head over to UK shores for their first ever trip and will be performing headlining shows as follows:
Wednesday 17-Sep-08 Birmingham Barfly £ 6.00
Thursday 18-Sep-08 Glasgow ABC2 £ 6.00
Friday 19-Sep-08 Manchester Club Academy £ 6.00
Saturday 20-Sep-08 Leeds Cockpit £ 6.00
Sunday 21-Sep-08 Nottingham Rock City - The Basement £ 6.00
Monday 22-Sep-08 London Underworld £ 7.00
Although Forever the Sickest Kids have only been around for just over a year, their roots date back to the members’ childhood. Guitarist Marc Stewart and drummer Kyle Burns are stepbrothers and shared many musical discoveries in their early lives. Around the same time, guitarist Caleb Turman and bassist Austin Bello became friends and started writing songs. Years later, Stewart met keyboardist Kent Garrison in high school. Then, when Garrison went to college, he hooked up with singer Jonathan Cook and Bellows and the Sickest Kids were born.
To introduce UK fans to their music, the band are giving away an exclusive free download of the track “Hurricane Haley” via www.foreverthesickestkids.com and www.myspace.com/foreverthesickestkids from 25th August. Their debut single and album will follow in October.
