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The UK band The Family Ruin set as support for Crown The Empire headlining tour

June 25, 2014

The UK bad ass band, The Family Ruin has been confirmed as support to Crown The Empire on their headlining fall tour. The ‘Welcome To The Resistance Tour’ begins August 30th in Anaheim, CA. Special guests on this run will also include Volumes, Secrets, and Ice Nine Kills. Earlier this year we announced the signing of The Family Ruin to KBB Records and a new album is in the works. The Family Ruin have a very fresh new sound complete with hard and heavy riffs blended with infectious harmonies, where they blend their metal and alternative influences with melodic hard rock. There is something for everyone in their sound. Think about a mix of Avenged Sevenfold with Escape the Fate. They have recently released their lyric video for their first track, Let It Burn which is set to be featured on their upcoming album. Check it out here: Check out the tour dates below and make sure to not miss them when they come through your town. Ticket sales launch Friday June 27th, visit www.facebook.com/thefamilyruin for more details. Stay [Read More]

Reminder to Pick up the new Scare Don’t Fear album on June 17th!

June 16, 2014

KBB Records which is the new label founded by Asking Alexandria guitarist Ben Bruce and co-manager Kyle Borman. The first band they signed was Scare Don’t Fear, which is a band from Providence, RI-based fusion of hip-hop and metal and they are ready to deliver their fresh new sound. Scare Don’t Fear are spending their summer performing on the Vans Warped Tour. Their new album titled From the Ground Up is set to release on June 17th and will be the first release for KBB Records. The album was produced by Mike Watts [THE CHARIOT, AS CITIES BURN] at his VuDu Studios in Port Jefferson, NY. Don’t forget to pick up the new album and also stop by and say hi to them at Warped Tour! You can check out their song City of Skeletons which is off the new album here: “The whole band is beyond stoked to finally get our song “City Of Skeletons” released to the world. We feel like it’s one of the best songs we’ve ever written And it gives [Read More]

Check out the single City of Skeletons by KBB Records artist Scare Don’t Fear

May 28, 2014

KBB Records which is the new label founded by Asking Alexandria guitarist Ben Bruce and co-manager Kyle Borman. The first band they signed was Scare Don’t Fear, which is a band from Providence, RI-based fusion of hip-hop and metal and they are ready to deliver their fresh new sound. Scare Don’t Fear will be spending their summer performing on the Vans Warped Tour. This year’s lineup promises to deliver high energy sets with EVERY TIME I DIE, FALLING IN REVERSE, LESS THAN JAKE, MOTIONLESS IN WHITE, THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA, THE SUMMER SET and more. Scare Don’t Fear currently has available the pre-order and merch bundles ready for you to check out. Head over to http://merchnow.com/catalogs/kbb-records and get your pre-order in. The new album titled From the Ground Up which will be the first release for KBB Records. The album is being produced by Mike Watts [THE CHARIOT, AS CITIES BURN] at his VuDu Studios in Port Jefferson, NY. You can check out their song City of Skeletons which is off the new album here: “The whole band [Read More]

Local Santa Rosa band chosen in top 25 KBB Records Battle of the Bands!

May 20, 2014

KBB Records, the new label by Asking Alexandria’s Ben Bruce and Kyle Borman have announced their Battle of Bands finalists. Ben & Kyle received hundreds of submissions and handpicked 25 artists. You can now take a look at the list and vote to chose the 10 bands that will make it on the KBB Records Digital Summer Sampler! One Band will be win a record deal with KBB Records. What has us really excited here at Music Junkie Press is that one of the bands on the list is our very own local band, A Hero To Fall. They are a post hardcore/ progressive rock band which is comprised of some very hard working members. These guys have the music, the passion and the drive to succeed in the tough music industry. Check out their song, Disappear here: We had the chance for a brief interview with A Hero To Fall and are pleased to bring you that here: * * * * * * * * * * * * Music Junkie Press: Congratulations on making [Read More]

KBB Records announce the 25 bands for their Battle of the Bands

May 19, 2014

KBB Records, the new label by Asking Alexandria’s Ben Bruce and Kyle Borman have been quite busy. In addition to their first band signed, Scare Don’t Fear releasing their first single, City of Skeletons and signing UK bad ass band, The Family Ruin to KBB Records, they have announced their Battle of Bands finalists. Ben & Kyle received hundreds of submissions and handpicked 25 artists. You can now take a look at the list and vote to chose the 10 bands that will make it on the KBB Records Digital Summer Sampler! One Band will be win a record deal with KBB Records. Voting ends May 26th and you can only vote once! Check out the list and VOTE HERE: http://kbbrecords.com/battle-of-the-bands# We at Music Junkie Press are very excited with the many great bands that have been selected and will be featuring many of the bands here on our site as well. In addition, we have to give a personal shoutout to Santa Rosa band, A Hero To Fall for making it on the list! I hope [Read More]

The UK bad ass band, The Family Ruin signs to KBB Records

May 8, 2014

Asking Alexandria’s Ben Bruce has been quite busy with touring as well as running KBB Records with Kyle Borman. Yesterday they had announced the pre-order for their first signed band, Scare Don’t Fear was up and ready to order! Today they are announcing the signing of the UK bad ass band, The Family Ruin to KBB Records. The Family Ruin have a very fresh new sound complete with hard and heavy riffs blended with infectious harmonies, where they blend their metal and alternative influences with melodic hard rock. There is something for everyone in their sound. Think about a mix of Avenged Sevenfold with Escape the Fate. To take a listen, check out their first track, Let It Burn which is set to be featured on their upcoming album and you can take a listen at www.altpress.com. Ben Bruce says of the band, “I have known the lads in THE FAMILY RUIN for a number of years now and rarely have I seen a band work as hard as these guys. They deserve to be heard around [Read More]

KBB Records artist Scare Don’t Fear pre-orders AVAILABLE NOW!

May 7, 2014

KBB Records which is the new label founded by Asking Alexandria guitarist Ben Bruce and co-manager Kyle Borman. The first band they signed was Scare Don’t Fear, which is a band from Providence, RI-based fusion of hip-hop and metal and they are ready to deliver their fresh new sound. Scare Don’t Fear will be spending their summer performing on the Vans Warped Tour. This year’s lineup promises to deliver high energy sets with EVERY TIME I DIE, FALLING IN REVERSE, LESS THAN JAKE, MOTIONLESS IN WHITE, THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA, THE SUMMER SET and more. “All of us in SCARE DON’T FEAR have been following the WARPED TOUR since we were kids, so it’s an amazing feeling to be on the whole tour,” says the band, who will be featured on the Kevin Say’s Stage for the entire festival (see tour dates below). “We are anxious and ready to show everyone what we’re all about.” Today, Scare Don’t Fear has announced that the pre-order and merch bundles are now up and ready for you to buy! Head [Read More]