Escape The Fate 'This War Is Ours' album

Escape The Fate's sophomore effort, This War Is Ours, sufficiently sums up the hard-partying and hard rocking Las Vegas band's attitude. Renewed, and newly energized by a new lead singer and a take-no-prisoners approach to songwriting, Escape The Fate have recaptured the hunger that generated their early buzz and have taken tremendous steps toward becoming a band with longevity.

Two years that have passed since the band released their Epitaph debut, Dying is Your Latest Fashion.

Explains Max Green: "Our guitar player walked out in the middle of a tour, our singer went to rehab twice, then he went to jail, he got probation. Later we couldn't leave the United States, then we couldn't leave Nevada. Our singer became a drug addict, our bass player - that's me - became a drug addict. I got cleaned up, we kicked out our old singer, and a ray from heaven shined down on us with an amazing opportunity."

The sudden availability of virtuoso singer Craig Mabbit, who had recently parted ways with Blessthefall. "I found myself looking for a project or to start something up. I was going to join a band by the name of A Skylight Drive," Mabbit recollects. "They gave me the number of somebody to get the recording of their new album so I could write to it. I wrote the wrong number down. Instead of calling the guy from the band, I called Escape The Fate's manager. I was like, 'Yo send me the tracks!' and he was like, 'What tracks?' We had a laugh."

Next thing he knew, Mabbit, who had befriended Escape The Fate during Vans Warped Tour and a subsequent Escape The Fate / Blessthefall tour was on a plane to Las Vegas. "We discussed the idea [of my joining the band]. Both of our bands were on the rise and losing your frontman is a big deal. But we decided we play music for a reason, who cares what people think, let's make the kind of music we want to make the way we want to make it."

"Playing music is what Craig lives for, he's got that fire," Green beams. "He's an amazing vocalist and he goes nuts on stage. He just pumps up the volume on everything basically, he just makes everything better."

Adds Mabbit: "We thought our bands were done. We got so close to making it and breaking it, and then it all fell apart. We're all very grateful and excited that we had the opportunity again and that we got hooked up with each other."

That go-for-broke attitude caused Escape The Fate to rebuild their band around the best parts of the past together with some forward-leaning new elements. Becoming a four-piece caused all of the instrumentalists to step up their game, while Mabbit found himself outgrowing the screamo" tag and embracing more of a full vocal range.

The band hit the studio with John Feldman (The Used, Atreyu, Good Charlotte) and made the kind of record Mabbit has been dreaming about and the single "Something" which impacts Alternative on March 10th is built for the radio.

After a year of drama and speculation following their original singer's departure, Escape The Fate has emerged stronger than ever. With a brilliant new album and a fall tour with Chiodos and Silverstein on the calendar, the resilient quartet have proven that sometimes, fate is what you make of it.

Escape The Fate tour dates
Mar 9 2009 - Knitting Factory - Boise, Idaho
Mar 10 2009 - El Corazon - Seattle, Washington
Mar 11 2009 - Hawthorne Theater - Portland, Oregon
Mar 13 2009 - Boardwalk - Orangevale, California
Mar 14 2009 - Slims - San Francisco, California
Mar 15 2009 - Dome - Bakersfield, California
March 17 2009 - House of Blues - San Diego, California
Mar 18 2009 - House of Blues - Los Angeles, California
Jun 26 2009 - WARPED TOUR - Pomona, California
Jun 27 2009 - WARPED TOUR - San Francisco, California
Jun 28 2009 - WARPED TOUR - Ventura, California
Jun 30 2009 - WARPED TOUR - Phoenix, Arizona
Jul 1 2009 - WARPED TOUR - Las Cruces, New Mexico
Jul 2 2009 - WARPED TOUR - San Antonio, Texas
Jul 3 2009 - WARPED TOUR - Houston, Texas
Jul 5 2009 - WARPED TOUR - Dallas, Texas
Jul 7 2009 - WARPED TOUR - Indianapolis, Indiana
Jul 8 2009 - WARPED TOUR - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Jul 9 2009 - WARPED TOUR - Cleveland, Ohio
Jul 12 2009 - WARPED TOUR - Hartford, Connecticut
Jul 14 2009 - WARPED TOUR - Washington DC, Washington DC
Jul 15 2009 - WARPED TOUR - Buffalo, New York
Jul 16 2009 - WARPED TOUR - Scranton, Pennsylvania
Jul 17 2009 - WARPED TOUR - Camden, New Jersey
Jul 18 2009 - WARPED TOUR - Uniondale, New York
Jul 19 2009 - WARPED TOUR - Oceanport, New Jersey
Jul 21 2009 - WARPED TOUR - Boston, Massachusetts
Jul 22 2009 - WARPED TOUR - Virginia Beach, Virginia
Jul 23 2009 - WARPED TOUR - Charlotte, North Carolina
Jul 24 2009 - WARPED TOUR - Orlando, Florida
Jul 25 2009 - WARPED TOUR - Miami, Florida
Jul 26 2009 - WARPED TOUR - Tampa, Florida
Jul 28 2009 - WARPED TOUR - Atlanta, Georgia
Jul 29 2009 - WARPED TOUR - Cincinnati, Ohio
Jul 29 2009 - WARPED TOUR - Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Jul 31 2009 - WARPED TOUR - Detroit, Michigan
Aug 1 2009 - WARPED TOUR - Chicago, Illinois
Aug 2 2009 - WARPED TOUR - Minneapolis, Minnesota
Aug 3 2009 - WARPED TOUR - St. Louis, Missouri
Aug 4 2009 - WARPED TOUR - Kansas City, Missouri
Aug 7 2009 - WARPED TOUR - Boise, Idaho
Aug 8 2009 - WARPED TOUR - Salt Lake City, Utah
Aug 9 2009 - WARPED TOUR - Denver, Colorado
Aug 15 2009 - WARPED TOUR - Seattle, Washington
Aug 16 2009 - WARPED TOUR - Portland, Oregon
Aug 19 2009 - WARPED TOUR - Fresno, California
Aug 20 2009 - WARPED TOUR - San Francisco, California
Aug 21 2009 - WARPED TOUR - Sacramento, California
Aug 22 2009 - WARPED TOUR - San Diego, California
Aug 23 2009 - WARPED TOUR - Los Angeles, California

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