Biografia
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Anni di attività
2007 – oggi (17 anni)
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Luogo di fondazione
Decatur, Macon County, Illinois, Stati Uniti
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Componenti
- Adam Kronshagen
- Ariel Bloomer
- Shawn Jump
Icon for Hire is an American hard rock band from Decatur, Illinois. Formed in 2007, the band's current lineup consist of vocalist Ariel, guitarist Shawn Jump, bassist Josh Kincheloe, and drummer Adam Kronshagen. Their debut album, Scripted, was released by Tooth & Nail Records on August 23, 2011, and has since broken the label's record for first week sales of a debut album in addition to making five Billboard Charts.
Ariel met Jump in 2007 and, upon discovering that he played guitar, initiated a musical collaboration between the two of them. When the need for a drummer arose, Jump recruited Adam Kronshagen, with whom he had played casually as a member of the local party scene (of which Jump was six months clean at the time). Bassist Joshua Davis joined and the band was officially formed in December of that year.
The band played their first show in a local club before an audience of family and friends, who gave them a positive reception even though, by the band's own admission, they gave a terrible performance. Ariel has been quoted as saying of the performance, "Our passion for music was there; whatever we lacked in sound we made up for with enthusiasm." Over the next two years, the band toured throughout the Midwest and released two EPs, Icon for Hire EP (2008) and The Grey EP (2009). The same year as the latter release, Davis left the band.
In late 2009, the band was contacted by Tooth & Nail Records through Myspace. The label then sent representatives to one of the band's shows, and eventually signed them in July 2010. "We are thrilled to be joining such an established and well-respected group at Tooth & Nail," shared the band upon their signing. "It's a label that has a history of consistently putting out good music and really working side by side with their artists. Because we've been doing this thing on our own for over two years, it feels great to partner with Tooth & Nail. We can't wait to record our debut full-length and see where this road takes us." They spent the last quarter of 2010 in the studio with producers Rob Hawkins and Aaron Sprinkle recording their first full-length album, Scripted, which was released by the label on August 23, 2011. The album made it on the US Billboard charts at #7 for Hard Rock Albums, #5 for Christian Albums, #16 for Alternative Albums, #22 for Rock Albums, and #95 on the Billboard 200. It also sold more than 4,300 units in the first month of release and broke the record for first week sales on a Tooth & Nail debut album. The band also achieved success with the album's lead single "Make a Move", which peaked at #13 on R&R/Billboard's Christian Rock chart and had an accompanying music video exclusively released online by Guitar World magazine's website. Also in 2011, the band acquired current bassist Josh Kincheloe.
According to a February 2012 interview with TVU Music channel, the band is currently in the early stages of writing songs for a second album but plans to tour as much as they can for the remainder of 2012.
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