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Ampere is an American hardcore band based in Amherst, Massachusetts known for their short (10-15 minutes) but extremely loud and intense live shows. The band has put the importance of DIY hardcore punk ethics at the forefront of their lyrics and are renowned for the particular attention they bring to their vegan principles.
The members of the bands have been involved in the DIY hardcore scene for a number of years with the most notable being guitarist Will Killingsworth… , who played guitar in Orchid, Laceration and Bucket Full of Teeth and who continues to run his Clean Plate record label and Dead Air recording studio where the band records all of their music. Drummer Andy Skelly played drums in both The Last 40 Seconds and Wolves, Stephen’s previous bands were montcalm and The Last 40 Seconds; he currently also plays guitar in Aerosols and briefly ran Distort, an independent record store in Northampton, Massachusetts (May ‘06 - December ‘06). Meghan played bass in Stop the Clock and Unicoroner and sang in Relics.
Much like Orchid, Ampere (especially earlier albums such as “All Our Tomorrows End Today”) often borrow some of their intense lyrics from philosophers and revolutionaries such as Guy Debord. They have preserved some of the “intellectual” punk seen in bands like Orchid, Sinaloa, Native Nod, Current, and others. While some view their lyrics as pretentious and obscure, Ampere has persisted in their belief that intellect and art make the best emotive hardcore.
The members of the bands have been involved in the DIY hardcore scene for a number of years with the most notable being guitarist Will Killingsworth… , who played guitar in Orchid, Laceration and Bucket Full of Teeth and who continues to run his Clean Plate record label and Dead Air recording studio where the band records all of their music. Drummer Andy Skelly played drums in both The Last 40 Seconds and Wolves, Stephen’s previous bands were montcalm and The Last 40 Seconds; he currently also plays guitar in Aerosols and briefly ran Distort, an independent record store in Northampton, Massachusetts (May ‘06 - December ‘06). Meghan played bass in Stop the Clock and Unicoroner and sang in Relics.
Much like Orchid, Ampere (especially earlier albums such as “All Our Tomorrows End Today”) often borrow some of their intense lyrics from philosophers and revolutionaries such as Guy Debord. They have preserved some of the “intellectual” punk seen in bands like Orchid, Sinaloa, Native Nod, Current, and others. While some view their lyrics as pretentious and obscure, Ampere has persisted in their belief that intellect and art make the best emotive hardcore.
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FinalPizzaHut wrote:
Like Shadows is one of the top 50 albums of 2011! http://watchthetapes.wordpress.com/2012/02/03/top-50-albums-of-2011/
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Fearthyevil9 wrote:
If you guys want to scrobble the less than 30 sec tracks just use universal scrobbler and scrobble manually. It works well.
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kitapherr wrote:
terminally dude guitar is sooooo sick
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FilupLees wrote:
Split 7" with Raein announced. Get excited.
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0hDeer wrote:
featured in http://socialamputeesforever.bigcartel.com/ !
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oiseaux- wrote:
<3
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niqpwnz wrote:
@_@
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Ireallylikeeggs wrote:
Ampere: Like Orchid, only interesting.
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GoGoJonah wrote:
oh my god.
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RightNowItsNoon wrote:
fucking awesome!
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nc_hEmp_nc wrote:
x_Zodiac_x , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ampere_(band)
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x_Zodiac_x wrote:
Please someone write their full discography!
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Dillinger215 wrote:
Get what you're saying but they did a better job of distinguishing between individual songs on All Our Tomrrows End Today.
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legavin wrote:
Every song is the same, but nice.
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ToothandNail04 wrote:
fest set ruled.
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colorturning wrote:
i love the new album. so much.
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xCLEANSINGx wrote:
Какафония новый альбом
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Master_ov_Khaos wrote:
You're kind of right about the production. But after a few listens, it becomes easier to hear all the melodies on the album. The production just makes it harder to get into than All Our Tomorrow End Today
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kvltasavrvs wrote:
new album is well written but I don't like the production. too hard to hear the notes that the guitars are playing.
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alexbigman wrote:
like shadows is groundbreaking
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