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The band is officially hard at work on the 3rd album "A Brand New Day" scheduled for release in February featuring songs like "All Alone", "Just Friends", and "Midnight Summer's Rain".
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AC recently performed at the Senate Caucus Jackson Day After Party in Nashville w/dinner guest speakers Bill Clinton and Al Gore!
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Criss' talk radio show "Welcome To The Big Letdown" has just finished Season 2 and it was AWESOME!
CLICK BELOW to listen to the podcasts, you will crack up!
After almost 2 years in the making, "CC's Virtual Sound Circus" is finally FINISHED! We will be shopping a showcase venue very soon and will be performing in your city before you know it! EPK is below...
AC HEADLINED THE CRAWL FOR CANCER BENEFIT IN KANSAS CITY RAISING OVER $600,000!!! THANKS FOR ALL WHO ATTENDED, WE HAD A BLAST!
AC has played with Sugar Ray, Nickelback, Train, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Tower of Power, Filter, Jackyll, Skid Row, Vince Neil, Blue Oyster Cult, The Naked Cowboy, Twista, Default, Stroke 9 (to name a few), and has had music featured on WCW Wrestling, MTV Undressed, Fox Sports, Travel Channel, Sporting News Radio, TNT/TBS, and more.
"Inside Her Head" and "Star" are currently being used with New Balance for compilation CD along with Music City Marathon. The band has also played Spring Break at Club Lavela (Panama City Beach) for several years with Maxim Magazine and MTV!
(Channel 7 NBC interviewed and filmed AC at Club Lavela in Panama City Beach, FL. Copy and paste to read the article...
http://www.wjhg.com/home/headlines/19964404.html)
AC is one of the only acts who has performed at the Music City Marathon every year is has existed, playing for over 100,000 runners throughout the years!
The band has played up to 250 shows/year in the past and continues to play constantly. If you haven't seen AC live, it's an experience, including FREESTYLING, IMPROVISATION, CROWD PARTICIPATION, INSTRUMENT SWAPPING, even DRUM DIVING!!!
Criss Cheatham
Corey Boise
Steve Price
If you wanna read about AC 4 real go to the website and check the crazy pics, stories, radio play, videos, movies, television/radio appearances, etc... on www.augustchristopher.com.
AC lead singer, Criss Cheatham, holds the GUINNESS WORLD RECORD for the "Longest Concert by a Solo Artist" (24 hours straight) raising money and awareness for the troops of the 101st Airborne! Check augustchristopher.com for interviews and national press.
Criss can be seen in CMT videos for Trent Tomlinson, Brad Paisley, Trisha Yearwood, Cledus T. Judd, has appeared in a movie with Johnny Knoxville ("Legend of Daltry Calhoun"), and was a presenter at CMA Musicfest for CBS. The band has written songs for WWF wrestlers Chris Benoit (theme song - "TMI") and Sid Vicious (theme song - "Bottle of Rage"). Criss also plays basketball and (unsuccessfully) tried out for the "Nashville Rhythm" pro ABA team.
Criss in Trisha Yearwood's New Top Ten Video "HEAVEN, HEARTACHE, and THE POWER OF LOVE" as her drumma below.
...and don't forget to get the first AC album, featuring "Album Cover", "The Way It Goes", "Star", "Blood", "Change The World", "TMI", and more!
So i have learned u have some new fans..my 7 and 10 yr old cousins..they play "Down" over and over..lol..and bug my uncle to death until he plays it in the car everytime they go somewhere..Enjoyed listing to you guys friday night...love u guys!
criss, how r u supposed to be playing a gig at my house, have the directions but ur un sure where it is. i feel sorry for ya when the time comes...well all i can say is good luck. cant wait till november 14
August Christopher "Rockin' the Mountain" reunion show will be Saturday November 14th right here at my place. There will be 2 bands playing before AC, first one will be Dead Before Dawn which will start at 1pm then Lois Lane will follow with AC starting around 4pm. I will be putting up poster you can download on my page and this one any day with full details/directions. Its gonna be the biggest rock show this summer so be there!!!
Workin out the details for a big AC show with original members in the very near future with Cheathams manager :) I'm sure Criss will put up the details as soon as its confirmed. Hope all you friends can make it. Gonna be a blast from the past in the mountains. Moooooooooo.... Have details on my page also with directions and such. Lata AC peeps... Tucker