Escape To Victory formed in the summer from 2006 from members of The Planeteers and The Upstarts with the intention of creating a quad vocalled, "in your face" style of melodic hardcore punk that is lacking in Aberdeen at the moment. We played our first gig in May 2007 and have since had the opportunity to play across Scotland with the likes of Sonic Boom Six, Skindred, Another Breath, Chief, The King Blues and Rentokill amongst others. Steve left in July 2008 and we're back with Duncan of Flaming Katy on drums. We're looking to play as much as possible in the next year and are up for gig swaps, splits, compilations and all sorts of punk rock shennanigans.
Here is a review from our recent cafe drummonds show with The outcry collective - Ending the night on an extreme high are Aberdeen’s Escape To Victory. Thrashing through the set like they only have ten minutes to play, the band show off some stupidly impressive punk rock, almost in the same vein as Anti Flag with a hardcore edge reminiscent of The Ghost Of A Thousand. Comparing the band to these two accomplished artists is maybe a bit too easy though. Escape To Victory have something unique that I haven’t seen from any Aberdeen band to date. Their onstage banter is completely refreshing to watch and you feel part of the experience throughout the set, and for 30 minutes or so the whole room feels like one big family. That is what this band manages to captivate onstage. Peddling through their songs with some impressive precision and ruthless delivery, Escape To Victory deserve to be playing to bigger crowds than this. I’ll bet my left testicle that one day they will. 4/5 www.dailydischord.com
Awww im sure you guys were still good man =] We had to 3 peice it! Me and Michael both played bass for some songs, haha. Was wierd stuff! Yeahh my old band played with them 3 years ago soo its pretty good! Got any cool shows comming up?
Really? We thought they were great and they were really nice people! When they wrere on we were all dancing like idiots and had a great time and after the gigs i was running late for my train from Edinburgh to Glasgow and Zombina and Ben dropped me off in the car =] loved them! Was telling them that you guys are great too, and that yous looked after us when we played Aberdeen! Haha
Just stopping by to say hi and give you some news. The new album 'Welcome To Murraysville' from Phil Murray and the Boys From Bury is now available worldwide from CD Baby and directly from the merchandise page of the official website. You can also get the album from Apple iTunes, MSN Music, Rhapsody, Napster, Amazon and many more.
Thanx for the add! 'More Late Night Transmissions with...' album out on I Scream Records in Europe and the US. Check out our songs and say hi @ one of our shows.
Thanks alot guys! really enjoyed playing gigs with you guys and thanks again for letting us crash at yours paul! We get home in a few days, we are in london the now at a internet cafe haha, talk soon guys!
I'm going to another gig in Edinburgh on Saturday, but I'm only going for one band, so that should give me plenty time to make it back for you guy's!! Hopefully a good crowd will come along.
Nice one. We're putting you guys on with beneath the blaze in july, dunno if we'll be playing it but we'll obviously be there! Looking forward to seeing you guys
