Formed in Orlando, FL. in the summer of 2006,
"Modern Day Escape has an infectious sound and draws in the crowd regardless of what market they are playing."-Shane Jay Hayes (Essential Media Group)
Modern Day Escape made a name for themselves on a DIY ethic. Recently signing just this year, they're now using that all or nothing mentality along with the support of a label to explode into the spotlight. They like to wear
belts, and spread smiles with their brand of rock and roll that at
once shreds and inspires sing-alongs and dance pits. Maybe a crowd
surfer or two. You'll leave a MDE show in a pool of
sweat, one less shoe and toothy grin.
Since forming barely two years ago, Orlando-based Modern Day Escape
has covered more ground than they ever imagined possible. They
released their self-titled debut EP
Modern Day Escape in Spring
of 2008. Shortly afterwards, major distributors
Hot Topic, iTunes,
Amazon and Smartpunk.com were helping get the group's music out there,
to great acclaim. The EP has been flying off
HT store shelves in their
native Orlando, and has hit the Top Ten on Smartpunk.com.
As of Jan 5,
2009, Modern Day Escape is 13 on Smartpunk's Unsigned chart, and 22
on the Top Selling 100 CDs.Then closing the year off with a bang,
Modern Day Escape singer James
Vegas is featured on the cover of the December 2008 issue of AMP
Magazine for the "21 Young Guns Salute (21 Bands that will OWN in
2009)!" issue. Their track "
Girls Like You" is featured on the AMP
Compilation included with the issue.
This is all due to the
LOVE FROM THEIR FANS, as well as the band's
drive to earn it themselves with hard work and dedication. All the
while, the struggle continues to overcome the obstacles that are posed
to any group who refuses to compromise their artistic integrity or
sell themselves short. The boys dreamt of finding a record label that
would work with them, pushing as hard as they do. That dream came true in May 2009 when they signed to newly buzzing
Standby Records In 2008, Modern Day Escape toured coast to coast on "
The Summer
Disas-TOUR" and the "
Not My House Tour." While rocking legendary
venues from Florida to California, including
Chain Reaction,
Mesa
Theatre and
The White Rabbit, Modern Day Escape shared the stage with
bands like Lovehatehero, Oceana, Bleed The Dream, Smile from the
Trenches, and Take The Crown.
This year proves to be the biggest ever for Modern Day Escape.
The band just announced the release of their
HIGHLY ANTICIPATED, FULL-LENGTH ALBUM DEBUT, "House of Rats"
(slated for release JULY 21st!).
Also long awaited are tour dates covering more cities than ever before. Modern Day Escape is
prepared to continue to take the world by storm!
If you're looking for the story of how this this band started, or where it all
came from...feel free to ask the guys.
THEY RESPOND TO EVERY MESSAGE AND COMMENT!
Check Out Modern Day Escape:
- Cover boy James Vegas on AMP Magazine's "21 Young Guns Salute (21
Bands that will OWN in 2009)" with featured track "Girls Like You"
included on the AMP Compilation of "21 bands that will OWN in 2009".
- Modern Day Escape's debut music video "March of the Dead" .
- "Parley" track feature on LBM magazine's "LBM Music Compilation Vol. 3 (Fall Edition)"
^- A CD distributed through all Hot Topic stores, also
featuring bands such as Mayday Parade, Sing It Loud and Motion City
Soundtrack.
- Music features on MTV's "Real World / Road Rules Challenge", E!'s "Meet the Cardasians", and Oxygen's "Bad Girls Club".
- Video features and interviews with Hot Topic's "Local Static".
- An acclaimed rave review from Kyle Parsons and Redefine Magazine.
- A Television spot on Central Florida's "The Edge".
- Television EPK features on Fuse and MTV2.
- Radio Interviews & features with Florida rock stations such as 101.1 WJRR.
- A reputable feature on AMP Magazine's "AMP Says!"
- An upcoming EXCLUSIVE band feature in Vanity Magazine.
- Part of the Malus Clothing Family.
- NEWLY SIGNED FEATURED BAND on "Standby Records"
"We’re extremely excited to be with Standby Records. We’ve been writing constantly and have had a lot of plans for what we wanted to do as a band. Standby Records gives us the opportunity to fulfill those plans and push everything to the max." - James Vegas
Standby Records & Warm Fuzzy Publicity press release, April 28th 2009
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