Quickly becoming one of the most popular modern rock bands in the Midwest, Promise to Burn is defined by a distinctive sound born from combining extremely cohesive live performances with a vocalist who demands the listeners' immediate attention with his inimitable voice and presence. This unique cohesion is due to the fact that the band is comprised of two sets of brothers, Ben and Luke Sample and Derek and Damon Pearson who have matured musically with one another since first picking up instruments. In addition, members of the band also have a history of performing with vocalist, Heath Hartwell, since 2001 which has given them several years of experience performing in front of large live crowds. All five members also attended college together at Southeast Missouri State University earning seven different degrees ranging from Agricultural Business to Cell Molecular Biology.
The current incarnation of Promise to Burn as an original act began in 2004 when they shifted all their focus to songwriting for a period of nearly two years. Another local musician, Bob Glastetter, took an interest in the band and took their extensive catalog of original songs to his old friend, Malcolm Springer. Malcolm happened to be one of the most talented rock producers on the planet. Springer's credits are quite impressive having engineered and produced countless major acts such as: Matchbox Twenty, Collective Soul, Fear Factory, Faith Hill, and the multiplatinum Spiderman Soundtrack. Malcolm was also single-handedly responsible for discovering, producing, co-writing with two very successful bands: Full Devil Jacket, and the Grammy-nominated Greenwheel.
After an impromptu live tryout, Malcolm was quickly impressed with the band's songwriting, work ethic, and potential. Promise to Burn immediately began pre-production with Springer within two weeks of the tryout in early 2006. By the end of April, the songs were mixed at SoundStage Studios in Nashville. The debut EP, And Everything After, was released two months later.
After the release of the EP, Promise to Burn quickly developed a huge online following while becoming a regional favorite in the Midwest through their live performances. The group has experience performing in countless regional shows as well as headlining the world-famous Viper Room and the Plush Lounge in Los Angeles, as well as headlining 12th & Porter in Nashville. The group has gathered various media attention in the Midwest by regional newspapers, radio stations, and television news programs. The group has also warranted national attention when they had a rehearsal and interview filmed for Fox's American Idol program in 2006 after lead singer, Heath Hartwell, made it to the late rounds in his first attempt to be the next American Idol.
In the last few months, Promise to Burn has been playing a variety of regional shows where they played mix several well-known cover songs with their growing collection of originals. To spice up their live performances, Promise to Burn went to an extreme measure: they decided to let their alter-egos, an 80's glam metal group called Blind Lion, perform at many of their shows. Claiming to be the comeback of a hair band that dates back to 1983 (who composed every successful rock hit of the 1980's), Blind Lion's delusions are a bit far-fetched. However those delusions combined with the 1980's hair, attitudes, attire, and persona's transform a normal modern rock concert into a high-energy, unforgettable party that is guaranteed to entertain.
If anyone would like to contact Promise to Burn for any questions about booking them and/or the 80's band, Blind Lion, please send a myspace e-mail or at info@promisetoburn.com with any questions or information that is needed.
Lastly, Promise to Burn is always looking for any career advice from or potential partnerships with people in the industry. For anyone in the industry who is an agent, lawyer, manager, or songwriter who have ideas or advice for the band, please feel free to drop us a line through the myspace e-mail with your ideas and of the type of things you've done in the industry. Check out our Electronic Press Kit (EPK) by clicking the image below:
hey! whats going on??? We just wanted to say hi and give you free download of our song "broken to Pieces." You can get it free over at purevolume.com/inviolenttimes Talk to you soon!... write back! - Bennett IVT!
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If you are around Friday August 28th I'll be having a big show at Tumbleweed Texas with the Spiffingtons in Houston Texas I really hope to see you there!!! Love ~Susan www.susanhickman.com
Friday night Powder Mill we will have door prizes and a drawing for a minimum of $100.00
We are having a birthday party Friday night for my wife Michelle Brown. All of our friends please come out and party with us for her birthday. She is an old lady she will be 36!
Congrats on the Ratt show guys! I worked at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater when they opened for Poison and the lead singer got tackled by security because they thought he was trying to sneak back stage, it was pretty funny
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