New Music Friday – All Time Low

Pop-punk foursome “All Time Low” formed in Baltimore in 2003 around singer/guitarist Alex Gaskarth and guitarist Jack Barakat before adding bassist Zack Merrick and drummer Rian Dawson to round out their band and rowdy live show, which often included silly string and beach balls. Balancing homework and other teenage adventures, the guys managed to tour across the east coast and the south during school breaks. They released the four-song EP “The Three Words to Remember in Dealing with the End” through the local label “Emerald Moon” in 2004 and followed up with a full-length album, “The Party Scene,” a year later. Before graduating high school in 2006, they signed a record deal with “Hopeless Records” and re-recorded songs from their debut album and included two new songs for their EP “Put Up or Shut Up.” The EP entered both the Top Independent Albums and Top Heatseekers charts. They’ve shared the stage with national headliners such as Motion City Soundtrack, Acceptance, The Early November, The Receiving End of Sirens, The Academy Is…, Plain White T’s, Spitalfied, and many more.

In 2007, All Time Low released “So Wrong, It’s Right,” which entered the Billboard 200 at number 62. The band was eventually selected as Alternative Press Magazine’s “Band of the Year” for 2008. While writing for a third album, they collaborated with Blink-182 bassist Mark Hoppus and a host of other producers. Their third album “Nothing Personal” was released in July, debuting at number four on the Billboard 200. It was revealed in November 2009 that the band had signed to major label “Interscope Records.” The band also announced that they would have a song featuring on the soundtrack for the upcoming film “Alice in Wonderland.”

“Damned If I Do Ya (Damned If I Don’t)” is the second single from their new studio album, reaching as high as #21 on iTunes during its first week of availability. It also became their first Hot 100 charting song, debuting at #67. You can view the video above.

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