Smoke or Fire enlists former From Ashes Rise drummer; recording with Matt Allison

Posted by aubin on Thursday, June 1, 2006 at 9:11 PM (EDT)

Fat Wreck Chords act Smoke Or Fire has enlisted drummer Dave Atchison. Atchison, a former member of defunct hardcore punk act From Ashes Rise, will join the band as they record their sophomore full length and follow up to Above The City.

The band has opted to record this September with producer Matt Allison (Alkaline Trio, Lawrence Arms) and are aiming for a tentative February release. In the meantime, the new lineup will be touring in the fall and debuting new material.

From Ashes Rise released a number of records, with their last, Nightmares issued via Jade Tree in 2003.

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letmego (June 1, 2006)

Cool

their first album was good but the production was kinda meh

Someone (June 3, 2006)

I agree, to only have ryan greene mix some of the songs really took away fron the whole thing and it sounded patched together

johnrambo (June 1, 2006)

WHERE DID NICK GO!?!!??!?!?!?!??!?!?

Big_Guy (June 1, 2006)

I wouldn't mind knowing this either

FuckYouOiOiOi (June 1, 2006)

speaking of punk parodies (london's burning), who else thinks Manic Hispanic should do Jesus (hey-zeus) of Suburbia?

it would be hard but it would bring them back in a big way!

Someone (June 1, 2006)

Speaking of punk parodies, who else thinks you should shut the fuck up?

FuckFuckYouOiOiOi (June 1, 2006)

That was me, by the way.

FuckYouOiOiOi (June 1, 2006)

fuck yeah!!!!

FuckYouOiOiOi (June 1, 2006)

that was me, i was logged out for a minute. anyway, i made that comment in complete sarcasm.

FuckYouOiOiOi (June 1, 2006)

milisecowned.

FuckYouOiOiOi (June 1, 2006)

another idea: You're Juan (you're wrong (nofx)). in any case, we need a new manic hispanic album.

ChokingVictim (June 1, 2006)

Haha.

That's funny...

colin (June 1, 2006)

how high are you right now?

FuckYouOiOiOi (June 1, 2006)

not very high. last time i smoked was four hours ago.

Someone (June 2, 2006)

You should open fuckyouoioioinews.org: there'll only be news about NOFX and Manic Hispanic and you can be the only one allowed to comment. I suggest a high-o-meter feature to rate your own posts.

Someone (June 1, 2006)

an addition of any member from FAR can only help a band sound better. They kicked so much ass.

TIGHT (June 1, 2006)

Get the shit out! The drummer from From Ashes Rise, who is fucking insane-o, is joining up with a sick band with an album I totally dig like crazy. I must be halluci-freaking

rubyx (June 1, 2006)

I love Smoke Or Fire and From Ashes Rise. Yay!

hvmyselfabear (June 1, 2006)

I think this band is going to be mad-popular in about a year.

allison_le_gnome (June 1, 2006)

As far as I can tell, this band is not very good.

SloaneDaley (June 2, 2006)

as far as I can tell (mind you I can tell pretty damn far) they kick major ass

Someone (June 2, 2006)

You blow. Awesome band.

CrookedSuperhero (June 2, 2006)

I'd go further and say they're horrible.

allison_le_gnome (June 2, 2006)

Thank you.

Mute98 (June 1, 2006)

FAR rules

SoF rules

GREAT combo!

can someone tell me what bands have ex-FAR? besides tragedy and this band? i think world burns to death does

Someone (June 2, 2006)

ex-far...

there was a crappy band with the guitar player or bassist called revolution smile...
then the more obvious, with jonah, Onelinedrawing, Gratitude, and the amazing New End Original.... i think he also has a new album coming out on jade tree

Someone (June 2, 2006)

I knew that would happen. Let us look at the difference: FAR vs. Far. Okay?

FuckYouOiOiOi (June 1, 2006)

well people, the last six months have been a rollercoaster ride. Fun, but also pressurized with the pressure for having to come up with witty, scathing, but all the while completly true remarks and observations about the punk scene.

After hundreds of comments, six vulgar reviews (only one of which i feel is lacking (the adolescents one)), and thousands of variations of the word "fuck", I have finally reached the top of the Punknews community: i have a parody of my username.

Thats right, i pissed a someone off enough to inspire him to register the username FuckFuckYouOiOiOi (pretty good if i do say so myself). Many people said it wouldn't happen to me, that SteveJones(theRealBones) and IHeartAgainstMe would be the only ones offensive enough to have a parody in their name. To those I say, "Fuck You! Oi! Oi! Oi!"

colin (June 1, 2006)

hahaha

i think it's just you in disguise

darkstarm (June 1, 2006)

ess my dee.

allison_le_gnome (June 1, 2006)

Congratulations.

pdlawry (June 1, 2006)

well, you still fucking suck.

Someone (June 1, 2006)

anyone know where i can get some of their stuff they did while they were Jericho

burningfeeetman (June 1, 2006)

interpunk

Someone (June 1, 2006)

thats where i got mine

Hubitcherkokov (June 2, 2006)

You can get it off of Interpunk, or you can wait until Fat Wreck Chords re-releases it.

NoControl (June 1, 2006)

So, i'm thinking about seeing Rancid when they come to town. how much material do they play from And Out Come the Wolves, live?

Someone (June 1, 2006)

They mostly play songs from Let's Go and AOCTW.

gregs (June 1, 2006)

I couldn't believe how much they played from it when they toured for Indestructible. Great album and all, but way too much

FuckYouOiOiOi (June 1, 2006)

breaking in new material eh?

NoControl (June 1, 2006)

huh? i already have wolves

MikeStupid (June 2, 2006)

That's one strange statement, taken out of context.

Someone (June 1, 2006)

New Dillinger Four 10/31

Orgasm

JoshCBFL (June 1, 2006)

Prove it.

Someone (June 1, 2006)

http://www.decoymusic.com/vb/showthread.php?t=12676

pdlawry (June 1, 2006)

http://members4.boardhost.com/dillingerfour/msg/1147894263.html

JTravolta (June 2, 2006)

I think that one guy said it best:

"I won't believe it till i have the lp in my hands"

Someone (June 2, 2006)

meh. Watch it be a re-run of the previous stuff.

barkleybarkster (June 1, 2006)

Did Ryan Greene engineer the last Nofx record. Is he still working fat at all? I saw his add in Ap with some TERRIBLE artwork for Livitz Livitz or something along those lines

kingofsuck (June 2, 2006)

Bill Stevenson did.

BizzleBrizzle (June 1, 2006)

cool

Someone (June 1, 2006)

Smoke or Fire + Matt Allison = Pre-ejaculate.

ChrisKretzer (June 1, 2006)

Thank god for a new (hopefully better) drummer. Their last one was terrible.

Someone (June 1, 2006)

smoke or fire is the real deal.

no stupid gimmicks... just fucking great tunes... and they're incredible live.

oui_abracadaver (June 2, 2006)

...the first few times. they pkay the same damn thing EVERY TIME i see em. i mean yeah they're great and i like them a lot but jesus, switch it up.

in either case, i am excited that this is happening. also, i enjoy every nickname that the lawrence arms have come up with for matt allison, and someday i'd llike to see him in person, supposedly he's nuts.

Someone (June 2, 2006)

yay!
I've met Matt Allison and he isn't as wild as you think. He was actually very sweet to me.

Someone (June 2, 2006)

:O Awesome news.

FAR's drummer is a freaking machine.

Someone (June 2, 2006)

Also the Jericho EP is better than the SoF full length, but the album rules too

Someone (June 2, 2006)

ha, hardly. The SoF is much better. The Jericho EP had one or two really solid songs, but the production was pretty lame. The full length SoF album was solid, good production, etc.

Hubitcherkokov (June 2, 2006)

Huh...I was wearing my From Ashes Rise shirt when I saw Smoke or Fire with the Unseen and Anti-Flag in April and SoF's singer complimented me on it and said they were one of his favorite bands. Crazy...

Someone (June 2, 2006)

From Ashes Rise Against All Authority Zero Down By Law

Someone (June 2, 2006)

how long did it take you to figure this one out?

homie (June 2, 2006)

Alkaline Trio needs to go spend some time with Matt Allison so they can make another good record. Jerry Finn is poison to music, with the exception of Out Come The Wolves.

Someone (June 2, 2006)

agreed...everything Matt Allison has recorded with the trio has been Great... the One man Army split proved this....Just look at what he as done with Lawrence arms as well.... Jerry Finn has made the trio albums kinda suck...

Hubitcherkokov (June 2, 2006)

Ugh...I hate the OMA split. The only song I like is "Dead and Broken."

boba_fett (June 2, 2006)

i bought smoke or fire and found that it had some really good tracks and some really bad tracks and the recording was only meh.

they've got potential though.