The A.K.A.s to give away "Dance/Destroy" remixesThe A.K.A.s are planning to give away download cards with access to a free remix album on their upcoming tour dates. Dance/Destroy will feature dance and dub remixes of tracks from the band's recent Everybody Make Some Noise! full length. Contributors include Travis from Gym Class Heroes, Aimee Echo and Chelsea from theSTART, and…
October 08, 2008 Tours: theSTARTLos Angeles new wave revivalists theSTART are headed out on the road soon in support of their Metropolis Records full length Ciao, Baby. The former Nitro Records act released their debut for the industrial powerhouse on June 5th. You can download the track "Wartime" now and click below for those…
June 25, 2007
Aimee Echo and Jamie Miller formed theSTART in the Fall of 1998, citing a mutual love of dark wave, dance music and art rock. The prophetic nature of their name revealed itself quickly as they would be among the first of the crop of the new New Wave, alongside bands like the Faint and Le Tigre.
Renown for delivering a raucous live set, they've shared stages with a variety of bands, ranging from Alt-Rock scenesters (Garbage, The International Noise Conspiracy, Cave IN, John Frusciante, Weezer, Melissa Auf der Maur, Sparta, Burning Brides, The Von Bondies, Team Sleep, Head Automatica) to punk rock royalty ( Alkaline Trio, AFI, Hot Water Music, Offspring) to Goddess-fronted rock ( X's Exene Cervenka, Berlin, and Bow Wow Wow).