Arthur Enders
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Arthur Carl "Ace" Enders (born April 19, 1982 in Hammonton, New Jersey
) is an American
musician
. Enders is the lead singer and guitarist of the band The Early November
. He is also the lead musician, songwriter and co-producer in his side project, I Can Make a Mess Like Nobody's Business
. He has also released music under the name Ace Enders and a Million Different People. In 2010, Enders returned to the I Can Make a Mess name for a second studio album, entitled The World We Know
. Enders is known for recording different versions of songs from The Early November and Ace Enders and a Million Different People under the name I Can Make a Mess Like Nobody's Business.
In February 2001, Enders along with guitarist Jim Sacco, bassist Sergio Anello and drummer Jeff Kummer formed The Early November
. In 2003, after the release of their first two EPs For All Of This, and The Acoustic EP, the band released their debut full length album The Room's Too Cold
.
In 2004, Enders started his own solo project I Can Make a Mess Like Nobody's Business
, releasing the self-titled album
on October 26, 2004. Enders has stated that I Can Make a Mess Like Nobody's Business "was a one-album thing".
Recording of the third Early November album began in February 2005. The album, titled The Mother, the Mechanic, and the Path
, was a triple disc concept album
with an entwining plot of a torn family, from the perspective of a growing child. The album took over a year to complete due to a multitude of issues. Before conceptualizing The Mother, the Mechanic, and the Path, Enders contemplated
leaving the music business and possibly going into retail or construction.
In the summer of 2007, Enders took out a loan to build a studio in the basement of a shopping center. After three weeks of work, building finished and Pink Space Recording was created. After the studio was finished, Enders spent two straight days making demos that would later be named "From a Daze" and "Emergency". Enders signed on with manager Lucas Keller to work on Ace Enders and a Million Different People. He opened for the full Angels & Airwaves
US tour in early 2008. On June 13 of that year, Enders put out an 8-track album called The Secret Wars
available for free download on Fuse TV
. He recorded them in his own studio.
In December 2008, Ace Enders and a Million Different People released the single "Bitter Sweet Symphony
", a cover of The Verve
song, on the iTunes Store
. The song involves multiple artists including Mark Hoppus
, Aaron Marsh
, Craig Owens
, Alex Gaskarth of All Time Low
, Bryce Avary, Kenny Vasoli
, Matt Thiessen
, and Duane Okun. All of the proceeds from the song went to VH1
's Save the Music Foundation.
Ace Enders and a Million Different People released its second album, Enders' third solo album, on 17 March 2009, through Vagrant/Drive-Thru Records. The album is titled When I Hit the Ground
.
Ace Enders and a Million Different People went on tour with The All-American Rejects on the I Wanna Rock Tour starting in early April 2009.
. Afterwards he went on tour to promote the album.
On September 16, Enders released the third Mess album "Dust'n Off The Ol' Guitar". The album featured redone versions of many Early November songs, as well as a couple Ace Enders & A Million Different People songs. The album also featured a new song titled "Growing Pains". There's also three songs from the album that will be released once the sales reach 5,000. These songs include "Pretty Pretty", a remix of "1000 Times A Day", and a full length version of "Decoration".
On December 15 Enders released a Christmas-oriented EP titled "Happy Christmas". The EP contains one original song titled "Season's Greetings", as well as a cover of "Christmastime Is Here" from the film A Charlie Brown Christmas
, and a cover of Charles Brown (musician)
hit Please Come Home For Christmas
. The EP was released Digitally.
Enders released the fourth "I Can Make a Mess Like Nobody's Business" album, “Gold Rush” on May 5, 2011.
Hammonton, New Jersey
Hammonton is a town in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the town population was 14,791. It is located directly between Philadelphia and the resort town of Atlantic City, along a former route of the Pennsylvania Railroad currently used by New Jersey...
) is an American
United States
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musician
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
. Enders is the lead singer and guitarist of the band The Early November
The Early November
The Early November is an American rock band from Hammonton, New Jersey. The group formed in 1999 and signed with Drive-Thru Records in 2002. , they have released two EPs , as well as two full-length albums...
. He is also the lead musician, songwriter and co-producer in his side project, I Can Make a Mess Like Nobody's Business
I Can Make a Mess Like Nobody's Business
I Can Make a Mess Like Nobody's Business is an acoustic/alternative rock band, the side project of Arthur "Ace" Enders, lead singer and guitarist of The Early November. Though the self-titled album was originally the only planned official release under the name I Can Make a Mess Like Nobody's...
. He has also released music under the name Ace Enders and a Million Different People. In 2010, Enders returned to the I Can Make a Mess name for a second studio album, entitled The World We Know
The World We Know
The World We Know is the fourth studio album by Ace Enders, the second using the name I Can Make a Mess Like Nobody's Business. It was released on March 23, 2010.The track listing was announced by Alternative Press on March 11, 2010...
. Enders is known for recording different versions of songs from The Early November and Ace Enders and a Million Different People under the name I Can Make a Mess Like Nobody's Business.
Introduction to music and The Early November
Enders began playing guitar after being inspired by watching his step dad, Robert Gazzara play in a band. Enders taught himself how to play his step dad's old guitar.In February 2001, Enders along with guitarist Jim Sacco, bassist Sergio Anello and drummer Jeff Kummer formed The Early November
The Early November
The Early November is an American rock band from Hammonton, New Jersey. The group formed in 1999 and signed with Drive-Thru Records in 2002. , they have released two EPs , as well as two full-length albums...
. In 2003, after the release of their first two EPs For All Of This, and The Acoustic EP, the band released their debut full length album The Room's Too Cold
The Room's Too Cold
The Room's Too Cold is the first full length CD released by The Early November. It was co-produced by the lead singer - Arthur 'Ace' Enders. This CD also features a guest appearance from Kenny Vasoli of The Starting Line, who was also signed to Drive-Thru Records at the time...
.
In 2004, Enders started his own solo project I Can Make a Mess Like Nobody's Business
I Can Make a Mess Like Nobody's Business
I Can Make a Mess Like Nobody's Business is an acoustic/alternative rock band, the side project of Arthur "Ace" Enders, lead singer and guitarist of The Early November. Though the self-titled album was originally the only planned official release under the name I Can Make a Mess Like Nobody's...
, releasing the self-titled album
I Can Make a Mess Like Nobody's Business (album)
I Can Make a Mess Like Nobody's Business is the solo release from The Early November frontman Ace Enders on Drive-Thru Records, released on October 26, 2004.-Track listing:* # "Untitled 1" – 2:07...
on October 26, 2004. Enders has stated that I Can Make a Mess Like Nobody's Business "was a one-album thing".
Recording of the third Early November album began in February 2005. The album, titled The Mother, the Mechanic, and the Path
The Mother, the Mechanic, and the Path
The Mother, the Mechanic, and the Path is The Early November's second full-length album. The triple disc concept album was released on July 11, 2006 via Drive-Thru Records...
, was a triple disc concept album
Concept album
In music, a concept album is an album that is "unified by a theme, which can be instrumental, compositional, narrative, or lyrical." Commonly, concept albums tend to incorporate preconceived musical or lyrical ideas rather than being improvised or composed in the studio, with all songs contributing...
with an entwining plot of a torn family, from the perspective of a growing child. The album took over a year to complete due to a multitude of issues. Before conceptualizing The Mother, the Mechanic, and the Path, Enders contemplated
leaving the music business and possibly going into retail or construction.
Ace Enders and a Million Different People
Ace Enders announced in Alternative Press magazine that he planned on recording a solo album, and began a new project named Ace Enders and a Million Different People.In the summer of 2007, Enders took out a loan to build a studio in the basement of a shopping center. After three weeks of work, building finished and Pink Space Recording was created. After the studio was finished, Enders spent two straight days making demos that would later be named "From a Daze" and "Emergency". Enders signed on with manager Lucas Keller to work on Ace Enders and a Million Different People. He opened for the full Angels & Airwaves
Angels & Airwaves
Angels & Airwaves is an American alternative rock supergroup led by Blink-182 guitarist/vocalist Tom DeLonge, also including guitarist David Kennedy from Over My Dead Body, Hazen Street and Box Car Racer, bass guitarist Matt Wachter from 30 Seconds to Mars and former Lostprophets and Nine Inch...
US tour in early 2008. On June 13 of that year, Enders put out an 8-track album called The Secret Wars
The Secret Wars
The Secret Wars is the second studio album by American rock musician Ace Enders, his first using the name Ace Enders and a Million Different People...
available for free download on Fuse TV
Fuse TV
Fuse is an American national television network dedicated exclusively to music. It features original series and specials, exclusive interviews, live concerts and video blocks....
. He recorded them in his own studio.
In December 2008, Ace Enders and a Million Different People released the single "Bitter Sweet Symphony
Bitter Sweet Symphony
"Bitter Sweet Symphony" is a song by English alternative rock band The Verve, the lead track on their third album, Urban Hymns. It is based on music from an Andrew Loog Oldham adaptation of a Rolling Stones song, "The Last Time". It was released on 16 June 1997 by Hut Recordings as the first single...
", a cover of The Verve
The Verve
The Verve were an English rock band formed in 1989 in Wigan by lead vocalist Richard Ashcroft, guitarist Nick McCabe, bassist Simon Jones, and drummer Peter Salisbury. Guitarist and keyboardist Simon Tong later became a member. Beginning with a psychedelic sound indebted to shoegazing and space...
song, on the iTunes Store
ITunes Store
The iTunes Store is a software-based online digital media store operated by Apple. Opening as the iTunes Music Store on April 28, 2003, with over 200,000 items to purchase, it is, as of April 2008, the number-one music vendor in the United States...
. The song involves multiple artists including Mark Hoppus
Mark Hoppus
Mark Allan Hoppus is an American musician, record producer, and television host. He is the bass guitarist and one of the two lead vocalists of the pop punk band Blink-182, as well as the bass guitarist and lead vocalist of the alternative rock band +44. He is a co-founder of both bands...
, Aaron Marsh
Aaron Marsh
Aaron Marsh is an American singer-songwriter, musician and producer from Florida. He first gained prominence as the lead singer, guitarist, and pianist for the Florida-based indie rock band Copeland, who formed in 2000...
, Craig Owens
Craig Owens (musician)
Craigery Michael "Craig" Owens is an American musician from Davison, Michigan. He is best known as the former lead vocalist of Chiodos and has had an involvement in various side projects such as Cinematic Sunrise, and the supergroup Isles & Glaciers...
, Alex Gaskarth of All Time Low
All Time Low
All Time Low is an American pop punk band from Baltimore, Maryland, formed in 2003.The band consists of vocalist and rhythm guitarist Alexander Gaskarth, lead guitarist and backing vocalist Jack Barakat, bassist and backing vocalist Zachary Merrick, and drummer Rian Dawson...
, Bryce Avary, Kenny Vasoli
Kenny Vasoli
Kenneth Robert "Kenny" Vasoli is the lead singer and bassist of The Starting Line, a pop punk band. Vasoli attended Hatboro-Horsham High School. At the age of 14, he was invited to join the band after Matt Watts read his AOL Instant Messenger profile. His previous bands include The Prize Fight and...
, Matt Thiessen
Matt Thiessen
Matthew Arnold Thiessen is a Canadian-American musician, known for being co-founder, lead singer, guitarist, pianist, and primary songwriter for the Christian rock band Relient K. With Relient K, he has released six full-length albums, including three that were certified Gold, and three that...
, and Duane Okun. All of the proceeds from the song went to VH1
VH1
VH1 or Vh1 is an American cable television network based in New York City. Launched on January 1, 1985 in the old space of Turner Broadcasting's short-lived Cable Music Channel, the original purpose of the channel was to build on the success of MTV by playing music videos, but targeting a slightly...
's Save the Music Foundation.
Ace Enders and a Million Different People released its second album, Enders' third solo album, on 17 March 2009, through Vagrant/Drive-Thru Records. The album is titled When I Hit the Ground
When I Hit the Ground
When I Hit the Ground is the third studio album by American rock musician Ace Enders, his second using the name Ace Enders and a Million Different People. The album was released on 17 March 2009 through Vagrant Records...
.
Ace Enders and a Million Different People went on tour with The All-American Rejects on the I Wanna Rock Tour starting in early April 2009.
Return to I Can Make A Mess Like Nobody's Business
Enders released his second album under the I Can Make a Mess Like Nobody's Business name on March 23, 2010, entitled The World We KnowThe World We Know
The World We Know is the fourth studio album by Ace Enders, the second using the name I Can Make a Mess Like Nobody's Business. It was released on March 23, 2010.The track listing was announced by Alternative Press on March 11, 2010...
. Afterwards he went on tour to promote the album.
On September 16, Enders released the third Mess album "Dust'n Off The Ol' Guitar". The album featured redone versions of many Early November songs, as well as a couple Ace Enders & A Million Different People songs. The album also featured a new song titled "Growing Pains". There's also three songs from the album that will be released once the sales reach 5,000. These songs include "Pretty Pretty", a remix of "1000 Times A Day", and a full length version of "Decoration".
On December 15 Enders released a Christmas-oriented EP titled "Happy Christmas". The EP contains one original song titled "Season's Greetings", as well as a cover of "Christmastime Is Here" from the film A Charlie Brown Christmas
A Charlie Brown Christmas
A Charlie Brown Christmas is the first prime-time animated TV special based upon the comic strip Peanuts, by Charles M. Schulz. It was produced and directed by former Warner Bros. and UPA animator Bill Melendez, who also supplied the voice for the character of Snoopy...
, and a cover of Charles Brown (musician)
Charles Brown (musician)
Charles Brown , born in Texas City, Texas was an American blues singer and pianist whose soft-toned, slow-paced blues-club style influenced the development of blues performance during the 1940s and 1950s...
hit Please Come Home For Christmas
Please Come Home for Christmas
"Please Come Home for Christmas" is a Christmas song, released in 1960, by the American blues singer and pianist Charles Brown. Hitting Billboard’s Hot 100 chart in December 1961, the tune Brown co-wrote with Gene Redd peaked at position #76. It appeared on the Christmas Singles chart for nine...
. The EP was released Digitally.
Enders released the fourth "I Can Make a Mess Like Nobody's Business" album, “Gold Rush” on May 5, 2011.
Other projects
Ace Enders runs a studio in his home town named The Living Room. Ace has recorded bands such as Backseat Goodbye and Move Out West (among many more).Albums
- The Room's Too ColdThe Room's Too ColdThe Room's Too Cold is the first full length CD released by The Early November. It was co-produced by the lead singer - Arthur 'Ace' Enders. This CD also features a guest appearance from Kenny Vasoli of The Starting Line, who was also signed to Drive-Thru Records at the time...
(2003) US #107 - The Mother, the Mechanic, and the PathThe Mother, the Mechanic, and the PathThe Mother, the Mechanic, and the Path is The Early November's second full-length album. The triple disc concept album was released on July 11, 2006 via Drive-Thru Records...
(2006) US #31
Extended plays
- The 5 Song EP (2001)
- So is This Fun? (2002)
- For All of ThisFor All of ThisFor All of This is the first EP from The Early November. It was written entirely by the lead singer, Arthur 'Ace' Enders, and features brief replacement guitarist , John Dubitsky...
(2002) - The Acoustic EPThe Acoustic EP (The Early November album)The Acoustic EP is the second EP from The Early November, recorded shortly before the band's first full-length CD and released in 2002.-Track listing:# "Ever So Sweet" – 4:15# "I Want to Hear You Sad" – 3:24...
(2005) - The Early November/I Am the AvalancheThe Early November/I Am the AvalancheThe Early November/I Am the Avalanche is a split record between Hammonton, New Jersey's The Early November and Long Island, New York's I Am the Avalanche. It was released on July 26, 2005 on the both bands' record label Drive-Thru Records...
(2005)
I Can Make a Mess Like Nobody's Business
- I Can Make a Mess Like Nobody's BusinessI Can Make a Mess Like Nobody's Business (album)I Can Make a Mess Like Nobody's Business is the solo release from The Early November frontman Ace Enders on Drive-Thru Records, released on October 26, 2004.-Track listing:* # "Untitled 1" – 2:07...
(2004) - Their cover of the song "Positively 4th Street" appears on Listen to Bob Dylan: A Tribute (2005), a tribute album.
- The World We KnowThe World We KnowThe World We Know is the fourth studio album by Ace Enders, the second using the name I Can Make a Mess Like Nobody's Business. It was released on March 23, 2010.The track listing was announced by Alternative Press on March 11, 2010...
(March 23, 2010) - Dust'n Off The Ol' GuitarDust'n Off The Ol' GuitarDust'n Off The Ol' Guitar is a studio album by Ace Enders, the second using the name I Can Make a Mess Like Nobody's Business. It was released on September 16, 2010...
(September 16, 2010) - Happy ChristmasHappy Christmas (I can make a mess album)Happy Christmas is the fourth album/ep by I Can Make a Mess Like Nobody's Business. It was released December 15, 2010.Message from Ace regarding the album:...
(December 15, 2010) - Gold RushGold Rush (album)Gold Rush is I Can Make a Mess Like Nobody's Business' third full-length studio album. The album was released independently without a label by Ace Enders.-Track listing:# "Gold Rush" — 4:30# "Lame Duck" — 3:30# "Connected" — 3:44# "Complications" — 3:52...
(May 5, 2011)