The Panic Division
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History
The Panic Division was formed by three members of the post-hardcorePost-hardcore
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group Carbon 12 Theory, who added a drummer and keyboardist to their lineup to form the present group. The group moved towards a more electronic, synthpop
Synthpop
Synthpop is a genre of popular music that first became prominent in the 1980s, in which the synthesizer is the dominant musical instrument. It was prefigured in the 1960s and early 1970s by the use of synthesizers in progressive rock, electronic art rock, disco and particularly the "Kraut rock" of...
sound and released their debut, Versus, on The Militia Group
The Militia Group
-History:The Militia Group was founded in 1998 by Chad Pearson as a booking agency, booking for artists such as Slick Shoes, Craig's Brother, Dogwood, twothirtyeight, Acceptance, and Element 101. Rory Felton and Chad Pearson partnered in 2000 to turn the booking agency into a record company...
, who signed them to a multi-album deal, in November 2005. Several of the songs they had recorded on Carbon 12 Theory's full-length 2003 release, 20 Years Unfold, were re-recorded for the Versus album. The band was named SPIN Band of the Day on November 1, 2005. The group toured extensively behind the record. Drummer James Castillo left the band and was replaced by current drummer Jesse Garcia. Their sophomore effort, Songs from the Glasshouse, was released in 2007, also on Militia. Shortly after the release of the album however, Daniel Stanush left the band, leaving them looking for a replacement. In February 2008 the band announced a hiatus while Colton Holliday completed a solo electronic project.
On New Years Eve 2008, Colton posted a new song called "Easier" on The Panic Division Myspace-page. The song was said to appear on Coltons new solo album but hinted that it could be released as a new Panic Division record.
January 27, 2009, it was announced that The Panic Division had posted the almost entire new record (a 7-song EP) on Myspace, adding that the EP would be released as a digital download via iTunes & Amazon etc on March 1, 2009.
On July 29, 2009, Colton announced a "Panic Division Come-Back Show" to take place on August 29, 2009 at the Scout Bar in San Antonio, TX. It is said that the new "Sleepwalker album will be performed, along with some oldies." New graphics also appeared on the band's MySpace page, potentially indicative of the end of the band's hiatus.
In July 2010, Colton announced that The Panic Division is currently recording a new album and revealed the title of the new album to be "Eternalism" in early 2011. A new song called "Silver Rings" was released in the summer 2011 and was followed with more info during the autumn regarding tracklisting and tentative releasedate to be January/February 2012.
Members
Current members- Colton Holliday - sole writer, vocals, guitar, bass, electronics / programming
- Joe Ramos - drums
- Tavis Wilson - bass
Former members
- Carlos Herrera - drums
- James Castillo - drums
- Daniel Stanush - guitar
- Khary Alexander - keyboards (live only)
- Jesse Garcia - drums
- Diego Chavez - keyboards / programming
- Michael Morin - bass
- Noe Carmona - guitar
Discography
- Versus (The Militia GroupThe Militia Group-History:The Militia Group was founded in 1998 by Chad Pearson as a booking agency, booking for artists such as Slick Shoes, Craig's Brother, Dogwood, twothirtyeight, Acceptance, and Element 101. Rory Felton and Chad Pearson partnered in 2000 to turn the booking agency into a record company...
, 2005) - Songs from the Glasshouse (The Militia GroupThe Militia Group-History:The Militia Group was founded in 1998 by Chad Pearson as a booking agency, booking for artists such as Slick Shoes, Craig's Brother, Dogwood, twothirtyeight, Acceptance, and Element 101. Rory Felton and Chad Pearson partnered in 2000 to turn the booking agency into a record company...
, 2007) - Sleepwalker EP (IndependentIndependent schoolAn independent school is a school that is independent in its finances and governance; it is not dependent upon national or local government for financing its operations, nor reliant on taxpayer contributions, and is instead funded by a combination of tuition charges, gifts, and in some cases the...
, 2009) - EternalismEternalismThe word eternalism has at least three meanings:* In philosophy, Eternalism is a philosophical approach to the ontological nature of time, which takes the view that all points in time are equally "real", as opposed to the presentist idea that only the present is real.*Eternalism is a position in...
(IndependentIndependent record labelAn independent record label is a record label operating without the funding of or outside the organizations of the major record labels. A great number of bands and musical acts begin on independent labels.-Overview:...
, 2012)