Alexisburntout

Canadian hardcore band, Alexisonfire announced this weekend that they have decided to call it quits. After ten years, the band released a statement saying that following guitarist/vocalist, Dallas's announcement that he would no longer be part of the band and would instead concentrate on pursuing other projects, increasing pressures have caused them to split.

The official statement was released this weekend,on the band's

website, www.theonlybandever.com.

After four studio albums and twelve singles the band have made their mark on the popular music scene and made waves over the social networking sites after news of the split travelled.

The band have made post hard-core music more accessible with their hit ,'This could be Anywhere in the World' being played on rock club nights.

Not only have they made catchy songs, but great videos as well

- Alexisonfire Water Wings

Like many other bands that began early 2000's the band have just burnt out, and after ten years in the business no one can say they haven't had a good run at it.

A Quick Chat With Your Demise

image myspace.com/yourdemise

Tonight I ventured to the Cockpit to brave uk metal/hardcore act Your Demise on their we used to be kids tour. A sweaty room, hard rock, inaudible lyrics and people throwing themselves off stage...my only regret I bought my handbag and couldn't join in!

I caught up with a very sweaty Ed Mcrae, the lead singer of the band.

How did you find tonight's show?

It was rad, it was so good. It was sold out for one and we haven't played Leeds properly in a while. I love playing Leeds it's always amazing.

You got a lot of stage crashers tonight, how often does that happen?

Yeah, we seem to be a lot recently, it always happens and tonight was no exception.

They music you guys play is pretty hardcore. Did you see the comment that journalist made about Rock being dead?

Rock is quite a general term for music, so no it's not dead. No music's dead really. When it first came out the attitudes have changed. But no, no music is dead. Music and art can't die.

What do you think of the British music scene at the moment?

Thriving, thriving. I guess the art and culture scene, there's so many bands coming up and in general there are so many artist and musicians coming out, that are really good and from the UK. A lot of the world are now seeing that the UK is back on the map as quite a hub of music.

Sum up tonight's show in three words?

Really fucking good.