Mutiny Within
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Mutiny Within was a metal
band from Edison, New Jersey
. The band was formed in 2002 by bassist
Andrew Jacobs originally as a Children of Bodom
cover band
. They disbanded in 2011.
, in Edison, New Jersey
. The original line-up included Andrew "AJ" Jacobs on bass, Eiman Nejad on guitar and Phil Petrov on drums. They shortly after recruited Rob Savage on vocals and Debbie Plesnarski on keyboards. The band wanted to become a Children of Bodom
cover band
, and Eiman departed to focus on song writing after playing the first two shows. He was replaced by Ryan Nolan and they played a third show. Debbie's parents were against her musical interest and forced her to quit the band. The band would be without a keyboardist for the next three years. During 2004, personal differences would get AJ to fire Rob from vocal duties (AJ had hooked up with Rob's girlfriend).
After graduation, in the summer of 2005, Phil departed for college and was replaced by Metuchen, New Jersey
's Black Sand and Starless Nights drummer Mike Vassallo. Another J.P. Stevens student would come in on guitar, Luis Obregon, who had spent the last five years in the local thrash metal band Hammerhead with his two cousins. It was also during this summer that AJ welcomed his brother Brandon on second guitar. It would be the first time the band had a stable line-up of dual guitarists. Mike Vassallo would be kicked out later in the year, and would be replaced by Sam "Samus" Paulicelli (who had been in various big bands such as Suspyre
and Abigail Williams
), and would lead the band to bigger shows and better promotion.
After a brief stint with Kaan Akyol on vocals, AJ attempted to take over vocals, and took signing lessons, but after only a handful of shows performing bass/vocals, he opted to find a real vocalist. Luis would leave the band, and completely vanish out of sight, and Samus would quit to focus on Eliminator (with Mutiny's first guitarist Eiman).
, as well as drummer
Bill Fore and keyboardist
Drew Stavola. While searching for a singer, the band contacted Chris Clancy in England
, based on a performance he posted on YouTube
. Clancy moved to the United States and dedicated himself to the band. The final member, Daniel Bage, also came over from England when Clancy invited him to join the band in the studio to record some guitar solos. In 2010, Mutiny Within released their self-titled debut
on Roadrunner Records
.
Their song "Born to Win" is currently the theme song to the WWE wrestler Evan Bourne. Roadrunner Records released a demo of their song "Awake" on their downloadable compilation album Annual Assault (2009). The song "Awake" was later released to Roadrunner subscribers and on iTunes
for purchase.
They also recorded another song called The End for the Roadrunner Records
EP God of War: Blood & Metal.
Their tours lined up included a North American summer tour supporting Soilwork
with Death Angel
running from July 14 through August 15, 2010. The band parted ways with drummer Bill Fore months after their self-titled debut album
release. Wishing him the best of luck on moving forward, he was temporarily replaced with 25-year-old Chad Anthony, who is also from New Jersey. Anthony learned all of the songs in only two weeks to be ready in time for the 2010 North American tour with Soilwork
and Death Angel
. They announced on September 20, 2010 that they needed to cancel their touring with Nevermore
to do take the time to properly audition and rehearse for a new drummer. On October 5, 2010, they announced that they also cancelled their tour with Scar Symmetry
and Epica
, to concentrate on their new material for their second album and find a new permanent drummer instead of using yet another fill in drummer.
The band released a thirty second trailer for a second album on youtube. Although no official announcement has been made, Chad Anthony was listed on the bands MySpace as their drummer. Chris Clancy announced his departure from the band due to financial reasons on June 20, 2011, while Drew Stavola had apparently left the band earlier. The band is currently making a process on these changes. They also said the that they will start the search for a new vocalist and new information of the upcoming album will be available soon.
On October 11th the band announced via their Facebook that the band would take an indefinate hiatus due to the difficulties of finding a new vocalist.
The statement was made by Bassist Andrew Jacobs:
Former members
Demos
Other contributions
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
band from Edison, New Jersey
Edison, New Jersey
Edison Township is a township in Middlesex County, New Jersey. What is now Edison Township was originally incorporated as Raritan Township by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 17, 1870, from portions of both Piscataway Township and Woodbridge Township...
. The band was formed in 2002 by bassist
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
Andrew Jacobs originally as a Children of Bodom
Children of Bodom
Children of Bodom is a Finnish heavy metal band from Espoo. Formed in 1993, the group currently consists of Alexi Laiho , Roope Latvala , Janne Wirman , Henkka Seppälä , and Jaska Raatikainen...
cover band
Cover band
A cover band , is a band that plays mostly or exclusively cover songs. New or unknown bands often find the cover band format marketable for smaller gigs, and these bands may be known as a wedding band, party band and function band. A band whose covers consist mainly of songs that were chart hits is...
. They disbanded in 2011.
Formation (2002-2006)
The band was formed originally under the name "Mutiny" in 2002, with students from J.P. Stevens High SchoolJ.P. Stevens High School
John P. Stevens High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves the northern end of Edison, in Middlesex County, New Jersey. It is one of two public high schools in the Edison Township Public Schools, the other being Edison High School...
, in Edison, New Jersey
Edison, New Jersey
Edison Township is a township in Middlesex County, New Jersey. What is now Edison Township was originally incorporated as Raritan Township by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 17, 1870, from portions of both Piscataway Township and Woodbridge Township...
. The original line-up included Andrew "AJ" Jacobs on bass, Eiman Nejad on guitar and Phil Petrov on drums. They shortly after recruited Rob Savage on vocals and Debbie Plesnarski on keyboards. The band wanted to become a Children of Bodom
Children of Bodom
Children of Bodom is a Finnish heavy metal band from Espoo. Formed in 1993, the group currently consists of Alexi Laiho , Roope Latvala , Janne Wirman , Henkka Seppälä , and Jaska Raatikainen...
cover band
Cover band
A cover band , is a band that plays mostly or exclusively cover songs. New or unknown bands often find the cover band format marketable for smaller gigs, and these bands may be known as a wedding band, party band and function band. A band whose covers consist mainly of songs that were chart hits is...
, and Eiman departed to focus on song writing after playing the first two shows. He was replaced by Ryan Nolan and they played a third show. Debbie's parents were against her musical interest and forced her to quit the band. The band would be without a keyboardist for the next three years. During 2004, personal differences would get AJ to fire Rob from vocal duties (AJ had hooked up with Rob's girlfriend).
After graduation, in the summer of 2005, Phil departed for college and was replaced by Metuchen, New Jersey
Metuchen, New Jersey
Metuchen is a Borough in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States, which is 8 miles northeast of New Brunswick, 18 miles southwest of Newark, 24 miles southwest of Jersey City, and 29 miles southwest of Manhattan, all part of the New York metropolitan area...
's Black Sand and Starless Nights drummer Mike Vassallo. Another J.P. Stevens student would come in on guitar, Luis Obregon, who had spent the last five years in the local thrash metal band Hammerhead with his two cousins. It was also during this summer that AJ welcomed his brother Brandon on second guitar. It would be the first time the band had a stable line-up of dual guitarists. Mike Vassallo would be kicked out later in the year, and would be replaced by Sam "Samus" Paulicelli (who had been in various big bands such as Suspyre
Suspyre
-About the band:Suspyre's sound is heavily influenced by a wide variety of musicians and bands; most prominently: Dream Theater, Opeth, Symphony X, Mahler, Stravinsky, Mozart and Bach....
and Abigail Williams
Abigail Williams (band)
Abigail Williams is an American metal band, originally from Phoenix, Arizona, but now based in Los Angeles. Formed in 2004, the group would suffer constant changes to their line-up...
), and would lead the band to bigger shows and better promotion.
After a brief stint with Kaan Akyol on vocals, AJ attempted to take over vocals, and took signing lessons, but after only a handful of shows performing bass/vocals, he opted to find a real vocalist. Luis would leave the band, and completely vanish out of sight, and Samus would quit to focus on Eliminator (with Mutiny's first guitarist Eiman).
Signing to Roadrunner and debut album (2009–2010)
They would go through a number of lineup changes and a name change before finally solidifying into the band they would eventually become. Jacobs recruited his younger brother, Brandon Jacobs, to play guitarRhythm guitar
Rhythm guitar is a technique and rôle that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with singers or other instruments; and to provide all or part of the harmony, ie. the chords, where a chord is a group of notes played together...
, as well as drummer
Drum kit
A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
Bill Fore and keyboardist
Keyboardist
A keyboardist is a musician who plays keyboard instruments. Until the early 1960s musicians who played keyboards were generally classified as either pianists or organists. Since the mid-1960s, a plethora of new musical instruments with keyboards have come into common usage, requiring a more...
Drew Stavola. While searching for a singer, the band contacted Chris Clancy in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, based on a performance he posted on YouTube
YouTube
YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
. Clancy moved to the United States and dedicated himself to the band. The final member, Daniel Bage, also came over from England when Clancy invited him to join the band in the studio to record some guitar solos. In 2010, Mutiny Within released their self-titled debut
Mutiny Within (album)
Mutiny Within is the self-titled debut album by New Jersey heavy metal band, Mutiny Within, released on February 23, 2010 in the US, and on April 26, 2010 in the UK, both through Roadrunner Records. The album was recorded at Bieler Bros...
on Roadrunner Records
Roadrunner Records
Roadrunner Records is an American record label that concentrates primarily on heavy metal bands. It is currently a subsidiary of Warner Music Group.-History:...
.
Their song "Born to Win" is currently the theme song to the WWE wrestler Evan Bourne. Roadrunner Records released a demo of their song "Awake" on their downloadable compilation album Annual Assault (2009). The song "Awake" was later released to Roadrunner subscribers and on iTunes
ITunes
iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....
for purchase.
They also recorded another song called The End for the Roadrunner Records
Roadrunner Records
Roadrunner Records is an American record label that concentrates primarily on heavy metal bands. It is currently a subsidiary of Warner Music Group.-History:...
EP God of War: Blood & Metal.
Their tours lined up included a North American summer tour supporting Soilwork
Soilwork
Soilwork is a Swedish melodic death metal band from Helsingborg. They are currently signed to Nuclear Blast. Formed in late 1995 by Björn Strid and Peter Wichers, originally under the name Inferior Breed, the band changed their name in late 1996 to Soilwork .Their sound is a fusion of the classic...
with Death Angel
Death Angel
Death Angel is a Filipino-American thrash metal band from Concord, California, initially active from 1982 to 1991 and again since 2001. Death Angel has released six studio albums, two demo tapes, one box set and two live albums....
running from July 14 through August 15, 2010. The band parted ways with drummer Bill Fore months after their self-titled debut album
Mutiny Within (album)
Mutiny Within is the self-titled debut album by New Jersey heavy metal band, Mutiny Within, released on February 23, 2010 in the US, and on April 26, 2010 in the UK, both through Roadrunner Records. The album was recorded at Bieler Bros...
release. Wishing him the best of luck on moving forward, he was temporarily replaced with 25-year-old Chad Anthony, who is also from New Jersey. Anthony learned all of the songs in only two weeks to be ready in time for the 2010 North American tour with Soilwork
Soilwork
Soilwork is a Swedish melodic death metal band from Helsingborg. They are currently signed to Nuclear Blast. Formed in late 1995 by Björn Strid and Peter Wichers, originally under the name Inferior Breed, the band changed their name in late 1996 to Soilwork .Their sound is a fusion of the classic...
and Death Angel
Death Angel
Death Angel is a Filipino-American thrash metal band from Concord, California, initially active from 1982 to 1991 and again since 2001. Death Angel has released six studio albums, two demo tapes, one box set and two live albums....
. They announced on September 20, 2010 that they needed to cancel their touring with Nevermore
Nevermore
Nevermore is an American heavy metal band from Seattle, Washington. Formed in 1991, they are known to incorporate elements from styles such as thrash, power, progressive, and neo-classical metal into their songs, and also makes use of acoustic guitars and a wide range of vocal styles.-Early years...
to do take the time to properly audition and rehearse for a new drummer. On October 5, 2010, they announced that they also cancelled their tour with Scar Symmetry
Scar Symmetry
Scar Symmetry is a Swedish melodic death metal band from Avesta in Dalarna County, formed in 2004. The band has released five albums, with six released singles...
and Epica
Epica (band)
Epica is a Dutch symphonic metal band founded by guitarist and vocalist Mark Jansen subsequent to his departure from After Forever. They are known for their symphonic sound and the use of female vocals and male growls performed by Simone Simons and Mark Jansen, respectively. All six members write...
, to concentrate on their new material for their second album and find a new permanent drummer instead of using yet another fill in drummer.
Departure of Chris Clancy, Planned Second Album and hiatus (2011)
On February 23, it was announced that the band had parted ways with Roadrunner Records.The band released a thirty second trailer for a second album on youtube. Although no official announcement has been made, Chad Anthony was listed on the bands MySpace as their drummer. Chris Clancy announced his departure from the band due to financial reasons on June 20, 2011, while Drew Stavola had apparently left the band earlier. The band is currently making a process on these changes. They also said the that they will start the search for a new vocalist and new information of the upcoming album will be available soon.
On October 11th the band announced via their Facebook that the band would take an indefinate hiatus due to the difficulties of finding a new vocalist.
The statement was made by Bassist Andrew Jacobs:
It saddens us to announce today that we are taking an indefinite hiatus. We've been searching the globe for a replacement vocalist for most of the year, and we've come to a point where we simply can't afford to pass up other opportunities any longer. We want our fans to know that we tried to avoid this any way we could. To reach you all around the world with our music has truly been a dream come true, know that we would continue this journey right now in a heartbeat if we could..
We will be updating the MW pages and our personal pages as we start to announce new projects, touring work, etc. Also, we are still on great terms with Chris and have discussed releasing some 2nd album material in the future. Thank you for all of your support throughout the years. MW fans are still the best out there, we will be keeping in touch with you guys.
Band members
Final Lineup- Andrew Jacobs – bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- Daniel Bage – guitars
- Brandon Jacobs – guitars
- Chad Anthony – drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
Former members
- Chris Clancy – vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
- Drew Stavola – keyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
- Bill Fore – drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
- Jeff Stewart – guitars
- Luis Obregon – guitars (also played in Hammerhead)
- Mike Vassallo - drums (second drummer, also played in Black Sand and Starless Nights)
- Sam "Samus" Paulicelli - drums (also played in Eliminator)
- Eiman Nejad - guitar (first guitarist, also played in Eliminator)
- Ryan Nolan - guitar (second guitarist)
- Debbie Plesnarski - keyboards (first keyboardist)
- Philip Petrov - drums (first drummer)
- Rob Savage - vocals (first vocalist)
- Andrew Stavola - keyboards
Discography
Studio album- Mutiny WithinMutiny Within (album)Mutiny Within is the self-titled debut album by New Jersey heavy metal band, Mutiny Within, released on February 23, 2010 in the US, and on April 26, 2010 in the UK, both through Roadrunner Records. The album was recorded at Bieler Bros...
(2010)
Demos
- Mutiny (Demo) (2006)
- Audition (Demo) (2006)
Other contributions
- God of War: Blood & Metal - "The End" (2010)
- WWE The Music: A New Day, Vol. 10WWE The Music: A New DayWWE The Music: A New Day, Vol. 10 is a Compilation album released by World Wrestling Entertainment on January 28, 2010. Unlike previous albums in the series, the album was released both in CD-R and digital download forms exclusively at Amazon.com in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany...
- "Born to Win" (Evan Bourne's Theme) (2010) - Metal HammerMetal HammerMetal Hammer is a monthly heavy metal music magazine published in the United Kingdom by Future Publishing, and in several other countries by different publishers. Metal Hammer articles feature both mainstream bands and more unusual acts from the whole spectrum of heavy metal music...
Presents... A Tribute to AC/DCAC/DCAC/DC are an Australian rock band, formed in 1973 by brothers Malcolm and Angus Young. Commonly classified as hard rock, they are considered pioneers of heavy metal, though they themselves have always classified their music as simply "rock and roll"...
- "Highway to HellHighway to Hell (song)"Highway to Hell" is the opening track of AC/DC's 1979 album Highway to Hell and the twelfth track on AC/DC Live. It was initially released as a single in 1979....
" (2010) - Roadrunner RecordsRoadrunner RecordsRoadrunner Records is an American record label that concentrates primarily on heavy metal bands. It is currently a subsidiary of Warner Music Group.-History:...
: Annual Assault - "Awake (Demo)" (2009)
External links
- Mutiny Within at Roadrunner RecordsRoadrunner RecordsRoadrunner Records is an American record label that concentrates primarily on heavy metal bands. It is currently a subsidiary of Warner Music Group.-History:...