The Rise Of Attack Attack!: The "Someday Came Suddenly" Era

[@nathanforsyth1059]

Johnny Franck still makes kickass music as Bilmuri, in case anyone doesn’t know.

[@chrisritchie573]

Also The March Ahead!

[@shanobian]

Did not know he was in bilmuri

[@philthethotdestroyer4194]

POSTALMONDCLARITY

[@markgatti9928]

Anything JF touches is pure gold

[@Trauma.Factory]

MIDWESTLAWNCAREDADSWHOSMASHBREWS

[@connorhowe2679]

It's honestly so wild to watch these videos now and realize 90% of everyone in these bands were just kids at the time touring non-stop

[@artbautista7987]

4 real. I thought they were so much older in 2009 (I was 14) come to find out they were only 1-2 years older than me. That's insane

[@catsupempire3920]

Capitalism......

[@ThriftGestapo]

My band I ran with for ten years was started when we were 15 and 16. Our parents were so confused, but with their help we did alright for ourselves. I miss that life very much.

[@lilithhiddenvillain5086]

Yeah, in hindsight I completely understand why Caleb broke down when he was on his 3rd album at age 20

[@ljubibuck4146]

it’s absolutely so insane to me that this is where austin carlile got his start and then went on to be like The warped tour metalcore guy, then to disgraced preacher. his career is the most interesting one of all former scene titans tbh

[@alaskayoung3413]

How did he become disgraced?

[@xx_somescenecath0lic_xx888]

what did he do?

[@Bornagainvillain]

@@xx_somescenecath0lic_xx888 he did nothing.

[@pretty3]

There’s nothing disgraced about it dude is so wholesome and has been taking a break because of his health issues and is still going through surgeries smh

[@JaredtheRabbit]

Johnny Franck, aka Bilmuri, and Caleb Shomo, currently of Beartooth, got their starts here as well.

[@Replicaate]

Mid-00's Metalcore Kid here! Can confirm there was this weird alliance/association between us younger 'core kids and the neon pop punk kids, probably because we had to borrow each others' hair straighteners. Or maybe it was cos I was in Canada and by virtue of isolation and smaller fanbases there felt like less of a divide here in those scenes, like you'd probably see the same kids at a Motionless In White show that you'd see at Forever The Sickest Kids show. It was pretty hilarious come to think about it. Personally I was never a huge Attack Attack! fan (and I did think the crab-core joke was hilarious) but I can't deny that they were surprisingly influential and inspirational to many bands that came after. Plus, we got Beartooth later on and that ain't no bad thing neither.

[@EnvisionedBlindness]

Instantaneous click. Fastest since the asking Alexandria series of vids

[@nogrecords]

Me too

[@josegdiazperez9881]

Man we really don't get shitty quality demos and 240p videos on a bands recording journey like we used to. This brings me back to my old band when we would record shitty stuff and play in local shows with other metalcore, posthardcore bands. I can undoubtedly say that the 2008-2012 scene era was definitely a time to be alive.

[@dachers1238]

I know I keep saying this, but it literally feels just like yesterday that I was some angsty teen that thought this "underground" movement would never die. Present day, my 50+ year old parents listen to BMTH and ADTR and now I don't feel so much like the edgelord I used to think I was. Still amazing music that I'm so glad I was around for the original days of. Attack Attack might catch a lot of flak, but they really helped to push several genres forward.

[@xx_somescenecath0lic_xx888]

your parents are cool!

[@BigTrees4ever]

Kinda bums me out bands I loved like BMTH and Parkway Drive lamed out.

[@VanityInLines]

I'm begging for an I See Stars video!! I really feel like they're one of the most slept on bands of the era. I think they've really polished their sound over the years. Somehow I haven't seen them live ever and I'm dying to do it if they actually come back.

[@brandonheath7175]

Saw them live, I believe in 2016-2017. Great energy, but the vocals were hit and miss! Overall, amazing show!

[@Cringey_Swine]

I've seen them twice on "The 10 Years In The Black Tour" and then on their "Treehouse Tour" headliner the following year where they played their set for over an hour. It was probably one of the best concerts I've ever seen in person and the presentation with the strobe lights and LEDs/glitchy light effects were so worth it alone. I still wish Zach Johnson would have been screaming because it would have been a crazy a*s show but both shows were still fun with Devin Oliver on all vocals regardless. I almost died in the moshpit the 2nd time I saw them because it was so effing massive and the venue was so small and crammed in. Definitely worth it though!!!!

[@saddestdayever1276]

Saw them live for the first time in 2019 with Our Last Night and now I have 2 I See Stars tattoos! Fuck ya!!!

[@Whatupitskevin]

I wash cars

[@Gashshiningstar]

@@brandonheath7175 the vocals were definitely so so. I was disappointed tbh

[@ljubibuck4146]

your channel is one of my comfort channels!! it feels like i’m chilling with my one of my older brothers friends talking about scene history :) great content as always!

[@KingdomHeart556]

It’s comfy bc he is cozy ;)

[@ZANGELIX1263]

He just has such a calming, wholesome energy haha. Not a negative bone in his body.

[@FoxtailCinematics]

@@KingdomHeart556 And it's cozy, because he's comfy

[@superninjapirate19]

Johnny Franck is the people’s champion. All hail bilmuri

[@brendangibson8200]

ALL HAIL THE HOG-CRANK'R

[@chrisritchie573]

And The March Ahead!

[@CircleOfSvlt]

Long live “Bilmuri”Johnny Franck’s solo shit. Best shit out there rn

[@philthethotdestroyer4194]

Him and DGD are my favorite

[@CaptainAugust]

So so good!

[@stacybailey4230]

Caleb solo beartooth is amazing too

[@hojothedragon2923]

All of the other original members of AA are pretty well known to be some of the nicest, sweetest dudes out there, so imagine how bad and out of line Austin had to be for them to ditch him in a parking lot and write a blog post that scathing.

[@lolmee2696]

i love how johnny credits those bands openly instead of acting like it was all his idea.

[@thevvraith]

I still vividly remember my hot grills and high tops+ stick stickly crabcore years

[@bigal_3000]

great vid, would love if you covered BMTH's "count your blessings" era

[@quentinbringthenumetalchil5125]

YOU NEVER SAID THAT THIS WOULD BE EASY...

[@SimantaJyotiBorahTinku]

Wo go on live

[@alexkenchel]

Every time I watch your videos about bands, I feel a painful regret that I didn’t grind harder to make my dream come true. Now the golden days of this era of music are behind us. 😢

[@alexkenchel]

@@RasendoriXProduction I’m just not much of a riffer on guitar, but I have been making music of a slightly different genre on my on my own. I released a song back in January. It’s just hard to invest as much time as I’d like between work and family. Thanks for the encouragement, maybe I’ll be able to get back on stage screaming yet!

[@zinnydin2345]

scene culture is on it's way back around man lol, try not to miss the 2nd wave!

[@jameseu4553]

Bruh you're not alone on that. The world will ALWAYS need more bands, and there can never be too many perspectives in the world of SCENE. You probably already know like what, three chords? Now go start a crabcore or neon pop band.

[@Scynthor]

@@jameseu4553 'God knows the world didn't need another band, woah-oh-ohwoah, woah-oh-ohwoah, but what a waste it would've been, woah-oh-ohwoah, woah-oh-ohwoah' - Paramore 2009

[@ErikJason_]

Attack Attack! Put the whole crabcore movement on the map and that was subsequently followed by many bands such as Hopes Die Last, Upon This Dawning, Capture The Crown and many more. Also, thanks to them we got 3 great bands like Of Mice & Men, Beartooth and Bilmuri.

[@donbaker5707]

Don't forget abandon all ships lol

[@MusicaObscuraX]

Hope Dies Last I listened to in 2006

[@blankedouthero7411]

another quite influental album that gets no real credit was Everything Perfect by sky eats airplane, that thing came out like 2006 and had like 8bit breakdowns and shit

[@drey4529]

i agree. that was my intro album to this genre

[@bens9061]

Love this video. I saw them back in '07 at a coffee shop in Warren, MI. They played right before We Came as Romans. The band All We Know was at this show as well. Was a wild experience I will never forget.

[@Onyxxu20]

I'm so glad we got Beartooth out of this. Caleb's synth is solid, but I can't appreciate the mix between his synth and screamo. Autotune kills me every time I hear it anywhere

[@zabvza7457]

I just love how hard the auto tune was cranked on those old live clips

[@Bandnamehere]

Honored to be touring with them next year in 2022!!!!

[@thecozyrep]

Congrats! :)

[@Bandnamehere]

@@thecozyrep thanks my guy!! Love the content ❤

[@nicellison7997]

See you in Baltimore

[@cghtarheels4286]

Just seen yall on tour with them in Atlanta this weekend and yalls energy is awesome. Keep it up guys!

[@Bandnamehere]

@@cghtarheels4286 thanks so much for checking us out man!! Glad you enjoyed us 🖤

[@AdamEmond]

I have such fond memories of 07-09. Thank you for this.

[@future_elevator_music]

I still (to this day) play the intro to test out synth patches. banger.

[@jeffmatherly4105]

New Demons from ISS is one of my favorite albums of all time. Perfect, front to back💚💙💜

[@veronikabondarenko3748]

Same. Kinda wish they’d make another album with a similar sound to New Demons sometime soon.

[@eli4136]

I had Andrew as my guitar teacher once. Chill dude as far as I remember. This was post Attack Attack but watching this knowing him irl is wild I’m ngl. he’s a really talented guitar player.

[@Heazytoohot]

Its crazy but looking back no one else liked this at the time, did they? Man, I loved it but remember lots of my friends hating it. im old :(

[@Shdowstorm]

With the crabcore it's even on AA's tee shirts.

[@metalblakedowns]

New drinking game: Take a drink every time 'neon pop' is mentioned

[@weedblaster2125]

Bro all these years I had no idea that wasn’t Austin Carlile in the Stick Stickly video It's so low-res I honesty couldn't tell

[@TheBandDefault]

“Attack Attaaaaaack. Where you aaaaaat?” *points to my heart* “Right here, Attack Attack. You’re right here.”

[@henricusaquae867]

Still gonna push a video on Tyler Carter (Woe is me) to whatever he’s at now, definitely be a wild journey

[@rideordieclothing]

That warped tour performance with nick has lived in my head rent free for years

[@korman7]

I am SO happy and grateful I was able to be apart of the whole scene back in the day. The scene wasn't too small, and it wasn't too big, it was a perfect world of music and entertainment that will stay with me forever.

[@-GRAVESITE-]

So glad you made this video. For various reasons, I have a soft spot for Attack Attack

[@marmar383pressrepeat6]

I'm actually on time. Excited

[@kyleharmon2309]

Got to meet Johnny franck at a bilmuri show two weeks ago. It was absolutely amazing experience to meet someone I listened to as a kid growing up

[@Revolus10n]

Today just got a whole lot cozier!

[@BS-ln5om]

Great video man. I remember my show-going days fondly. Now I’m 29… and starting to feel so old 😖

[@ohjordyn8312]

Hahhhhh same. I literally cannot believe I’m getting close to thirty. Like what the actual fuck.

[@veronikabondarenko3748]

Lol I’m 18 and I feel old.. I guess the feeling of being ‘old’ never goes away

[@lexidarling]

I was in my late teens/early 20s during the heyday of Attack Attack. I was generally more into deathcore and grindcore kinda stuff back then, but as a synthesizer nerd and lover of electronic music I always had love for them. I actually played synths in a couple vaguely crabcore-ish local bands around 2010 and I’m not gonna lie and say I didn’t rock the “jog-in-place-with-the-Microkorg” stage moves because of Caleb in the Stick Stickly video, haha.

[@Allyourbase1990]

I was probably like 16 when they came out . I was never big into attack attack, my band of that era was Drop Dead Gorgeous , then straight into death core

[@timbennet3326]

I was about the exact same age. I was into bulley for my valentine. And as I lay dying. Then In 2012 , a girlfriend of mine burnt me some cds, and attack attacks second album, the self titled one, was one of them. Some much nostalgia hearing it still, take some back to how intense it was falling in love with her. Crazy man

[@chrisritchie573]

It would be awesome to see a video about Johnny Franck alone. I love his solo stuff, The March Ahead and Bilmuri. In my opinion, he is the most underrated artist out of this entire generation.

[@mothfries]

i've been waiting for this day for my entire life

[@entropyconstruct5654]

I only discovered and got into Attack Attack! (and some of the other crabcore bands) 2 years ago, so i'm a bit late to the party. But this style has quickly become one of my favorites, with Woe, is Me and Attack Attack! become some of my favorite bands that get almost weekly listens. As much as I love heavy stuff like deathcore, Slam, brutal death ... there is something so fun about the crabcore era. I truly wish more bands today would be as fun as Attack Attack! was on Someday Came Suddenly.

[@JacobJohnson-lh4gx]

dude keep doing this type of videos, watching you explain everything about bands I used to listen to brings back nostalgia, it reminds me of my angst teen emo scene kid days. It was fun being a part of those groups, overall being together with people who genuinely like and also enjoy the music. Keep it up, I love your videos man.

[@thelastdaybreathinginetern1385]

Miss Attack Attack's! Self-titled album. My only favorite Attack Attack album from them. Great video.

[@darnfrick3354]

My friends and I called our band We Watch the Skies "Crabcore" back in like 2011-2012. We didn't wear matching outfits but we definitely had deep vee's and slip-ons and ripped skinnies and our influences we're specifically Attack Attack! and Asking Alexandria and then kinda revamped by having heavier, lower guitar tuning and more screams than singing. But yeah there was endearment toward the label Crabcore even back then

[@Chubbs_cc13]

Fun fact: The OG Stick Stickly music video was filmed in Lemoyne, Pa @ “The Champ”. It was central Pa’s best venue. My friends and I are actually in the music video they gave us all glow sticks and told us to jump around while they filmed lol. The Champ was the dope venue all the good tours would come through and this is where my high school band would open at. The Champ went out of business a little after Ci Records/Chameleon Club bought it and made it shitty.

[@Tateisadrummachine]

The peoples elbow still goes so hard

[@TjTalbert_]

I always forget Austin was apart of their line up 😂

[@tagacale1733]

loved the band version when caleb shomo did the main vocals

[@nathanaellucero7273]

That’s when Beartooth was born

[@bronsontolliver9027]

You're really nailing this 90s Mike Myers/Mike Ditka fusion look.

[@trevorstephensmusic]

As a Utahn, I understand why somebody would cry in a parking lot upon being left here

[@MARKNIGHTMAR3]

I’m seriously loving your videos on all these 2000’s era bands that I listened to as a teenager. I hope you do one on Woe, is me at some point

[@ItsTeall]

I had no idea that Enter Shikari was an inspiration for the genre merge, I have loved both bands since their very beginnings and had no idea that they knew the other existed. I just found your channel and have been binge watching, I saw another comment that its like discussing the best musical phases with a friend from the time and it's so true, great content! Please do an Enter Shikari video, they have been so true to their roots their entire discography and I always feel so proud of showing their music to people.

[@lindakijktenschrijft]

YESSSS this would be amazing!!!!

[@BNA_Est.1988]

“That weird cancelled guy from Aiden.” 💀💀💀😂😂😂😂😂

[@nelsonthedestroyer5262]

Man really great video made me feel like listening to some old metal core! You should do a video about the devil wear prada

[@brendangibson8200]

+1

[@Amph42]

Attack Attack was my favorite bands in the first few years of high school. I hope this series continues!

[@ThirdEyeTyrone]

This channel truly deserves more attention

[@anthonycole6839]

Wish AA and OM&M had more of a beef. The fact that they kicked him out and he formed a more famous band is funny to me

[@nathanaellucero7273]

Austin Carlile is practically famous now to the point where if you hear or see the name, you know exactly who he is.

[@ELoouise323]

It’s truly wild how I’ve known the “Crabcore” meme and those stills since the time this happened, but never knew it was AA

[@MisterDreary]

Does anyone recall the attack attack dvd they planned on releasing and in the trailer they said “the real reason we kicked Austin out of the band is..” then there was super dramatic music and it never got released!

[@celestialchronic3572]

Retired scene kid checking in. I was never a huge fan of attack attack but I would definitely get down with some of my friends to their stuff. Your content describes this era so well.

[@coltonstark8379]

The mustache is looking fantastic as always

[@xchibikiller2005]

Hi, is there any chance of you reviewing the story of from first to last? I couldn't find any videos on that topic on KZbin and I feel like that would be an interesting video.

[@thecozyrep]

doing that soon :)

[@xchibikiller2005]

@@thecozyrep omg thank you!

[@Arcalite]

You're just so damn cozy julian. Great upload as always man.

[@MegaNancyLover]

Yay! Been waiting for your take on AA!

[@pinklyfingerer4081]

When I first heard a7x bat country and the music video. I fell in love with rock music. Then I started watching head bangers ball and heard escape the fate. And from there was all kinds of bands lol

[@NickSibz]

Man, my first scene year was in 09 and I LOVED this band (still do). Just pure entertainment and it's so cool to see them basically being considered as scene icons when they were initially so hated. "Stick Stickly" is legit an ICONIC song.

[@marco11flores]

Really appreciate the time and effort (research) you put into these man. I clicked on one video of yours that was over an hour long and I was thinking man I’m only going to watch like 5 mins of it but ended up watching the whole thing!

[@andrewalfaro546]

I'm really glad I got to see these guys in august 2010 during their self-titled album tour days. They were undeniably lit af. 🔥

[@KingdomHeart556]

Yooo the first time I saw them was March 2010 in Texas that show was sick

[@internetuser9631]

Dude you’re the man. I came up very involved in the Columbus local scene and this is all so nostalgic. So many scene bands coming out of Columbus and it’s great to see this content 😂

[@mikealldavis1526]

I found them on complete accident, I was at Hastings looking for a new Cd to listen to and I saw the album cover and I picked it up, read the track titles and just bought it, fell in love almost immediately

[@SaturnTypeBeat]

Awesome video. Very well-researched. This was one of my favorite bands in high school. Healthy Normal and Dr. Shavargo Demos were so dope. Wish Healthy Normal made it to an album, but it would've lost a lot of that grit and emotion that made it special.

[@TheBitTV]

Can we be pleased af that they’re back and that their new ep is so fucking good.

[@luz1673]

Omg is that a clip of Breathe Carolina at 1:30 ??? I always love to go back and listen to them!!

[@ohjordyn8312]

Same

[@ohjordyn8312]

I can’t even watch your videos anymore bc they bring me back to my highschool and college days so hard that it’s a bit disconcerting. Like everytime I hear taking back Sunday, breathe Carolina, asking Alexandria, ADTR, attackattack, etc.. it just kicks me right back to there, and “there” wasn’t exactly a super happy time hah.

[@silverstein4697]

My fav shirt in 09 was an attack attack shirt featuring a crab playing the guitar

[@tyeboreski9093]

Love to see you cover Alesana

[@ohjordyn8312]

YESSSSSSSS

[@Heeroy2]

saw this in my recommended. Time to binge watch your videos for some nostalgia!

[@polkaputo3226]

i'm so glad your channel exists. i'm pretty sure we're not only the same age, but we had the same exact childhood.

[@KennyKaz7]

Oh man i'm discovering this channel with this video, and that's what i was looking for a long time without knowing it !! That's really good content, deep research and info and such good vibes coming out of the guy. Well i love it, keep the good work. Cheers from Paris.

[@wyattearp585]

Dude, id kill to go back to middle school Edit: please do an exploring vid on any of the first 3 breathe carolina albumssss

[@witchingbrew3]

As someone who grew up in Sac around this time, it was crazy to see everything blooming. It reminds me a lot of the soundcloud era from 2016.

[@hallheyx3x350]

I CAME AS SOON AS I SAW THE NOTIFICATION I AM READYA BD EXCITED FOR THIS ONE

[@marmar383pressrepeat6]

Me too

[@unbantwin3900]

Literally couldn't click any faster. Best metalcore band of all time. So happy they're back.

[@rikolasdf]

you’re killin it lately dude. you deserve 100x the subscribers you have

[@meaganh2819]

Always happy to see a new video!! Another awesome video!😊💜

[@itsmishki7005]

my hero is back with some breakdowns lore

[@lollibirdy5136]

TIME TO TAKE OUT THE HAIR STRAIGHTENER BOYS! In all seriousness, great video man. I didnt know that wasnt Austin in the Stick Stickly video, I always wondered why "Austin" looked short and stumpy in that lol. Little update on some of the members: Johnny Franck is currently in a solo project called Bilmuri which is seeing a lot of success Caleb Shomo as most people watching this probably know is frontmanning Beartooth Attack Attack has a new EP coming out in the next couple days. The only original members are the 2 Andrew's

[@Trauzzinator]

I thought the same thing about Austin!!!

[@ConcertCrap]

First video I stumbled across, great informative content on AA!

[@AaronRiveraMusic]

The OG video was in my hometown of Harrisburg lmfao Walnut Street Bridge and the venue was called The Champ

[@cpecha33]

Part two please! More Austin tea!

[@superninjapirate19]

Not really in this type of scene but it would be cool to see a video on the resurgence of Midwest emo with merchant ships, William Bonney, old gray, empire! Empire!, park Jefferson, Joyce manor , etc

[@6MasterWilly6]

I remember being hooked by the intro of stick sickly then turned off by the auto tune vocals. So i never paid attention to the band until last year, when i was going on a youtube nostalgia trip. I heard the song, was addicted to it instantly, now i consider the album to be one of my favorites of all time!!

[@e-lineco]

Man Attack Attack! when I first discovered them was so awesome to me, two things always wanted, which was Metal and kind of like that Techno sound, surprised people hated it honestly still sounds good to me this day. Definitely great when I saw them at Warped Tour

[@alexfortin4984]

Just found your channel and I’m obsessed. You’re bringing back so many memories from my teen years. 2008-2009 is when I discovered heavier music. I was more of a FOB and PATD kinda girl. The good old days! I can’t believe how many of the band members from back then are now canceled for being awful men. It was clearly dangerous for young girls to be around them.

[@franklaufer4552]

Always love to see the 2000s scene coverage. Great content man!