Asking Alexandria are a British Heavy metal band from York, North Yorkshire. Founded in 2008 when Ben Bruce contacted his old companions upon returning to the UK after residing in Dubai. The current line-up of the group consists of Ben Bruce (lead guitar), Danny Worsnop (vocals), Cameron Liddell (rhythm guitar), Sam Bettley (bass guitar) and James Cassells (drums).
Musical style and influences
Asking Alexandria's music has been described by critics as screamo,[35] metalcore,[35] electronicore,[3] and heavy metal. Worsnop has stated on twitter that Aerosmith were his biggest inspiration: "From time to time, I forget just how perfect Aerosmith are. Then I play their songs and my soul comes alive. My all time biggest inspiration".[36] Worsnop and Bruce have also stated that they draw inspiration from 1980's metal and rock bands, such as Guns N' Roses, Metallica and Mötley Crüe, also making the comment: "We also listen to bands Bring Me the Horizon, The Devil Wears Prada, there's just a whole huge mixture of bands. When we were writing our first album, I suppose our biggest influences were probably more American bands than British. We were listening to a lot of Vanna, and another band called Burden of a Day, so they had a lot of music influence into our first album, to be honest." [37]
Asking Alexandria have dedicated an EP titled Under the Influence: A Tribute to the Legends of Hard Rock to pay tribute to the bands that have influenced them such as Journey, Whitesnake, Mötley Crüe, and Def Leppard.[38] Also, on the Life Gone Wild EP, they paid tribute to Skid Row by recording two covers of their songs; "18 and Life", and "Youth Gone Wild". Asking Alexandria have cited Skid Row as being a huge influence on the band.[39]
Ben Bruce has stated in various interviews that he draws influences from Blink-182, The Beatles, Eric Clapton, B.B. King,[40] Gary Moore, Joe Bonamassa, Metallica, Slipknot,[41] Deep Purple, and Ozzy Osbourne.[41]
Discography:
Stand up and scream - 2009
Reckless and Relentless - 2011
From Deat to Destiny - 2013
Ревюто на новия албум, който се очаква в началото на август
