ASG (band)

ASG
Origin	Wilmington, North Carolina, USA
Genres	Punk rock Southern rock Stoner rock Hard rock Alternative metal
Years active	2001 - present
Labels	Volcom
Members
Jason Shi Andy Ellis Scott Key Jonah Citty

ASG is an American rock band signed to Volcom Entertainment, originating from Wilmington, North Carolina. It is a four-piece band, with Jason Shi on vocals and guitar, Andy Ellis on bass, Scott Key on drums and Jonah Citty on guitar. The band has acquired an underground following, as a number of its songs have been featured in MTV programs and boardriding videos.

Band

ASG started with the name All Systems Go, but shortened to ASG after finding out another band already had the name. ASG recorded their debut album as a self-titled in 2002. At this time, they signed with Volcom Entertainment^[1] and began touring the nation in support of their new album. In 2003, they released their second album, The Amplification of Self-Gratification, and immediately began a tour to promote it, playing portions of the 2003 and 2004 Vans Warped Tour. After the '04 Vans Warped Tour, ASG went to L.A. to record their third album, Feeling Good is Good Enough,^[2] produced by Matt Hyde. Shortly after completing Feeling Good is Good Enough, second guitarist, Jonah Citty (formerly of the band Ergot), was added to help recreate the album’s sounds live.^[3][4] John Staton of Star-News called the album one of the ten best of 2005.^[5] In 2008 ASG released their fourth album, Win Us Over,^[6] which was again produced by Matt Hyde and features vocal guest, Blag Dahlia, on the track "Palm Springs". In June 2009, ASG released a split E.P. with Black Tusk entitled, "Low Country", that was recorded live at the Jam Room in Columbia, SC and was produced by Phillip Cope of Kylesa. The artwork for "Low Country" was done by John Dyer Baizley from Baroness (band).^[7]

Tracks from ASG's albums have been played on MTV shows, including Viva La Bam, Rob & Big, Living Lahaina, Homewrecker, Bam's Unholy Union, Road Rules/Real World Challenge, Remaking Vince Neil and as background music in numerous surfing and snowboarding videos.^[8] Their song "The Dull Blade" from the album Win Us Over was included in the soundtrack of the popular skateboarding video game Skate 2^[9] and "Dream Song" (also from the album Win Us Over), will be included in the soundtrack for the new video game, Splatterhouse (2010 video game), that will be released in the Fall 2010.^[10]

ASG has toured with bands such as The Dwarves, CKY and Torche. The band plays a mixture of punk rock, southern rock, stoner rock and metal. ASG played the 2007 Volcom Tour.^[11] In September 2008, the band was part of that year's Volcom Tour along with Motörhead, Valient Thorr and Year Long Disaster. They were replacing both The Misfits and Airbourne who had pulled out of the tour.^[12] In 2009, ASG opened for CKY on their summer tour alongside Sweden's Graveyard (band).

Vocalist-guitarist Jason Shi is the main songwriter for the band. ASG's influences include Queens of the Stone Age and Ween.^[4] In a review of the album Win Us Over, Allmusic wrote that the band's sound combines "the best qualities of Kyuss and Queens of the Stone Age".^[13]

In 2010, the band was confirmed as being part of the soundtrack for Namco Bandai Games' 2010 remake of Splatterhouse.^[14]

On June 9, 2011 the band confirmed that recording of a new album will begin sometimes in 2011 via their homepage.[1]

Discography

• ASG (2002)
• The Amplification of Self-Gratification (2003)
• Feeling Good Is Good Enough (2005)
• Win Us Over (2007)
• Low Country (with Black Tusk) (2009)

References

1. ^ Hotz, Amy (2003-10-09). "In the shadow of Napster", Star-News, p. 18.
2. ^ Holmberg, Mark (2006-03-30). "ASG: Feeling Good Is Good Enough", Richmond Times-Dispatch, p. G13. Convenience link (fee required).
3. ^ Conrad, Jen (2005-11-11). "ASG These Rockers Want You!!!". Away-Team. http://www.away-team.com/news.php?subaction=showfull&id=1131731917&archive=&start_from=&ucat=1. Retrieved 2010-05-18. 
4. ^ ^{a b} Hatch, Shannon (2005-08-25). "Fresh off the Warped Tour, local rockers ASG 'Feeling Good' about upcoming new CD", Star-News, p. 10.
5. ^ (2006-01-05). "The Best CDs of 2005", Star-News, p. 11.
6. ^ Kopeny, Jim (2008-03-12). "ASG Pulls Us In", Chicagoist. Retrieved 2010-05-25.
7. ^ "ASG Announces Split EP with Black Tusk". StonerRock.com. 2009-07-06. http://www.stonerrock.com/news/news.asp?NewsID=7869. Retrieved 2010-05-18. 
8. ^ "Feelin' Good Is Good Enough: ASG". Amazon.com. http://www.amazon.com/Feelin-Good-Enough-ASG/dp/B000BB18EU. Retrieved 2010-05-18. 
9. ^ Orry, James (2008-10-23). "Skate 2 and Skate It soundtracks revealed". VideoGamer.com. http://www.videogamer.com/wii/skate_it/news/skate_2_and_skate_it_soundtracks_revealed.html. Retrieved 2010-05-18. 
10. ^ Scalzo, John (2010-04-19). "New Splatterhouse trailer, release date revealed". Gaming Target. http://www.gamingtarget.com/article.php?artid=11282. Retrieved 2010-05-18. 
11. ^ Zimmerman, Paul (2007-09-09). "Volcom Tour Arrives Saturday", First Coast News. Retrieved 2010-05-26.
12. ^ "Volcom Tour 2008". Volcom News. 2008-08-26. http://www.volcoment.com/news/article.asp?articleID=634. Retrieved 2010-05-18. 
13. ^ Lee, Cosmo (2008). "Win Us Over", Allmusic. Retrieved 2010-05-26.
14. ^ Citizen, Jessica (2010-10-11). "Splatterhouse soundtrack is suitably scary". GamePron. http://www.gamepron.com/news/2010/10/11/splatterhouse-soundtrack-is-suitably-scary/. Retrieved 2010-10-11. 

External links

• ASG Website
• ASG's Myspace Page