The Agony Scene

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Name = The Agony Scene


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Genre = Metalcore
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Label = Solid State
Roadrunner
Abacus Records
Century Media
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URL = [http://www.theagonyscene.net TheAgonyScene.net]
Current_members = Mike Williams
Chris Emmons
Brian Hodges
Ryan Folden
Past_members = Rod Burguiere
Matt Shannon
Brent Masters
Matt Horwitz
Johnny Lloyd
Pat Corcoran
Robert "Bob" Foss
Steven Kay
Garrett Grover
Pete Webb
Chris Rye

The Agony Scene was a Metalcore band from Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA. On October 8th 2008, frontman Mike Williams confirmed that the band had broken up in the spring, and that most people had not noticed until now. The Agony Scene is also generally considered to be a part of the New Wave of American Heavy Metal. [http://www.sputnikmusic.com/band/The+Agony+Scene] [http://www.sweetslyrics.com/bio-THE%20AGONY%20SCENE.html]

The band has released three albums, one on Solid State Records, one on Roadrunner Records, and one on Century Media Records. They were also signed to Abacus Records for a while before it folded.

Since Solid State records is generally considered to be a Christian music label, some people have assumed The Agony Scene to be a Christian band. So the band since moved to a new record label.The band has since confirmed in an interview with HM magazine that since parting ways with the label, they are not a Christian band and are the farthest thing away from that type of band. On why a band would want to be part of the Christian music scene, the band had this to say: "Why would you? I have no idea! I would never want to be part of the Christian music scene at all. I don’t want to have anything to do with it, honestly. It just absolutely disgusts me. That’s totally cool. Believe whatever you want." [ [http://www.hmmagazine.com/exclusive/the_agony_scene200506/index.php?page=2 HM - Internet Exclusives ] ]

In late 2006 the band parted ways with drummer Brent Masters, and invited the newest member Ryan Folden a Spokane, WA based drummer to join the band.

In early 2008 the band dropped out of a tour with Himsa due to "some major personal situations that make performing on this tour impossible", according to Himsa's management. It is unknown if the group has resolved these issues or has in fact broken up. The groups official website has also been shut down which may further assumption that the group has disbanded. Slipping by the radar, The Agony Scene actually broke up this past spring following their pulled tour with Himsa earlier this year. Band frontman Mike Williams had the following to say about the split:"The agony scene is no more, for those of you who didn't already know. We reached a point where it wasn't making financial sense and we felt it was better to quit while we were ahead rather than dragging it out and dragging ourselves further into debt. I'm sad so see it end before i was ready to move on, But tastes change and times change and it just felt like the right time to call it quits. I had some amazing experiences over the last 5 years, met some amazing people, played shows with Danzig which is insane, traveled abroad and all that. We had a great run and i got everything out of it that i wanted to. The shitty part is when you put your whole life on hold and have to figure out what to do with yourself now that it's over. I'm starting something new musically, something that couldn't be further away from metal and hardcore. I'll post something when it gets recorded."

At present, Williams has been working on some solo material.

Band Members

* Mike Williams - Vocals
* Chris Emmons - Guitar
* Brian Hodges - Guitar
* Ryan Folden - Drums

Former members

* Rod Burguiere - Vocals
* Matt Shannon - Bass
* Brian Stewart - Bass
* Brent Masters - Drums
* Matt Horwitz - Drums
* Johnny Lloyd - Guitar
* Stephen Kaye - Guitar
* Pete Webb - Drums
* Chris Rye - Bass

Discography

External links

* [http://www.theagonyscene.net/ The Agony Scene Official Website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/agonyscene The Agony Scene Official Myspace]
* [http://www.roadrunnerrecords.co.uk/artists/TheAgonyScene/ The Agony Scene at Roadrunner Records]

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