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53-398: Aiden was an American horror punk band from Seattle, Washington that formed in the spring of 2003. They achieved underground success during the mid to late 2000s with their classic lineup, featuring vocalist William Francis , guitarists Angel Ibarra and Jake Wambold, bassist Nick Wiggins , and drummer Jake Davison. The band formed in 2003 and is named after the character Aidan Keller of

106-447: A cover version of the song on June 15, 2018. It was set to be the first single taken from the soundtrack to Josh Boone 's then upcoming film, The New Mutants . The film was originally scheduled for an April 2018 release, but has since been delayed to August 28, 2020. According to Rolling Stone , the eponymous vocalist opted to release the song as originally planned, "rather than keeping [it] under wraps for another year". Despite

159-506: A U.S. tour in November, called The Suffer Little Children Tour, finishing December 7. On December 14 Aiden posted a blog on their MySpace saying that they are in the studio writing and recording songs for their next album. The blog also said that there are about 25 songs that they are working with and William also mentioned he'd written 30 songs for the new record in an Alternative Press podcast. Aiden's fourth full-length album entitled Knives

212-518: A US tour supporting Thirty Seconds to Mars , and later another US tour supporting the Finnish band HIM , during their Dark Light tour. In April 2007, they played with Lostprophets and Taking Back Sunday . Aiden also partook in the Taste of Chaos 2007 North American Tour alongside The Used , Thirty Seconds to Mars , Senses Fail , Saosin , Chiodos , and Evaline. They played a West Coast tour, followed by

265-742: A band, with a third recorded at the time being released posthumously in 1990. By this time the band's members were instead pursuing the heavy metal band Danzig . In the early 1980s the death rock genre was pioneered in Los Angeles by groups like 45 Grave , Christian Death , Super Heroines and Kommunity FK . Although death rock and horror punk are separate styles of punk, they bear a significant overlap through emphasis on horror themes and imagery. Death rock band 45 Grave, in particular, are massively influential on horror punk. The Misfits reformed in 1995, this time featuring Michale Graves on vocals, releasing two albums before his 1998 departure. Although

318-505: A break from the punk genre with the 2007 album Conviction , which features a pop rock -influenced style with characteristics influenced by rock band The Cure . 2009's Knives showed Aiden returning to the punk genre. Aiden's influences include New Order , Joy Division , Bad Religion , Nirvana , the Misfits , NOFX , The Damned , and David Bowie . Aiden has been compared to the band AFI . Horror punk Horror punk

371-415: A cover for the soundtrack to the 2008 sequel, Lost Boys: The Tribe and appeared again in the closing credits of Lost Boys: The Thirst (2010). In 2010, Seasons After scored a top twenty hit on Billboard ' s Mainstream Rock Songs with their version of the track, after it was included on their 2010 album Through Tomorrow . Eight years later, Marilyn Manson released their cover version as

424-403: A frame of film!". McMahon additionally explained: "I always say that if I'd have seen the film first, I would probably not have written 'Cry Little Sister'. I didn't want the song to be specific to the vampire. I wanted it to be about the longing for family from a rejected youth's perspective, which I went through myself and that many of us have felt." McMahon has denied speculation that the song

477-523: A greater attention to musical atmospheres. Psychobilly is also a closely related style to horror punk, particularly during the 2000s when the genres became increasingly intertwined. In an article by Kerrang! , writer Chris Krovatin stated that "the two [genres] have become so accepting of one another, that to make the distinction feels like splitting hairs". Some psychobilly groups even take influence from horror punk imagery, notably Tiger Army . The meeting of horror imagery and rock music has existed since

530-410: A horror influenced aesthetic. In particular, the band's vocalist David Vanian shaped his stage persona around the 1931 film Dracula and its leading actor Bela Lugosi . The Misfits formed in 1977 and began creating music influenced by the then-burgeoning punk rock scene. After recording the album Static Age in 1978, they began writing music inspired by science fiction and B-movie horrors. At

583-752: A national tour, Confessions in the Dark Tour, with Drop Dead, Gorgeous , Still Remains , and the band 1997 . The band's third studio album entitled Conviction , was released on August 21, 2007 and marks a complete change of style in the band's musical direction. The album received commercial success, peaking at number 54 on the Billboard 200, and at number 5 on the Independent albums chart. The first single from Conviction , " One Love ", appears in Resident Evil: Extinction , and their song "We Sleep Forever"

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636-473: A period of the band often demeaned by its fanbase, the Graves era of the Misfits played a significant role in increasing the notoriety of the band and horror punk in general. Prior to the reunion, they were a band influential amongst the punk and metal scenes however were obscure outside of that circle. It was only during the 1990s that "the majority of rock fans woke up to them". A new wave of horror punk emerged in

689-449: A possible reunion. On January 2, Francis posted on Facebook that a new Aiden album was in the works. He revealed that Nick Wiggins had left Aiden, leaving him as the only remaining original member. Wiggins was replaced by Kenneth Fletcher, a longtime member of William Control's live band. In July, Francis stated his desire to release the final Aiden album as a free digital download with a planned release date of October 31. In order to fund

742-544: A single after it was featured in a promotional trailer for the television series Titans . Director Joel Schumacher asked English singer-songwriter Gerard McMahon to write a theme for his 1987 film The Lost Boys . The song was predominantly composed by McMahon, who said that its refrain was "brewing in my head with the choir as a chorus backing me. That all seemed to come within half an hour. [Producer] Mike Mainieri had this hypnotic beat, we refined it together and my melody and chords melted right into it. Then I wrote

795-416: A way that emphasises cheesiness . However, some artists and songs in the genre also discuss events of real life horror. Due to this, horror punk generally eschews the political lyrics found in conventional punk rock. The genre also asserts the influence of 1950s–inspired doo-wop and rockabilly sounds. During the earliest stages of the gothic rock genre, "horror punk" was one term often misapplied to

848-457: A website and a MySpace page for a side project called William Control . William Control is a sort of alter-ego to wiL, and the albums consist of dark content lyric-wise, which wiL stated in a Kerrang! interview did not suit Aiden. Aiden also appeared on the soundtrack to Lost Boys: The Tribe with a cover of the theme song " Cry Little Sister ", and did a European tour in October 2008, followed by

901-530: Is a music genre that mixes punk rock and 1950s-influenced doo-wop and rockabilly sounds with morbid and violent imagery and lyrics which are often influenced by horror films and science fiction B-movies . The genre was pioneered by the Misfits in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Subsequent bands formed in the Misfits' wake like Mourning Noise , the Undead and Samhain , solidifying horror punk's first wave. In

954-711: Is about incest , stating in his Twitter account in January 2014: "my song Cry Little Sister is in no way about incest. It's an artful way in which I created a sense of the Vampires ;[ sic ] search." The song was recorded at Jimi Hendrix 's Electric Lady Studios in Greenwich Village in New York City. Twenty young singers from New York recorded the children's choir in the chorus, with each voice being recorded individually so that McMahon could arrange them to get

1007-551: Is featured on the soundtrack of the motion picture Dead Silence . On October 9, 2007, through a MySpace bulletin the band announced that they were filming their next music video, for the song "Moment", thus confirming it as the next single. The band played a show in Anchorage, Alaska in January 2008, introducing their U.S. tour with Madina Lake in February and March 2008. This was the first part of their three-part "World by Storm Tour",

1060-540: The Music Saves Lives Summer Kickoff Party. While out on the 2009 Van's Warped Tour they did signings for the non-profit organization where they met with fans who gained special access to the band by donating blood. In January and February 2010 the band accompanied Anti-Flag on the 'Economy Sucks, Let's Party!' Tour, where in Chicago they filmed a live DVD and CD entitled From Hell... with Love , which

1113-563: The 1999 reunion lineup of Samhain. This lineup released one album Songs from the Earth in 2001. Another key figure from this period was Wednesday 13 , who Metal Hammer writer Rich Hobson termed a "horror-punk hero". In 2002 he formed the Murderdolls alongside Joey Jordison , which began writing by "cannibalising" the music of 13's prior band Frankenstein Drag Queens from Planet 13 . Following

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1166-488: The 2002 film The Ring ("Dude, that kid's just spooky," Francis said of the character whose name is actually spelled Aidan). Their first full-length album Our Gangs Dark Oath , was released on Dead Teenager Records in 2004. It was recorded while Jake Davison and Angel Ibarra were still in high school and released shortly after they had left. Later in 2005, the band was signed to Victory Records . Their second album and debut for Victory Records titled Nightmare Anatomy ,

1219-504: The 70s with the advent of glam rock and heavy metal . Pioneering groups such as Alice Cooper and Black Sabbath used horror themes extensively throughout their careers. One of the most prominent influences on horror punk was the Cramps ' merger of rockabilly and Shock Theater influenced imagery and lyrics. Furthermore, the Damned one of the earliest English punk rock bands made use of

1272-646: The Bamboozle Festival in East Rutherford, New Jersey in May 2008. Aiden recorded their own version of Ashley Massaro 's theme music "Let's Light a Fire Tonight" for the bonus edition of WWE The Music, Vol. 8 . On May 20, 2008, the band announced on their website that Jake Wambold was no longer a member of Aiden. They played their first live show as a four-piece in Spokane , Washington on May 24, 2008. Francis has started

1325-526: The Gun Review in January 2013, Francis stated that Aiden would disband after releasing one more album. The album was originally meant to be released in 2014 but ultimately was pushed back to the next year. On January 27, 2012, Fox News posted a story involving a controversial promotion of the Rock Beyond Belief concert, a public event organized by atheist members of the military. Aiden agreed to headline

1378-582: The album, he auctioned off much of his old Aiden memorabilia, including outfits he wore in Aiden music videos. He also revealed that the album would be self-titled. Aiden includes guest vocals from Ashley Costello of New Years Day , Adam Crilly of Ashestoangels , Chris Motionless of Motionless in White , and Craig Mabbitt of Escape The Fate , and Kier Kemp of Fearless Vampire Killers as well as guest drumming from Falling In Reverse 's Ryan Seaman . On October 9,

1431-571: The band "keeping horror punk alive" in the late-2010s. Following the release of their debut album Eternity, in Your Arms (2017) the band changed their sound towards glam rock . However, after this shift the band's vocalist Will Gould began Salem , a band reviving Creeper's earlier sound. This led Punktastic writer Tom Walsh to describe Gould as "on a crusade to single handedly revive the horror punk genre". Cry Little Sister The track has been covered by several other bands. Aiden recorded

1484-478: The band released the first song from Aiden , "Crawling Up From Hell". During the fall of 2015, Aiden went on the Last Sunrise Tour, billed as the band's final tour and featuring support from Ashestoangels, Never Found, Kissing Candice, and Old Wounds. For this tour, Aiden performed Nightmare Anatomy in its entirety. Even though drummer Keef West contributed to Aiden , he was replaced by Ben Tourkantonis for

1537-570: The band's 2004 hiatus, he began a solo-career. At this same time, horror punk-influenced bands also gained notability, including My Chemical Romance , Alkaline Trio and Tiger Army . During the 2000s, the distinction between psychobilly and horror punk became increasingly obscured. The Creepshow were one prominent band blurring these genre lines. During this same period, Blitzkid 's merger of "goth's stretching shadow and pop-punk's teenage humanity" too gained notability alongside Calabrese . Kerrang! writer Chris Krovatin credited Creeper as

1590-433: The band, he formed New York horror punk band the Undead . Steve Zing who was a part of the band's local Lodi, New Jersey following was one of the earliest musicians influenced by the Misfits. Zing formed his own horror punk Mourning Noise in 1981. Following the 1983 breakup of the Misfits, vocalist Glenn Danzig formed Samhain , a similarly horror-themed punk band. The band released only two albums during their time as

1643-468: The delay, Manson's version also appeared in another comic book adaption when it was played in the promo for the DC TV series Titans . The band had been performing the song live for several months during the " Heaven Upside Down Tour ". A one-track digital single was issued on June 15. A music video for the song was released on June 28, and was directed by Bill Yukich, but when The New Mutants soundtrack album

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1696-475: The event, promoting the concert using their 2011 music video for "Hysteria" from the album Disguises . Fox News claimed the band is promoting church burning in the video, causing controversy in comments on the music video and the group's Facebook page. Aiden has stated that the promotion of church burning was not their intentions for the song. On December 30, 2014, Aiden broke their two-year silence by posting simply "2015" on their Facebook account, hinting at

1749-494: The evocative effect he had heard in his head. Atlantic Records felt the song was "too futuristic-sounding" and did not fit with what was popular on the radio back then. The label offered to have someone else sing it instead of McMahon, and had singers such as Phil Collins and Steve Perry recording the song, but Schumacher rejected their versions and insisted on keeping McMahon singing his song on The Lost Boys soundtrack. The track has been remixed on multiple occasions. It

1802-548: The first single "Broken Bones" was filmed, and premiered on YouTube. In December 2011, the band announced, via their official web page, that they would be headlining the "Rock Beyond Belief " festival at Fort Bragg in March. The festival was billed as a secular response to the Christian music festival "Rock the Fort" which had previously taken place at Fort Bragg and the festival organizers used

1855-406: The genre's earliest years. 1950s rock and roll singer Screamin' Jay Hawkins and his single " I Put a Spell on You " is a prominent example of this, through its allusions to voodoo . Additionally, teenage tragedy songs such as " Teen Angel ", " Endless Sleep " and " Moody River ", were a popular style of songwriting which emphasised horror during the 1950s and 1960s. These elements continued into

1908-504: The genre. While both horror punk and gothic rock pull from many of the same points of reference, and sometimes early horror punk groups, particularly the Misfits, are themselves cited as being "proto-gothic", the two genres are distinctly separate by modern definitions. However, the gothic rock genre death rock , with its emphasis on influence from punk rock, contains significant overlap with horror punk. Although, death rock lacks horror punk's rockabilly and doo-wop influences, instead paying

1961-430: The late 1990s and early 2000s the genre gained attention through the reunion of the Misfits and success of groups like AFI , Son of Sam and the Murderdolls . This popularity continued to the modern day with Blitzkid , Calabrese and Creeper . Horror punk is defined by its fusion of punk rock music with the imagery and lyrical topics common in the horror film genre. Typically it references B movies , doing so in

2014-482: The late 1990s and early 2000s. AFI , who had previously been established as hardcore band, transitioned into a horror punk sound following their 1998 recruitment of guitarist Jade Puget . A 2022 article published by Metal Hammer credited their 1999 album Black Sails in the Sunset as having "reinvented the horror punk of the Misfits for a new generation". In 2000, AFI vocalist Davey Havok formed Son of Sam alongside

2067-400: The lyrics within an hour or two [and] recorded the demo". Despite appearing on the soundtrack to The Lost Boys , the song's lyrics do not specifically reference vampires , as it was composed before McMahon had seen any footage from the film. After hearing the track, director Joel Schumacher commented: "You nailed my theme song to The Lost Boys ! I can't believe you wrote this without seeing

2120-490: The music video for "Hysteria" from as part of the event's promotion. On January 1, 2012, lead guitarist Angel Ibarra decided to leave the band. Despite this, the band partook in the "Something Wicked This Way Comes tour", that took them all over the US west coast in January 2012 with Wednesday 13 and Modern Day Escape. For this tour, Ian MacWilliams and Keef West joined the band on guitar and drums, respectively. "There Will Be Blood",

2173-618: The opening track from Some Kind of Hate , was used as the theme song for the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling pay per view event Genesis (2012) . After the end of the Something Wicked This Way Comes tour, Aiden went on hiatus. Francis focused on William Control and his writing career while Wiggins focused on his new band, Girl On Fire . Francis also produced albums for Fearless Vampire Killers and Ashestoangels during this time. In an interview with Under

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2226-511: The rest of the band did not end badly. Aiden recruited Ryan Seaman , the drummer of Falling In Reverse , and headlined the Horror Nights Tour with Vampires Everywhere! , Eyes Set to Kill , Dr. Acula , and Get Scared during the summer of 2011. Aiden released their fifth studio album Some Kind of Hate on October 25, 2011. It was the last album released on Victory Records, and the second Aiden album released in 2011. A music video for

2279-464: The same time, they began using the titular character from the Crimson Ghost (1946) as their logo, wearing makeup, clothes with skeleton patterns during performances and employed a style of hair inspired by Eddie Munster that they came to term a " devilock ". Through this stylistic shift, they laid the groundwork for all future horror punk bands. After Misfits guitarist Bobby Steele departed from

2332-529: The second part of which was a month-long Europe tour with Kill Hannah from late March to late April 2008. The third part, a tour from Massachusetts back to their home base in Seattle, occupied much of May 2008, but the band pulled out of the tour after two shows, according to their web site for "personal reasons". However, the band did reinstate the final two shows, in Spokane and Seattle, near their home base. They played

2385-411: The time, in his early 20s, he was angry at the world and wanted to change everything. "Those are songs I wrote because I was so angry at everything and wanted to change the world, but now I don't give a fuck. [laughs] Now I want to tell fictional stories about whips and chains. You know, things that matter." Nightmare Anatomy has been described as a post-hardcore album with elements of screamo. Aiden took

2438-703: The tour. Aiden played their final show, January 31 in the Camden Underworld . Aiden has been described as goth , goth-punk, emo , horror punk , and post-hardcore . Aiden's debut 2004 album Our Gangs Dark Oath is described as a post-hardcore album with a screamo influence, being compared to punk bands like AFI . The album lacks horror themes in its lyrics and themes, which the band didn't feature until their second album in 2005, Nightmare Anatomy . Instead, Our Gangs Dark Oath has lyrics inspired by Francis' life of jail, drug abuse and being out on his own in his mid-teenage years. Francis said in an interview that at

2491-522: Was issued on their 2005 EP How to Be Pop, Stupid, Cool , while "Cry Little Sister... Thou Shalt Not (The Mash Up)" was included on the 2007 album Thou Shalt Not Fall . The latter version mashed the original recording with elements of the 2003 remix. A video for "Cry Little Sister (Club Cave Mix)" was produced by DJ Lee and G Tom Mac, and included as a bonus feature on the Lost Boys: The Tribe DVD in 2008. A blues -inspired acoustic rendition

2544-569: Was released October 4, 2005. The album peaked at number 196 on the Billboard 200, number 9 on the Billboard Heatseekers Chart, and number 16 on the Billboard Independent Albums Chart. The album has since become one of the band's most commercially and critically successful albums to date. It spawned three successful singles, "The Last Sunrise", "Die Romantic", and "Knife Blood Nightmare". In March 2006, Aiden played

2597-467: Was released as a non-album single in 2009, subtitled the "Blood Swamp Version". In 2011, American rock band The Anix released their version of the song as the second single as part of their second full-length studio album Sleepwalker . In 2015, a remix of "Cry Little Sister" was featured on the trailer for the 'Definitive Edition' of the DmC: Devil May Cry video game. Marilyn Manson released

2650-538: Was released on March 16, 2010, as stated in an interview with BareBonesMusic.com. Also in addition they stated on Kerrang that they will be returning to the UK and Europe with Saosin . After Saosin pulled out, the tour was planned to continue but was later cancelled because of a lack of funds. Aiden then toured the UK in November/December 2010 with Support from Francesqa and The Dead Formats. On February 2, 2011, Disguises

2703-630: Was released on March 29, 2011. The first single released was "Walk Among the Dead" on iTunes. A music video for "Hysteria" was released in April, and a music video for "A Portrait of the Artist" was released the last week in June. On May 9, 2011 Aiden announced that drummer Jake Davison left the band, for reasons of pursuing a new direction in life. According to William in a blog on Myspace, Davison's departure and relationship with

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2756-550: Was released on May 12, 2009 (May 11 in the UK). The album peaked at number 95 on the Billboard 200 and at number 12 on the Independent Albums chart. On March 31, 2009, a new single, "Scavengers of the Damned," was made available through iTunes, the second single being Let The Right One In. In April 2009 Aiden announced a UK tour on their MySpace . They stated that they chose the smallest venues that were available. In May Aiden headlined

2809-591: Was remixed by The Lost Brothers and issued as a single in 2003 under the title "Cry Little Sister (I Need U Now)", crediting McMahon by the name of his current band, G Tom Mac. The remix peaked at number 21 on the UK Singles Chart , number fourteen in Scotland, and in the top forty of the Australian ARIA Charts . G Tom Mac subsequently released a number of other versions of the song. The "Rebel Angel Remix"

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