Iscariot Time Line (2004-Present)
July 2004: Formed by Adam (guitar), Justin (bass), Derrick (vocals), Alex (Drums)
August 2004: Play first show at Lowell VFW w/ The Arnofini Marriage, Knife the Glitter and Only to Remain.
Nov 2004: Independently recorded and released a 5 song demo including "Cross the T's"
Nov-April 2005: Play regional shows in IN, IL, MI, WI, etc every weekend. We were driving a Jeep Cherokee Sport with our gear in the back to shows.
April 2005: Alex takes a train to MN to get a free van from his uncle. its a '78 lime green econoline.
May 2005: Sign a Deal with then Undecided Records, who later became 567 records
June 2005: Release Demo's of "30 Pieces of Silver" and "Darth Vader Sucks at Running"
July 2005: Justin buys the "Death Mobile", an early 90s primer grey 15 passenger Ford Econoline.
Aug 2005: Our First Tour. 2 weeks on the east coast.
Sept 2005-Dec 2005: Finish Writing our Full Length. Ryan Kasparian joins on Guitar for about 2 weeks. Later Justin moves to Guitar and Ian McConnel (Doomsday Catalyst) joins on Bass.
Jan 2006: Week and a Half East Coast Tour with Harlots. Played a New Year's Fest in Albany.
Feb 2006: Record our Debut Full Length at Say it Again Studios with Scott O.
March 2006: East Coast Tour. Rosa comes along as our Merch Girl
April 2006: Adam buys a decked out full conversion ford econoline and trailer.
May 2006: Tour through MN, WI, IL, and MI with With Dead Hands Rising
June-July 2006: Various Shows and Weekend Tours throughout the Midwest.
July 26, 2006: "Lifeless Design" our debut record is release and goes triple platinum in the first week (aka. sells 400 copies in stores).
Aug-Sept 2006: Crappy Booking Agent bails on our CD release tour dates.
October 2006: Start a Midwest tour to meet With Blood Comes Cleansing and Imperial in NC.
October 13, 2006: Van is totaled in KY when we're cut off by another driver.
December 2006: Play 3 local Benefit shows to purchase a new van. Get a free non-running Dodge B250 (from Todd of The Burial's Aunt) and rebuild the transmission with the proceeds from the benefit shows.
Jan 2007: East Coast Tour with Stifling Neglect. Tara from Nashville does merch.
Feb 2007: Adam Buys 2005 Chevy 15 passenger van. Its is the nicest van we've ever had, or will ever have.
March 2007: Full US Tour with Architect and With Passion, Davy Dazz comes along as Merch Dude/Roadie. During this tour Ian decides to leave the band. Derrick is also asked to leave due to personal reasons.
April 14, 2007: Last show with Derrick and Ian at the Muse in Nashville, TN.
May 2007: Brandon (Mirror|Mirror and Veil of Maya) and Brad (Reinventing Yesterday) join the band on vocals and bass.
June 2007: We sell the Chevy and get the veggie van. It's a diesel converted to run on waste veggie oil from restaurants.
June 2007: Lambgoat "First Post" Tour with Apiary, Year of Desolation, Unholy, and The Destro. Every band drops off the tour but us.
July 2007: Tour with At All Cost, One Dead Three Wounded and Dead Hearts. Tour is cut short when our van's motor starts acting up in MN.
Aug 2007: Brandon quits to join Veil of Maya.
January 2008: Derrick rejoins on vocals.
March 2008: 3 Song Demo is released online. It was recorded at the Nook Studios and features the only Iscariot songs written since 2006.
Iscariot has played over 600 shows in 3.5 years. Aside from our tourmates, we've played with the following bands: The Black Dahlia Murder, Between the Buried and Me, Fear Before the March of Flames, Alexisonfire, Salt the Wound, Every Time I Die, Job for a Cowboy, Despised Icon, Through the Eyes of the Dead, Embrace the End, The Red Death, Animosity, The Red Chord, Dead To Fall, It Dies Today, Rose Funeral, Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza, Suicide Silence, See You Next Tuesday, and many many many more.
Attn: Promoters! We're looking for shows in IL, IN, WI, MN, MI, OH, WV, TN, KY, PA and IA. Send us a message if you want to set something up!
Contact info:
adam higgins
band@iscariotmusic.com
219.309.7735
aim- jshaft37
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