Ignite
By All Music Guide
By All Music Guide
Ignite released a handful of singles, demos, and two full-lengths -- 1995s Call on My Brothers and 1996s Past Our Means EP -- before making their TVT label debut with A Place Called Home in May 2000. By then, the band comprised Teglas, bassist Brett Rasmussen, guitarist Brian Balchack (who had replaced Joe D. Foster), and drummer Craig Anderson (replacing Casey Jones). Achieving a dedicated following overseas, Ignite toured extensively throughout the late 90s, including European dates played on the Vans Warped Tour, the U.K.s Reading Festival, Hungarys Pepsi Sziget Festival, and Swedens Hultsfred Festival, as well as dates with Pennywise and Sick of It All. Teglas briefly took over lead vocals in 2000 for a reunited and touring Misfits. Ignite left TVT in 2001, and while the band was between labels, Teglas and Rassmussen did some work with the side project California United that theyd formed with the Lonely Kings Jon Barrysmith and Jet Lags Nik Hill, playing a handful of European dates together in 2003.
Back on the Ignite front, the guys played their first U.S. shows together in two years in early summer 2004 before, of course, heading out globally. They signed to Abacus Recordings in mid-2005, entering the studio that fall to begin work on their next album. Our Darkest Days appeared in May 2006, and the band -- now with second guitarist Nik Hill on board -- supported it on shows with Rise Against, Blacklisted, and Set Your Goals. ~ MacKenzie Wilson & Corey Apar,
