Armor for Sleep was an
American alternative rock band
formed in 2001, in New
Jersey
.
After initial demos had been distributed, New York-based
independent label
Equal Vision
Records signed the band and went onto release the
concept-based albums,
Dream to Make Believe in 2003 and
What to Do When You Are
Dead in 2005. The following year they signed to
Sire Records/Warner Bros. and released their
last album
Smile for Them in
2007. They announced their disbandment in October 2009.
History
The band was founded by
Ben Jorgensen
in 2001, in New Jersey. Band founder,
Ben
Jorgensen, stated the name of the band, Armor for Sleep, comes
from his early experiences of writing music and not being able to
sleep. He quotes "I guess when I started the band I was kind of,
like, retreating in my room and I kind of couldn't really fall
asleep, so I started playing music. I just thought of the name
Armor For Sleep, because it was really, the music was keeping me
from passing out! Which was something I was procrastinating
on."
The band originally signed to
Equal
Vision Records and released their first two albums,
Dream to Make Believe
in 2003 and
What to Do
When You Are Dead in 2005, with the label. Armor for Sleep
signed to
Warner Brothers/Sire Records
in 2006 to release their third record, explaining it was "time for
a change".
A
Machine Shop remix of
their track "Remember to Feel Real" was featured on the
Snakes on a
Plane soundtrack in August 2006.
The band had a new track entitled "End of the World" on soundtrack
for the 2007 film
Transformers.
Their third full-length album
Smile
for Them was released on October 30, 2007.
On August 20, 2008, a blog entry on the band's website announced an
extended play (EP), entitled
The Way Out Is Broken. Armor
for Sleep announced a recent unreleased track of theirs on their
official website entitled, "Chameleons". The track was posted onto
Supload.com to download.
Disbandment
On October 28, 2009 it was officially announced that the band would
be parting ways. Frontman Ben Jorgensen released a statement
informing fans of the inevitable, after the band had been inactive,
not undertaking a tour for over a year.
Current Projects
Ben Jorgensen recently announced that he has a new band called
God Loves A Challenge which is
very different when compared to Armor For Sleep. They are on
MySpace.
Personnel
Final line-up
Bass player, Anthony DiIonno
Former members
- AJ Resnick
- Paul Abrahamian
Discography
Studio albums
Extended plays
Singles
DVDs
- Armor for Sleep released a limited number of DVDs with their
second CD 'What to Do When You Are Dead' documenting how the record
was made.
- The video for "Dream to Make Believe" is featured on the
Homesick DVD that was released on September 7, 2004.
- A Comprehensive Guide To Touring was released on
November 15, 2005.
- Armor for Sleep's song "End of the World" was featured on the
movie Transformers.
- Armor for Sleep's song "Very Invisible" was featured on the
soundtrack to the "Masters of Horror" series.
References
- http://www.armorforsleep.com/info
- http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?p=5393262
- The Way Out Is Broken
- http://armorforsleep.com/news/2009/05/05/unreleased-song
-
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&searchlink=ARMOR|FOR|SLEEP&sql=11:jcfqxq80ldse~T5
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