"IGNITE is in a different place from when they made 'Our Darkest Days'," says producer, Webb. "Once we finally let go and let the songs happen like they were supposed to happen, the songs took their own direction." "When we started writing the album, we were kind of trying to force the record be a certain thing," states Rasmussen. "He understands us as people and as a band better than almost anyone." The sessions became a collective soul-searching for the band who spent the better part of a year and a half writing songs for "A War Against You".
"This is the third record we've worked on with Cameron," says Zoli.
IGNITE found themselves reenergized, rededicated and back in the studio with longtime producer, Cameron Webb (Motörhead). As clichéd as it sounds, I still have that fire that burns inside of me."Ĭut to early 2014. My calling has always been to play music to make a change. I'm thankful for the time I had in Pennywise, but in IGNITE I can speak my mind about social issues. I appreciate both bands and what they each have to say. "For 20 years, Pennywise had a message that their other singer wrote. "Playing in Pennywise was amazing but playing in IGNITE I can focus just as much on the message as well as the music," says Teglas, recounting his time outside of the IGNITE fold. But through it all, IGNITE continued to tour and grow." Brian was writing and recording with Into Another. "From the outside, it may have looked like we took our time between records, but it was probably the busiest time of our lives," Brett Rasmussen (Bass) says. Most notably, Teglas took up vocal duties for Cali punk mainstays, Pennywise, whom he fronted on their critically well-received 2012 album "All Or Nothing". Not only have IGNITE become an international touring force, headlining sold-out venues and festivals across the world, but recent history also found the band members individually exploring new creative avenues that have only served to galvanize IGNITE itself. From prior efforts including "Call On My Brothers" (1995), "Past Our Means" (1996) and "A Place Called Home" (2000), the band's records have distinguished themselves with complex arrangements, triumphant hooks and IGNITE's calling card: frontman Zoli Teglas' unmistakable, soaring vocals. The much-anticipated follow-up to the Southern California band's 2006 watershed moment, "Our Darkest Days", "A War Against You" affirms that IGNITE is still rooted in the energy and melodicism of hardcore's salad days, while proving themselves not merely a great punk or hardcore band, but a great band in their own right.įormed in 1993 in the suburbs of Orange County during the height of Seattle Grunge and the Epitaph Records punk revival, IGNITE have made a career defying convention with against the grain music and thought provoking, politically charged lyricism. "A War Against You" is the sound of IGNITE taking a stand and delivering a record without borders or boundaries.