Straight Line Stitch Discuss Life on the Road as an Upcoming Band!

Straight Line Stitch was formed in Knoxville, Tennessee in 1999. Ever since then the bands philosophy has been to focus on their musical path by perfecting their craft regardless of the challenges that are thrown at them. After various lineup changes (including two vocalists), Straight Line Stitch found their missing Joker in Alexis Brown, who was able to bring a sonic assault blended with beautiful harmonies. From that moment on the band started making a lot of noise both on and off stage.

While some fans have questioned the evolution of the band since they feel that the band sounds more commercial nowadays, on their latest album titled "The Fight Of Our Lives", the band proves that their musical evolution has placed them in the musical spotlight. As a result their are many within the music industry, including Jamey Jasta (Hatebreed, Kingdom Of sorrow & Jasta) that believe that this is the band to watch in 2011.

Straight Line Stitch recently performed in Hartford, CT, at the Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival and before the doors were even open, we had the chance to chat with Alexis Brown (Vocalist) and Seth Thacker (guitarist) about life on the road, their new album "The Fight of Our Lives" and more. When asked about the bands European debut at these years Download Festival in the UK in front of a massive audience, this is what they had to say about it:

"It was pretty terrifying because it was just a sea of people! The amount of people was ridiculous! It was so intense, it was a great feeling! It was our first experience being there..." Alexis Brown

"It is like baptism by fire because we had never played in Europe before and then our first show ever in Europe was a huge festival in front of all this people! It was intense and awesome!" Seth Thacker


You can watch the rest of the interview right here:



Straight Line Stitch - "One Reason" OFFICIAL VIDEO (featuring Jose Mangin)



This is a previous interview we did with Straight Line Stitch at New York City's The Gramercy Theater:



Tour-dates:

- Aug 10: Gexa Energy Pavilion in Dallas, TX
- Aug 11: The Hangar in New Orleans, LA
- Aug 12: Aaron's Amphitheatre at Lakewood in Atlanta, GA
- Aug 13: 1-800-ASK-GARY Amphitheatre at the Florida State Fairgrounds in Tampa, FL
- Aug 14: Cruzan Ampitheatre in West Palm Beach, FL
- Aug 28: Afro Punk Festival at the Commodore Barry Park in Brooklyn, NY
- Sep 26: The Valarium in Knoxville, TN
- Sep 27: Groundzero in Spartanburg, SC
- Nov 03: Sugarmill in Stoke On Trent, United Kingdom

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