About Empire

There are (or were) at least 12 bands called Empire including a podcast produced by the UK film magazine Empire. 1) Empire (formerly known as Empires Erased) was a progressive deathcore band from New York City. Their line-up consisted of: Paul Bennardo: Vocals Mauricio Jorquera: Guitar Dan Pandaa: Guitar/Vocals Julian Martinez: Bass Jeremy Lopez: Drums The band released their debut album The Decadent Movement, a 7-song EP, in 2010 and subsequently disbanded at the end of the year. 2) Empire were an early 80's punk rock band featuring the legendary Derwood and Mark Laff of Generation X and released the classic 'Expensive Sound' LP in 1981. Mixing indie and post-punk sounds they have been compared to early Joy Division and The Cure as well as more obvious bands like Rites of Spring. The album was re-released on CD in 2003, featuring 11 bonus tracks. 3) A Hip Hop group-.Empire- Think the Boot Camp half Wu-Tang, Adam Bomb, Tony "Scandalis" Ranks, Tek Man, The Rhyme Animal, Talksick, Mezziah, Keele, Friday, Doc, Chem, Jooker and Craven Morehead have been terrorizing wackness sine before the turn of the millineum and are going to GET IT with their summer 2008 debut. Playing The Next Shit showcase. NOW Magazine March 2008 Empire- S.A.R.S. (Sick Artist Runnin' Shit) The series 1-6 The digustngly talented crew has been assembling a Tony Touch 50-MC-style street hop swarm of showcases for years. A particular favorite Vol.2 where Adam Bomb permanently steels Freeway's "What we do" with his jaw dropping flow. NOW Magazine- January 2009 Top 10 Toronto Mixtapes (Pick 3) 4) A progressive rock movement from Australia , featuring: Jarrod Beaver - Lead Guitar Jordan White - Rythm Guitar Joshua Quinn - Bass Guitar Jordan Giblett - Drums They are as yet to release any material. 5) Also a hardcore band from Colombus, Ohio US. 6) Empire is a hard rock band from Czech republic. http://www.empireband.cz/ Current lineup: Radek Kurc - lead vocals, guitar Dario Sapienza - guitar, vocals Michal Žďánský - bass, vocals Marcel Vacínek - drums 7) Empire is a heavy rock super group project brought together by guitarist Rolf Munkes in 2001 and having released 4 albums so far. Past members include Tony Martin, Lance King, Don Airey and Gerald Kloos. The current line-up is: Doogie White - Vocals Neil Murray - Bass Mike Terrana - Drums Rolf Munkes - Guitars 8) Empire were a New Wave/Sophisti-pop band from Liverpool who signed to EMI Parlophone in 1987. The three original members were Mark Kemp, John Uriel and Les Manning. The following few years saw them tour extensively in colleges and universities around the UK. Empire also completed many support tours in 1988, including, Wax, Curiosity Killed the Cat, T'Pau and Bros. The band released 3 singles, 'Talk Free', 'This Is My Word' and 'My Imagination' with the best showing in the charts being number 64. The Album, 'Who Starts the Stopping It' was recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London, Amazon Studios in Liverpool and in LA, but was never commercially released. Uriel passed away in 2005. 9) An obscure Krautrock band that released 2 self titled albums in 1980 and 1981. They featured Dirk Fleck (Fritz Muller colaberator) on their 2nd album. 10) A Great-British-Influenced Rock 'n' Roll band from Peterborough, England. Recently recorded a 3 song demo disc which can be found on our myspace site - /empiregb. Vocals - Daryl Epton Lead Guitar - Matt Walker Rhythm Guitar - Dave Thomson Bass - Liam Marsden Drums - Phil Richards 110 An Australian/UK rock band comprised of: Luke Chable - lead vocals/guitar Justin Moreh - lead guitar Colin Moreh - rhythm guitar Tim Sykes - bass Ben McIntyre - drums http://www.triplejunearthed.com.au/Artists/View.aspx?artistid=38890 12) Tthe Manchester based Brit Alternative rock group. The band comprises of: Vocals: Andy Moss Guitar: Paul Bowe Guitar: Nick Bowden Bass: Dave Murray Drums: Pete Green Tracks comprise of: 1. Number One 13) Raleigh, NC Based Post Hardcore band Empire formerly known as They Were Heroes. Members consist of: Vocals: Ben Daughtry Vocals: Colin Silverstein Guitar: Jackson Davis Guitar: Preston Mitchum Bass: Erik Bartelucci Drums: Aaron Bowen They are set to release their debut EP "Leading The Blind", after rereleasing a selection of They Were Heroes songs for free download.