Armor for Sleep

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Armor for Sleep
Origin New Jersey, United States
Genre(s) Alternative rock
Indie rock
Emo
Years active 2002–present
Label(s) Sire Records
Equal Vision Records
Associated acts Random Task
Prevent Falls
Members
Ben Jorgensen
PJ DeCicco
Anthony DiIonno
Nash Breen
Former members
AJ Resnick
Paul Abrahamian

Armor for Sleep is an alternative rock band from Maplewood and Teaneck, New Jersey. Lead singer Ben Jorgensen recorded the first ever Armor for Sleep songs in exchange for $100 at a nearby recording studio[citation needed], playing all the instruments by himself, after he left the band Random Task, in which he played drums. The original line up of Armor For Sleep included two of Ben's high school friends AJ Resnick and Paul Abrahamian. Later on Ben and Anthony fired AJ and Paul, and asked Nash Breen, drummer of Prevent Falls, to join Armor for Sleep. Nash quit Prevent Falls and asked his cousin, P.J. DeCicco, also of Prevent Falls to come with him to Armor for Sleep. They also had a small 5 day tour with an up incoming singer/producer, Ariel Burns, from Classical High School in Providence, Rhode Island.

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History

The band was originally signed to Equal Vision Records and released their first two albums with them, but as of April 2006, Armor for Sleep are now signed to Warner Brothers/Sire Records.

A Machine Shop remix of their track "Remember to Feel Real" was featured on the Snakes on a Plane soundtrack in August of 2006.

The band had a new track entitled "End of the World" on the soundtrack to the 2007 Transformers film, which was released on July 3, 2007.

On June 18, 2007, the band posted a new song on their MySpace entitled "Williamsburg."

Their third full length album Smile For Them was released on October 30, 2007.

2008 sees Armor For Sleep on Linkin Park's summer Projekt Revolution tour. They are featured on the Revolution Stage with Atreyu, 10 Years, and Hawthorne Heights. . On August 20, 2008, a blog entry on the band's website announced an EP, entitled "The Way Out Is Broken."[1]

Current line-up

Discography

Albums

Year Album details Chart peaks[2]
Billboard 200 Top Independent Albums Top Heatseekers
2003 Dream to Make Believe — — —
2005 What to Do When You Are Dead
  • Label: Equal Vision Records
  • Producer: Machine
 101 8 1
2007 Smile for Them 93 — —
a "—" denotes an album did not chart

Extended plays

Year EP
2008 The Way Out Is Broken

Singles

Year Title Album
2003 "Dream to Make Believe" Dream to Make Believe
2004 "My Town"
2005 "Car Underwater" What to Do When You Are Dead
2005 "The Truth About Heaven"
2006 "Remember to Feel Real"
2007 "Williamsburg" Smile for Them
2008 "Hold the Door"

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.

Trivia

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  • - In 2004 a small percentage of "Dream to Make Believe" was released with the British (also Australian and Canadian) spelling Armour for Sleep instead of the US spelling Armor for Sleep on the cover and CD.[citation needed]
  • -The band is featured in Fall Out Boy's Bassist's, Pete Wentz, home made DVD, Release the Bats, showing the band playing a gig.
  • - The band was featured in several episodes of TAI TV.

References

  1. ^ The Way Out Is Broken Ben Jorgensen attended Solomon Schechter Day School
  2. ^ http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&searchlink=ARMOR|FOR|SLEEP&sql=11:jcfqxq80ldse~T5

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Armor for Sleep
Ben Jorgensen · PJ DeCicco · Anthony DiIonno · Nash Breen
AJ Resnick · Paul Abrahamian
Studio albums
EPs
Videos & DVDs
Homesick · What to Do When You Are Dead · A Comprehensive Guide To Touring
Singles
"Dream to Make Believe" · "My Town" · "Car Underwater" · "The Truth About Heaven" · "Remember to Feel Real" · "Williamsburg" · "Hold the Door"
Labels
Related Articles
Discography · Random Task · Prevent Falls
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