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Artist
Back Alley Pep Rally
12+ albums
Progressive metalnoisealternative metalheavy metalmathcore
about
‘Providing more hooks to music than Captain Hook himself’ Back Alley Pep Rally (BAPR) is a three-piece powerhouse originating out of Dayton, Ohio and Las Vegas, Nevada. Starting up in 2016, they released their rough demo ‘(Black Album),’ consisting of rough tracks that were recorded using nothing but an Apple iPhone 4S. After this release, the band focused the remainder of 2016 gathering a solid lineup, which later played the Mesa Music Festival in November of that year. This original lineup consisted of Dan Mehal (Vocals), Justin Rissmiller (Guitars) and Sabian Pack (Drums). Soon after performing at the festival, Sabian made an exit leaving the band to consist now of Dan and Justin. The duo began recording the band’s first self-titled album all while looking for a permanent replacement for drums. The entire album was composed, produced, mixed and mastered by the band themselves. Release for their self-titled debut was February 21st, 2017 through T&R Recordings of Dayton, Ohio. To support the new album, the band set on their first West Coast tour in March 2017 and co-headlined the tour with The Beast of Bailey Downs. Dru Shaw, close friend to the band would join the tour to support with drums and later with bass and vocals while Dan took a brief hiatus. Aaron King would later join in with the band on drums where multiple local shows and another West Coast tour took place during the remainder of 2017. 2018 was a busy year for the band. It started with a Live EP release
