User:Crisis/Flirting With Fate

Important note: Though this is my real band's info on this page, and the bio is real, I'm mainly using is as an editing testbed.

Empire of None is a metal band from Hemsworth, England.

Flirting With Fate
The band was originally formed by guitarist Regan Johnston, via an open invitation through Facebook, originally under the name Broken from the Inside. From there, singers Becky Bower and Hazel Hinchcliffe, bassist Jeremy Grave, and drummer Josh Gallagher were recruited.

The band would begin by practising at a warehouse owned by Gallagher's father. After various practice sessions and guitarist try-outs, the band was renamed to Flirting With Fate and settled on Dean Hopkins, though they also quickly lost Bower. Although originally scheduled to debut live in August 2012, the band would stagnate due to lack of coordination until the new year.

In May 2013, the band released an acoustic demo of a song titled "Invincible". This would be the only output by this lineup, as Johnston left 3 weeks later. Riffs that Johnston wrote at the time would be used by his next band Fear of the Faith in the songs Dreamcatcher and Whilst Enemies Hang, though they appeared on that band's Sacrifices EP after his departure without his permission or credit. Hinchcliffe left the band that July, after an argument with Hopkins.

The band would restructure by recruiting former guitarist Hannah Stirling to be their vocalist, and Hopkins' friend Ben Chambers to play guitar. Stirling left quickly, and was briefly replaced by Beth Holmes, before Hopkins and Grave decided to share vocal duties. From this point until the end of the year, the band was without an official name.

Just Noise
In January 2014, the band rearranged. Grave became lead vocalist and handed bass duties to Chambers, and the band was joined by lead guitarist Daniel Brown. They then renamed to Just Noise, citing a change in overall direction. In this phase, the band replaced their original post-hardcore influences with metalcore and industrial metal elements.

Though Just Noise had more productive practices, and started self-producing an EP, the band effectively broke up after only 4 months. Hopkins had a guitar stored at the warehouse, signed by all the members of Suicide Silence, and Gallagher's father had damaged the paintwork while moving it. His lack of apology, sympathy or reimbursement led to Hopkins leaving. Brown and Chambers left on the same day.

Empire of None
Though Just Noise was effectively done, Grave was still interested in a music career. He and Johnston discussed reuniting with Hinchcliffe and Gallagher as Flirting With Fate, though neither showed interest. Their project did, however, gain Hopkins and brief former bandmate Beth Holmes. This once again saw a reshuffle, Grave went back to bass, and Hopkins took the empty place at drums.

Band members

 * Current members
 * Jeremy Grave - bass guitar (2012-2013, 2014-present), clean vocals (2013-present)
 * Dean Hopkins - guitar, backing vocals (2012-2014), drums (2014-present)
 * Beth Holmes - clean vocals (2012, 2014-present)
 * Regan Johnston - guitar (2012-2013, 2014-present), unclean vocals (2012-2013)


 * Former members
 * Becky Bower - unclean vocals (2012)
 * Daniel Brown - guitar (2014)
 * Ben Chambers - guitar (2013), bass guitar (2014)
 * Josh Gallagher - drums (2012-2014)
 * Hazel Hichcliffe - clean vocals (2012-2013)
 * Hannah Stirling - guitar (2012), clean vocals (2013)