User:No Sad Tomorrow

Band name: No Sad Tomorrow Genre: Metal Hometown: Medina, NY                                                                          Influences: Donnie O’Keefe: Bullet for my Valentine, Metallica, Axewound, Attack Attack!. Jake McAdoo: Metallica, Avenged Sevenfold. Michael Johnson: Slipknot, Attack Attack!, The Devil wears Prada. Joe Meyer: Metallica, Kiss, Avenged Sevenfold. Sam Busch: Of Mice and Men, Attack Attack! Members: Donnie O'Keefe-Vocals/Guitar, Jake McAdoo-Drums, Mike Johnson-Melodic Guitar, Joe Meyer-Rhythm Guitar, Sam Busch-Bass. Website: www.facebook.com/nosadtomorrow1 Bio: No Sad Tomorrow formed in October 2009 in Medina, NY, when current vocals/guitarist Donnie O’Keefe and former bassist Mark Parker got together to write and record songs. These songs were a mix of metal and punk songs. The punk songs were like Green Day and the metal songs were like Metallica and Bullet for my Valentine. They recorded a cd over two months and played out at coffee houses and bars. Mark played drums when playing live. In February 2010, they decided it was time to get an actual drummer so mark could focus on bass. Donnie brought in Jake McAdoo to play drums, Donnie and Jake tried to form a band in 2008 but it never worked out. Now with 3 members, they went out and played numerous shows at coffee houses and bars under the name Sandstone (Medina, NY is known for its sandstone). They continued to write more music over the next month and since the songs were getting more elaborate, they needed a second guitarist. Donnie brought in his cousin Eddy Digiulio to play guitar. Now a full band, they were able to do more shows and write more elaborate songs. In July 2010, Eddy decided to leave the band due to personal reasons. Now back down to 3 members, they still continued to write and perform. On October 29th, 2010, they played their first semi-pro show working under the company out of Buffalo, NY called After Dark Events at Xtreme Wheels in Buffalo, NY. In November 2010 they changed the name of the band to No Sad Tomorrow. Donnie wrote a song called No Sad Tomorrow and thought it would be a cool name for the band as well. They played another semi-pro show on December 19th, 2010 at Xtreme Wheels, but that night Mark Parker decided to leave the band due to personal reasons. Now down to 2 members, they took immediate action and called their co-worker from Darien Lake Justin Burgler to play bass, one week later he was a member. In early January 2011, they brought in Joe Meyer to play guitar. Now back to a full band, they went back to writing and performing. They started writing material like Bullet for my Valentine and Metallica and moved away from the punk material. In March 2011, they were playing a talent show in Medina, NY and Donnie met and became friends with Michael Johnson. Michael Johnson became the melodic guitarist in mid-April 2011 after seeing them play at Xtreme Wheels on April 9th, 2011. They continued to push forward with writing and performing. On August 15th, 2011, they went for the first time to record one of their songs professionally at True Sound Studios in Amherst, NY. In late August 2011 they released “Misery” their first single and started to grow their fan base. Over the next few months they performed many more shows and recorded 3 more songs, one of which was called “Burning of a Soul” which they released as their second single and became one of their most popular songs to date. On January 21st, 2012, they released their first EP called “Fight through the Storm”, with an intro and 4 recorded tracks. In February 2012, they released the song “No Sad Tomorrow” as a bonus track for the EP. They played numerous shows in support of their EP from January to April. In April 2012, Donnie decided to step down as front man and brought in Andrew Prister as lead vocals. Donnie was having problems with his throat and he didn’t want to hurt it even more. In June 2012, Justin Burgler left the band due to personal reasons. Mike Johnson and Joe Meyer traded off on bass during shows. In August 2012, Joe Meyer brought in Sam Busch to play bass. A week after Sam Busch joined the band, Andrew Prister left due to personal reasons. Donnie felt confident enough to become front man again. Over the next few months they started to write new material. They started to have more influence from bands like Attack Attack! Axewound, As I lay Dying, Slipknot, Memphis May Fire and Miss May I but still had the Bullet for my Valentine and Metallica sound mixed in. On December 9th, 2012, they had their first really big show at Peabody’s Concert Club in Cleveland, Ohio. They opened up for Blessthefall. They went back into the studio in December 2012 to record their first single off their new EP “Yes Happy Yesterday” which was released January 4th, 2013. The name of the first single is called “I thought Alaska was next to Hawaii”. They just released another single on February 15th, 2013 called “Her Screams”. They will continue to record songs for their new EP which is set to be released in early summer 2013. They are planning a tour of New England in late June through early July of 2013 and are planning on stopping through Syracuse, Albany, Boston, Providence, NYC, Columbus, Buffalo and Rochester. A music video is in the works as well.