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'Aiden' is an American band from Seattle, Washington that formed in the spring of 2003. They chose their name from the little boy in the movie The Ring. The current members are wiL Francis (Vocals), Jake Wambold (Guitar), Jake Davison (Drums), Nick Wiggins (Bass), and Angel Ibarra (Guitar). wiL originally played bass but took over lead vocals when their previous vocalist left.

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Biography

Discography

Albums

Singles

External links

Biography

Their first full-length album "Our Gang's Dark Oath" was released on Dead Teenager Records. It was recorded while Jake Davision and Angel were still in high school, being released shortly after they had left.
In 2004, the band were signed to Victory Records. Their second album and debut for Victory Records titled Nightmare Anatomy, was released October 4, 2005.
On October 31st, 2006, Aiden released an EP/DVD titled Rain in Hell. While the CD didn't receive rave reviews, the acoustic track "Silent Eyes" and the ethereal opening track "A Candlelight Intro" hinted towards a broadening of Aiden's musical style. The DVD included 3 music videos and a live performance of Aiden's Never Sleep Again Tour in Chicago. During October and November 2006, Aiden played the "Never Sleep Again Tour" with Silverstein and It Dies Today.
In 2006, they contributed a remix of "The Last Sunrise" for the soundtrack to and had their song "Die Romantic" featured on the EA Sports' game NCAA MVP Baseball 2006. Aiden was also part of the 2006 Kerrang Awards in August, taking home the award of "Best International Newcomer" as well as being part of the Kerrang XXV tour in January 2006. In May and June of that year Aiden toured with the Finnish band HIM. They also played the 2006 Warped Tour that summer.
In April 2007, Aiden played an arena tour of the UK supporting Lostprophets with Taking Back Sunday. They also played the 2007 Taste Of Chaos North American Tour alongside The Used, 30 Seconds to Mars, Senses Fail, Saosin, Chiodos, and Evaline. They recently played a West Coast tour, and are currently playing a national tour with From Autumn to Ashes, I Am Ghost, and Night Kills the Day. They will play the International Taste of Chaos tour in late 2007.
The band's third studio album entitled 'Conviction' was released August 21, 2007. It marks a complete change of style in the band's musical direction.
On their recent West Coast Revival Tour, singer, wiL Francis has stated that the band will be joined by Drop Dead, Gorgeous, Still Remains and 1997 on their upcoming US Headlining Tour this fall.

Discography

Albums

'Album Cover'	'Year Released'	'Title'	'Label'	'U.S. Billboard 200 Peak '	'U.S. Heatseekers Peak '	'U.S. sales'	'U.K.'	'U.K. Rock'	'U.K. Indie'
' '	'2004'	'A Split of Nightmares'	'Unfun Records'	'-'	'-'	' '	'-'	'-'	'-'
' '	'2004'	'Our Gangs Dark Oath'	'Dead Teenager Records (original), Victory Records (re-release)'	'-'	'#30'	'30,000'	'-'	'-'	'-'
' '	'2005'	'Nightmare Anatomy'	'Victory Records'	'#196'	'#9'	'100,000'	'-'	'-'	'-'
' '	'2006'	'Rain in Hell (EP)'	'Victory Records'	'-'	'#9'	'15,000' [1]	'-'	'-'	'-'
' '	'2007'	'Conviction'	'Victory Records'	'#54'	'-'	'12,000'	'#45'	'#1'	'-'

Singles

Year	Title	Chart Positions			Album
		US Hot 100	US Modern Rock	US Mainstream Rock
2004	"I Set My friends On Fire"	-	-	-	''Our Gangs Dark Oath''
2004	"Fifteen"	-	-	-	''Our Gangs Dark Oath''
2005	"Knife Blood Nightmare"	-	-	-	''Nightmare Anatomy''
2005	"The Last Sunrise"	-	-	-	''Nightmare Anatomy''
2005	"Die Romantic"	-	-	-	''Nightmare Anatomy''
2007	"We Sleep Forever"	-	-	-	''Rain in Hell''
2007	"One Love"	-	-	-	''Conviction''
2007	"Teenage Queen"	-	-	-	''Conviction''

External links

★ Official Aiden Website

★ Aiden's Official Myspace

★ Official Aiden Fan Site

★ Victory Records' Aiden profile