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Just Ben straight up saying “you’re an English man who is singing country music with an American accent” is unbelievably hilarious to me. It’s the thought I had all these years but didn’t known those words would come out of his band mates mouth
being an older gen z, i remember a very particular era of tumblr when teenagers from the US were obsessed with england, and had the union jack on their book bags and converse, loved sherlock and dr who and things like that. so it has always been so hilarious to me that danny worsnop was the polar opposite with his countrysona. glad to know i wasn’t the only person at the time to think it was so funny lmaooo, great video as always!!
Haha I got into AA as a kid loved their British accents that I would imitated it and would wear British t shirt flags. I still to this day try to perfect my British accent
I giggled out loud every time you explained Danny's music outside of AA. "people don't usually listen to this kind of music on their own free will" lmao
I can't believe Danny said that about Asking after he left. The irony is HE became the mainstream sellout. Not to mention he became a Garth Brooks wannabe without anyone really asking for it. Don't get me wrong, that's his right and business to make whatever music he wants to. I just don't like people talking shit and end up being the biggest hypocrites in the room.
Yeah I stopped listening to emo/metal core a long time ago and prefer blackened anything along with slam but I'm glad that I stumbled upon the channel. Brings back memories of bands I loved.
Lmao I was working catering at this radio fest We Are Harlot played. Backstage I saw Danny and asked my coworker if AA was there. He said “naw they were like some Buckcherry band”
I love how over this series and your existence on this channel your hair's gotten more and more scene-core throwback styled. Not sure if that's intentional or not but it makes this whole thing feel authentic. ALSO, Danny leaving to start We Are Harlot is giving me some flashbacks to James Hart's country-rock band after Eighteen Visions....
One last point: I can't help but feel weird that their last album has titles on it that were pretty much ripped from Rise Against's 2017 album 'Wolves' - sure the phrase 'Like a House on Fire' isn't an uncommon figure of speech so you could let that slide, but 'The Violence'? Idk man, what's up with that?
Dennis was also in Down & dirty before AA and eventually came out with a statement. In December 2017, Rock Sound interviewed Denis. Denis explained that his home country, Ukraine, is like a warzone now. He said there was stress for him and his family, and he had to stop touring to focus on family. Also Dennis was not a drinker and often said Ben and the guys parties every night and he wanted to relax and rest his vocals. Also just my opinion but as a big metal fan first I thought the black was awesome, I see what you mean about the lack of character in his voice but Ben helped write alot of the lyrics and originally they were mostly about Danny and Dennis said he shouldn't do that. To finish all my shit up I hate the last two asking albums, every once in a while I put on into the fire or alone in a room but I can't stand it. Cheers mate, thank you for the awesome series and don't stop making content :)
I remember I was so psyched for AA to get a new singer. At the time, I was tired of Danny and his antics. And The Black w/ Denis is STILL one of my favourite Asking records. I hope one day Ben caves in and they do a couple songs from that album w/ Danny. Also, I remember when Denis left, Ash Advilsen (CEO of Sumerian) had a tweet saying that he would release a documentary investigating the whole situation. Whatever happened to that?
I wondered about that to but my guess is Ash still saw dollar signs in Dennis and decided to sign his current band instead. Possibly more reason why Asking wants nothing to do with Ash anymore as they realized he put money before everything.
@@ThotdFan127 Maybe. That Drag Me Out album was trash, anyways. Most of the tracks were so demo-quality, it's not even funny. I hope the AA boys get their asses in gear with BNM as their new label. Danny doesn't even have to scream; they just gotta' try a little bit harder this time around, as LAHOF (while it was OK) was also kinda' lazy. It smells of a Green Day-Father of All...-kinda situation, doesn't it?
It’s actually interesting how the majority of the bands from this era were on the brink of breaking up bc someone from the band was being an entitled POS or they did something really questionable that was off setting the balance of the band; Dennis, Ashley from BVB, Austin Carlisle like it’s just messy
@@skylarquestionmark Yes, im rather positive (not 100%) that he left because of medical reasons from Of Mice and Men. Im pretty sure he still writes music for them based off his IG
If I remember correctly he left because of his Mafans syndrome, made it too hard to tour and perform live, I follow him on insta he’s had quite a few posts of him getting major surgeries over the years
i watched the 4 parts and i was hooked the whole time. i love how you literally point every detail so we get an extremely in depth view. ive always been interested in that band but never checked all of their stuff out and now im gonna go listen to their entire discography lol
Yessss I’ve seen AA 8 times and that tour was by far the best. Danny with his passion intact for heavy music is something different. Sad it basically went away after that tour
Huge long time fan of AA! I’m 40 and seen them on their first US tour and multiple times throughout their career. I seen Danny go from an amazing live vocalist to a horrible one. Right before Danny left AA I left thier concert because of bad he sounded and was performing live, it was so horrible and sad to see an icon in the scene fall so hard. Dennis really gave energy and life back to AA and I saw him twice perform live and killed it but like you said just didn’t have the personality that Danny had. However, as a metalcore fan I can’t stand to listen to new AA stuff it’s just radio rock and it’s sad that they have moved on and totally forgot their roots but it is what it’s and appreciate all that they have given to the genre. I will see AA live for the first time with Danny back in Sept and I don’t have high hopes for Danny to sound good and it is what it is. Thanks for doing these videos and really loved all the research, time and effort that you put into this series 🤘🏻🤘🏻
I could never get used to Denis being in AA even though I liked the black it just wasn't the same, I was sad that Danny left but when he came back I was soo happy and glad he has changed for the better
Massive AA fan, and I’ve loved this series alot. I’m a newer fan of theirs, but they’ve really been of interest to me for about a year or so. I’ve really admired Danny, and daresay he’s one of my favorite vocalists ever. He came back from a torn vocal cord and still sounds incredible, especially now since he’s finally learning proper technique. I’ve really liked all his stuff- Harlot and solo stuff included. HOWEVER, this man has done plenty of things to make me cringe as a fan. He reeked of arrogance, impulsivity, and (at times) delusion. That Harlot interview with him in the cowboy hat *still* makes me physically cringe onto another plane of existence. That being said though, LAHOF was not by any means my favorite AA album but I don’t hate it. I can see how it’d be a punch in the gut to old school fans, but I never really understood the hate. I also love Shinedown though, so can’t say much. That performance of the Violence you showed did rub me wrong though. His stage presence took moves DIRECTLY out of Brent Smith’s playbook
I think we have Denis’s reasons for leaving AA and then Ben Bruce’s reasons why they parted ways and then I think the truth lies somewhere in the middle. I do think that AA had lined up Danny to return whilst Denis was still in the band as Danny and Ben had been meeting up and hanging out again
And don’t forget the story of Denis taking this guys money saying he was gonna do a feature and never did it, then Ben paid the guy back just to be nice
I have thoroughly enjoyed this series so much and have eagerly waited for each installment! It’s given me tremendous nostalgia! So well done Julian! Please do more 2010s warped tour bands!
"Sure, yeah, its on Earache Records, fine, whatever" Lmaooo thank you so fucking much for these videos as a huge AA fan these brought me so much happiness
I just realized that the base of Danny's We Are Harlot mic stand is a fucking STEERING WHEEL. I'm dead. You just can't get much more rock and roll than that.
Man, as someone who was completely obsessed with these guys all throughout my teen years, i can't tell you how cool and nostalgic it is to see their whole story as of yet broken down like this. AA is probably my overall favorite band to this day, Defintely had lots if ups and downs but the energy they brought to the scene was undeniable. Love your videos keep it up my dude
I actually loved We are Harlots album and Danny's solo stuff. The long road home is a bit all over the place as an album but Shades of blue I think is a great album and I still listen to it quite a bit. You can tell he got more confident as a songwriter and also had some great help from the likes of Chris Stapleton. I get it's not for everyone and I have quite a wide range of music I listen to, from straight up pop to deathcore😅
I never knew about Danny's country phase and i am just mortified (as someone who grew up country and starting listening to metal and emo music as a teen)
Yep car commercials and see what's on the inside is heart breaking. As someone who got tatted with their autographs and gushed to a kerrang reporter about how much they loved then during the resurrection tour, I am sad about their new direction. But hey I enjoy the nostalgia I guess
Thank you for making this series!! You're such a good storyteller and the time seems to fly when I watch your videos. When you mentioned Matt Good & D.R.U.G.S., it got me thinking about other supergroups from the scene (i.e. Isles & Glaciers)...might be an interesting video topic? Keep up the awesome work 🤘🏼
I gotta say - where are those demos of new AA with Denis? What they had planned on recording for the next record after The Black. I wish we got to hear those they probably sounded so good, such a shame we never got more Denis content from AA
I appreciate the time and effort you make for these videos. I think the only thing I disagree with is that Like a House on Fire to me sounds more like Imagine Dragons than the 2000s Hard Rock bands like Shinedown or Three Days Grace. Since albums like One-X work a lot better musically in my opinion than what Like a House on Fire was trying to do. It’s not like AA can’t make that sound work since they’ve always had a poppy element in their music, but I feel like the sound they went for on that album doesn’t even feel like AA. I personally think they should try to expand the Hard Rock sound they were doing on either From Death to Destiny or the self-titled since that’s where their strengths lie IMO.
I've literally been wanting an in-depth dive into this band since I became a fan lol thank you for this awesome 4 part deep dive into one of my all time favorite bands
I saw AA with Denis at Warped 2015 and played the heck out of The Black when it came out. I still look back on that era fondly, it was a generally happy time in my life. I remember watching that footage when Danny rejoined the band, it definitely was a super exciting time. I also really enjoyed the self-titled album and saw them on that tour with BVB. Massively enjoyed this whole series, thanks for the consistently great content!
I remember seeing and meeting AA at Mayhem Fest 2014 like right before Danny left. During the meet n greet at their merch table Danny was wearing sunglasses and a cowboy hat (foreshadowing lol) and despite being about 12/13 years old at the time I could tell he wasn't into it. The rest of the band was chatting and trying to have a great time, but Danny was just not giving the same vibe. I'm glad he took the time he needed away from AA and honestly watching these videos has been the first time I've revisited their music since he left. Now as an adult I've seen an entirely new side of this band and all I can say is WOW. Thanks for catching me up on a band that I've thought about on the daily since 2013.
Thought you would bring this up about the self-titled but it was insane hearing Room 138 when it came out because the chorus is literally the same ending of "If You Can't Ride Two Horses at One.." from stand up and scream. While I'm not huge on the self-titled, I really appreciated that callback as a fan.
I really enjoy your videos. It’s clear that you do your homework and put an incredible amount of time and effort into them. A documentary style series that focuses on 21st century rock bands is quite refreshing. Thank you.
I was at marine bootcamp October ‘16- January ‘17. We didn’t have any phones or internet and completely shut off for a few months. I come out and saw he was back and was COMPLETELY mindblown
I had listened to AA since SUAS, and I think Dennis was the best thing that happened to them. The Black went so hard. The dude was probably a terrible communicator, no doubt... but given how much Dennis idolized AA before officially joining, I find it hard to believe he just "stopped talking" to the band.
Y'know, I listen to shinedown, and I had no idea that they released another record last year (FaKe FaN!!!!!!!!111) but when you said that they sounded like shinedown and you played that clip? yeah, but I'm gonna tell you right fricken now- I think shinedown is butt rock. AA made a butt rock album. This series, just like the others, was so well done. Thank you, Julian. :)
As a die-hard old AA fan who flew to literal France to see them tour with Chelsea Grin in 2012, I was fully cackling throughout this entire video. I knew Danny had left the band but I could never have imagined THAT in my wildest dreams. Huge commendations to you on this whole series!
I remember seeing the news that Danny was back into AA a few days before they hit my city and god damn I was hyped, was my first time seeing Asking Alexandria and holy shit Danny was performing like a beast.
what a crazy ass ride, your videos are heavily researched and you provide long lost pictures and footage at the same time, keep it up you'll be big one day.
It made me so happy watching this when you spoke about the We Are harlot era. I got obsessed at one point of watching every single interview I could find of the band because I found it so entertaining. It is genuinely like some kind of real life Spinal Tap. It was such a niche obsession of mine and Ive never seen anyone else share the same view of how brilliant and corny it is until this video!
Thanks for this Julian cant wait for the next "the rise of" series, also am I the only one that got inspired to start a metalcore band after wathcing all 4 episodes ?😂😂
Anyone recall when he was originally recruiting for his project? It was during reckless and relentless. He put out the song Savior as like a preview of what he wanted
Great video man!!!! For me each album has great songs on it outside of Reckless and Relentless. Which I consider to be damn near flawless and my favorite Asking Alexandria album. I hope there’s some sort of bounce back after this last album but I just don’t see it.
I would love to hear your preception of SWOTI and WDWGFH, with dannys new screaming vocals live these past few months. Along with the ex//es stuff and sulfur/parasite teasing
I love Dennis try out videos.he was so talented I was more upset when he left to randomly..but the reason he did is honorable.due to what his country was going through..if I remember correctly
Enjoyed watching these videos! Wish I would have known few years ago, I've got phone footage from seeing Asking Alexandria in the UK around 2011-2013 (can't remember when) but Danny put on a great performance but he was drunk as shit 😅 happy to send them to you to watch
I had tickets to the Seattle show for 10 years of the black, and a week or two before is when Dennis had a fallout with Asking Alexandria. I was worried they would cancel the tour, but that’s when Danny stepped in and rejoined AA. I got to see his first concert back and he was so happy and destroyed the set! It was one of the best concerts I have ever been to!
Holy crap, that first clip of the first show back I was right in that area of the person recording. I was so stoked he was there I almost lost my voice screaming along with him. I remember getting to Seattle early and walking by the venue, and my buddy and I heard Danny singing in a sound check and we were so elated to have him back! It gave me chills. One of the best musical moments in my life.
Self-Titled album was solid man ngl. Obviously not anywhere near as heavy as the previos albums, but it was so good for what it was and I think they accomplished what they had wanted to do with it.
I fell off the AA bandwagon after Reckless, I was in a record shop and ended up buying Like A House on Fire on a whim. I think AA owe me money. The album is so so so underwhelming considering they started as a band I would've followed forever. Great video series my dude. Thanks for catching me up on the history of the band
I love “Like a House on Fire”. Great album. You kind of have to accept new albums as individual works. And not a collection of all the previous sounds. That’s always how I look at it. I never listened to AA before this album came out. And because I loved this album, and your first video when it came out, I got in to all the other albums. I dove deep. Now I’m a fan! I like that all 6 albums don’t sound like carbon copies of each other. You can be in different moods for different albums.
I grew up with AA and LOVED stand up and scream, as I got older my taste in rock changed and the bands new music was changing with me. “Like a house on fire” is not my favorite album, in fact I’d say it’s at the bottom of my list but still, I like how the guys “matured” along with me. It’s like they followed me on my journey into getting old haha Edit: the song Antisocialist is my favorite song from this new album, it’s a BANGER!!! Top 10 song from them!
@@creepofreako it’s just the massive change in style that AA went through that people are so turned off. First time I heard House on fire I didn’t like it but then as I was working one day and driving around town, I listen to the whole album open minded and I liked it. Anti socialist is such a banger!!!
@@andresmontoya9 imean i felt off too the first time i listened to that album. i felt it the more i listen to it, i'm talking about the ppl that didn't appreiate what AA has done after they left their heavy roots. they can't do the same thing over and over again. it would be boring and a lot of people don't understand that.
Exactly, a lot of people don't understand that Asking outgrew them. I was briefly a scene kid and it was that, just a phase. I never really got into pop punk or the warped tour scene, but liked the heavier esque bands on the scene. I liked AA because they had that rock n roll persona about them and that's what I grew up on lol.
I'm not entirely sure why I've watched this entire 4 part thing on a band that was merely a name that came up in other music videos. It does sound like there might be some bits and bobs in there I'd like, although for the most part the examples played here just kinda gave me a headache. I think I mostly interested in seeing if I could understand something of this whole Warp Tour world. For that end, it's a good job and glad it didn't end with the Danny dude dying.
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Just Ben straight up saying “you’re an English man who is singing country music with an American accent” is unbelievably hilarious to me. It’s the thought I had all these years but didn’t known those words would come out of his band mates mouth
does anyone else ever get the feeling that Danny wishes he were born an American?
not as much as he wishes he was born in the 60s
@@AlbertSirup truth!
My sister called him an Americaboo - in the vein of a weaboo - and I have not known peace since. But yes, I agree
Can’t blame him
Thats literally all i can ever think that and how he wished he were american
being an older gen z, i remember a very particular era of tumblr when teenagers from the US were obsessed with england, and had the union jack on their book bags and converse, loved sherlock and dr who and things like that. so it has always been so hilarious to me that danny worsnop was the polar opposite with his countrysona. glad to know i wasn’t the only person at the time to think it was so funny lmaooo, great video as always!!
Haha I got into AA as a kid loved their British accents that I would imitated it and would wear British t shirt flags. I still to this day try to perfect my British accent
I think Skins UK played a big role in that trend 😂
@@finnster4949 lol I mean, I see no lie there 👀😂😂 speaking as a former typical amurrrican teenager.
As a guy that lives in the UK. It's not special
@@PangeaPrime nor is america
I giggled out loud every time you explained Danny's music outside of AA. "people don't usually listen to this kind of music on their own free will" lmao
"Ben stop being edgy..."
Says the englishman who sings country music with an american accent lmaoooo
We need an A Day To Remember series
This
I can't believe Danny said that about Asking after he left. The irony is HE became the mainstream sellout. Not to mention he became a Garth Brooks wannabe without anyone really asking for it. Don't get me wrong, that's his right and business to make whatever music he wants to. I just don't like people talking shit and end up being the biggest hypocrites in the room.
He also wanted to be a terrible version of hair metal cover
And at the end Asking Alexandria with Danny ended up being the Mainstream Sellout Band but in a bad way
Not like bring me the horizon
I'm not a fan of emo, pop punk or warp tour bands... But I find your videos about these bands really fascinating. Keep up the good work!
thanks so much! :)
Same!
That perplexes me so much. Believe me if you lived through the scene days in the early 00’s and went to the shows, you’d be a fan. Lol
Yeah I stopped listening to emo/metal core a long time ago and prefer blackened anything along with slam but I'm glad that I stumbled upon the channel. Brings back memories of bands I loved.
@@tulip666trap motionless in white is where it’s at these day.
The best part of the Madison Square Garden clip is the other guy from We Are Harlot next to him making increasingly uncomfortable faces.
Yo ! Julián i hope next time you do bring me the horizon so we can get the UK duo !
I second this! Bring Me the Horizon seems like they have a really rich, messed up journey that I’d love to hear about haha
Lmao I was working catering at this radio fest We Are Harlot played. Backstage I saw Danny and asked my coworker if AA was there. He said “naw they were like some Buckcherry band”
I love how over this series and your existence on this channel your hair's gotten more and more scene-core throwback styled. Not sure if that's intentional or not but it makes this whole thing feel authentic. ALSO, Danny leaving to start We Are Harlot is giving me some flashbacks to James Hart's country-rock band after Eighteen Visions....
One last point: I can't help but feel weird that their last album has titles on it that were pretty much ripped from Rise Against's 2017 album 'Wolves' - sure the phrase 'Like a House on Fire' isn't an uncommon figure of speech so you could let that slide, but 'The Violence'? Idk man, what's up with that?
It’s what bryanstars was trying to do but couldn’t pull off lmao
Dennis was also in Down & dirty before AA and eventually came out with a statement. In December 2017, Rock Sound interviewed Denis. Denis explained that his home country, Ukraine, is like a warzone now. He said there was stress for him and his family, and he had to stop touring to focus on family. Also Dennis was not a drinker and often said Ben and the guys parties every night and he wanted to relax and rest his vocals. Also just my opinion but as a big metal fan first I thought the black was awesome, I see what you mean about the lack of character in his voice but Ben helped write alot of the lyrics and originally they were mostly about Danny and Dennis said he shouldn't do that. To finish all my shit up I hate the last two asking albums, every once in a while I put on into the fire or alone in a room but I can't stand it. Cheers mate, thank you for the awesome series and don't stop making content :)
We’ll shit he wasn’t wrong. I hope him and his family are ok. War sucks
Do you even know how much I love you for doing this? im not sure
haha i appreciate it :D
I know I loved that he did this I’ll keep watching him
I remember I was so psyched for AA to get a new singer. At the time, I was tired of Danny and his antics. And The Black w/ Denis is STILL one of my favourite Asking records. I hope one day Ben caves in and they do a couple songs from that album w/ Danny.
Also, I remember when Denis left, Ash Advilsen (CEO of Sumerian) had a tweet saying that he would release a documentary investigating the whole situation. Whatever happened to that?
I wondered about that to but my guess is Ash still saw dollar signs in Dennis and decided to sign his current band instead. Possibly more reason why Asking wants nothing to do with Ash anymore as they realized he put money before everything.
@@ThotdFan127 Maybe. That Drag Me Out album was trash, anyways. Most of the tracks were so demo-quality, it's not even funny. I hope the AA boys get their asses in gear with BNM as their new label. Danny doesn't even have to scream; they just gotta' try a little bit harder this time around, as LAHOF (while it was OK) was also kinda' lazy. It smells of a Green Day-Father of All...-kinda situation, doesn't it?
It’s actually interesting how the majority of the bands from this era were on the brink of breaking up bc someone from the band was being an entitled POS or they did something really questionable that was off setting the balance of the band; Dennis, Ashley from BVB, Austin Carlisle like it’s just messy
P sure Austin Carlisle had his organs trying to push their way out of his belly button no?
@@skylarquestionmark Yes, im rather positive (not 100%) that he left because of medical reasons from Of Mice and Men. Im pretty sure he still writes music for them based off his IG
If I remember correctly he left because of his Mafans syndrome, made it too hard to tour and perform live, I follow him on insta he’s had quite a few posts of him getting major surgeries over the years
Back in the mid 2000s, most of my favorite bands split because of that . It’s so stupid
Let's goo! I know you gotta be working on a BMTH series. I KNOW YOU ARE. Because not already writing the script for it would be very bad 😠
i watched the 4 parts and i was hooked the whole time. i love how you literally point every detail so we get an extremely in depth view. ive always been interested in that band but never checked all of their stuff out and now im gonna go listen to their entire discography lol
The 10 years in the black tour made me feel like a kid again. That tour was so damn good.
Yessss I’ve seen AA 8 times and that tour was by far the best. Danny with his passion intact for heavy music is something different. Sad it basically went away after that tour
Huge long time fan of AA! I’m 40 and seen them on their first US tour and multiple times throughout their career. I seen Danny go from an amazing live vocalist to a horrible one. Right before Danny left AA I left thier concert because of bad he sounded and was performing live, it was so horrible and sad to see an icon in the scene fall so hard. Dennis really gave energy and life back to AA and I saw him twice perform live and killed it but like you said just didn’t have the personality that Danny had. However, as a metalcore fan I can’t stand to listen to new AA stuff it’s just radio rock and it’s sad that they have moved on and totally forgot their roots but it is what it’s and appreciate all that they have given to the genre. I will see AA live for the first time with Danny back in Sept and I don’t have high hopes for Danny to sound good and it is what it is. Thanks for doing these videos and really loved all the research, time and effort that you put into this series 🤘🏻🤘🏻
I could never get used to Denis being in AA even though I liked the black it just wasn't the same, I was sad that Danny left but when he came back I was soo happy and glad he has changed for the better
Dennis stoff LOVES old metalcore music, I was soooo happy when Asking had a lead singer who actually liked Asking’s music lol
Massive AA fan, and I’ve loved this series alot. I’m a newer fan of theirs, but they’ve really been of interest to me for about a year or so. I’ve really admired Danny, and daresay he’s one of my favorite vocalists ever. He came back from a torn vocal cord and still sounds incredible, especially now since he’s finally learning proper technique. I’ve really liked all his stuff- Harlot and solo stuff included. HOWEVER, this man has done plenty of things to make me cringe as a fan. He reeked of arrogance, impulsivity, and (at times) delusion. That Harlot interview with him in the cowboy hat *still* makes me physically cringe onto another plane of existence. That being said though, LAHOF was not by any means my favorite AA album but I don’t hate it. I can see how it’d be a punch in the gut to old school fans, but I never really understood the hate. I also love Shinedown though, so can’t say much. That performance of the Violence you showed did rub me wrong though. His stage presence took moves DIRECTLY out of Brent Smith’s playbook
I think we have Denis’s reasons for leaving AA and then Ben Bruce’s reasons why they parted ways and then I think the truth lies somewhere in the middle. I do think that AA had lined up Danny to return whilst Denis was still in the band as Danny and Ben had been meeting up and hanging out again
And don’t forget the story of Denis taking this guys money saying he was gonna do a feature and never did it, then Ben paid the guy back just to be nice
Dennis was terrible live preformer
@@dereknorris4543 I’ve seen a lot of videos of his live performances and he looked and sounded decent to me
@@markcrane1984 there’s a lot of clips of Dennis lip syncing I won’t give in live
@@dereknorris4543 I can't speak for all his performances, but I seen him with AA live at Warped '15 in Toronto and he absolutely crushed it.
I have thoroughly enjoyed this series so much and have eagerly waited for each installment! It’s given me tremendous nostalgia! So well done Julian! Please do more 2010s warped tour bands!
"Sure, yeah, its on Earache Records, fine, whatever"
Lmaooo thank you so fucking much for these videos as a huge AA fan these brought me so much happiness
Gotta do a part 5 for the newest two albums
I just realized that the base of Danny's We Are Harlot mic stand is a fucking STEERING WHEEL. I'm dead. You just can't get much more rock and roll than that.
Man, as someone who was completely obsessed with these guys all throughout my teen years, i can't tell you how cool and nostalgic it is to see their whole story as of yet broken down like this. AA is probably my overall favorite band to this day, Defintely had lots if ups and downs but the energy they brought to the scene was undeniable. Love your videos keep it up my dude
i remember seeing the first concert they had with Denis, it was actually awesome! felt like 2009 again
I actually loved We are Harlots album and Danny's solo stuff. The long road home is a bit all over the place as an album but Shades of blue I think is a great album and I still listen to it quite a bit. You can tell he got more confident as a songwriter and also had some great help from the likes of Chris Stapleton. I get it's not for everyone and I have quite a wide range of music I listen to, from straight up pop to deathcore😅
I always felt like Ben should’ve taken over vocals and just recruited an unclean vocalist back in 2015, but Danny’s back so all is good now lol
he can't play his guitar very well while singing. it's hard for him and he's not used to do that.
As usual great work. Always in the mood for a cozy representative vid to help me get through my office hours
thank you! happy to help :)
I never knew about Danny's country phase and i am just mortified (as someone who grew up country and starting listening to metal and emo music as a teen)
It's been almost a month now thanks cozy for made my morning ! ♥️
Cozy knows how to always make days with these videos. :)
great series, hopefully you make a part 5 talking about the 2 new albums
Yep car commercials and see what's on the inside is heart breaking. As someone who got tatted with their autographs and gushed to a kerrang reporter about how much they loved then during the resurrection tour, I am sad about their new direction. But hey I enjoy the nostalgia I guess
Thank you for making this series!! You're such a good storyteller and the time seems to fly when I watch your videos. When you mentioned Matt Good & D.R.U.G.S., it got me thinking about other supergroups from the scene (i.e. Isles & Glaciers)...might be an interesting video topic? Keep up the awesome work 🤘🏼
Would love to see something like this! Especially with D.R.U.G.S reforming with Jona Weinhofen this month
Long Road Home and Danny’s solo adventure is my total guilty pleasure. I Got Bones is still a banger and I won’t apologise
Guess I'm not old enough yet. I'm 29 and missing the great "stand up and scream" era. RIP Black haired Worsnop.
I gotta say - where are those demos of new AA with Denis? What they had planned on recording for the next record after The Black. I wish we got to hear those they probably sounded so good, such a shame we never got more Denis content from AA
I think is time to think about the part 5 👁️👁️🛐
The saddest part of Danny’s country music career was the fact that it wasn’t even good country music
Oxymoron?
i loved it
He improved very much on his 2nd album, you should give it a try
I appreciate the time and effort you make for these videos.
I think the only thing I disagree with is that Like a House on Fire to me sounds more like Imagine Dragons than the 2000s Hard Rock bands like Shinedown or Three Days Grace. Since albums like One-X work a lot better musically in my opinion than what Like a House on Fire was trying to do.
It’s not like AA can’t make that sound work since they’ve always had a poppy element in their music, but I feel like the sound they went for on that album doesn’t even feel like AA.
I personally think they should try to expand the Hard Rock sound they were doing on either From Death to Destiny or the self-titled since that’s where their strengths lie IMO.
Didn't care much for The Black, but I loved seeing AA live with Denis when they did the older songs.
You can do the same "this song is weird and quirky and edgey boi" you did for Harlot songs for damn near every single asking Alexandria song
BRING ME THE HORIZON NEXT! Great series, Well done Julian 🤘🏼
I just played all of these in order.
Good job sir!
I've literally been wanting an in-depth dive into this band since I became a fan lol thank you for this awesome 4 part deep dive into one of my all time favorite bands
This was such a good series! Sad that it's over :(
I saw AA with Denis at Warped 2015 and played the heck out of The Black when it came out. I still look back on that era fondly, it was a generally happy time in my life. I remember watching that footage when Danny rejoined the band, it definitely was a super exciting time. I also really enjoyed the self-titled album and saw them on that tour with BVB.
Massively enjoyed this whole series, thanks for the consistently great content!
I remember seeing and meeting AA at Mayhem Fest 2014 like right before Danny left. During the meet n greet at their merch table Danny was wearing sunglasses and a cowboy hat (foreshadowing lol) and despite being about 12/13 years old at the time I could tell he wasn't into it. The rest of the band was chatting and trying to have a great time, but Danny was just not giving the same vibe. I'm glad he took the time he needed away from AA and honestly watching these videos has been the first time I've revisited their music since he left. Now as an adult I've seen an entirely new side of this band and all I can say is WOW. Thanks for catching me up on a band that I've thought about on the daily since 2013.
Thought you would bring this up about the self-titled but it was insane hearing Room 138 when it came out because the chorus is literally the same ending of "If You Can't Ride Two Horses at One.." from stand up and scream. While I'm not huge on the self-titled, I really appreciated that callback as a fan.
I really enjoy your videos. It’s clear that you do your homework and put an incredible amount of time and effort into them. A documentary style series that focuses on 21st century rock bands is quite refreshing. Thank you.
This was an awesome ride! Thank you ❤
I was at marine bootcamp October ‘16- January ‘17. We didn’t have any phones or internet and completely shut off for a few months. I come out and saw he was back and was COMPLETELY mindblown
ITS THE FINAL EPISODE! Oh. My. God.
Never forget the st.pete fl stop of the 2015 warped tour seeing them live was amazing
Your videos bring me back to simpler times dude! I love it!
I had listened to AA since SUAS, and I think Dennis was the best thing that happened to them. The Black went so hard. The dude was probably a terrible communicator, no doubt... but given how much Dennis idolized AA before officially joining, I find it hard to believe he just "stopped talking" to the band.
Y'know, I listen to shinedown, and I had no idea that they released another record last year (FaKe FaN!!!!!!!!111) but when you said that they sounded like shinedown and you played that clip? yeah, but I'm gonna tell you right fricken now- I think shinedown is butt rock. AA made a butt rock album.
This series, just like the others, was so well done. Thank you, Julian. :)
We should get a full video about dennis stoff career. From youtube to fronting drag me out like id love to know more about him
As a die-hard old AA fan who flew to literal France to see them tour with Chelsea Grin in 2012, I was fully cackling throughout this entire video. I knew Danny had left the band but I could never have imagined THAT in my wildest dreams.
Huge commendations to you on this whole series!
i never liked asking but this was such a intriguing look in to the life of the band and made it very digestible and easy to watch
Asking will always be one of my favorites .
Ciwwaf and AA were my favorites. So glad you covered both.
I remember seeing the news that Danny was back into AA a few days before they hit my city and god damn I was hyped, was my first time seeing Asking Alexandria and holy shit Danny was performing like a beast.
what a crazy ass ride, your videos are heavily researched and you provide long lost pictures and footage at the same time, keep it up you'll be big one day.
SUAS- S tier
R&R- S tier
From death to destiny- good
The black- good
Everything after- uuuhhhhhhh
You've done such a great job. Thank you for the series.
Yesss! I’ve been waiting for this! Gonna watch it on my 7 hour train ride today🖤
That was my favorite concert I ever went the resurrection tour!
Much love cozy ✌🖖🤘
Back during this time I wasn't into rock/metalcore, but I had friends into that type of music and cowboy Danny was a big meme with all of them 🤣
It made me so happy watching this when you spoke about the We Are harlot era. I got obsessed at one point of watching every single interview I could find of the band because I found it so entertaining. It is genuinely like some kind of real life Spinal Tap. It was such a niche obsession of mine and Ive never seen anyone else share the same view of how brilliant and corny it is until this video!
Thanks for this Julian cant wait for the next "the rise of" series, also am I the only one that got inspired to start a metalcore band after wathcing all 4 episodes ?😂😂
I do this type of music on and off but get as far as 30 seconds or so.
Anyone recall when he was originally recruiting for his project? It was during reckless and relentless. He put out the song Savior as like a preview of what he wanted
Great video man!!!!
For me each album has great songs on it outside of Reckless and Relentless. Which I consider to be damn near flawless and my favorite Asking Alexandria album. I hope there’s some sort of bounce back after this last album but I just don’t see it.
I would love to hear your preception of SWOTI and WDWGFH, with dannys new screaming vocals live these past few months. Along with the ex//es stuff and sulfur/parasite teasing
I would love to have a series on Hollywood undead! Would be interesting to delve into what happened with deuce
I love Dennis try out videos.he was so talented I was more upset when he left to randomly..but the reason he did is honorable.due to what his country was going through..if I remember correctly
Your “Yep.” at 8:12 PRETTY MUCH SUMS UP THIS ENTIRE SECTION OF TIME in their careers. 😂😂😂
Now this is what I am talking about the last time you have discussed about AA and not about the whole Danny back story...
Enjoyed watching these videos! Wish I would have known few years ago, I've got phone footage from seeing Asking Alexandria in the UK around 2011-2013 (can't remember when) but Danny put on a great performance but he was drunk as shit 😅 happy to send them to you to watch
Ever since Matt Good took over as producer, the band completely became unrecognizable.
Such an amazing band that inspired an entire generation of new bands!
WTFFFF I've just finished watching third part like 30 minutes ago. Love your videos
The Black was my introduction to the band as I was 13 when it came out and I like way more than most people I talked about AA with
I had tickets to the Seattle show for 10 years of the black, and a week or two before is when Dennis had a fallout with Asking Alexandria. I was worried they would cancel the tour, but that’s when Danny stepped in and rejoined AA. I got to see his first concert back and he was so happy and destroyed the set! It was one of the best concerts I have ever been to!
Holy crap, that first clip of the first show back I was right in that area of the person recording. I was so stoked he was there I almost lost my voice screaming along with him. I remember getting to Seattle early and walking by the venue, and my buddy and I heard Danny singing in a sound check and we were so elated to have him back! It gave me chills. One of the best musical moments in my life.
oh babbbby, what a notification to wake up to :)
Self-Titled album was solid man ngl. Obviously not anywhere near as heavy as the previos albums, but it was so good for what it was and I think they accomplished what they had wanted to do with it.
I loved this video series, and I hope you do more deep dives like this.
thank you for making this series highly enjoyed watching your in depth long form videos
I´ve lived for this videos
I fell off the AA bandwagon after Reckless, I was in a record shop and ended up buying Like A House on Fire on a whim. I think AA owe me money. The album is so so so underwhelming considering they started as a band I would've followed forever.
Great video series my dude. Thanks for catching me up on the history of the band
I love “Like a House on Fire”. Great album. You kind of have to accept new albums as individual works. And not a collection of all the previous sounds. That’s always how I look at it. I never listened to AA before this album came out. And because I loved this album, and your first video when it came out, I got in to all the other albums. I dove deep. Now I’m a fan! I like that all 6 albums don’t sound like carbon copies of each other. You can be in different moods for different albums.
I grew up with AA and LOVED stand up and scream, as I got older my taste in rock changed and the bands new music was changing with me. “Like a house on fire” is not my favorite album, in fact I’d say it’s at the bottom of my list but still, I like how the guys “matured” along with me. It’s like they followed me on my journey into getting old haha
Edit: the song Antisocialist is my favorite song from this new album, it’s a BANGER!!! Top 10 song from them!
glad you guys appreciate the album. imean a lot of dumbfux criticize the whole album.
@@creepofreako it’s just the massive change in style that AA went through that people are so turned off. First time I heard House on fire I didn’t like it but then as I was working one day and driving around town, I listen to the whole album open minded and I liked it. Anti socialist is such a banger!!!
@@andresmontoya9 imean i felt off too the first time i listened to that album. i felt it the more i listen to it, i'm talking about the ppl that didn't appreiate what AA has done after they left their heavy roots. they can't do the same thing over and over again. it would be boring and a lot of people don't understand that.
Exactly, a lot of people don't understand that Asking outgrew them. I was briefly a scene kid and it was that, just a phase. I never really got into pop punk or the warped tour scene, but liked the heavier esque bands on the scene. I liked AA because they had that rock n roll persona about them and that's what I grew up on lol.
I'm not entirely sure why I've watched this entire 4 part thing on a band that was merely a name that came up in other music videos. It does sound like there might be some bits and bobs in there I'd like, although for the most part the examples played here just kinda gave me a headache. I think I mostly interested in seeing if I could understand something of this whole Warp Tour world. For that end, it's a good job and glad it didn't end with the Danny dude dying.
You did a great job with this series. Thank you for that. I’m a huge fan of AA since I was a kid in 2012 and I miss them from their first records.
Thanks, cozy! You’re the best for doing this!!!
That was on my birthday too back in 2016, thought it was a pretty good gift that they dropped Denis