Artist description Hailing from NC. Empire Falls plays old school hardcore.

Music Style Hardcore

Musical Influences Slapshot, Blood for Blood, Integrity, OLC, SOIA, Murphys Law

Artist History EMPIRE FALLS Bryan Haizlip (vocals) and Hunter Thore (guitar) formed the band Empire Falls in early 1996 out of the ashes of former band Scorch with the notion of taking back hardcore from the current trend of complacency. Their first demo, recorded with a drum machine, was shopped around to potential drummers and bass players in the area until they finally found drummer Will Goodyear and bass player Billy Doubraski. The band wrote seven songs and played their first show. Soon the band was offered a seven inch deal with Maryland label Fist Fight Records. The lineup of Bryan Scorch (vocals/ bass), Hunter (guitar) and Will (drums) quickly went into the studio and recorded tracks for what would become the "Lines Have Been Drawn" seven inch. Early on the band received a reputation for violence however there isn't really any truth to this. The people attending their shows however were fighting regularly and like it or not the band was forever linked to the violence and aggression by rumours. The "Line Have Been Drawn" seven inch was doing well, a few demos were released and by 1997 Empire Falls was searching for a new rythum section. They found Steve (drums) and Croad (bass) and the band hit the road in 1997 to tour the East Coast. When they got back home this lineup would record the "Rekindling The Fire" full length for Back Ta Basics Records. In the meantime, more shows and more fighting between other bands in the scene commenced. In early 1998 the band plus new second guitar player Nick Fury went in to record the "Join Or Die" CD for Bryans own Prophecy Records. After a while the controversy had built to an all time high. The band was becoming linked to right wing organizations and the local leftist punks had become more and more upset by the bands rising popularity or infamy and practice of the first amendment to the constitution. Soon, the controversy even got the best of two of the band members and they quit/were fired. The band quickly found a replacement in drummer Blakey and the rage was to continue. Soon the band had several new compilation releases under their belt and the infamous Empire Falls/Pitboss 2000 split seven inch on Ohios Use Your Head Records. The band went into the studio to record the EP "Making Hardcore A Threat". By now the band had managed to alienate the majority of the local scene with their hard stance and right wing ideology however the controversy was bringing in more determined and dedicated people to their shows. The shows were getting larger and more intense. By 1999 they had finally gained some world wide exposure and a dedicated following. Right now the band is on an indefinate hiatus. Who is to know what will happen in the future? The singer Bryan is continuing to run the equally controversial Prophecy Records which sells Empire Falls releases as well as his new band Better Dead Than Red. Jason B. 11. 2. 1999

Group Members Bryan-throat Hunter-guitar Croad-bass Blake- drums

Albums 'Making Hardcore a Threat Again' , 'Join or Die', 'Rekindling the Fire'

Location Raleigh, NC - USA

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