Today Is the Day

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Name = Today Is the Day


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Origin = Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Genre = Noisegrind
Noise rock
Experimental Music
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Label = Amphetamine Reptile Relapse SuperNova
Associated_acts = Lethargy, Mastodon, Amber Asylum, Crisis
URL = [http://www.todayistheday.org/ todayistheday.org]
Current_members = Steve Austin
John Judkins
Mike Rosswog
Past_members = Brad Elrod
Mike Herrell
Scott Wexton
Chris Reeser
Mike Hyde
Bill Kelliher
Brann Dailor
Chris Debari
Michael Kilpatric
John Gillis
Jeff Lohrber
Aaron Kotilainen
Graham Leduc
Derek Roddy

Today Is the Day is an experimental metal band from Nashville, Tennessee.

Biography

The band was founded by Steve Austin in Nashville, Tennessee in the early 1990s. The band released its debut EP, entitled "How to Win Friends and Influence People", in 1992. This self-financed release garnered the attention of Amphetamine Reptile Records (AmRep) who signed the band (at this time consisting of Austin on vocals and guitar, Brad Elrod on drums, and Mike Herrell on bass guitar) in February 1993. The full-length "Supernova" was released later that year.

In September 1994, Today Is the Day saw its popularity in the metal underground increase with the release of their second album, entitled "Willpower". That same year, "Willpower" was followed by the "Clusterfuck '94" split EP with labelmates Chokebore and Guzzard. Today Is the Day also contributed to the tenth volume of AmRep's "Dope Guns and Fucking in the Streets" 7" series with Brainiac and Steel Pole Bath Tub.

Today Is the Day's self-titled album was released in March 1996. This album was the first of the band's releases recorded at Austin's own studio, Austin Enterprise, in Nashville. For this release, Steve Austin shifted the band's sound slightly and opted to replace bassist Mike Herrell with keyboardist Scott Wexton. "Today Is the Day" was the band's final recording for AmRep.

In 1997, Today Is the Day left AmRep and signed with Philadelphia-based metal label Relapse Records and released "Temple of the Morning Star" in September 1997. For this release, the band's lineup changed significantly, adding bassist and keyboardist Christopher Reeser and drummer Mike Hyde to the band. In addition to "Temple of the Morning Star", Today Is the Day also contributed to the "In These Black Days" 7" series, released by Hydra Head Records, with their rendition of "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath", which can also be found as a secret track at the end of "Temple of the Morning Star".

For Today Is the Day's August 1999 release, entitled "In the Eyes of God", Reeser and Hyde were replaced with bassist Bill Kelliher and drummer Brann Dailor, formerly of Rochester, New York's Lethargy and current members of Mastodon. This new lineup first appeared live at the Milwaukee Metalfest and the New England Metal and Hardcore Festival. Having moved to Massachusetts in 1998, this was the first Today Is the Day album to be recorded at Austin Enterprise's new location in Clinton, Massachusetts.

The years 2000 and 2001 were relatively quiet for Today Is the Day in terms of releasing new material. "Live Till You Die" was released in August 2000, and included live tracks recorded during the tours in support of "Temple of the Morning Star" and "In the Eyes of God", covers of songs by The Beatles, Bad Company, and Chris Isaak, and various odds and ends compiled from studio sessions held at Austin Enterprise during the late-1990s. In 2001, new Today Is the Day songs were released on splits with Metatron and 16, the first new material since 1999.

The new songs put out on the split releases later appeared on Today Is the Day's double album "Sadness Will Prevail", released in 2002. This album kept with Steve Austin's habit of rotating band personnel, and Kelliher and Dailor were replaced by Chris Debari and Marshall Kilpatric, respectively. Today Is the Day also released their second live album, entitled "Temple of the Morning Star Tour", in 2002.

Today Is the Day returned in June 2004 with an new album entitled "Kiss the Pig", which featured the debut of new drummer Mike Rosswog, previously of Circle of Dead Children. Rosswog replaced Anal Cunt's John Gillis, who performed live with the band in 2003. "Kiss the Pig" was the last album released by Today Is the Day on Relapse Records.

In December 2006 it was announced that former Hate Eternal drummer Derek Roddy had joined the band and would appear on their next studio album, "Axis of Eden", released in 2007.

uperNova Records

2006 saw the launch of Steve Austin's own record label, SuperNova Records, which was founded in order to properly release material by Today Is the Day, among others. As of April 2007, SuperNova has released DVDs of live Today Is the Day shows from 1995 and 1996, as well as reissuing a remastered version of their "Willpower" record, previously released on Amphetamine Reptile Records.

Members

Current members

*Steve Austin – guitar, vocals
*John Judkins – bass guitar
*Mike Rosswog – drums

Previous members

*Brad Elrod – drums (1992-96)
*Mike Herrell – bass guitar (1992-96)
*Scott Wexton – keyboard (1996)
*Chris Reeser – bass guitar, keyboard (1996-98)
*Mike Hyde – drums (1997-98)
*Bill Kelliher – bass guitar (1999)
*Brann Dailor – drums (1999)
*Chris Debari – bass guitar (2000-08)
*Michael Kilpatric – drums (2000-02)
*John Gillis – drums (2002)
*Jeff Lohrber – drums (2005)
*Aaron Kotilainen - keyboard (2005)
*Graham Leduc – drums (2006)
*Derek Roddy – drums (2006-08)

Guest appearances

*Seth Putnam – vocals on "Sadness Will Prevail"
*Mark Morton – guitar on "Sadness Will Prevail"
*Kris Force – violin on "Sadness Will Prevail"
*Jackie Gratz – cello on "Sadness Will Prevail"

Discography

tudio albums

*"Supernova" (1993), Amphetamine Reptile
*"Willpower" (1994), Amphetamine Reptile
*"Today Is the Day" (1996), Amphetamine Reptile
*"Temple of the Morning Star" (1997), Relapse
*"In the Eyes of God" (1999), Relapse
*"Sadness Will Prevail" (2002), Relapse
*"Kiss the Pig" (2004), Relapse
*"Axis of Eden" (2007), SuperNova

Live releases

*"Live Till You Die" CD (2000), Relapse
*"Blue Blood" CD (2002), Rage of Achilles
*"Willpower" DVD (2007), SuperNova
*"Today Is the Day Live" DVD (2006), SuperNova

EPs and singles

*"How to Win Friends and Influence People" EP (1992), self-released
*"I Bent Scared" 7″ EP (1993), Amphetamine Reptile
*"In These Black Days vol. 3" split 7″ with Coalesce (1997), Hydra Head
*"Zodiac Dreaming" split Mini CD with 16 (2001), Trash Art!
*"Descent" split CD with Metatron (2001), Dark Reign

Compilation appearances

*"Clusterfuck '94" (live) with Chokebore and Guzzard (1994), Amphetamine Reptile
*"Dope Guns 'n Fucking in the Streets vol. 10" (1994), Amphetamine Reptile
*"" DVD (2003), Relapse (contributed video for "Pinnacle")
*"Dope Guns 'n Fucking Up Your Video Deck vol. 1–3 1990–1994" DVD (2004), Amphetamine Reptile (contributed videos for "6 Dementia Satyr" and "Realization")
*"Relapse Records Contamination Fest 2003" live DVD(2004), Relapse
*"" DVD (2004), Relapse (contributed video for "The Descent")
*"" DVD (2005), Relapse (contributed video for "Mother's Ruin")

External links

* [http://www.todayistheday.org Today Is the Day official website]
* [http://www.supernovarecords.net SuperNova Records official website]