Aiden calling it quits
2013-02-01 by jslavos | 126 Replies | 4477 Views |
Frontman of Seattle punk rockers Aiden, William Francis a.k.a. William Control, has announced that a final Aiden album will be released sometime in 2013. In a interview for Under the Gun Review, Francis stated "There will be one more Aiden album, mainly because I feel I left things on such a cliff in the midst of finishing our contract with Victory (Records). And like I said, I’m not the same kid that started Aiden anymore, but I do love Aiden and jumping around on stage. It’s a young man’s game though, and I’m not a young man anymore, you know? Warped Tour is a young man’s game. I want to appease the audience that has been with me and followed us for so long, but at the same time I feel sort of like a liar singing those songs on stage that I wrote and sung when I was teenager fresh out of jail. Those are songs I wrote because I was so angry at everything and wanted to change the world, but now I don’t give a fuck. [laughs] Now I want to tell fictional stories about whips and chains. You know, things that matter."
He plans on performing and releasing albums solely as William Control (his darkwave/electronica side project), and is currently supporting Black Veil Brides on the North American part of their "Church of the Wild Ones" tour.
Read the full interview here:
http://www.underthegunreview.net/2013/01/31/utg-interview-william-control/
And let the Sputnik celebrations begin!
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shitty band stops making shitty music 5/5 best new article
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"Now I want to tell fictional stories about whips and chains. You know, things that matter."
Um, wat?
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good news
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Great, whatever
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TYBG
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Finally! This band has never been worth anything. It's about damn time they give up.
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Yeah this band has always sucked.
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NOOOOO
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Cool!
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rejoice
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RIP a brilliant band
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"It’s a young man’s game though, and I’m not a young man anymore, you know? Warped Tour is a young man’s game."
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Um, wat?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQL9msK0E24
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sexy yes.
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a nation mourns
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best news ever
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Lies!!!! Aiden will never die!
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what ever shall we do
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About time.
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The only song I ever really enjoyed by these guys was One Love, and that was quite some time ago
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hooray!
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2013 rules already
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Hallelujah!
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Best music news in ages!
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SWEET JESUS!
THANK THE LORD!
HALLELUJAH!
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you gotta give him credit for being completely honest as to why he cant do it anymore. i imagine a lot of seasoned bands feel like theyve grown out of their genre/discography but would never admit it.
btw aiden and their whole image/sound is super gay and embarrassing (which explains how you would be bummed to have to keep promoting it).
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Never even heard anything by this band. Probably a good thing.
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Best music news in ages! [2]
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Checkmate, atheists.
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I liked the album knives
I said it
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Now let's just get Nickelback to follow in these footsteps...
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no, wait
don't go
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Knives is abysmal, is a awful hybrid of A7X and MCR made by and untalented fag with a severe mental illness.
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I am actually sad lol.I enjoyed aiden's earier work
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good
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haha lol bands gay xD almost as gay as nickelback hahaha amirite xDDDDDDDD this is good news!!!
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band never did anything worth mentioning, and is this dude really that old, or does he just feel old because he smokes 3 packs a day?
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I still don't understand all the Hate for Aiden.They were not near as bad as Hollywood undead Brokencyde or Blood on the dancefloor.They actualy played Their own instuments i mean really were they that bad band?I dont know maybe i dont have nothing against them because i got into them back in the 5th grade about 7 years ago.
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I've somehow made it 22 years without ever knowingly hearing a song by this band
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shit band
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well they've only been a band for about 9 years so...
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andcas needs a new avatar
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"well they've only been a band for about 9 years so..."
touche
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Finally
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saw this coming
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Was gonna try to post this a few moments ago
Would be a much better article if he announced he was gonna kill himself too but im not picky
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Also andcas you're gonna need a new avatar yours is not relevant anymore
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even my avatar is more relevant now
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What took them so long?
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great news!
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"is currently supporting Black Veil Brides on the North American part of their "Church of the Wild Ones" tour."
Oh god
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"Would be a much better article if he announced he was gonna kill himself too but im not picky"
not really, mate. his band is shit but he seems like a nice enough dude.
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"I feel sort of like a liar singing those songs on stage that I wrote and sung when I was teenager fresh out of jail."
I kind of lol'd here
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Don't think I've ever listened to a single song by them.
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So is he going to write a 50 Shades of Gray sequel?
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My day went from shit to great just like that.
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I feel sort of like a liar singing those songs on stage that I wrote and sung when I was teenager fresh out of jail
legit
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There is a god.
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Ya who cares band blows
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Shame they had a few good songs... Not really, they were fuckin shite! BVB next please
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Haven't liked any of their music since I was like 15. No big loss.
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There goes the band. Now to just get rid of that pesky solo career.
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wow finally
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2013 is the best year for music
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ahhhhhh yeahhhhhh!
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good live band but jeez their songs suck ass
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I think I remember watching an incredibly gay video by this band, not sure though
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if it was incredibly gay then good chance it was by this band
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you must mean this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyCznSvLWxA
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it's even gayer than I remember.
also the singers voice is terrible
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video is gay as fuck but the opening advertisement vid with sall goodman is funny
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Why did I click that link? That song made my ears bleed with disgust.
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Is it over? Can we come out now?
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Darn
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who
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rip
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Now just watch their last album be some ground breaking achievement that makes a huge progression from their older stuff and then they break up, would be so lol. Never gonna happen but it would be amusing.
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Now just watch their last album be some ground breaking achievement that makes a huge progression from their older stuff and then they break up, would be so lol. Never gonna happen but it would be amusing.
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metal is dead
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i can't say i hate aiden, but this is for the best at this point.
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Nooooooooo. What will we do for a laugh now?
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look at your 5s boom
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LOL
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ohhhhhhh
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I walked into that one.
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My brother almost went to see that tour. I've never been so upset at him in my life.
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"not really, mate. his band is shit but he seems like a nice enough dude."
well alright
I guess his mom would miss him
anyone else...?
Anyone?
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"Nooooooooo. What will we do for a laugh now?
look at your 5s boom"
OMG LOOOOOL
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Don't really like these guys but I don't really understand all the hoorays. If you don't like their music, you don't have to listen.
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Goodbye guys, you wiL always be endlessly inspiring
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best news all day
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I thought this happened years ago though.
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And the world collectively sighed with relief.
Classy to write all about himself as well.
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Only liked their first albums, then they became pretty meh.
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Not that his solo project is more likable in anyway, lol.
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they should have it called it quits before they released their first record.
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hahaha. so much hate up there ^
only liked a few of their early songs, but it's still funny that his shitty band and him got to tour and make money for that long. u mad sputnik?
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u homo faggot?
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Some people I know called their newborn son Aiden, I kept my mouth shut about the band that they obviously didn't know lol
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nvm lolfag
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wait nevermind you 5d breaking benjamin
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2HOMOOOOO
and yes BB is my lief
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Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. Hell I was excited when Underoath called it quits. but this band never really had a spotlight on this site
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...and andcas can finally rest easy
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"...and andcas can finally rest easy"
LOLLLl /thread time to shut this bitch down
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not surprised. members leaving left and right. rushing to
get off victory. spending all his time on that side-project.
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"Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. Hell I was excited when Underoath called it quits. but this band never really had a spotlight on this site"
Uh for good reason. Underoath was good.
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woot woot, bout damn time.
Also, DotEight, please tell me who that stunning woman is in your avatar so i can stop burping my worm to a small picture of her and start slappin some pappy to a normal size picture.
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It's Rosie Jones. I need to make an announcement some how on the site so everyone knows.
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best fap session ever bout to occur over here....
over Aiden breaking up, not Rosie Jones, of course.
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"Best news ever" - Anyone who posted a comment along those lines has to get out more
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"Warped Tour is a young man’s game." Wait. What? Bands such as the Dillinger Escape Plan are still touring on the warped tour. Who the hell does he think he is seriously? Francis is such a tool that's a fact. It might be one of the worst band that ever existed. This news made my day.
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That's a bit of a stretch but he's definitely a poser
and speaking of DEP I wish Greg would diss him like he did with that guy from 30 seconds to mars
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greg disses everyone lol.
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I heard about this and It's a real shame to be honest. Good band that makes really enjoyable musc
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if they didn't make themselves look like such an easy target people probably wouldn't hate on their music as much.
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"greg disses everyone lol."
yeah but greg literally went ape shit on that guy
like 20 posts(twitter?) dissing the guy, it was pretty insane
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Never cared enough about these guys to hate them.
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they're just a mediocre "punk" band that gets a lot of flack.
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I met Will in 2002 in Seattle before all his friends disowned him (I'll spare you the details). He seemed like a pretty good guy. He was in a decent Fat Wreck style punk band called Youth at Risk. He got me back stage at Bad Religion which was pretty sweet. But you could tell even then the guy was fame hungry and was willing to do anything to be a rock star or whatever. Even though quite a few "angry" Aiden songs are at least tangentially about my best friend, I'm glad this dude achieved his goal, even if his band felt more like a parody than anything else. Way to go, Will.
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was he the friend wil wanted to set on fire?
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That's the rumor.
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they never recovered from the colossal failure of conviction.
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skeletor is
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this statement he made is so obviously trolling people.
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you mean there will be 10 more years of aiden?
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