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About Me

Just over a year ago, Buffalo, NY's THIS IS AN EMPIRE was formed with a desire to do something different. After building a strong local following, writing and recording countless songs, and touring nationwide for the past year, they truly are something new. The lines between music, art, film, and fashion are being blurred in our culture, and THIS IS AN EMPIRE is going to stay ahead of the curve. whether playing live as a band, producing songs, throwing parties or DJing, what we have is not a band. THIS IS AN EMPIRE.
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Police intervention. Empty bank accounts. Seemingly endless vehicle repairs. THIS IS AN EMPIRE has found a way to endure them all. Maybe hailing from Buffalo, NY has taught them to expect the unexpected, and to turn daunting situations into miraculous successes. The mere fact that This Is An Empire's crew of five has found a way to thrive through adversity is impressive, given the band's first show in their hometown marked day one of a grueling two month cross-country tour.
Formed only weeks before the band embarked on their maiden voyage across the United States, This Is An Empire - comprised of vocalist Adam Curtin, drummer Jay Podkulski, guitarist Matthew Zych, and bassist Dennis Ferry - has managed to travel tens of thousands of miles, build a dedicated fanbase in their home state, and set their sights high for the future since their June 2007 inception.
This Is An Empire has emerged from Watchmen Studios (Every Time I Die, Gym Class Heroes) and is ready to unleash new material on the world this spring, all while continuing to roll through whatever stands in their way as they reach their one-year anniversary this summer.
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/14/2004
Band Website: thisisanempire.com
Band Members:
ADAM CURTIN - Vocals/Synth
AIM - TheADAMCURTIN

JAY "L-ION" - Drums/Guitar/Programming
AIM - JP4Square

MATT ZYCH - Guitar
AIM - xxlakilavitchxx

DENNIS FERRY - Bass
AIM - dennisjohnferry

Influences: Nickel City Noise Part 2 Trailer

Robot Rock
Sounds Like:
Scarlet
Fear Before the March of Flames
Vaux
Cave In
Blindside
Muse

Smashing Pumpkins
The Rolling Stones
Prince
Bob Dylan and the Hawks
The Kinks
RATM

Death From Above 1979
NIN
The Rapture
The Presets
Digitalism

Justice
Cardboard City
Circa Survive
Busy P
Elvis Costello

Klaxons
CSS
Does It Offend You Yeah?

ELECTRORAGE
Type of Label: None

My Blog

The Mixtape

CLICK HERE FOR FREE DOWNLOAD!!!01. Crystal Castles - Courtship Date (intro)02. This Is An Empire - It Will Be Dirty03. Teenage Bad Girl - USB Dick04. Millionaires - Want You In My Bed (This Is An...
Posted by THIS IS AN EMPIRE (Download new songs now!) on Sat, 24 May 2008 11:29:00 PST

May Will Be Dirty

I have a quick update for you: New demo It "Will Be Dirty" is up now. There are some video shoots going on this week in Toronto.  More on that later& This Friday May 23rd, we will be rel...
Posted by THIS IS AN EMPIRE (Download new songs now!) on Mon, 19 May 2008 12:18:00 PST

It is going to pour in April...

Well, sorry we couldn't visit with those of you in Pennsylvania or Canada last weekend.  Gravity, moth, rust, and international pieces of paper were all against us.  Thanks to anyone in NYC ...
Posted by THIS IS AN EMPIRE (Download new songs now!) on Mon, 03 Mar 2008 01:12:00 PST

Empire Update

hey everyone.  it's been awhile since we've written anything here so we thought we'd give you all a little update on what's been going on the last few weeks.we leave in a few days to embark on a ...
Posted by THIS IS AN EMPIRE (Download new songs now!) on Sat, 16 Feb 2008 01:22:00 PST

Buffalo, NY - A Reminder

Hey everyone. Just reminding all of you in the western New York and southern Ontario area that we will be playing Soundlab tomorrow (Friday) at 9pm. This is our first show in Buffalo since arriving ...
Posted by THIS IS AN EMPIRE (Download new songs now!) on Thu, 29 Nov 2007 08:51:00 PST

This Is An Empire on Buffalo, Free Things, Film, and Love

Greetings from the This Is An Empire home office on Main Street in Buffalo, NY.We have spent the last several weeks at home hard at work preparing for 2008.  Writing new material, recording, remi...
Posted by THIS IS AN EMPIRE (Download new songs now!) on Thu, 15 Nov 2007 07:29:00 PST

RAGE ACROSS AMERICA UPDATE

We have just returned home from a coast-to-coast run with our brothers in The American Black Lung.  13,000 miles of open pavement, thousands of gallons of beer, and dozens of Walmart parking lots...
Posted by THIS IS AN EMPIRE (Download new songs now!) on Thu, 09 Aug 2007 03:03:00 PST

The New Recordings 2007!

Our song "Emeralds and Diamonds" has received an overwhelming response over the last week.  If you like this song, you will love some of the new songs we will have posted for you in the near futu...
Posted by THIS IS AN EMPIRE (Download new songs now!) on Tue, 13 Mar 2007 01:57:00 PST

The debut of the new INFERIS

Inferis is back with a new line up and a new sound. Catch the debut Friday December 22nd with Every Time I Die. A demo of a new song should be up in a few weeks. Stay tuned. You should also check ...
Posted by THIS IS AN EMPIRE (Download new songs now!) on Wed, 29 Nov 2006 09:50:00 PST

INFERIS Signs Distro Deal With Emerald Moon Records

(Baltimore, MD) Buffalo, NYs INFERIS has inked a distribution deal with Baltimore-based Emerald Moon Records. The bands debut release Fear the Engineer will be available Tuesday, May 16th, to be pre...
Posted by THIS IS AN EMPIRE (Download new songs now!) on Fri, 28 Apr 2006 02:56:00 PST