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RUINER

I heard these dudes were assholes...

About Me

Fall 2004- October 5th we played our first show and released our first 3 song demo.
Winter 2004-05- Embarked on our first east coast/midwest tour with friends The Spark for 2 weeks.
Spring 2005- East coast tour with friends No Idols. May 05 released 7" EP "What Could Possibly Go Right..." through Firestarter and Gravemistake Records.
Summer 2005- Headed out on our first US tour, half of which was with Day of the Dead from Portugal, replaced our transmission twice on this tour. Came home realizing we would need a new drummer. Joe Red was later replaced by Joey Edwards. He played his first show in July, 2 weeks after having started practice with us. Ended the summer by signing with 1917 Records.
Fall 2005- Recorded 2 songs for a split with Day of the Dead due to come out on Vendetta records in the Winter of that year. Released the CD version of "What Could Possibly Go Right..." on 1917 Records. Hit the road with Dead Hearts from October to November for 2 weeks in support of that record on the east coast and midwest.
Winter 2005-06- Headed out on another US tour with Final Fight from December 27th- January 29th. Came home to continue writing for our LP. Split with DOTD came out just in time for us to get home from tour...bummer.
Summer 2006- Toured for 2 months straight with Counting the Days, Final Fight and Killing the Dream from June 2nd to August 4th. Came home to continue writing for LP.
Fall 2006- First European tour from October 20th to November 20th. We played 10 Countries in 31 days.
Winter 2007-January 17th we began recording our first LP for what we thought was for 1917 records. When completed on January 28th we realized that was not the case. Due to some personal reasons we parted ways with 1917 Records. In March we announced that we were thrilled to have signed with Bridge 9 Records.
Spring 2007- After sitting at home for a pretty long time we hit the road for a few days with Sinking Ships.
Summer 2007-June 16th we held the CD release show for our first LP Prepare To Be Let Down. Bad Business (reunion), Pulling Teeth, How We Are and Brain Dead all took part in the event. June 19th that LP was available in stores. June 24th we started our summer tour with Pulling Teeth. Only about 3 weeks into the tour our van began to have some problems. Over the course of 5 days the van cost us over $5000. We had no choice but to rent a Uhaul and head home.
FALL 2007-Went to Europe with Sinking Ships from September 14th to October 14th. We played 10 countries in 30 days. We arrived home for 1 week and restarted tour on October 22nd. The first week was with Modern Life is War concluding at THE FEST 06. However MLIW had to head home early and we spent the next week with Hour of The Wolf. After a delightful time with those 5 guys we headed west, north west and then back east. Concluding in a 11 hour drive home for Thanksgiving.
WINTER 2007-08- We head out on the road for a full US tour with Killing The Dream and Broadway Calls from December 27th to January 27th. Heading out with This is Hell, Elysia and Soldiers for another full US from February 22nd to March 22nd.
BOOKING
USA- [email protected]
EUROPE- [email protected]
LABELS
Bridge 9 Records -Will release our first LP "PREPARE TO BE LET DOWN" on June 19th!
1917 -Released CD/EP of What Could Possibly Go Right...
Firestarter Records -Co-Released What Could Possibly Go Right... On 7"... Also home of The Spark, Never Enough and others
Grave Mistake Records -The other half of the release of W.C.P.G.R. Home of 86 Mentality, Cloak/Dagger and other awesome bands.
Vendetta Records -Awesome label from Germany. Released the split 7" with DOTD
Burn Bridges Records -Steve from Ruiner’s label. Home to bands such as Hostages, Pressure, Deathcycle and more. Re-releasing the split 7" with Day of the Dead March 2007
MERCH

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 9/1/2004
Band Website: youruiner.com
Band Members: Joey Edwards- Drums
Danny Porter-Guitar
Stephen Smeal- Bass
Rob Sullivan- Vocals
Dustin Thornton- Guitar
Influences: How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live. -Henry David Thoreau
Sounds Like: As if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. -Obi Wan Kenobi
Record Label: BRIDGE 9 RECORDS
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

SUMMER TOUR 2008 w/ KILLING THE DREAM, TRAP THEM AND BRAIN DEAD

6/13 New Haven  CT @ TBA 6/14 Boston MA @ TBA w/Killing The Dream, Trap Them, The Carrier 6/15 Montclair NJ @ Underground w/Killing The Dream, Trap Them, The Carrier 6/16 New York NY @ Knitt...
Posted by RUINER on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:53:00 PST

Mitch parts ways with Ruiner

Well, after a month of training a fill-in guitarist we slowly began to realize we were training a replacement. We came to the conclusion that it was best for the band if Mitch Roemer parted ways with ...
Posted by RUINER on Wed, 20 Feb 2008 06:33:00 PST

Feb 22nd to March 22nd w/ THIS IS HELL... FIRST BATCH OF DATES

THIS IS HELL / ELYSIA / RUINER / SOLDIERS Feb 22nd - Lemoyne, PA @ Championship Feb 23rd - Wilmington, NC @ Lucky's Pub Feb 24th - Charleston, SC @ The Oasis Feb 25th - Augusta, GA @ Sector 7G F...
Posted by RUINER on Tue, 22 Jan 2008 08:55:00 PST

EUROPEAN DATES W/ SINKING SHIPS

[email protected] Germany Stuttgart Juha West    15.09.2007 Italy Firenze C.S. Cienfuegos    16.09.2007 Italy Arese (Milano) SGA    17.09.2007 Germany ...
Posted by RUINER on Wed, 18 Jul 2007 03:15:00 PST

US Summer Tour Canceled

Its currently 5:07am here in Baltimore. We just drove (some of us in the back) of a Uhaul truck from Los Cruses NM to home in about 30+ hours. We are very sorry to say we have to cancel the rest of ou...
Posted by RUINER on Mon, 16 Jul 2007 02:20:00 PST

LYRICS TO SONGS POSTED ABOVE

Kiss that Mother Fucker Goodnight Eye to eye, ill keep my composure Hands shaking and these fists will be tightly clenched I want it back, I'll say for the first time. Every ounce of fucking air you'v...
Posted by RUINER on Sat, 02 Jun 2007 04:30:00 PST

SUMMER TOUR PLANS- UPDATED APRIL 16th

Starting June 24th we head out until August 7th in support of our new LP Prepare To Be Let Down on Bridge 9 Records. We will be joined at different times by Pulling Teeth, Die Young, Regret and a few ...
Posted by RUINER on Mon, 02 Apr 2007 07:18:00 PST

RUINER SIGNS w/ BRIDGE 9 RECORDS

From lambgoat...Maryland hardcore band Ruiner has officially signed with Bridge Nine Records. Formed in 2004, the band released an album with 1917 Records in late-2005. Their Bridge Nine debut, titled...
Posted by RUINER on Wed, 07 Mar 2007 09:24:00 PST

NEW LABEL AND RECORD TITLE...

For anyone that is curious we are currently working things out with a label.  If all goes to plan this will be announced sometime in April.  Also we have decided to change the name of our re...
Posted by RUINER on Sat, 17 Feb 2007 12:38:00 PST

RUINER IS NO LONGER ON 1917 RECORDS

Ruiner is released from 1917 Records.1917 records planned to release Ruiner's debut-LP "No Apologies" this June. However, the label and band have come to a mutual and amicable agreement to part ways c...
Posted by RUINER on Wed, 31 Jan 2007 07:14:00 PST