Empires Australian Street Team

About Me

Welcome! This is a street team for all Australian Empires fans. It is made by fans for fans to help spread the word of the band in our suburbs and states.
Please tell your friends about Empires and the street team. And don't forget to keep pestering your friends, family and neighbours to give HOWL a listen!
If you haven't downloaded HOWL, please click the image below as it will redirect you to their website. It's FREE.

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Empires is:
Tom Conrad
Ryan J. Luciani
Alfred Smith
Max Steger
Sean Van Vleet
"It takes a keen eye to recognize any opportunity. It takes a strong hand to go forth and make something of it, be it forming a dream into reality, recognizing the talent of those around you or, in this case, building Empires.
Empires began in fall 2006 when long time friends Sean Van Vleet (vocals) and Tom Conrad (guitar) realized their musical chemistry together and, wanting to form a full band, aimed to complete the equation. They moved to Chicago in early 2007. The blessing of talented friends continued, when Max Steger (guitar) and Ryan Luciani (drums) joined in the months that followed. Though the search for a bass player was long, it was well worth it when Alfred Smith officially joined the band towards the end of the year. Their individual skills had been proven on stage and in the studio before, but there was unity and solidity together in this new band of old friends.
Throughout the whole of 2007, the as-yet-unnamed band wrote and created songs, playing and replaying and perfecting. The care and time with which the songs were formed allowed for an organic type of growth between the five members, every note and lyric being carefully placed on top of Luciani's hypnotic drums. Their name came in natural time as well, when Conrad and Van Vleet separately had the word Empires come their minds; it worked. With Steger at the helm producing, the recording process began in October.
Four months later, and done entirely by the band themselves, Howl was complete. Fifteen songs vigilantly written and recorded, an effort Empires are proud to release. Though some have been able to preview the tracks at their recent (and sold out) Chicago area shows, the complete album will be made available digitally, and for free, this spring. Howl is an eclectic rock record, with a timeless sound preceding the age of it's twenty-something writers. Empires will be bringing their completed work to stages across the rest of the country later on in 2008 but, in the mean time, enjoy its sound at myspace.com/empires. The anticipation of hearing this act over a year in the making may be hard to withstand, however, it's important to remember that Rome wasn't built in a day, and neither were Empires."
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Just a few updates...

Hey guys! How are we all?Just a few updates...- Empires will be interviewed on Local 101 in Chicago. You can "listen live" by going to q101.com and clicking "Listen Live" on the top right hand corner....
Posted by on Sun, 14 Dec 2008 15:22:00 GMT

Photos from the Metro and House of Blues

Hey guys, you can find pictures I took at the Metro show (sorry about the quality...my camera's little, and had just been dropped while I was giving Ryan a gift), and a couple of pictures of me with R...
Posted by on Mon, 21 Jul 2008 04:28:00 GMT

Contest Winner!

Hey guys! Sorry it took so long for us to get back to you on this important matter! It's all my fault; time zones are tricky to negotiate. But we have a winner for our little contest! Participation wa...
Posted by on Mon, 21 Jul 2008 03:33:00 GMT

Contest!

Hey everybody!As promised, Aileen and I have arranged a contest for you all to participate in!The idea is simple: promote empires and HOWL. Do whatever you can to get the band and the album noticed. S...
Posted by on Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:31:00 GMT

Kerrang! Awards 08

Hey dudes and dudettes,The Kerrang! Awards '08 are coming very soon and we would love if you could vote 'Empires' for Best International Newcomer and 'Empires - HOWL' for Best Album.Just click on the ...
Posted by on Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:19:00 GMT

Greetings :D

Thank you all so much for being apart of this. It really does mean a lot to the both of us.As most of you already know, we will be starting our first contest very very soon.We will most likely be anno...
Posted by on Sat, 07 Jun 2008 02:39:00 GMT