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Infobox musical artist| name = Ignite| image = Ignite @ Resurrection Fest'09.jpg|300px| caption = Ignite playing in the Resurrection Fest 2009, in Viveiro , Spain .| background = group_or_band| origin = Orange County, California|Orange County , California | genre = Hardcore punk | years_active = 1993 in music|1993 – present| label = Century Media Records#Abacus Records|Abacus Recordings Century Media Records TVT Records Revelation Records Conversion Records Lost & Found Records| associated_acts = Pennywise (band)|Pennywise | website = http://www.igniteband.com Official site| current_members = Zoltán Téglás|Zoltán "Zoli" Téglás Brett Rasmussen Craig Anderson Brian Balchack Nik Hill Kevin Kilkenny| past_members = Casey Jones Joe Foster Joe Nelson Randy Johnson Ignite is a hardcore punk band from Orange County, California|Orange County , California . Formed in 1993, their commercial breakthrough album came on May 30, 2000, on TVT Records , and was called A Place Called Home (album)|A Place Called Home . Prior to this release they were well regarded among hardcore fans, thanks in part to constant touring and having visited over 40 countries.
On July 20, 2005, a deal was announced with Abacus Recordings, a subsidiary label of Century Media Records ; the band's album Our Darkest Days was released on the label in May 2006.
Much of their music is socially and politically aware. Ignite actively supports, and has given proceeds to, organizations such as Earth First , Doctors Without Borders , Sea Shepherd Conservation Society|Sea Shepherd , and Pacific Wildlife. Lead singer Zoltán Téglás|Zoltán "Zoli" Téglás has taken account of such issues as environmental concerns and vegetarianism—common topics found on A Place Called Home . The legacy of Communism in Eastern Europe is another recurring theme, in part because of Teglas' Hungary|Hungarian background.Band web site, http://www.igniteband.com/bio.php "Bio" page (On a hidden track at the end of A Place Called Home and "Our Darkest Days", Teglas' sings a traditional folk song in Hungarian language|Hungarian to the music of the title track.)
On May 9, 2005, they filmed a live DVD at The Troubadour (Los Angeles)|The Troubadour in West Hollywood, California . Unfortunately the DVD was never released due to some technical problems with the quality. But on April 20, 2008 they gathered footage for an upcoming live DVD of their show in Leipzig , Germany .Band web site, http://www.igniteband.com/2008/08/27/dvd-update.html "DVD Update"
On one of their headlining shows at Persistence Tour 2009 the band announced they were working on a new record. The Pennywise website, on Feb 16, 2010 announced that frontman Zoltán Téglás|Zoli Téglás just recently joined Pennywise (band)|Pennywise . http://www.punknews.org/article/37089 "Pennywise officially names Zoli Teglas of Ignite as new vocalist." Punknews.org. February 16, 2010. Ignite announced on their website a few days before that they are excited for Zoli and his opportunity to sing in Pennywise and tour with them. The Ignite website also stated "Dont worry IGNITE fans, Zoli is not quitting IGNITE and we are not breaking up either, we will continue to write, record and tour with IGNITE as long as our fans want us to continue!"Band web site, http://www.igniteband.com/2010/02/03/ignite-and-non-ignite-news-update.html "IGNITE and non-IGNITE news update!
Members
Current members
Zoltán Téglás|Zoli Téglás , (1994-present) – vocals
Brian Balchack, (1998-2000, 2005-present) – guitar
Nik Hill, (2000, 2003, 2005-present) – guitar
Brett Rasmussen, (1993-present) – bass
Craig Anderson, (1997-present) – drums
Kevin Kilkenny, (2000-2003, 2006-present) – guitar
Ignite / X-Acto split (1997) Ataque Sonoro Records
*contains first four from In My Time , plus Ash Return demo
A Place Called Home (album)|A Place Called Home (2000) TVT Records
*re-released in Europe by BMG Records
Our Darkest Days (2006) Century Media Records#Abacus Records|Abacus Recordings (USA), Century Media Records (Europe)
* In 2007 , Century Media Records released a special tour edition in Europe . The tour edition includes two extra tracks ( Last time and the demo version of Bleeding ) and also contains the video of Bleeding . The tour edition has a different artwork and it was available for a fan-friendly price at the band's European tour.
Nations Afire - Nik Hill, Brett Rasmussen, Chris Chasse, Todd Hennig
References
Reflist
External links
http://www.igniteband.com/ Ignite official website
http://www.abacusrecordings.com/ignite/ Abacus Recordings band page
http://www.revelationrecords.com/index.php Revelation Records band page
http://www.myspace.com/ignitemusic Ignite on myspace
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