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cleanup-linkrot|date=September 2011Infobox musical artist | name = Title Fight| image =| caption =| image_size =| background = group_or_band| origin = Kingston, Pennsylvania|Kingston , Pennsylvania , United States | genre = Melodic hardcore , pop punk , punk rock | years_active = 2003–present| label = SideOneDummy Records|SideOneDummy , Run For Cover, FlightPlan, Six Feet Under| website = URL| http://www.titlefight.tumblr.com/| associated_acts = Bad Seed, Disengage, Dead End Path, Malice, Stick Together, Cold World, Wren's War| current_members = Jamie Rhoden Ned Russin Shane Moran Ben Russin| past_members = Title Fight is an American pop punk cite web|url= http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php? t=306116 |title=Title Fight - Kingston - Album Review |publisher=AbsolutePunk.net |date=2007-02-02 |accessdate=2012-04-08/ Hardcore punk|hardcore http://sideonedummy.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Rave-Aus-Title-Fight.jpg band from Kingston, Pennsylvania|Kingston , Pennsylvania , United States , formed in 2003. Title Fight plays music in the vein of Jawbreaker (band)|Jawbreaker , Kid Dynamite (band)|Kid Dynamite and Lifetime (band)|Lifetime , taking influence from such melodic punk rock acts as Saves the Day and emo bands Knapsack (band)|Knapsack and Seaweed (band)|Seaweed .cite web|url= http://www.killyourstereo.com/interviews/186/title-fight/ |title=Title Fight & #124; Interviews |publisher=Kill Your Stereo |date=2009-10-19 |accessdate=2012-04-08 They signed to SideOneDummy Records on January 19, 2011 and have toured the United States with bands such as New Found Glory , Bayside (band)|Bayside , Four Year Strong , and Touche Amore , also becoming a regular on the hardcore festival circuit playing such fests as This Is Hardcore, United Blood and Sound and Fury.cite web|title=Tour History|url= http://sideonedummy.com/we-signed-title-fight|work=Title Fight|publisher=Side One Dummy Records|accessdate=30 March 2012 Many of Title Fight's songs include dual vocals co-written by guitarists, Jamie Rhoden and Ned Russin.
History
Early years
Title Fight formed in 2003 as a three piece consisting of Jamie Rhoden on guitar and vocals and twin brothers Ned and Ben Russin on bass and drums respectively, playing local shows in Kingston and Wilkes-Barre, PA. Ned Russin claims his older brother, Alex Russin is a huge influence in their formation of Title Fight. Ned also states some of their earliest influences were Blink-182 and Minor Threat . In addition to popular punk rock and hardcore bands, Rhoden claims the Positive Numbers Youth Crew Fest (an annual hardcore/punk music festival in Wilkes-Barre, PA) was an influence on the bands formation.cite journal|last=Ham|first=Robert|title=Small Town Sound|journal=Alternative Press Magazine|year=2011|month=11|pages=70-74|accessdate=1 April 2012 The boys put out a demo in 2003 that is still floating around the internet.cite web|title=Title Fight - "Down for the Count '03 Demo"|url= http://www.mediafire.com/? zdyymmzyomz|work=Bridge Nine Records|publisher=Mediafire|accessdate=4 April 2012
In 2005 the band added Shane Moran on second guitar and recorded two demos in 2005 and 2006, during which they played shows in what they call a "small, tight-knit community" around Kingston, PA.
Progression
They recorded a split with the Erection Kids in 2007 on FlightPlan Records. Members of the Erections Kids later went on to form Balance and Composure. The band quickly followed up their first release with the Kingston 7" (also on FlightPlan Records) in 2008. Title Fight played with Fireworks on their tour with Set Your Goals Summer of 2007, ultimately leading to Jeff's (owner of Run For Cover Records) discovery of Title Fight. The Last Thing You Forget 7" was recorded in December 2008 at the Getaway Group in Massachusetts with Jay Maas and released in June 2009 on Run for Cover Records. The 7" featured three new songs while the CD release featured all of their releases to date. The artwork for the album was done by John Slaby, a friend from Wilkes-Barre. The CD release was followed by a US tour with New Found Glory .cite web|url= http://www.punknews.org/article/35863 |title=Title Fight |publisher=Punknews.org |date= |accessdate=2012-04-08 The Kingston EP has also been re-released on Six Feet Under Records with Dave Sausage in order to revamp the EP. During these years, Title Fight altered their sounds to a more Melodic hardcore genre, with influences including Knapsack , Jawbreaker , Brand New , and Promise Ring .cite web|title=Interviews: Title Fight|url= http://www.killyourstereo.com/interviews/186/title-fight/|work=Kill Your Stereo|accessdate=4 April 2012
In 2010, Title Fight was featured on Triple B Record's compilation, America's Hardcore, with a new song entitled "Dreamcatchers". They also did a US tour with Bayside (band)|Bayside , Senses Fail and Balance and Composure and a tour of Japan with H2O (American band)|H2O .
SideOneDummy Records
On January 19, 2011, Title Fight signed to SideOneDummy Records and announced they had finished recording their debut full-length, produced by Walter Schreifels (Gorilla Buscuits, Quicksand, and Rival Schools)cite web|title=Title Fight - Shed|url= http://sideonedummy.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Rave-Aus-Title-Fight.jpg|work=SideOneDummy Records|accessdate=4 April 2012 and engineered by Will Yip at Studio 4 in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania|Conshohocken, PA . The band will also embark on their first headline tour in 2011 with The Menzingers , Touche Amore, Dead End Path and Shook Ones.cite web|url= http://sideonedummy.com/we-signed-title-fight |title=We signed TITLE FIGHT!!!& #33; |publisher=Side One Dummy |date=2011-01-19 |accessdate=2012-04-08
The band released their new album, Shed , on May 3, 2011.cite web|last=Ableson |first=Jon |url= http://www.alterthepress.com/2011/02/new-title-fight-album-title-release.html |title=New Title Fight Album Title + Release Date |publisher=Alter The Press& #33; |date=2009-08-20 |accessdate=2012-04-08 On February 10, they released a new song off Shed for free download entitled 27 and Shed's album artwork. On February 23, SideOneDummy posted pre-orders for a new Title Fight 7" called "Flood of '72". The 7" featured the song from Shed along with an acoustic version of the song, and was released on April 12. http://store.sideonedummy.com/pre-order-title-fight-flood-of-72-7-inch.html dead link|date=April 2012
On May 20, 2011 it was announced that Title Fight would play their first Australian tour with Touché Amoré in September 2011.cite web|url= http://musicfeeds.com.au/news/title-fight-and-touche-amore-announce-australian-tour/ |title=Title Fight and Touche Amore announce Australian tour - Music News, Reviews, Interviews and Culture |publisher=Music Feeds |date=2011-05-20 |accessdate=2012-04-08
After finishing the AP Fall Tour 2011, Title Fight embarked on a huge 22 date European tour, starting November 28, 2011, visiting France, Holland, Switzerland, Italy, Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Belgium, the UK and finishing in Ireland with a final show in Dublin. They were joined by Balance and Composure and Transit (band) | Transit for the tour.
On August 24 and 26, 2011, the band played both dates of Reading and Leeds festival in the UK.
Title Fight supported Rise Against on the second leg of their 2012 US Endgame Tour .
On January 11, 2012, through the Vans Warped Tour website, it was announced that Title Fight would be joining the 2012 tour on the Advent stage.
Other projects
The members of Title Fight are also known for their presence in many other Wilkes-Barre hardcore bands, most notably Bad Seed, which featured Shane on vocals and Jamie on bass. Ned joined the band later on bass while Jamie switched to guitar. Bad Seed released a demo in 2008 and a self-titled EP in 2009 on 6131 Records and played Sound and Fury and This is Hardcore Fest before disbanding in 2010. Along with Bad Seed, Shane, Ned and Ben play in the straight edge band, Disengage , who released a 7 song EP, Look Back, in 2010 and a Full-Length, Expressions, in 2011. Ned and Ben are the younger brothers of Alex Russin, guitarist/singer of hardcore band Cold World.cite web|url= http://www.alternativnews.com/2010/12/interview-exclusive-title-fight.html |title=l'actualité de la scène Alternative / Emo / Punk / Hardcore: Interview Exclusive : Title Fight |publisher=AlternativNews.com |date= |accessdate=2012-04-08
In September 2010, the local venue, Cafe Metropolis in Wilkes-Barre, PA, where Title Fight played their first show, closed. To give back to the rising hardcore community, Title Fight and other local friends took action by opening Redwood Art Space, a venue in Wilkes-Barre. The venue opened in March 2011. As of winter 2011, the venue was reported doing well. Bands such as Touché Amoré and Bane have played shows there.
Members
Jamie Rhoden - guitar, vocals
Ned Russin - bass, vocals
Shane Moran - guitar
Ben Russin - drums
Discography
Studio albums
Shed ( SideOneDummy Records , 2011)
EPs
The Last Thing You Forget 7" (Run For Cover Records, 2009)
Kings of Kingston Demo cite web|title=Albums by Title Fight|url= http://www.last.fm/music/Title+Fight/+albums|work=Last.fm|accessdate=31 March 2012
Demo 05
Demo 04
''Down for the Count Demo '03
Compilations
''America's Hardcore (Triple B Records, 2010)
References
Reflist
External links
http://title-fight.net/ Official website
http://www.titlefight.tumblr.com/ Official Tumblr
http://www.myspace.com/titlefight Official MySpace
Category:American hardcore punk musical groups Category:Musical groups established in 2003 Category:Musical groups from Pennsylvania Category:Musical quartets
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