DRIVE A's "The World In Shambles" Out Today! Rock Allegiance Tour with Buckcherry​

DRIVE A’s new album The World In Shambles arrives in stores today via theband’s own imprint Dead Conflict Records (distributedby EMI.)

TheLA rockers just wrapped up a tour with The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, and areabout to head out on the Rock Allegiance Tour with BUCKCHERRY, PAPA ROACH, PUDDLE OF MUD, P.O.D., RED and CROSSFADE. That tour getsunderway August 24th in Grand Prarie, TX and runs through September25th.



Drive A has also been tapped to perform at THE 2011 EpicenterFestival in Irvine, CA on September 24th with LIMP BIZKIT,

STAIND,FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH, PAPA ROACH, BUCKCHERRY, P.O.D. AND MORE.



Checkout Drive A’s latest music video “Let’s Have A Wreck(Trainwreck)” on MTV.com: www.mtv.com/videos/drive-a/630040/lets-have-a-wreck-trainwreck.jhtml.

For more information visit:



www.DriveARock.com



http://rockallegiance.com



www.EpicenterFestival.com



About Drive A:



Sometimes a chance meeting is more than it seems – inthe case of Drive A, a random moment ignited a fuse resulting in a incendiarynew band. Songs about rebellion, crunchy guitars and killer hooks have theirfoundation in old school punk and rock n’ roll that the band reveres buttheir stage presence and delivery is fresh and in the now. With a fan followingthat is expanding exponentially, it’s clear that the band is ontosomething. Drive A come roaring into 2011 with their brand new album, The Worldin Shambles, out on Dead Conflict Records this Spring.

The World in Shambles is the follow up to theirdebut album Loss of Desire (2009). The critically acclaimed album whichfeatured singles “Are You Blind” and “Can’t Sleep ItOff” set the precedent for Drive A’s form of high energy rockn’ roll and provided the soundtrack for their energetic live show.Frontman Bruno Mascolo explains “although we’re still proud of Lossof Desire, we feel we’ve come along way as musicians and songwriters, youcan hear that we’ve played about 200 shows since our last record.”The band freely admits that their singular mission upon entering the studio wasto craft an album that bottled their firecracker live energy and onstageprowess. They collectively rejected polished, computerized techniques andtechnologies in favor of beautiful, genuine imperfections, all of which serveto make The World in Shambles that much more authentic.

"We wanted to make something that was raw,and that sounded like our band when we played live," Bruno Mascolo said.“Songwriting is the essence of the band but playing live is how we trulyconnect with people, with that in mind we recorded The World in Shamblescompletely live, there were no click tracks, so what you hear is what we soundlike. It was about capturing the energy and not trying to achieve perfection."

Armed with a killer arsenal of songs, the banddecided to drive their message with an image that is uncompromising anddisciplined. "Today, it's all about how you look," Nott said."It's like 'This is a metal band' or 'This is a rock band. People get soobsessed with what genre a band is a part of that they forget to even listen tothe music. We got sick of wearing other band’s shirts on stage becausepeople started labeling us as part of that scene. We want people to care aboutour music, not about what bands we like. With the new album came the new image.We wear patches with our logo and we have another patch for a character on thealbum, called 'The Marked Man.'"

"He is the underdog, the guy who dwells on hisproblems until eventually he creates a target on himself. We have all gonethrough that," Mascolo concurred. “We wear the uniforms on stagebecause it puts every thing on the music but we aren’t wearingmeaningless patches, they hint at the message behind the band."

The band's logo is their take on the anarchy flag,but instead of paying lip service to the concept without ever doing anything tobring about change, Drive A hope to actually incite listeners to action.Mascolo said, "We're not going to say 'Fuck the government' on stage. Wewant to encourage fans who are living a one-sided life, who go to school,college and then get a job and wonder if that's it, to go after theirdreams."

On The World in Shambles the band wanted to shakeup their comfort zone, so instead of working with longtime friend Dennis Hill(producer of Drive A's 2009 debut Loss of Desire) the band recorded the albumin two parts. The first session was recorded on analog equipment to tape at1974 Studios in SilverLake with Dave Cobb andthe second session took place at Sunset Sound with Julian Raymond. Despite theband's "Fuck You" attitude towards concepts like conformity andfitting in with a "scene," Mascolo mentions that a current ofpositive energy courses through the album's veins. "There is a positivemessage at the end of every song," he admitted. "The idea of singingabout a negative subject can sometimes be therapeutic, but most of the time itbecomes cliché and loses the original meaning." "Revolt!" isabout Mascolo's travels abroad, specifically in Europe,last summer. "It seemed more like a community over there," the singermused. "There is a real lack of community here, people are just so aboutthemselves, but it's not like that overseas." The title track "Let'sHave a Wreck" is another personal song that lays its cards face up on thetable. Mascolo revealed that the song is about "having an addiction todestroying situations or relationships," a construct that all of Drive A'sfans are able to connect with.

The Californiaquartet formed after singer/guitarist Bruno Mascolo and guitarist Jason Nottran into each other one night outside of Hollywood'sTroubadour in 2006. Bassist Taylor Knowles joined the band after seeing themopen for Set Your Goals in Orlando.He became a fan based on their live performance and when the bass playerposition opened, he got in touch through the wonders of social networking andsecured his slot in the rhythm section.

Drive A has steadily built a following of fans bytouring with the likes of Alkaline Trio, The Used, Atreyu, Bullet For MyValentine and Escape the Fate over the past two years. It's the band's onstagepower that has attracted an alliance of kids that continue to multiply withevery tour. Nott summed up the band's relationship with their fans and thecrowds, saying, "We're a breath of fresh air for them. We're only a coupleyears older than the kids listening and they can relate."

Drive A's hungry guitar snarl meshes with powerchords that take up residence in your head for weeks at a time and surprisinglymature songwriting that reveals equal parts pathos and animosity towards thestatus quo. The World in Shambles is proof that Drive A are well on their way.



DriveA Tour Dates:



Rock Alliance Tour (8/24-9/21& 9/25):



Aug 24 VerizonTheatre Grand Prairie, TX

Aug 26 ZooAmhitheatre Oklahoma City, OK

Aug 27 Buffalo Run CasinoAmpitheatre Miami,OK

Aug 30 Family Arena St Charles,MO

Sep 01 On The Waterfront Rockford, IL

Sep 02 SOARING EAGLECASINO Mt Pleasant, MI

Sep 04 AMP @WHARF Orange Beach, AL

Sep 05 GreenIguana Tampa, FL

Sep 07 FAUArena Boca Raton, FL

Sep 09 LAWRENCEJOEL COLISEUM Winston Salem, NC

Sep 10 Ntelos WirelessPavillion Portsmouth, VA

Sep 11 The Brewery Rochester, NY

Sep 13 WEST VIRGINIAMOTOR SPEEDWAY Parkersburg, WV

Sep 14 PromoWestPavillion Columbus, OH

Sep 16 Main Street Armory Rochester, NY

Sep 18 THE WOODS Nashville, TN

Sep 20 HEARTLAND EVENT CENTEROUTDOORS Grand Island, NE

Sep 21 THEATRE @ WORLDARENA Colorado Springs,CO



Sep24 Verizon Amphitheater Irvine, CA EPICENTER FESTIVAL 2011



Sep 25 Power Balance Pavilion