WE ALL COME FROM DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS, MUSICALLY. SO IF WE FORMED AN ALLIANCE BETWEEN HIGH ENERGY PUNK ROCK, HEAVY DIRGE GRUNGE, MELODIC ALTERNATIVE, AND THROUGH IN A LOT OF BIG RIFF GUITAR SOLO WORK, WE WERE SURE WE'D HAVE SOMETHING THAT NOT EVERYONE IS DOING THESE DAYS. ...THAT IT WOULD BE A THREAT TO THE CURRENT STATE OF POPULAR MUSIC.

ALLIED THREAT MADE A NAME FOR THEMSELVES AT LOCAL OPEN MIC SHOWS. BUILDING A FOLLOWING WITH LOCAL SUPPORTERS IN THAT SCENE WAS QUITE BENEFICIAL WHEN THE TIME HAD COME TO START VENTURING INTO BOOKED SHOWS, PAYING GIGS, OPEN ACTS, AND EVENTUALLY, SMALL STATE WIDE TOURING SCHEDULES. THEY ALSO CUT THEIR TEETH ON HOUSE PARTIES, AND LITERALLY ANY OPPORTUNITY TO GET THEIR MUSIC TO PEOPLE IN DIRE NEED OF A CHANGE FROM THE MAINSTREAM.

"I THINK WE'RE KINDA 50/50 ON THAT ISSUE. IN A WAY IT ALMOST MAKES IT TOO EASY TO BE A FAN. TO HAVE EVERYTHING A BAND HAS EVER DONE WITHOUT ANY OF THE WORK IN SEARCHING FOR IT. BEFORE, IT WAS FUN TO GO TO SMALL RECORD STORES AND FIND SOME BOOTLEG IN A DOLLAR BIN OF SOME OBSCURE SHOW THAT NO ONE HAD EVER HEARD OF. YOU FELT LIKE YOU HAD FOUND SOMETHING SPECIAL. NOW, YOU CAN JUST DOWNLOAD IT AT HOME IN YOUR UNDERWEAR WITHOUT LEAVING THE HOUSE." ----MAT QUIRING/LEAD SINGER
IN OTHER WAYS, ESPECIALLY FOR SMALLER BANDS JUST STARTING OUT, ITS IDEAL. "IF SOME 15 YR OLD KID HERES OUR STUFF ON THE INTERNET AND LIKES IT ENOUGH TO QUESTION HIS CURRENT CD COLLECTION, THEN THE INTERNET HAS DONE ITS JOB." ---MAT QUIRING/LEAD SINGER

EVENTUALLY. I'D LIKE TO TEST THE WATERS ON A SMALLER INDIE LABEL FIRST. THEY SEEM TO BE MORE ABOUT THE QUALITY OF MUSIC THAN THE QUANTITY OF UNITS. BUT IF ALL GOES WELL, A MAJOR LABEL COULD BE A REVOLUTIONARY STEP FOR MODERN ROCK

STARTED BY ALEJANDRO ARMENDARIZ AND MAT QUIRING IN EARLY 2005, ALLIED THREAT HAD SOME LESS THAN STELLAR LINEUP CHANGES IN THEIR BEGINNING STAGES. IN JULY OF 2005, D.C. NATIVE MARK LOGAN JOINED THE BAND WITH THEN DRUMMER JD REEVES TO BE THE THIRD AND FINAL BASSIST OF THE GROUP. AFTER A LONG DRAWN OUT PROCESS, AND THE NEWS OF JD MOVING TO CHARLOTTE, NC TO ATTEND COLLEGE, IT WAS DECIDED BEST FOR THE BAND TO DROP JD AND PURSUE ANOTHER DRUMMER MORE RELATIVE TO THEIR WORK ETHIC AND UNIQUE STYLE. CHRIS GRASS JOINED THE BAND IN SEPTEMBER OF 2005, AND ALLIED THREAT BEGAN CREATING THE SOUND THAT YOU HEAR TODAY. THE FOUR MEMBERS CONTINUE TO WORK HARD AT MAKING THEIR MUSIC AS TRUE TO THEMSELVES AS POSSIBLE WITHOUT STEPPING ON EACH OTHERS TOES, OR DIMISHING ANYONE'S CREATIVITY. "FOR THE MOST PART, EVERYONE GETS THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE UPON THE BAND. LIKE, NO ONE'S GONNA TELL SOMEBODY THAT HE SHOULDN'T DO A SOLO, OR PUT A TOM ROLL IN THAT PART OF THE SONG, OR SING IN SOME SILLY VOICE DURING THAT BRIDGE. WE'RE JUST LUCKY TO LIKE THE SAME THINGS SO ANY GOES." ----MAT QUIRING/LEAD SINGER

GRAB A BOTTLE OF SNAPPLE, (YOUR CHOICE) HAVE A FEW REFRESHING SIPS. NOW,
ADD ONE PART PIXIES
ONE PART SOCIAL DISTORTION
A SPLASH OF IN UTERO
GARNISH WITH JOHNNY CASH
THE CULT, AND BLACK SABBATH SERVE ON A PIPNG HOT PLATE OF MANIC STREET PREACHERS. ... HOPE SANDOVAL, TORI AMOS, TANYA DONNELLY, AND BRET ANDERSON AS COCKTAIL WAITRESSES

WE LIKE THE BERKELEY CAFE A LOT. THEY HAVE A GREAT P.A. ALSO SOUTHEND BREWERY; WE GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE INTERESTED IN US BY PLAYING OPEN MICS THERE ALL SUMMER. ITS ALWAYS A GOOD CROWD. BUT AS FAR AS VENUES GO, THE POUR HOUSE PROBABLY HAS THE BEST SETUP. BIG STAGE, BIG BALCONY, AND A LOT OF STANDING ROOM

MAT- IBANEZ GUITARS AND AMPS, ELECTROHARMONIX PEDALS, DADDARIO/ERNIE BALL STRINGS
ALEX- SQUIER GUITAR (CUSTOM), FENDER TWIN AMP, A VIRTUAL BUFFET OF ASSORTED PEDALS, DADDARIO STRINGS (CHROMES .13'S)
MARK- IBANEZ BASSES, IBANEZ AMPS
CHRIS- TAMA DRUMS, SABIAN CYBALS

WE PLAY FOR TWO KINDS OF PEOPLE: THOSE THAT HAVEN'T BEEN BRAINWASHED BY YOUR LOCAL SUPERCOOL DJ TELLING THEM THE NEW HIP MUSIC THAT'S OUT. AND SIMPLY THOSE WHO HAVE ALWAYS BEEN INTO MUSIC THAT CAN APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT THERE ARE BANDS OUT THERE DOING THEIR OWN THING AND DOING IT WELL. THERE IS A LOT TO BE SAID FOR A BAND THAT FOLLOWS ITS OWN PATH, THE ONE LESS TRAVELLED.