The Rise Of Attack Attack!: The "Someday Came Suddenly" Era 

Johnny Franck still makes kickass music as Bilmuri, in case anyone doesn’t know.

It's honestly so wild to watch these videos now and realize 90% of everyone in these bands were just kids at the time touring non-stop

Instantaneous click. Fastest since the asking Alexandria series of vids

Mid-00's Metalcore Kid here! Can confirm there was this weird alliance/association between us younger 'core kids and the neon pop punk kids, probably because we had to borrow each others' hair straighteners. Or maybe it was cos I was in Canada and by virtue of isolation and smaller fanbases there felt like less of a divide here in those scenes, like you'd probably see the same kids at a Motionless In White show that you'd see at Forever The Sickest Kids show. It was pretty hilarious come to think about it. Personally I was never a huge Attack Attack! fan (and I did think the crab-core joke was hilarious) but I can't deny that they were surprisingly influential and inspirational to many bands that came after. Plus, we got Beartooth later on and that ain't no bad thing neither.

Man we really don't get shitty quality demos and 240p videos on a bands recording journey like we used to. This brings me back to my old band when we would record shitty stuff and play in local shows with other metalcore, posthardcore bands. I can undoubtedly say that the 2008-2012 scene era was definitely a time to be alive.

I know I keep saying this, but it literally feels just like yesterday that I was some angsty teen that thought this "underground" movement would never die. Present day, my 50+ year old parents listen to BMTH and ADTR and now I don't feel so much like the edgelord I used to think I was. Still amazing music that I'm so glad I was around for the original days of. Attack Attack might catch a lot of flak, but they really helped to push several genres forward.

I'm begging for an I See Stars video!! I really feel like they're one of the most slept on bands of the era. I think they've really polished their sound over the years. Somehow I haven't seen them live ever and I'm dying to do it if they actually come back.

Long live “Bilmuri”Johnny Franck’s solo shit. Best shit out there rn

your channel is one of my comfort channels!! it feels like i’m chilling with my one of my older brothers friends talking about scene history :) great content as always!

it’s absolutely so insane to me that this is where austin carlile got his start and then went on to be like The warped tour metalcore guy, then to disgraced preacher. his career is the most interesting one of all former scene titans tbh

Johnny Franck is the people’s champion. All hail bilmuri

I still vividly remember my hot grills and high tops+ stick stickly crabcore years

great vid, would love if you covered BMTH's "count your blessings" era

Attack Attack! Put the whole crabcore movement on the map and that was subsequently followed by many bands such as Hopes Die Last, Upon This Dawning, Capture The Crown and many more. Also, thanks to them we got 3 great bands like Of Mice & Men, Beartooth and Bilmuri.

Every time I watch your videos about bands, I feel a painful regret that I didn’t grind harder to make my dream come true. Now the golden days of this era of music are behind us. 😢

Love this video. I saw them back in '07 at a coffee shop in Warren, MI. They played right before We Came as Romans. The band All We Know was at this show as well. Was a wild experience I will never forget.

i love how johnny credits those bands openly instead of acting like it was all his idea.

I have such fond memories of 07-09. Thank you for this.

another quite influental album that gets no real credit was Everything Perfect by sky eats airplane, that thing came out like 2006 and had like 8bit breakdowns and shit

Honored to be touring with them next year in 2022!!!!

New Demons from ISS is one of my favorite albums of all time. Perfect, front to back💚💙💜

I just love how hard the auto tune was cranked on those old live clips

“Attack Attaaaaaack. Where you aaaaaat?” *points to my heart* “Right here, Attack Attack. You’re right here.”

I am SO happy and grateful I was able to be apart of the whole scene back in the day. The scene wasn't too small, and it wasn't too big, it was a perfect world of music and entertainment that will stay with me forever.

Man, my first scene year was in 09 and I LOVED this band (still do). Just pure entertainment and it's so cool to see them basically being considered as scene icons when they were initially so hated. "Stick Stickly" is legit an ICONIC song.

I still (to this day) play the intro to test out synth patches. banger.

YOU NEVER SAID THAT THIS WOULD BE EASY...

Man really great video made me feel like listening to some old metal core! You should do a video about the devil wear prada

That warped tour performance with nick has lived in my head rent free for years

Great video man. I remember my show-going days fondly. Now I’m 29… and starting to feel so old 😖

I was in my late teens/early 20s during the heyday of Attack Attack. I was generally more into deathcore and grindcore kinda stuff back then, but as a synthesizer nerd and lover of electronic music I always had love for them. I actually played synths in a couple vaguely crabcore-ish local bands around 2010 and I’m not gonna lie and say I didn’t rock the “jog-in-place-with-the-Microkorg” stage moves because of Caleb in the Stick Stickly video, haha.

I had Andrew as my guitar teacher once. Chill dude as far as I remember. This was post Attack Attack but watching this knowing him irl is wild I’m ngl. he’s a really talented guitar player.

dude keep doing this type of videos, watching you explain everything about bands I used to listen to brings back nostalgia, it reminds me of my angst teen emo scene kid days. It was fun being a part of those groups, overall being together with people who genuinely like and also enjoy the music. Keep it up, I love your videos man.

Got to meet Johnny franck at a bilmuri show two weeks ago. It was absolutely amazing experience to meet someone I listened to as a kid growing up

It would be awesome to see a video about Johnny Franck alone. I love his solo stuff, The March Ahead and Bilmuri. In my opinion, he is the most underrated artist out of this entire generation.

i've been waiting for this day for my entire life

I'm actually on time. Excited

TIME TO TAKE OUT THE HAIR STRAIGHTENER BOYS! In all seriousness, great video man. I didnt know that wasnt Austin in the Stick Stickly video, I always wondered why "Austin" looked short and stumpy in that lol. Little update on some of the members: Johnny Franck is currently in a solo project called Bilmuri which is seeing a lot of success Caleb Shomo as most people watching this probably know is frontmanning Beartooth Attack Attack has a new EP coming out in the next couple days. The only original members are the 2 Andrew's

“That weird cancelled guy from Aiden.” 💀💀💀😂😂😂😂😂

So glad you made this video. For various reasons, I have a soft spot for Attack Attack

Bro all these years I had no idea that wasn’t Austin Carlile in the Stick Stickly video It's so low-res I honesty couldn't tell

You're really nailing this 90s Mike Myers/Mike Ditka fusion look.

You're just so damn cozy julian. Great upload as always man.

Today just got a whole lot cozier!

I’m seriously loving your videos on all these 2000’s era bands that I listened to as a teenager. I hope you do one on Woe, is me at some point

Attack attack honestly got me into screamo. Never realized they took influences from I See Stars. They were also a favorite for me

Omg is that a clip of Breathe Carolina at 1:30 ??? I always love to go back and listen to them!!

I only discovered and got into Attack Attack! (and some of the other crabcore bands) 2 years ago, so i'm a bit late to the party. But this style has quickly become one of my favorites, with Woe, is Me and Attack Attack! become some of my favorite bands that get almost weekly listens. As much as I love heavy stuff like deathcore, Slam, brutal death ... there is something so fun about the crabcore era. I truly wish more bands today would be as fun as Attack Attack! was on Someday Came Suddenly.

24:00 i was there on their myspace the night that blog was posted. fun fact: the original end of the post said “Austin, we know you’re reading this. You’re better off dead”. But after they got some backlash for that comment they changed the “You’re better off dead” comment to simply say “No respect”.

I had no idea that Enter Shikari was an inspiration for the genre merge, I have loved both bands since their very beginnings and had no idea that they knew the other existed. I just found your channel and have been binge watching, I saw another comment that its like discussing the best musical phases with a friend from the time and it's so true, great content! Please do an Enter Shikari video, they have been so true to their roots their entire discography and I always feel so proud of showing their music to people.

Fun fact: The OG Stick Stickly music video was filmed in Lemoyne, Pa @ “The Champ”. It was central Pa’s best venue. My friends and I are actually in the music video they gave us all glow sticks and told us to jump around while they filmed lol. The Champ was the dope venue all the good tours would come through and this is where my high school band would open at. The Champ went out of business a little after Ci Records/Chameleon Club bought it and made it shitty.

New drinking game: Take a drink every time 'neon pop' is mentioned

Hi, is there any chance of you reviewing the story of from first to last? I couldn't find any videos on that topic on RU-vid and I feel like that would be an interesting video.

The mustache is looking fantastic as always

My friends and I called our band We Watch the Skies "Crabcore" back in like 2011-2012. We didn't wear matching outfits but we definitely had deep vee's and slip-ons and ripped skinnies and our influences we're specifically Attack Attack! and Asking Alexandria and then kinda revamped by having heavier, lower guitar tuning and more screams than singing. But yeah there was endearment toward the label Crabcore even back then

This channel truly deserves more attention

Still gonna push a video on Tyler Carter (Woe is me) to whatever he’s at now, definitely be a wild journey

I can’t even watch your videos anymore bc they bring me back to my highschool and college days so hard that it’s a bit disconcerting. Like everytime I hear taking back Sunday, breathe Carolina, asking Alexandria, ADTR, attackattack, etc.. it just kicks me right back to there, and “there” wasn’t exactly a super happy time hah.

I always forget Austin was apart of their line up 😂

Dude you’re the man. I came up very involved in the Columbus local scene and this is all so nostalgic. So many scene bands coming out of Columbus and it’s great to see this content 😂

you’re killin it lately dude. you deserve 100x the subscribers you have

It’s truly wild how I’ve known the “Crabcore” meme and those stills since the time this happened, but never knew it was AA

Miss Attack Attack's! Self-titled album. My only favorite Attack Attack album from them. Great video.

Attack Attack was my favorite bands in the first few years of high school. I hope this series continues!

saw this in my recommended. Time to binge watch your videos for some nostalgia!

With the crabcore it's even on AA's tee shirts.

Oh man i'm discovering this channel with this video, and that's what i was looking for a long time without knowing it !! That's really good content, deep research and info and such good vibes coming out of the guy. Well i love it, keep the good work. Cheers from Paris.

All of the other original members of AA are pretty well known to be some of the nicest, sweetest dudes out there, so imagine how bad and out of line Austin had to be for them to ditch him in a parking lot and write a blog post that scathing.

Yay! Been waiting for your take on AA!

loved the band version when caleb shomo did the main vocals

I'm really glad I got to see these guys in august 2010 during their self-titled album tour days. They were undeniably lit af. 🔥

I CAME AS SOON AS I SAW THE NOTIFICATION I AM READYA BD EXCITED FOR THIS ONE

Awesome video. Very well-researched. This was one of my favorite bands in high school. Healthy Normal and Dr. Shavargo Demos were so dope. Wish Healthy Normal made it to an album, but it would've lost a lot of that grit and emotion that made it special.

Retired scene kid checking in. I was never a huge fan of attack attack but I would definitely get down with some of my friends to their stuff. Your content describes this era so well.

Really appreciate the time and effort (research) you put into these man. I clicked on one video of yours that was over an hour long and I was thinking man I’m only going to watch like 5 mins of it but ended up watching the whole thing!

I found them on complete accident, I was at Hastings looking for a new Cd to listen to and I saw the album cover and I picked it up, read the track titles and just bought it, fell in love almost immediately

i'm so glad your channel exists. i'm pretty sure we're not only the same age, but we had the same exact childhood.

Always happy to see a new video!! Another awesome video!😊💜

First video I stumbled across, great informative content on AA!

killin it dude, plz do a vid on dennis stoff!!🙏

The OG video was in my hometown of Harrisburg lmfao Walnut Street Bridge and the venue was called The Champ

Nice video brother really brings me back… I remember clearly thinking like you say about metal core needing to be only heavy- but I don’t think it’s just that. Discovering the waterfront, they’re only chasing safety, from autumn to ashes, chiodos, downtown battle mountain- those were all GREAT albums that used clean vocals wonderfully but still appealed to the hardcore/metal ore “bearded” crowed… at least me anyways. There was something distinguishing and “un-cool” about the later stuff that you’re talking about like attack attack with the “MySpace pop” neon polka dot and cute little dinosaurs bullshit aesthetic whereas the earlier stuff still preserved it’s darker more serious appeal, whether it was clean vocals or not… and I think that was the real dividing line between the two groups were talking about here lol… so funny how these groups of teenagers (myself included) all looked exactly the same with swoopy hair, snake bites and tight pants, but at the same time we’re so picky and particular about which bands they liked or didn’t… it was a very thin and particular line between what was cool and good vs too cutesy and “gay”… ya can’t really explain it- you had to be there… if ya know, ya know. Lol Just my 2c be easy bro and keep up the content I love watching ur videos

Damn, Cozy its like you are reading my mental wishlist lately! First Brokencyde and now Attack Attack! Thanks for the great content!

Dude, id kill to go back to middle school Edit: please do an exploring vid on any of the first 3 breathe carolina albumssss

As someone who grew up in Sac around this time, it was crazy to see everything blooming. It reminds me a lot of the soundcloud era from 2016.

I was probably like 16 when they came out . I was never big into attack attack, my band of that era was Drop Dead Gorgeous , then straight into death core

Can we be pleased af that they’re back and that their new ep is so fucking good.

my hero is back with some breakdowns lore

I was so hyped to see them in the 2009 Warped Tour here in California. Also, I saw Finn in one of your Patreon list. Is it Finn from Punkrock MBA?

Just found your channel and I’m obsessed. You’re bringing back so many memories from my teen years. 2008-2009 is when I discovered heavier music. I was more of a FOB and PATD kinda girl. The good old days! I can’t believe how many of the band members from back then are now canceled for being awful men. It was clearly dangerous for young girls to be around them.

When I first heard a7x bat country and the music video. I fell in love with rock music. Then I started watching head bangers ball and heard escape the fate. And from there was all kinds of bands lol

Also, can you please do a video on the FFTL stuff?!?! Dear Diary was such a cool record (both versions), they were so young, sonnys voice was breakneck!! and Epitaph at the time were taking a big risk in pushing the band, and it was pretty early days. Heroine was such an interesting next-step with some really polarizing production, but at the same time was way ahead of its time!

Love to see you cover Alesana

As a Utahn, I understand why somebody would cry in a parking lot upon being left here

Literally couldn't click any faster. Best metalcore band of all time. So happy they're back.

My fav shirt in 09 was an attack attack shirt featuring a crab playing the guitar

Man Attack Attack! when I first discovered them was so awesome to me, two things always wanted, which was Metal and kind of like that Techno sound, surprised people hated it honestly still sounds good to me this day. Definitely great when I saw them at Warped Tour

Always love to see the 2000s scene coverage. Great content man!

you've gotta do a video on I SEE STARS the unsung heroes of this wave.

I fucks with it. Their 2nd album was gem.