Founded: 2002
Location: United States
A Place to Bury Strangers are an American rock band formed in 2002, in New York City. The trio is currently composed of Oliver Ackermann (guitar/vocals, bass), John Fedowitz (bass guitar) and Sandra Fedowitz (drums). Commonly known by the initials APTBS, the band plays a heavy, atmospheric Wall of Sound–influenced blend of noise rock, shoegaze and space rock.The band is known for the loudness of their intense live shows. A Place to Bury Strangers are commonly referred to by music writers as the "loudest band in New York", a reputation the band developed even before the release of their first album.
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"If people are misinterpreting your art, then maybe you're not very aware of what you've made".
"Every aspect of their show forces the attention back onto the noises their instruments make and the sheer force behind it."
"Fairly restrained by A Place To Bury Strangers' standards."
"I get to just do whatever I want, make crazy stuff and people want to buy it."
The Victorian outfit will join the US heavyweights for all three of their September shows
Brooklyn trio head Down Under.
“We’ve got an EP coming out this year that’s already been recorded, and then we’re working on recording a bunch of other stuff even right now, and we’re writing a lot.”
The band will be here in January.
A Place To Bury Strangers have washed out the killing floor that was their 2009 Exploding Head record, replaced it with their own weapons of mass destruction, and deliver Worship.