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Fredag 23 April kl. 10:24

Pontus leaves Dead by April!

Pontus has after some time off from the band decided to leave Dead by April
permanently. He feels that he wants to focus on his work as a songwriter,
wich is where much of his heart has been since day one.
It is of course sad for the band, the fans and everyone involved to see an
important member leave but if that is his wish we accept and respect his
decision. We owe it to everyone involved to continue what has only been
started...
Pontus has been with us from the start and will in some senses of course
always be a part of Dead by April as he will continue to write songs with
us. So don`t be to alarmed, nothing is different in the songwriting
department!

Pontus says:

"The time has come for me to step aside from Dead by April. These years has
been filled with new experiences, memorable moments and I have truly learned
alot. I will be forever grateful for getting the opportunity to have lived
out the dream I had since I was a little boy and experienced something I'd
never thought I would experience.
I also deeply hope that Zandro gets the same magical and warm reception that
I have gotten around everything with this band. My focus is now on my job as
a full time songwriter, I will continue to write for the band and of course
also for other artists and bands.
Thank you all!
Love Pontus"

There are however some differences in the singing and guitar departments, or
to be very specific:
We have a new vocalist.

We decided that we didn`t really need two guitars for the sound and felt
that we just wanted to focus on finding a great singer and a great
personality who was willing to give this his everything and together take
this band to new heights.
That guy is that very same some of you might have seen filling in for Pontus
before: Zandro Zantiago

Zandro stepped in to fill Pontus place on short notices and has always done
a great job and with time he has accelerated into a great fit for us. He
became a member in our hearts before even really joining and tomorrow in
Gothenburg he can finally do his first gig as an official member of Dead By
April!
We hope all of you give him a great welcome to this band and stand behind
him fully as we all do.

Zandro says:
"To get this chance is not only very flattering, it is also a big challenge
that I take on with all my heart!
Now being a part of the band is a great honour, that we work great together
and have alot of fun just makes it even more definite. This is where I
belong.
Indeed it is a big pair of shoes to fill up after Pontus as a singer and as
a person but I can assure the fans that I will give you my all and strive to
be the very best I can be, with Dead by April!"

A picture of the new lineup can be viewed at:

http://www.deadbyapril.com/files/DeadByApril_2010.jpg


We hope and wish that this year will be an even greater year for Dead by
April!

Love
/ Johan, Jimmie, Alex, Marcus and Zandro



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Mån. 26 Juli kl. 23:38


Mån. 26 Juli kl. 23:38

jag har inget problem med zandro det kommer säker bli jätte bra
men jag glömmer aldrig pontus...
hoppas du har det bra pontan :)

Jan 
Tis. 6 Juli kl. 12:51

is it just me or does the link towords the crank it up blog on the DBA myspace still links to this page?

Lör. 19 Juni kl. 14:08

Dame will miss Pontus! But i Still love you`re guys keep
Rocking!

Anonym 
Lör. 12 Juni kl. 23:00


Lör. 12 Juni kl. 22:59

OK, synd att Pontus lämnar, han är typ DBA In person, låtskrivare o så... Men efter att ha kollat div klipp med Zandro så tror jag det kan bli hur bra so helst. Hittills har ni rockat typ allt och skit i div kritiker, som bara vill klaga för att ni vågar köra ER grej. Det är skitbra! Våga vara mer metal, men ändå poprefränger, så är ni hemma for life! Love you always!

Tors. 20 Maj kl. 12:20

Check out Abrogate whenever you got time :) www.myspace.com/abrogate http://www.nrk.no/urort/Artist/Abrogate/default.aspx This is a Norwegian page. You can download the songs there :)

Ons. 28 April kl. 11:04

Tråkit att Ponus lämnar..men man ska alltid följa sina drömmar!Så lycka till Pontus!!Och är väldig nyfika på Zandro =) tror att han kommer att göra ett bra jobb!!Längtar till jag får se er nästa gång!!

Tis. 27 April kl. 15:29

Tycker man att Pontus skriver bra texter så är man dum i huvudet. Hejdå!

Mån. 26 April kl. 08:48

Nehe jag trodde ni tvingade Pontus och sen band ni fast honom och sminka honom emot hans vilja. Men en fråga, varför kan inte du bara göra alla låtar i fortsättningen med Jimmie så kanske ni inte blir utbuade igen. Pontus tycker jag personligen skriver jätte bra texter men kanske skulle variera och inte bara skriva depp texter + lite mer heavy stuff som typ du gillar. angels of clarity har typ tyngsta soundet, sen kommer refrängen och då blir typ .............. gör fler solon, ger ett breakdown i en låt så lovar jag att folk kommer bah OMFG och bli tokiga ofc. Jaja, så skulle jag gjort ialla fall. Jag är ju ett fan trotts allt så jag vet hur andra fans tänker + är man metal musiker själv så kan man sånt dära även.

Peace

Max 
Sön. 25 April kl. 16:31

Kommer Jimmie att köra ännu mer skrik nu?

Sön. 25 April kl. 15:16

Korven: Haha tack för den! Man kan fokusera på det negativt eller positivt, man kan inte tvinga någon att göra något man inte vill. Sånt är livet, det går vidare!

Fre. 23 April kl. 16:35

wtf.................

Fre. 23 April kl. 14:47

ÅHHHH, kunde det inte varit typ du som lämnade Johan! nerå förlåt, ta det inte för hårt! det blir säkert bra. Nya sångaren är bra men pontus är bättre!, pontus hade mer bas och kraft i rösten. Först roland i sonic och sen pontus, va fan skapar man ett band om man typ inte vill spela...

Fre. 23 April kl. 14:33

Totally agree with Archana, :). Although as i mentioned on Facebook, what gives with only one guitar Johan? :(

Fre. 23 April kl. 13:00

this is a sad day for the fans of DbA.. sure gonna miss Pontus and his great voice..!! BUT gonna be positive for Zandro! :)




Söndag 18 April kl. 12:10

I am moving!

Well, ladies and gentlemen I am informing you that I am gradually moving my super awesome blog to a new residence. From now on you can find me here:
 
http://www.crankitup.se/blogs.php?action=show_member_blog&ownerID=777
 
An url will be up shortly but just put a favourites mark in your browser in the meantime.
It`s at another swedish rock community called "Crank it up", I`ve been doing my thing here at rockspot and it`s been but now it`s time to change things up a bit.
I hope you will continue to follow my stupid blog.
 
Peace
 



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Sön. 18 April kl. 21:20

Doubt there is money involved :P You have to register to freaking comment though? Daaaamn

Sön. 18 April kl. 14:33

how much do they pay for you ? huh? :D

Sön. 18 April kl. 14:28

They grabbed you after the interview at sticky fingers? :D




Söndag 11 April kl. 14:30

Disappointment...

Well if any of you guys saw the fights last night (or this night to be exact) you know why I am disappointed. Alex lost his fight even though he did a good job and the maincard was just a disgrace! You`ll have to watch it yourselves but I went to bed a bit pissed off, probably because I was so stoked about the event. It´s always like that with things you build up, or not always but alot of times. Let`s hope the next event is better, Alex will be back soon also. I feel real bad for the guy, it`s his first loss and that always stings.
It is like that sometimes though and you never know what goes on behind the scenes, if someone is sick, anything has happened befoe or during the night, the nervs got to you, you lost focus etc....it`s the same thing as a rock show, people are very fast at pointing fingers and running their mouth but they never know what it`s like to be there!
 
The funny thing is that after things like this you always hear things from random people like "he sucked" "he could have done that", "he should have done that" "bullshit, bullshit" etc. and it`s always from people who don`t know what it`s like, who sit at home in their safe little havens and are "experts".
Like the soccerdads to those asshole kids in your school when you where a kid: Filled with opinions, tactics...yelling and critiquing all the time...
Noone ever asked them "Well, what do you know? You have failed miserably in everything you`ve tried to accomplish. You are just a dead waste of space, a negative asshole with no right to speak. Who are you to judge? Judge the people who have the guts to stand in front of thousands of people and do what they love, leaving themselves vulnerable. Those who spend all their life sacrificing time and energy and put themselves out there while you stand on the sideline and judge."
 
I know the feeling, trust me. The world is filled with judgemental, jealous and ignorant people. Especially on the internet, where noone will ask the types of questions I wrote above...Who are you to judge? Do you know what it´s like?
Hiding behind the screen, acting tough...it`s just sad really!
 
So ask those questions before you pass a quick judgement!
 
And if you don`t know what it´s like, then maybe you should try to accomplish the same thing yourself? Then you can try to judge.
 
Peace
 



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Lör. 15 Maj kl. 19:06

Well all I have to say, and this goes for ALL people who talks... If you haven`t been a fighter in the ring you got no fuckin` idea what you`re talkin` about. I know because I`ve did it for years.

Tis. 13 April kl. 22:07

sooo true!




Söndag 11 April kl. 00:02

Mama said knock you out...

Well I am eagerly awating the start of UFC 112 in Abu Dhabi. The best fightcard in a long time and a swedish pride in Alexander Gustafsson fighting the biggest fight of his life tonight against Phil Davises in about an hour! Alex is a really nice guy and a great fighter so I am keeping my fingers crossed for him and have pounded som monster to stay awake and not miss a second!
I just had a nice evening with the mrs, some great food and a movie only to rush home for the fights...well for her it was nice while it lasted!
 

Now iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit`s time!



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Sön. 11 April kl. 13:08

tooooo ruuuumbleee!!




Tisdag 6 April kl. 14:20

Easter`s over!

After celebrating easter with my family I am feelling alot heavier! Shitloads of food and candy will do that to you and I had to take a run yesterday just to ease my guilt a bit! Tomorrow I will head back home again and go back to the usual stuff. We´ve been in our familys summerhiuse and it`s always so realaxing to get away from everything. Not that I live such a hectic life but it has a tendency to build up stress and tension and that`s never to be found when you get out here. Do stuff I normally don`t do either is great, get some time of from stuff and just read and think about important shit...and of course spend endless hours on the internet!
 
If any of you have a really weird sense of humor you should check out "Tim and Eric awesome show, great job". It`s made by two guys who have been writing alot for other comedians as well and it`s very, very retarded and funny!
I spend alot of time on funnyordie.com wich is  one of the best humor sites out there and they have alot of stuff there as well.
 
Here`s a sketch example:
 
 
Peace!



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Lör. 10 April kl. 01:02


Lör. 10 April kl. 01:02

this is some legend shit, give this a watch ;)

Tors. 8 April kl. 20:36

You better be sure to check out this guy right here: http://www.youtube.com/user/RayWilliamJohnson Damn! I laughed very hard! :D

Tors. 8 April kl. 17:50

Hey Jeoan, you like lame internet humor right? Watch this epic comedy-horror movie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VDvgL58h_Y It's hilarious! xD

Ons. 7 April kl. 18:39

Adult Swin got some pretty great stuff. :)




Tisdag 30 Mars kl. 14:44

the long road home...

Heey!
We had a really good time this weekend at "Rock mot rus" in Andenes, Norway. The trip up there was looooong though...
Marcus uploaded some pics on our facebook page and there will be some video from there as well as we all where really amazed by the absolutely stunning landscape. It felt like being in a movie!
The people where really nice and the audience was great, the only thing that really sucked was the trip back. Our flight was delayed due to poor weather conditions so we ended up almost 4 hours late wich ment that we where home about 3 in the morning. As a musician you are used to that stuff though and it`s never stops to amaze you how ironic it is to travel 20 somewhat hours to play one hour. However that hours is (almost) always worth it!
This is the trip:
 

 
We where talking about how great it would be to get booked there in the summertime, go on a whale safari etc.
So if you are a booking agent around there you can get us for a good price this summer! =)



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Mån. 5 April kl. 11:22

Jag vet att du är inne här hela tiden Johan, med guran och en öl i handen sitter du här och nööter dina fans kommentarer! " Johan min son det är påsk mat nu ", " NEJ JAG MÅSTE NÖÖTA BLOGG FÖR I HELVETE!!! (skånsk dialekt ) " anyway, ta hand om dig!, så ses vi på nått gig förmodligen! Då kan du ta dig lite tid och lära mig stronger solot hehe

Peace

Mån. 5 April kl. 00:31

Haha det är inte helt lätt att hinna med att svara jämt, påsk och ledigt sitter man inte här direkt! Gällande Pontus har Zandro hoppat in för honom ett tag nu och skött sitt jobb helt grymt, framförallt för att bli inkastad i ett band utan egentlig förvarning. Det har inte hänt något med Pontus, han har inte kunna vara med av olika anledningar som han och vi inte ser någon anledning att dela med alla heller. Det kommer att komma info om det snart!

Mån. 5 April kl. 00:31

Haha det är inte helt lätt att hinna med att svara jämt, påsk och ledigt sitter man inte här direkt! Gällande Pontus har Zandro hoppat in för honom ett tag nu och skött sitt jobb helt grymt, framförallt för att bli inkastad i ett band utan egentlig förvarning. Det har inte hänt något med Pontus, han har inte kunna vara med av olika anledningar som han och vi inte ser någon anledning att dela med alla heller. Det kommer att komma info om det snart!

Mån. 5 April kl. 00:31

Haha det är inte helt lätt att%

Sön. 4 April kl. 19:25

Oh, and Pontus haven't left, Johan also said Pontus had some things to take care of. (Though i could might as well awnser since Johan is MIA)

Sön. 4 April kl. 19:24

The other guy is "Zandro" according to Johan, and is just a stand-in guy, though i am too suprised that Pontus didn't show up either at the Norway gig.

Sön. 4 April kl. 18:00

Gärna att du svarar så att fansen får reda på vad fan som hänt med pontus, den "nya" sångaren kan ju fö fan inte heller sjunga. Pontus äger sönder honom så jag hoppas inte pontus hoppat av och att ni tagit in den där snubben

Sön. 4 April kl. 01:48

vad har hänt me pontus??

Tors. 1 April kl. 01:42

Yeah, I wonder about the same things as Anette. And, btw thanks for a great interview. I was a bit shaky, but you guys were cool. You made my day, thanks!

Tors. 1 April kl. 01:42

Yeah, I wonder about the same things as Anette. And, btw thanks for a great interview. I was a bit shaky, but you guys were cool. You made my day, thanks!

Ons. 31 Mars kl. 00:29

I had a great time at the concert! :D But, where was Pontus and who was the other guy? :)

Ons. 31 Mars kl. 00:29

I had a great time at the concert! :D But, where was Pontus and who was the other guy? :)

Tis. 30 Mars kl. 15:28

I woudn't say that delaying trips during concerts in for artists exclusively though, had my share of those as well. xD




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Lör. 27 Mars kl. 13:49



Andenes tonight...



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Mån. 29 Mars kl. 20:56

Andenes <3

Mån. 29 Mars kl. 00:01

Beautiful snowy Norway!

Lör. 27 Mars kl. 23:05

crappy snowy sweden :D




Torsdag 25 Mars kl. 21:36

Acoustic and norway coming up...

Tomorrow we are doing something we normally don`t do: A special acoustic apperance.
Tomorrow is the memorial of the 18 year old girl Nancy Tavsan who was murdered in Hjällbo in Gothenburg on her way home from a party on the 30th of december last year. We where asked to play a couple of songs since Nancy was a big fan of the band and we will play two songs for her.
It is so tragic that these things even happen and tomorrow will of course be very emotional for the family and friends attending the memorial and for us as well, given the great honour to salute her memory.
We hope that she rests in peace and that the person who did this is brought to justice. 

On saturday we are heading to Norway to play "ROCK MOT RUS" in Andenes. Never been there but hopefully it will be a blast (even if people are sober).

Love



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Tors. 25 Mars kl. 23:05

That's very nice of you guys!

Tors. 25 Mars kl. 22:34

If you guys played at my memorial I'd been very happy. So I'm sure that she will rest in peace after that. I think it's a nice gesture =)






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