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From the laid back, beachfront town of Byron Bay, Australia, this band started in 2003 when they took the name of Parkway Drive, the name of the street where all the late night jam sessions used to took place as they practiced their favorite music.

The charismatic 5 band mates are anything but laid back. They have the ability to involve the crowd when they are playing their seriously hardcore metal music, even though they may have the deceiving look of a bunch of surfer boys. Their sound is among some of the heaviest metal, however.

In August, 2005, they released their first full-length album, “Killing with a Smile” which launched a frantic and rushed series of live performances and tours. Parkway Drive performed as an opening act in Australia and other countries. This allowed them to increase their popularity because of the visibility and they garnered more fans worldwide.

Current Parkway Drive band members

- Winston McCall – front man and vocals
- Ben Gordon – percussionist/drums
- Jeff Ling – guitarist
- Luke Kilpatrick – guitarist
- “Pipey” O’Connor – bass guitarist

Epitaph Records signed the group in June of 2006 and then released the album “Killing with a Smile” to American audiences in August. 2006 continued to be a time of enormous success as the group appeared on the Taste of Chaos Tour where they played with such favorites as Underoath, Taking Back Sunday, Thursday, and Saosin. Fans began demanding more Parkway Drive merch throughout the tour appearances. During the last 2 months of 2006, the group performed at the Homebake Festival, Soundwave Festival, Gravity G Festival, and Sound Fest.

The group enjoyed continued success through 2007 when they played at Underworld, which included the first live performance of “The Siren’s Song”. When asked to participate in the 2007 US Vans Warped Tour, Parkway Drive was the only Australian band to win the honor. When they released their album, “Horizons” in October, 2007, it scored a 10/10 from Blunt Magazine. Going straight to #6 on the ARIA charts upon its release, the album managed to stay in the top 40 for many weeks. With a sound that resembled Metallica’s “Master of Puppets”, the “Horizons” album’s success was attributable to the US Vans Warped Tour in 2007 and Parkway Drive’s exclusive position as the only Australian band on the tour was partly responsible.

The music on the “Horizon’s” album is constantly compared to Metallica’s own “Master of Puppets”. Drive was honored when they were the only Australian group chosen to appear on the US Vans Warped Tour in 2007.Brief Music Highlights Albums Killing with a Smile-2005 Horizons-2007 Music Videos and Singles Smoke ‘em if Ya got ‘em-2008 Boneyards.

When Parkway Drive announced they were headlining a US tour in January 2009 they included some of the favorites like Stick to Your Guns and MyChildren MyBride and are still on the cross-country tour. T-shirts, posters, hoodies and other Parkway Drive merchadise are selling well as fans can’t get enough of the new metal icons that are the heaviest of the new metal bands. “Idols and Anchors” and “Romance is Dead” are 2 songs getting a lot of airplay, while “Carrion” and “Guns for Show, Knives for a Pro” are still being downloaded frequently.

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