A Day To Remember

A metalcore outfit rooted in Florida, A Day to Remember fuses emo, pop-punk, hardcore, and heavy metal into the hybrid sound fans have dubbed “pop mosh.” The group first appeared in 2005 with And Their Name Was Treason, then broke through when Homesick (2009) and What Separates Me from You (2010) each earned gold certification. Personnel shifts and label conflicts persisted, yet the band refined its “easycore” approach on the Top Five-charting Bad Vibrations (2016) and the 2021 release You’re Welcome.

The Ocala, Florida natives—vocalist Jeremy McKinnon, guitarists Neil Westfall and Tom Denney, bassist Joshua Woodard, and drummer Bobby Scruggs—self-funded an early EP before Indianola Records issued their debut full-length, And Their Name Was Treason, in spring 2005. That album moved more than 8,000 copies through grassroots momentum, prompting a move to Victory Records in Chicago the following year. Their Victory debut, For Those Who Have Heart, surfaced in January 2007 with Alex Shelnutt now handling drums. Homesick followed in October 2009; afterward Tom Denney exited the touring lineup though he kept contributing to songwriting, and Kevin Skaff of Four Letter Lie took over guitar duties.

What Separates Me from You, the band’s fourth studio album, arrived in late 2010 and reached gold status behind the single “All I Want.” A 2011 contractual dispute with Victory led to litigation, ultimately freeing A Day to Remember to issue their fifth album, Common Courtesy, independently in 2013. That record climbed to number 37 on the Billboard 200, registered on international charts, and drew widespread praise from listeners and reviewers alike. Epitaph released the follow-up, Bad Vibrations, in 2016; it opened at number two in the United States, and the same year Ocala presented the group with ceremonial keys to the city.

For their seventh studio album, You’re Welcome, ADTR switched to Fueled by Ramen. Originally slated for 2019, the project finally appeared in early 2021. Blending pop gloss with metalcore force, it gathered tracks issued between 2019 (“Resentment,” “Degenerate”) and 2020 (“Mindreader,” “Brick Wall”) and debuted at number 15 on the Billboard 200. A 2022 remix of the You’re Welcome cut “Re-entry” featured blink-182’s Mark Hoppus, while the non-album single “Miracle” reached the Top 25 of the Mainstream Rock chart that year.