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Comrades was an American rock band from Richmond, Virginia. The band started making music in 2008 and released a studio album, Safekeeper, in 2014 via Blood and Ink Records.[1][2]
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Background information | |
Origin | Richmond, Virginia, U.S. |
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Years active | 2008 | –2022
Labels | Blood & Ink, Facedown |
Past members |
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Website | wearecomrades |
Their members are Joe McElroy (guitarist), and Laura Anne Reitzel (vocalist, bassist). Unclean vocalist and drummer Ben Trussell announced in June 2017 that he has decided to amicably part ways with the band and work on a solo musical project called BJORN.[1][2][3] Former Life in Your Way and Conveyer drummer John Gaskill took over the mantle of drummer and Unclean vocalist. In 2023, the band announced their disbanding in a formal statement.
The band commenced as a musical entity in February 2008, with their first release, Safekeeper, a studio album, that was released on May 6, 2014, from Blood and Ink Records.[2][4][5][6]
The band played Facedown Fest 2016 for Facedown Records.[7] Their second album, Lone/Gray, was released via Facedown Records on October 7, 2016.[8] Comrades headlined night two of Threat Fest in 2017.[9]
Vocalist Laura Reitzel shared on the band's social media in January 2023 that the band had broken up the previous year.
Studio albums
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