mp3's:

All I Can See

Bring Me Down

Current Song List

After August is an Alternative rock band from Spartanburg, South Carolina.  Longtime friends John Labanick and Chris Hillard had been playing music together for 8 years, but didn’t start AA until 2004.  With the addition of Darin Worley (from a band that John had previously been in) and Josh Bradley (one of John’s best friends) the lineup was set. Chemistry is critical in a band and having guys that know and generally like each other has paid off.  The band has exploded on their local scene.  They entered Rock 101.1’s Battle of the Bands in January 2006 and won it, beating out over 100 other bands.  Their reward – opening up for Bon Jovi at the Bi-Lo Center in Greenville, SC on February 8, 2006 to a sold out crowd of 12,000 people.  The next day, they had so many hits and DL’s on their website, that it crashed.  It was a very good crash.  

Other notable gigs since then:

April 6, 2006 - Headlined at University of South Carolina-Upstate  
April 29, 2006 - Headlined at Tusculum College ( Greenville, Tenn.) 
May 6, 2006 - Headlined at Converse College ( Spartanburg, S.C.) 
August 19, 2006 - Held release for 1st full-length album at the Handlebar (Greenville, SC) 
October 21, 2006- Opened up for Little Big Town in Loris, SC 
December 28th 2006- Co-billed a show with Cowboy Mouth (Greenville, S.C) 
March 10th, 2007- Helped organize and headlined a very successful Ovarian Cancer Benefit Concert (Boiling Springs, S.C.) 
March 15th, 2007- Played @ South by Southwest (SXSW) in Austin, Texas 
April 2007- Placed in top 12 out of over 5,000 bands in Epic Records/MusicNation.com's record deal contest. 
September 15th, 2007- Recorded @ The Handlebar (Greenville, SC) for upcoming LIVE DVD/CD release

After August has been featured on the front page of The Spartanburg Herald Journal as well as featured stories in the following papers:

Metro Beat

The Link

The Greenville News

Loris Times

Loris Scene

Spartanburg Herald Journal

The Greenville Journal

They also had a Reporter shadow them a whole day for his story "A Day In the Life of a Band" (Dudley Brown-Sptbg Herald Journal)

They've had on-air interviews and performance footage broadcast on the following news stations:

WSPA-7

WASV-62

WYFF-4

FOX-21

Also, they've had on-air interviews and live acoustic performances on:

WROQ ROCK 101.1 FM

WFBC B-93.7 FM

Venues played include: 

Bi-Lo Center

The Handlebar

University of South Carolina-Upstate

Tusculum College

Converse College

Wofford College

Spartanburg Spring Fling

Spartanburg Music on Main

Spartanburg Wild Wing Cafe

Asheville Wild Wing Cafe

Greenville Wild Wing Cafe

Columbia Wild Wing Cafe

Hangar B Ball

Barnet Park (Spartanburg, SC)

Hendersonville's Fabulous 4th of July Festival

Loris Bog-Off Festival

Boiling Springs High School

Six Flags White Water

P.J.'s

The Tiki Hut

Village Tavern

Atlanta Pride Fest

Brick City Grille

The BBC

Wompus Fest

The Showroom

The Map Room

Flying Saucer

The future is nothing but bright for these 4 young guys from Spartanburg.  Their music has power, insightful lyrics, and feeling to it; something grossly missing in today’s cookie cutter music business. Thankfully, these guys are seemingly going to make sure that they bring it all back for us.....