Poison the Well

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Background information
Origin	Miami, Florida, USA
Genre(s)	Alternative Metal Metal Hardcore Rock Punk
Years active	1997 - present
Label(s)	Ohev Records Goodlife Recordings Trustkill Records Undecided Records Atlantic Records Ferret Records
Website	Official Website
Members
Jeffrey Moreira Ryan Primack Chris A. Hornbrook Michael MacIvor (Touring) Brad Clifford (Touring)

Poison The Well (commonly abbreviated as PTW or said PT-Dub) are a heavy melodic band from Miami, Florida currently signed to Ferret Records. Guitarist Ryan Primack and drummer Chris Hornbrook are the only remaining members of the band who have been involved since their first album, although vocalist Jeffrey Moreira has been the singer on all four full length albums. All 3 of these members are the core of Poison the Well.

1 History
2 On The Road
3 Band Members
- 3.1 Current Line-Up
- 3.2 Previous Members
4 Trivia
5 Discography
- 5.1 Music Videos
- 5.2 Singles
6 External links

[edit] History

Poison the Well was originally named "An Acre Lost" and was started by original singer Aryeh Lehrer and original guitarist Ryan Primack. Shortly after their first release as "An Acre Lost", a 12" split with Promise No Tomorrow on Ohev Records, the name of the band was changed to Poison the Well. Poison the Well released their first album Distance Only Makes The Heart Grow Fonder in 1998. The album gained them the attention of Trustkill Records who signed them to a multi-album deal. PTW released their first album with Trustkill in 1999, The Opposite of December... A Season of Separation. Trustkill has a strong underground following in the United States, and popularity and some success was achieved. To this day, Guitar World magazine still dubs The Opposite of December one of the greatest hardcore albums of all-time, ranking number 8.

The Opposite of December... A Season of Separation caused a stir in the music scene and was starting to gain the band the attention of some Major labels. The album was successful enough that in 2001 the band re-released Distance Makes The Heart Grow Fonder on Undecided Records with two live bonus tracks and a slightly different title (they dropped the "Only"). Afterward, the band released one more album on Trustkill, Tear From the Red, and released a video for the song "Botchla". The popularity of the album grew and the band was signed by Atlantic Records. In 2003, a year after the release Tear From the Red, the band made their major label debut with You Come Before You.

Although the band had experienced success being signed with a major label, on June 13, 2006, Poison the Well announced that they parted ways with Atlantic Records after only one album because of "creative differences". On November 16, 2006 Poison the Well officially joined powerhouse independent label; Ferret Records.

Poison the Well's Versions was released on Ferret Records on April 2, 2007 in Europe and April 3, 2007 World Wide. Versions is the long awaited follow up to 2003's You Come Before You. 2007 is slated to be a very busy year for Poison the Well, on February 22nd they began a heavy touring schedule in support of Versions which will likely carry out all year.

Due to losing two members this past year; Jason Boyer on Guitar and Ben Brown on Bass, Poison the Well have announced that "Mike MacIvor formerly of Candiria and Brad Clifford of Since by Man will be filling in for live duties on Bass and Guitar".

To coincide with a string of headlining dates, and in support of Versions, Poison The Well released the album's opening track "Letter Thing" as a digital-only single on March 13th. The single is available via iTunes and all other download platforms. A video will also be released for the single "Letter Thing", Roboshobo (The Blood brothers, Mates of State) is the director this video.

[edit] On The Road

Poison The Well will have their first full national tour of 2007. The trek will run from April 3rd until May 6th and will feature support from Fear Before The March Of Flames and Heavy Heavy Low Low, in addition to rotating spots with The End and Portugal. The Man.

4/9 Winooski, VT @ Higher Ground
4/10 Portland, ME @ The Station
4/11 New Haven, CT @ Toad's Place
4/12 Providence, RI @ The Living Room
4/13 South Hackensack, NJ @ School of Rock
4/14 Troy, NY @ Revolution Hall
4/15 Rochester, NY @ Montage Music
4/16 Toledo, OH @ Headliners
4/18 Grand Rapids, MI @ The Intersection
4/19 Indianapolis, IN @ Emerson Theatre
4/20 Menomonee Falls, WI @ Orchard Inn
4/21 West Dundee, IL @ Clearwater Theater
4/22 Des Moines, IA @ House of Bricks
4/23 Papillion, NE @ The Rock
4/24 Springfield, MO @ Remington's Downtown
4/25 Lawrence, KS @ The Bottleneck
4/26 Fort Collins, CO @ Aggie Theatre
4/27 Colorado Springs, CO @ The Black Sheep
4/28 Grand Junction, CO @ Mesa Theatre
5/2 Orangevale, CA @ The Boardwalk
5/4 San Diego, CA @ Soma
5/5 Pomona, CA @ The Glasshouse
5/6 Tuscon, AZ @ The Rock
5/7 Albuquerque, NM @ Sunshine Theater
5/9 Tulsa, OK @ The Hive
5/10 Little Rock, AR @ The Village
5/11 Cordova, TN @ Skatepark of Memphis
5/12 Nashville, TN @ Rocktown

Poison The Well has also been confirmed for select Warped Tour 2007 dates (7/25-End).

Comments drummer Chris Hornbrook: "We're all really excited about getting back out on tour and debuting our new material. The last eight months have been really crazy and we are ready to be a real, functional touring band again."

[edit] Band Members

[edit] Current Line-Up

Jeffrey Moreira - Vocals
Ryan Primack - Guitar
Chris A. Hornbrook - Drums
Michael MacIvor - Bass (Touring)
Brad Clifford- Guitar (Touring)

[edit] Previous Members

Aryeh Lehrer - Vocals (Dual vocalist with Duane Hosein on Poison The Well's EP, Distance Only Makes The Heart Grow Fonder)
Duane Hosein - Vocals (Dual vocalist with Aryeh Lehrer on Poison The Well's EP, Distance Only Makes The Heart Grow Fonder)
Shane Halpern - Vocals
Russ Saunders - Guitar
Matt Tacket - Guitar (Fill-in for the summer tour of 2000 while Derek Miller was attending FSU)
Mike Peters - Guitar (Fill-in for leg of Brother's Keeper tour while Derek Miller finished his semester at FSU, late 2000)
Derek Miller - Guitar (Guitarist from 1997 through September 2004)
Jason Boyer - Guitar (Guitarist from the end of 2004 through August 2006)
Dennis Pase - Drums (Played on the An Acre Lost/Promise No Tomorrow spilt 12", replaced Chris for a 3-month absence before he rejoined.)
Andrew Abramowitz - Bass
Nick Shueman - Bass
Geoff Bergman - Bass
Mike Gordillo - Bass
Jeronimo Gomez - Bass
Alan Landsman - Bass
Iano Dovi - Bass
Jimmy Johnson - Bass
Ben Brown - Bass

[edit] Trivia

Poison the Well covered The Smashing Pumpkins "Today" and "Soma". "Today" was never officially released to the public but a very rough version is available online. "Soma" was featured on The Killer In You: A Tribute To Smashing Pumpkins various artist tribute album released in 2006.
In early 2001 Poison the Well had plans of releasing a split 7". The other band planned for this split 7" changed three times before it eventually fell through. The three bands were: Twelve Tribes, A New Kind of American Saint and Throwdown. Poison the Well recorded then new song, "Sticks and Stones Never Made Sense" and a cover of The Smashing Pumpkins "Today" for this split 7". The split 7" was never made, "Sticks and Stones Never Made Sense" was re-recorded and came out on Poison the Well's next full length Tear From the Red. The Smashing Pumpkins "Today" cover was never officially released.
While on tour in 2000/01, Poison the Well was refused from entering Canada two consecutive times. Both times they were forced to cancel the Canadian legs of their tours.

[edit] Discography

Album Cover	Date of Release	Title	Label
	1998	Distance Only Makes the Heart Grow Fonder	GoodLife
	December 14, 1999	The Opposite of December…A Season of Separation	Trustkill
	April 24, 2001	Distance Makes the Heart Grow Fonder (Re-Release)	Undecided
	February 19, 2002	Tear From the Red	Trustkill
	July 1, 2003	You Come Before You	Atlantic
	April 3, 2007	Versions	Ferret