BOYSETSFIRE (1994-2007) (2010-Present)
Boysetsfire was founded by vocalist Nat Gray and guitarists Chad Istvan and Josh Latshaw in Newark, DE, October 1994. Boysetsfire played their first show October 28, 1994, and released their first demo cassettes in late 1994 and early 1995. The band started their first tour in the summer of 1995 and the band released their first EP, This Crying, This Screaming, My Voice Is Being Born in 1996. The following year, they signed a contract with Initial Records and recorded their first album, The Day the Sun Went Out.
One of Delaware's primary musical exports, Boysetsfire were a linchpin of the mid- to late-90s DIY scene, eventually signing with Wind-up Records in the early 2000s (the label that launched the careers of Creed and Evanescence).
Early Boysetsfire house: 227 W Main St, Newark, DE 19711
Current members: Nat Gray, Josh Latshaw, Chad Istvan, Robert Ehrenbrand, Chris Rakus, Jared Shavelson
Past members: Darrell Hyde, Rob Avery, Matt Krupanski, Marc Krupanski, Gordan Joins, Dan Pelic
Links:
Top Ten Boysetsfire Songs, Colin's Punk Rock World
Releases
List of releases: Discogs
- 4 song demo cassette (self-released 1994)
- Premonition. Change. Revolt. demo cassette (self-released 1995)
- Consider 7” (self-released 1996, reissued on Initial 1997)
- Split w/ Jazz Mans Needle 12" (Conquer the World 1996)
- This Crying, This Screaming, My Voice Is Being Born CDEP (Magic Bullet 1997)
- The Day The Sun Went Out LP (Initial 1997)
- In Chrysalis CDEP (Initial 1998)
- Split w/ Coalesce 7" (Hydra Head 1998)
- Split w/ Snapcase 7" (Equal Vision 1999)
- Split w/ Shai Hulud 7" (Undecided 2000)
- Suckerpunch Training CDEP / 7" (Deathwish 2000)
- After the Eulogy LP (Victory 2000)
- Live For Today 10" / CDEP (Equal Vision / Wind-up 2002)
- Last Year's Nest CD single (Wind-up / Epic 2003)
- White Wedding Dress CD single (Wind-up / Epic 2003)
- Handful Of Redemption CD single (Wind-up 2003)
- Release The Dogs CD single (Wind-up 2003)
- Tomorrow Come Today CD (Wind-up 2003)
- The Misery Index: Notes From The Plague Years (Equal Vision 2006)
- While A Nation Sleeps LP (End Hits / Bridge Nine 2013)
- Bled Dry 7" (End Hits / Magic Bullet 2013)
- Did You Forget 7" (Bridge Nine 2014)
- Split w/ Funeral For a Friend 7" (End Hits / No Sleep 2014)
- s/t LP (End Hits / Bridge Nine 2015)
- Split w/ Kmpfsprt 10" (Uncle M 2015)
- Split w/ Wolf Down 7" (End Hits 2016)
Photos
Playing an arcade in the Newark Shopping Center, March 1995. Photo by Mel Carney-Pope
Photo by Oakland Childers
Photo by Linda Hawkins
Photo by Donovan Brown
Photo by Chris Haug
Photo by Chris Haug
Photo by Jon Weaver
Photo by Mike Haley
Photo by Mel Carney-Pope
Photo by Andrea Coan
Courtesy of Chad Istvan
Photo by Brian Froustet
Photo by Martin Becker
Photo by Martin Becker
Photo by Per Schorn 1998
