Pride Parade | fr

Formed in the late months of 2006, Pride Parade has quickly become a heavy rock darling in their hometown of Athens, GA. The first six months of 2007 saw the 3-guitar 5-piece splitting time between studio recording with engineer Kyle Spence (of Harvey Milk) and playing select shows outside of Georgia. Pride Parade made their club packed Athens debut at the June 2007 Athfest music festival. Shortly after, they released a 4-song EP titled "V" - a preview of the driven versatile rock for which the band has become known. Each show drew larger crowds and soon Pride Parade found themselves back in the studio with Spence recording their debut LP. Local and regional fan based buzz backed by print media interest allowed Pride Parade (when not recording) to share the stage with larger acts Harvey Milk, The Black Lips, and Qui (David Yow of The Jesus LIzard). May 2008 witnessed the birth of "Descendants," the first full length 11-song album recorded and released by the band. Prior to the album release came a nomination for Pride Parade as "Best Rock Band" in the Athens' Flagpole Music Awards. Pride Parade's "Descendants" features hard, layered guitars, thunderously tight rhythms and a hearty portion of achingly gruff lyrical melodies. .