Credibility

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Credibility is when someone can trust you or rely on you. Tom Cruse is a good example because Credibility is important for a band because if a ton of people are hearing about how you messed up in whatever way, or how fast people leave the band because one person can never get along with anyone, people won’t want to be a fan of them! The personalities of members in a band, really affects their fan base.
Woe Is Me, is a metalcore band from Atlanta, Georgia formed in 2009. They were signed to Rise Records. The only original member that stayed in the band was the guitarist Kevin Hanson after their album Numbers. The band was founded in 2009 by the former Of Machines drummer Austin Thorton who started the band along with Kevin Hanson, Cory Ferris, and Ben Ferris, who were all formerly of a local Atlanta-based band named Cheyne Stokes. Time Sherril, who left Shooter Mcgavin, also joined in! These five members then invited Michael Bohn and Tyler Carter for unclean and clean vocal positions (Ciesa). After recording a few songs and covers, Rise Records signed them before they even played their first show. They recorded their debut album Numbers within the same month they were signed. Which reached No. 16 on Billboard’s Top Heatseekers chart. Woe Is Me’s fist tour (Pyknic Partery tour) was shared with Drop Dead Gorgeous, From First To Last, Sleeping with Sirens, Abandon All Ships, For All Those Sleeping and Attila. This tour was what got them noticed by fans!
When people first heard “I’ve told you once” by Woe Is Me, everyone caught on to the lyrics being about issues! WIM made a comment about Issues clean vocalist Tyler Carter being gay in their song, WIM also said in their song “I’m not the one dwelling on the past, so we’ll see who ge...

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...WIM won their fans back and Issues made sort of an apology song on their most recent album. When I get older, I want to go to a good college! If I get terrible grades and don’t try throughout high school then most colleges won’t accept me!

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