New Years Day (band)

New Years Day
New Year's Day on the Warped Tour in 2013
Background information
Origin	Anaheim, California, U.S.
Genres	Hard rock,Post-Hardcore, alternative metal, Djent, gothic metal, pop punk (early)
Years active	2005–present
Labels	Another Century, Grey Area Records, Century Media, Hollywood Waste, TVT
Associated acts	Combichrist, Get Scared, Home Grown, Motionless in White, William Control, Blood on the Dance Floor, Escape The Fate, The Haxans, Rebel Revive
Website	https://www.facebook.com/NYDrock
Members	Ashley Costello Nikki Misery Jeremy Valentyne Frankie Sil Joshua Ingram
Past members	Keith Drover Eric Seilo Mike Schoolden Adam Lohrbach Dan Arnold Mikey "13" Matthew Lindblad Russell Dixon Nick Turner Jake Jones Anthony Barro Tyler Burgess Nick Rossi Brandon Wolfe Daniel Trixx

New Years Day is an American rock band formed in 2005 in Anaheim, California. After building a reputation through promotion on the social networking website MySpace, the band released their debut EP in 2006. Their debut album My Dear followed in 2007. The band's second full length effort, Victim to Villain came out nearly six years after their debut. Their third album, Malevolence was released on October 2, 2015. It peaked at #45 on the Billboard 200, the band's highest charting.

Their music is categorized as self-proclaimed "Hauntedmansioncore", a spin on The Haunted Mansion mixed with rock music.

New Year's Day formed in late 2005 after bassist Adam Lohrbach left the band Home Grown. Home Grown's final EP, 2004's When it All Comes Down, had diverged from the band's previous style of humorous pop punk and incorporated many emotional elements that Lohrbach carried over into New Year's Day. Meeting with vocalist Ashley Costello and guitarist/keyboardist Keith Drover, the three friends began rehearsing songs that Costello and Lohrbach had written. These songs were heavily influenced by the members' shared emotional experiences, as all three had recently been through difficult relationship break-ups. Soon after, the group produced a two-song demo and added Eric Seilo, a mutual friend of the three, to play bass during their 2005 tours. Ultimately, Eric had to leave New Year's Day in 2005 to return to college. The group soon added guitarist Mike Schoolden (formerly of Wakefield) and drummer Russell Dixon and took the name New Year's Day. They chose the name on New Year's Day of 2005, feeling that the name symbolized the fresh start that they all desired.