HISTORY

theSTART is:
Aimee Echo - vocals
Jamie Miller - guitar, synth, vocals
Erick Sanger - bass, keyboards, vocals
Ed Davis - drums
Eno - world's fastest dog

theSTART have been influenced by:
Bauhaus. The Beatles. Buzzcocks. The Cure. Daisy Chainsaw. Depeche Mode. Fugazi. Jane's Addiction. Joy Division. Leonard Cohen. Missing Persons. Nine Inch Nails. Nirvana. Patti Smith. PJ Harvey. Siouxsie And The Banshees. Smashing Pumpkins. Sonic Youth. U2.

theSTART has played shows or toured with:
Action Action. AFI. Aiden. The AKA's. All Bets Off. Alkaline Trio. The Aquabats. The Art Of Safecracking. Avenged Sevenfold. Berlin. Bottom Line. Boy Hits Car. Bow Wow Wow. Brassy. Breaking Pangaea. The Campfire Girls. Candyass. Cave In. Chronic Future. City Sleeps. Coheed And Cambria. Cold. The Colour. Death By Stereo. Dredg. Enemy. Fairview. Finch. The Format. Garbage. Girls In A Coma. The Godawfuls. Goldfinger. The Goodwill. Guttermouth. Head Automatica. Hot Rod Circuit. Hot Water Music. Idiot Pilot. Incubus. The (International) Noise Conspiracy. John Frusciante. Lennon. Lillix. Manic Hispanic. Moth. Narcoleptic Youth. Noise Ratchet. Northern State. The Offspring. Onelinedrawing. One Man Army. Orgy. Ozma. Paris, Texas. The Peak Show. Piebald. Plexi. Professional Murder Music. Punchbowl. Team Sleep. The Randies. The Reunion Show. The Revolution Smile. Rufio. Saving Face. Scarling. Showbread. Simon Says. Sparta. Sugar Ray. Strung Out. S.T.U.N. Uncle Kracker. The Used. Thrice. Tsunami Bomb. Weezer.
Festivals/Tours: Girlz Garage, Ladyfest, Warped Tour.

theSTART have been called:

  • "Throbbing, pogo deserving, dance punk."
  • "A late 70's new wave band dragged kicking and screaming into the 21st century."
  • "Siouxsie and the Banshees if they were Nirvana."
  • "Every once in a while, a band comes along that successfully takes the sounds that influenced it a step further rather than simply re-creating something from the past. The Los Angeles-based band known as theSTART is one of those bands." - Prickmag
  • "theSTART are far from being a one trick pony." - Punk Review
  • "Without attitude or arrogance, and quite possibly without even knowing it, Aimee Echo has been the voice of a generation of hardworking, fearless women in rock that do not know the meaning of the word 'quit'." - Unearthed
  • "Echo is one of those charismatic lead singers that commands everyone's attention at all times, whether by dancing, clapping, gesturing, or inviting the audience to sing along, if she's anywhere nearby with music playing and a microphone in her hand, you'd better believe you're not going anywhere." - Spectator Online