Paddock Park was an American

post-hardcore Post-hardcore is a punk rock music genre that maintains the aggression and intensity of hardcore punk but emphasizes a greater degree of creative expression. Like the term " post-punk", the term "post-hardcore" has been applied to a broad conste ...

band from

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History

The band was formed by harsh vocalist

Brian Calzini Brian Calzini is an American metalcore vocalist. He formed bands Paddock Park, Sleeping with Sirens and We Are Defiance, his current band. Early life Calzini is also known as Brian John Williams. Music career Williams's musical career began w ...

and consisted of clean vocalist Jason Neil, drummer Bobby Scruggs, guitarists John Copeland and bassist Sanders Dukes. After the band self-released their debut EP ''False Hope'', Paddock Park were signed to

Eulogy Recordings Eulogy Recordings is an American independent record label established in early 1997 by hardcore guitarist John Wylie. The record company was founded in Cooper City, Florida but its headquarters moved around in various parts of Broward County, ...

in Summer 2008.''

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PADDOCK PARK Signs With EULOGY RECORDINGS
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Eulogy Recordings signs Paddock Park
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. The band parted ways with both of their vocalists, Calzini and Neil, during their first concert tour in the United States. While Calzini went on to form

Sleeping with Sirens Sleeping with Sirens is an American rock band from Orlando, Florida, currently residing in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The band currently consists of Kellin Quinn (lead vocals, keyboards), Nick Martin (rhythm guitar, backing vocals), Justin Hills ...

and

We Are Defiance We Are Defiance is an American metalcore band from Ocala, Florida, United States. Founded in 2009 by former Sleeping with Sirens and Paddock Park singer Brian Calzini, the band released their only album, '' Trust in Few'', in early 2011 on Tragic ...

shortly after with Jason Neil, Paddock Park broke up shortly after Calzini and Neil left. At the end of 2016,

would play a comeback show in February 2017 in Ocala with Paddock Park also performing. Calzini stated he would like to work with Paddock Park again without their former members and re-group the band.Jordan Toney: ''

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Original Sleeping With Sirens screamer reunites We Are Defiance; new music coming
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Discography

* ''False Hope EP'' (2007) * ''A Hiding Place for Fake Friends'' (2008)

References

External links

* {{Authority control American post-hardcore musical groups Punk rock groups from Florida Musical groups with year of disestablishment missing Musical groups established in 2006 Eulogy Recordings artists