Post-hardcore act
Yesterdays Rising formed in the small California town of Murrieta, just south of San Bernardino, in 2002. Heavily influenced by the likes of
Rage Against the Machine and
the Deftones, singer
Brandon Bolmer, guitarists Jon Bloom and Richie Ochoa, bassist
Justin Panno, and drummer
Jamie Ethridge entered the screamo scene with the 2003 self-released EP
Ship of Relations. Positive reviews and a stint on the Vans Warped Tour (they were supposedly the youngest band ever to join that traveling emo and punk festival) led to the five signing with the noted California indie Fearless Records, home of
At the Drive-In and
Plain White T's. Fearless released a follow-up EP,
When We Speak We Breathe, in 2004.
Yesterdays Rising released their first full-length album,
Lightworker, in July 2005. ~ Stewart Mason