Dragged Under

**'Dragged Under'** is an American Hard Rock/Punk Rock band formed in 2019 by former Rest, Repose members, Ryan "Fluff" Bruce on lead guitar, Anthony Cappocchi on vocals, Josh Wildhorn on rhythm guitar, with Zesty Sams and Kalun Wertz joining later on bass and drums. The lineup later changed with the departures of Kalun and Zesty and they were replaced with Hans Hessburg on bass and Kalen Anderson on drums. Rhythm guitarist Josh Wildhorn later stepped down from the band and Sean Rosario later joined the band filling in his position.

## Formation (2019)

The band was formed in 2019 by former Rest, Repose members, Ryan Bruce, Tony Cappocchi and Josh Wildhorn. They had all been in Rest Repose along with members Jared Dines and Christopher Ghazel with Josh being the newest member at the time.

After the departure of Jared and Chris, the remaining members, Tony, Fluff and Josh decided that they would go ahead with Rest Repose's second album and find a new drummer and rhythm guitarist.

However after a while of practicing and recording new music, they eventually abandoned all plans to continue with Rest, Repose and instead formed Dragged Under and Rest, Repose's second album was scrapped and instead become Dragged Under's debut album. It is unknown how much of Rest, Repose's second album was completed before the break up.

## Here for War, Hypochondria and The World Is In Your Way (2019 - 2020)

On Saturday the 8th of June, they released their debut single titled "Here For War".

On Friday the 12th of July, they released their second single "Hypocondria" along with a music video for the song.

On the 27th of July, they performed as Dragged Under for the first time in Santa Cruz. Sometime before it they recruited long time friend Zesty Sams on bass guitar and Kalun Wertz joining on drums. They supported Dead American for 2 days of the 3 date tour, their appearance on the first date was cancelled for unknown reasons.

On September the 7th, they played their first Seattle show at a concert along with Into the Flood, Avoid and For The Likes Of You. The event was hosted by former Rest, Repose bandmate and YouTuber Jared Dines. Sometime after this concert, drummer Kalun Wertz departed due to unknown reasons and bassist Zesty Sams departed to work for Jared Dines.

On September 17th, the band announced on social media that they were embarking on their first ever North American Tour supporting 'Being as an Ocean' as a last minute addition. Two days later on September 19th it was announced that the tour was cancelled due to unknown reasons.

On October 11th, they released their 3rd single 'Riot' along with a music video.

On November 9th, the band announced on social media that they were embarking on their first ever tour with dates in Portland, Spokane, Denver, Grand Junction, Los Angeles, Salt Lake City, San Fransisco and Sacramento. Social Media posts revealed that Kalen Anderson will be drumming for the band, while Hans Hessburg will be playing bass guitar and backing vocals.

On November 22nd, they released their 4th single titled "Instability".

On December 3rd, they announced that due to severe weather conditions, the dates in Denver and Grand Junction would be cancelled and rescheduled.

On December 30th, the band announced that their debut album would be titled "The World Is In Your Way" and would be released on January 17th, 2020.

On January 3rd, 2020, the band released their 5th single from their debut album titled "Chelsea".

The band released their album "The World Is In Your Way" on January 17th, 2020 to positive reviews from fans and critics alike.

## Signing with Sound Talent Group, Departure of Josh, and Mascot Records (2020 - )

On 28th of February, 2020, the band announced on social media that they had signed with Sound Talent Group so they could tour worldwide outside of America.

On 2nd of May, rhythm guitarist and founding member Josh Wildhorn announced on Facebook that he would be stepping down from the band citing mental and physical health reasons for the reasons of his departure. His place was taken by Sean Rosario.

On 11th of June, the band announced that they had signed with Mascot Records and released a music video for their song "Chelsea".

On 26th of June, the band released audio videos for their songs "Covered In Sin", "Roots", "The Hardest Drug" and "The Real You".

On August 19th, the band announced that they were writing and recording new music. On September 8th, the band announced that they would be releasing a new single titled "Just Like Me". On September 10th, the band released "Just Like Me" on all streaming services, a music video for the single was released a few hours later.

On the same day the band announced that they would be releasing a deluxe edition of their album "The World Is In Your Way" with two now songs, one of them being "Just Like Me" and another titled "Feel It" and the album would be released on CD and Vinyl.

On September 22nd, the band posted on their social media sites that they were beginning to record their second album. Two days later, on September 24th, the band announced that they would be playing their first overseas show at the 2000 Trees Festival in Cheltenham, England in the Summer of 2021.

On October 4th, the band announced that they would be releasing the final single from the deluxe edition of "The World Is In Your Way" titled "Feel It" on October 8th. The song was released at midnight on October 8th.

On October 14th, the band announced that they would be supporting The Ghost Inside at a sold out show at the O2 Brixton Academy in London on July 3rd, 2021.

On November 10th, the band announced that they would be releasing a new single titled "This Holiday" on the 13th of November. However the song was released a day earlier on the 12th of November while the lyric music video was released on the 13th.

On November 20th, the band announced that they would be holding a livestream gig on December 12th.

On December 2nd, the band announced that alongside the 2000 Trees Festival and supporting The Ghost Inside, the band would be embarking on a UK tour of England at The Key Club in Leeds, Asylum in Birmingham and Star and Garter in Manchester and a second London date at Camden Assembly Rooms. The next day on December 3rd, the band announced that they would be playing a 3 date tour in Germany at the Schlachthof, the Hafenklang and Gebaude 9. The band performed their livestream gig on December 12th, each member of the band were wearing white suits along with colourful ties and performed in a stage with screens that projected the band's logo.

## Upright Animals (2021 - 2023 )

On February 2nd, 2021, Tony posted from the band's Instagram page that he was at a music studio recording for the band's second album.

On April 5th, bassist Hans Hessburg posted on his Instagram story that Tony was recording vocals. On April 27th, it was announced that the 2000 Trees Festival had been postponed to July 2022 due to the ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic.

On May 3rd, the band announced that they would be supporting Beartooth along with Wage War on their North American tour. On May 12th, the band announced that all of their shows of the United Kingdom would be postponed to 2022.

On June 3rd, the band announced that they would be releasing a live EP titled "We'll Do It Live" using audio from their December 12th 2020 show, the same day, they released video footage from the livestream of them playing "Hypochondria". On June 9th, the band announced that they would be playing in Paris, France and the Netherlands in June 2022. On June 12th, the band announced they would be selling limited edition T-Shirts in celebration of their live version of "Hypochondria". On June 23rd, the band released the live version of "Chelsea". On June 28th, the band posted that they were filming a music video for an unknown song.

On July 14th, the live version of "Instability" was released.

On August 6th, the live versions of "Just Like Me", "The Hardest Drug" and "The Real You" were released. On August 12th, the band released a new single titled "Brainwash Broadcast" featuring Spencer Chamberlain of the band Underoath. On August 14th, the band embarked on the Below tour with Beartooth and Wage War, they performed at the House of Blues in Las Vegas, Nevada. On August 15th, they performed at Sano in San Diego, California. On August 16th, they performed at the House of Blues in Anaheim, California. On August 17th, they performed a sold out show at the Ace Of Spades in Sacramento, California. On August 19th, they performed at the Crystal Ballroom in Portland, Oregon. On August 20th, they performed at the Showbox Sodo in Seattle, Washington. On August 21st, the band announced that would be leaving the tour for 10 days to quarantine at home due to a member of the band's tour team becoming sick. On August 29th, the band announced that after testing negative for COVID-19, they would be rejoining Beartooth and Wage War for the Below Tour.

On September 3rd, the band announced that they would be performing at the Download Festival. The same day they returned to the Below Tour and performed at the Vibes Event Centre in San Antonio. On September 4th, the band performed at the House of Blues in Houston Texas. On September 7th, they performed at Revolution in FT. Launderdale, Florida. On September 8th, they perfomed at Jannus Live in St Petersberg, Florida. On September 9th, they performed at Masquarade in Atlanta, Georgia. On September 11th, they performed at the Blue Ridge Rock Festival in Danville, Virginia. On September 12th, they performed at the In Karacaration Festival. On September 13th, they performed at the Filmore in Philidelphia, Pennslyvania. On September 15th, they performed at Terminals in New York City. On September 17th, they performed at the Palladium in Worcester, Massachusetts. On September 18th, they performed at Soundstage in Baltimore, Maryland. On September 19th, they performed at Toad's Place in New Haven, Connecticut. On September 20th, they performed at Stage AE in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. On September 22nd, they performed at the House of Blues in Chicago, Illinois. On September 24th, they performed at St Andrew's Hall in Detroit, Michigan. On September 25th, the tour concluded with the band performing at 20 Monroe Live in Grand Rapids, Michigan. On September 30th, the band announced that they would be performing at Full Force in Germany during the summer of 2022.

On December 15th, the band announced they would be going on an American tour with Can't Swim, Young Burial and Moodring, however on January 12th, 2022, it was announced that the entire tour was cancelled due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.

On March 17th, the band released their first single of 2022 titled "All Of Us".

On April 8th, the band announced that they would be releasing their second single of 2022 titled "Crooked Halos" on April 14th. On April 14th, "Splintered Halos" was released.

On May 19th, the band announced that a third single titled "Suffer" would be released the next day. On the same day they announced that they would be playing at the Blue Ridge Festival. On May 20th, "Suffer" was released.

On June 9th, the band arrived in Milton Keyens, England to start their tour of the UK and Europe, once they arrived in England, the band reported that they were detained at customs for unknown reasons, they were released after a while.

On June 10th, their second album "Upright Animals" was released, the same day, the band released their fourth single from the album titled "Never Enough". The same day they played at the Craufurd Arms in Milton Keynes, England. On June 11th, they played at the Download Festival. On June 13th, they played the Cathouse in Glasgow, Scotland. On June 14th, they played the Key Club in Leeds, England, On June 15th, they played at Asylum in Birmingham, England. On June 16th, they played at the Star and Garter in Manchester, England.

On June 17th, they band cancelled their appearance at Camden Assembly in London, England due to Tony having vocal pains.

## Line up change and next plans (2023 - present)

On May 19th, 2023, it was announced that Fluff, Hans and Kalen had departed from Dragged Under leaving Tony and Sean the only remaining members. Tony later posted a statement on the band's Facebook group confirming that the band would still be appearing at Slamdunk in Leeds and auditions for new members had already begun.

## Members

### Current Members

* Anthony Cappocchi - Lead Vocals (2019 - present)
* Sean Rosario - Guitar, Backing Vocals (2020 - present)
* Dylan Roy - Drums (2023 - present)
* Chris Namoc - Guitar, backing vocals (2023 - present)

### Past members

* Kalun Wertz - Drums (2019)
* Zesty Sams - Bass, Backing Vocals (2019)
* Josh Wildhorn - Rhythm Guitar, Backing Vocals (2019 - 2020)
* Ryan "Fluff" Bruce - Guitar, Backing Vocals (2019 - 2023)
* Hans Hessburg - Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals (2019 - 2023)
* Kalen Anderson - Drums (2019 - 2023)

## Discography

### **Singles**

* "Here for War" (2019)
* "Hypochondria" (2019)
* "Riot" (2019)
* "Instability" (2019)
* "Chelsea" (2020)
* "Just Like Me" (2020)
* "Feel It" (2020)
* "This Holiday" (2020)
* "Brainwash Broadcast" (2021)
* "All Of Us" (2022)
* "Crooked Halos" (2022)
* "Suffer" (2022)
* "Never Enough" (2022)

### **Studio Albums**

* "The World Is In Your Way" (2020)
* "Upright Animals" (2022)

## Trivia

* The band was created after the break up of Rest, Repose.
* The band's name comes from a scrapped side project by Tony and Austin Dickey.
* Tony and Fluff have stated that they would not be making the same mistakes they did in Rest, Repose with Dragged Under such as letting anybody into their band after a successful audition where as this time they took their time with finding a drummer and a bass player as they thought it would be better to find members that would fit with their style and chemistry.
* They have gotten numerous offers to sign to a record label and have always turned them down due to wanting to be independant. Despite this they signed with Mascot Records in 2020.