![]() Because when they were smaller, it helped bringing them up the right way. “Even some of my bands are doing crazy numbers are some of the most humble people and I love it. I’m just trying to keep them level headed.” It’s cool and I’m still working in that industry. Metalcore blew up and now it’s so commercialized. 1500 people a night and crazy touring and it’s spawned off of stuff bands in Boston were playing 100 kid shows. Scars were the birth of that whole scene, which is what some of these bands are doing now. The good old days…makes me sound old but they were. There’s some bands who are willing to dare to take some new sounds and effects and all of that. Everybody was able to go out and represent the area. Our era of metalcore is popping up out of here – there’s Atreyu, Avenged Sevenfold, 18 Visions, Throwdown, Bleeding Through…all the bands sound different too. “Showing up to our first show in Germany to a sold out show with us headlining was like ‘wow!’ It’s awesome. He recalled one of their first big touring moments. I’m thoroughly proud of everything I did.” We still had success that was greater than a lot of bands even get the opportunity to tour. We didn’t get the commercial success of some of those. “All of those bands got to the point where they were selling hundreds of thousands of records. Despite all of the hype, Milford is proud of his band’s accomplishments. He shared his memories of coming out a scene where they were the underdog band within a scene of their peers were gaining bigger exposure doing bigger support slots on arena tours and much larger sales numbers overall. I’d get home from a Scars tour, come and work security and work the door here, and help some good friends. They used to let me work here in between tours. “Yesterday was the first time playing on stage at Chain Reaction since 2006. It’s cool and seeing old friends again I haven’t seen in a long time.” I’ve met people all across the world, touring internationally. I’ve been to places I would never go if I had a regular nine to five job. We made money for a while but the most you get out of touring is life and experiences. This was awesome!’ Those were some of the best times of my life. Some things I might have forgotten – ‘wow I forgot about that. “It brings back all the old fun memories of touring. It’s cool that a lot of people from the past that have been coming out,” he said. The shows aren’t what they used to be back in the day when any time we’d play it would be the craziest shows we’ve ever played. While they enjoyed returning to doing something they love, frontman Mike Milford shared his thoughts on the band’s return in 2014. They completed a run of weekends on the West Coast this past summer supporting Bleeding Through on their farewell shows. Scars of Tomorrow made their return in 2014 and brought back their brand of metalcore that helped them establish their name within an Orange County scene made up of peers such as 18 Visions, Avenged Sevenfold, Throwdown and Bleeding Through. I love what I do, helping bands come up the right way and appreciate what they did.” I went from touring in a van for ten years to staying in the music industry making good money on it. I didn’t have to use my Electronics Engineering degree. Now I’m making a living doing what I love. Now we’re all industry, we’re all friends, we’re all doing tours together. The people I work with on a daily basis are promoters or people who will let me crash at their house when we are on tour. ![]() ![]() ![]() I’ve got a lot of huge acts on it that are killing it on Warped Tour. Seeing him being able to tour with his idols is awesome. We didn’t care what the scene thought of us liking these other style of bands. We were always that hardcore/metalcore band that had influences from outside of that. He’s always loved bands like Marilyn Manson and stuff like that. They’re doing well and doing some cool things. Chris (Warner), the drummer who was with us the longest, he’s in a band called The Butcher Babies now. “Bob’s playing with some bands and do some stuff. While the band is back at work, frontman Mike Milford talked about where his various band members, past and present are today. They released their new EP Failed Transmission this past summer via Artery Foundation. Scars of Tomorrow made their return earlier in 2014 with an appearance at the New England Metal and Hardcore Festival, as well as a West Coast run of the Bleeding Through farewell shows. ![]()
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