History Music / ArtOfDying

Art of Dying is a HardRock[=/=]PostGrunge band from UsefulNotes/{{Vancouver}}, [[CanadaEh Canada]] formed in 2005. The band came together when guitarist Greg Bradley met singer [[StreetMusician Jonny Hetherington]] on a street corner, playing his guitar for change. Greg asked if he wanted to jam and they've been playing together ever since. They happened to meet drummer Jeff Brown through working in a nearby jam space, who got them into contact with bassist Cale Gontier and guitarist Tavis Stanley from out east. Tavis had played in Thornley for 4 years while Cale was a technician for Music/ThreeDaysGrace (also cousins with singer Adam).

* DefrostingIceQueen: Build a Wall, [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation maybe]].

* OneWomanWail: The end of "Crime", which [[FadingIntoTheNextSong fades into]] "Car Crash".

* TheApprentice: To Disturbed, in a sense.
* AudienceParticipationSong: "Compleeeetley!!"
* BystanderSyndrome: "Dog Is My Copilot". The final chorus has a the acoustic strings (which have otherwise been played softly so far in the song) being struck heavily while Jonny screams the lyrics, as though the ApatheticCitizens are struggling to believe/denying themselves that {{God}} will solve everything.
* CarefulWithThatAxe: "GOD IS GRACIOUS, GOD IS GOOD!!!"

* TheDrifter: The "Die Trying" video.
* DyingAlone: "Car Crash".
* TheEeyore[=/=]LonersAreFreaks: "Inside It's Raining", in which the narrator laments that he's this, hoping to subvert it by finding a way to connect with others.

* IAmSong: "You Don't Know Me".

* LetsDuet: The re-recording of Inside It's Raining, sung with [[Music/ThreeDaysGrace Adam Gontier]]. He's since sung it with them at a few of their shows.
* LonelyTogether: "Alone", in which the narrator realizes this.

* LoveHurts[=/=]LoveIsADrug: "Crime".
* {{Mascot}}: They ran a contest for a while asking for the GrimReaper. The winners can be seen [[http://www.myspace.com/theartofdying/blog/472742454 here]]. They've also revealed the right wing of something they call "Smeagol the Raven"

* PerishingAltRockVoice: "Fists of Clarity" a few times.
* PowerBallad: "Sorry".
* PunctuatedForEmphasis: "if it TAKES! FORRR!EVER!"

* YouAreNotAlone: "I Will Be There".

* BystanderSyndrome: Dog Is My Copilot. The final chorus has a the acoustic strings (which have otherwise been played softly so far in the song) being struck heavily while Jonny screams the lyrics, as though the ApatheticCitizens are struggling to believe/denying themselves that {{God}} will solve everything.

* CrapsackWorld: Whole World's Crazy, which asks the simple question of "Does it have to be this way? Will it ''ever'' get better?"

* TheDrifter: The Die Trying video.
* DyingAlone: Car Crash.
* TheEeyore[=/=]LonersAreFreaks: Inside It's Raining, in which the narrator laments that he's this, hoping to subvert it by finding a way to connect with others.
* HeroicSpirit: Get Through This, using the old adage that "What doesn't kill me only makes me stronger".
* IAmSong: You Don't Know Me.
* LastNoteNightmare: Build A Wall, which ends with an eerie crying/wailing sound and a number of electronic noises/voices.

* LonelyTogether: Alone, in which the narrator realizes this.

* LoveHurts[=/=]LoveIsADrug: Crime.

* OneWomanWail: The end of Crime, which [[FadingIntoTheNextSong fades into]] Car Crash.
* PerishingAltRockVoice: Fists of Clarity a few times.
* PowerBallad: Sorry.

** Their biggest hit Get Through This can either be spelled with "Through" or "Thru". They aren't very clear on it.
* ThreeChordsAndTheTruth: The debut has some very stripped down production, including at one point the click of Jonny's megaphone being turned off during the bridge of You Don't Know Me and the sound of him clearing his throat at the start of Dog Is My Copilot.

* WordSaladLyrics: You Don't Know Me, though probably intentional to describe how shallow it is to assume a person is simple (the lyrics start to make sense when applied to the oh-so illogical human being).
* YouAreNotAlone: I Will Be There.

* [[CatchPhrase/{{Other}} Catch Phrase]]: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yTzWEL7Q3M The art of dying is my/your life to live]]". It means "Hope for the best, Plan for the worst, Live life to the fullest".

* LetsDuet: The re-recording of Inside It's Raining, sung with [[ThreeDaysGrace Adam Gontier]]. He's since sung it with them at a few of their shows.

* UpdatedRerelease: As mentioned above, the debut has some very sludgy production. Vices and Virtues has several of the more commercially viable songs repurposed/remade with better quality and different lyrics, such as You Don’t Know Me, I Will Be There, [Inside It's] Raining (which includes [[ThreeDaysGrace Adam Gontier]] guesting), Completely and their big hit Get Through This.

Art of Dying is a HardRock[=/=]PostGrunge band from [[StargateCity Vancouver]], [[CanadaEh Canada]] formed in 2005. The band came together when guitarist Greg Bradley met singer [[StreetMusician Jonny Hetherington]] on a street corner, playing his guitar for change. Greg asked if he wanted to jam and they've been playing together ever since. They happened to meet drummer Jeff Brown through working in a nearby jam space, who got them into contact with bassist Cale Gontier and guitarist Tavis Stanley from out east. Tavis had played in Thornley for 4 years while Cale was a technician for Music/ThreeDaysGrace (also cousins with singer Adam).

Art of Dying is a HardRock[=/=]{{Post-grunge}} band from [[StargateCity Vancouver]], [[CanadaEh Canada]] formed in 2005. The band came together when guitarist Greg Bradley met singer [[StreetMusician Jonny Hetherington]] on a street corner, playing his guitar for change. Greg asked if he wanted to jam and they've been playing together ever since. They happened to meet drummer Jeff Brown through working in a nearby jam space, who got them into contact with bassist Cale Gontier and guitarist Tavis Stanley from out east. Tavis had played in Thornley for 4 years while Cale was a technician for Music/ThreeDaysGrace (also cousins with singer Adam).

->''They're kind of like a fusion between Music/AliceInChains and TheEagles''

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: His name is Jonny, [[LacunaCoil NO DAMN H in it]].

* ChorusOnlySong: Do What You Can, which overlaps with TitleOnlyChorus.
-->''Do what you can, do what you need, do what you like...''

* NoExportForYou: The debut saw very little release outside of Canada, aside from digital downloading.

->''They're kind of like a [[XMeetsY fusion between]] Music/AliceInChains and TheEagles''

* CrowsAndRavens: Their logo and mascot. The I Will Be There video even has a number of swooping crows scattered throughout along with a takeoff of [[DisturbedDoves Disturbed Crows]] near the end.

* [[SomebodyElsesProblem Somebody Else's Problem]]: Dog Is My Copilot. The final chorus has a the acoustic strings (which have otherwise been played softly so far in the song) being struck heavily while Jonny screams the lyrics, as though the ApatheticCitizens are struggling to believe/denying themselves that {{God}} will solve everything.

* [[ThisIsSPARTA This! Is! SPARTA!]]: "if it TAKES! FORRR!EVER!"

->''They're kind of like a [[XMeetsY fusion between]] Music/AliceInChains and Music/TheEagles''