NewsMarch 5, 2014 8:05 PM ET11,378 views

American Me replaces singer, prepares new album

Portland, OR hardcore/punk/metal outfit American Me has announced a revamped lineup, one that no longer includes frontman Tony Tataje (aka Tony Mosh). Instead, group founder Brian Blade has taken over the lead vocal slot. The band, who has previously released several albums with Rise Records, expects to release their next full-length later this year. American Me sent Lambgoat the following statement:
"Hey guys (and gals) I know we have been a little quiet on the American Me front lately. But it's time we broke the silence. As you all may know, we have been writing for our new album due out by the end of this year... We want to thank our fans, friends and family for their unending support through our years and hard work in this band. And we plan to continue putting forth the same work that we have been since our inception. That being said, after much deliberation and internal discussion as a band, we have decided that the best way to move forward and give you the best music possible is to have our founding/original member Brian Blade take over lead vocal duties in place of Tony. Brian has been an integral part of the writing process since the band's inception, which includes writing lyrics, guitar parts, bass parts, and also performing some of the classics you guys like solely by himself on the records (Flybag, Whiteout, One Free Kill all solely Brian). You may recognize his voice from those songs or the countless backing vocals on all the albums. We are 100 percent confident he can represent this band the way it needs to be....with professionalism, a humbled personality, and enthusiasm. No ego, no bull shit. We have brought on our last touring guitarist Joe full time while keeping Cam and Brian as the main song writers for AM (like it always has been). "In the meantime, listen to this older AM track with Brian to get an idea of what the vocals will be like for the new stuff: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wzhf7olnbIQ. "We are very excited to start this new chapter of AM and bring this band to the level it has always needed to be in the year 2014! "(Any and all booking, merchandising, management, and contact emails need to be sent to americanmeband@gmail.com)"

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anonymous 3/5/2014 5:19:28 PM

I did a lot of coke with Tony once, good dude.

anonymous 3/5/2014 5:21:35 PM

Press release written by Brian is my guess from all the mentioning of Brian. American Brian

anonymous 3/5/2014 5:25:32 PM

Forgot this band existed.

anonymous 3/5/2014 5:28:32 PM

anonymous6 minutes ago I did a lot of coke with Tony once, good dude. permalink | report abuse Lol. I remember when he came to Austin and took too many mushrooms and then did an 8ball between him and 3 other dudes. He got all crygaygy about a girl not paying him attention in the bar and got beat up the same time. Lol at that retard.

anonymous 3/5/2014 6:00:12 PM

Duncan the drummer wrote this.

anonymous 3/5/2014 6:11:32 PM

Thank GOD. Tony Mosh was the biggest douchebag that has ever existed in this music scene. Maybe they'll actually be listenable now.

anonymous 3/5/2014 6:11:37 PM

Siberian nightmare machine was the actual "worst album ever" you should listen to it before disagreeing.

anonymous 3/5/2014 6:15:44 PM

Good news. I used to like them but that guy was a little turd.

cgrind3000 3/5/2014 6:18:54 PM

Tony Mosh? Brian Blade? What is this, the Justice League of hardcore?

cgrind3000 3/5/2014 6:19:25 PM

But real talk, I really enjoyed their last album. So color me stoked

anonymous 3/5/2014 6:25:04 PM

Good fcking riddance. Tony's giant ego and Roid-addled tiny dck are ugly-crying in a dark room somewhere. I feel sorry for the poor scene broad that's gonna get slapped around tonight by his pathetic ass in the wake of all this new tho.

anonymous 3/5/2014 6:25:40 PM

last album ripped, tony mosh sucks tho

anonymous 3/5/2014 6:27:15 PM

saw them live a couple times. band was tight. singer had no rhythm

anonymous 3/5/2014 6:41:35 PM

good news

anonymous 3/5/2014 7:16:55 PM

I personally feel that Tony is the best part of the band. This Brian dude sounds like Brian Posehn in his parodies.

anonymous 3/5/2014 7:22:42 PM

the only thing wrong this is that it didn't happen early.....maybe i will actually go see this band live now.

anonymous 3/5/2014 9:25:13 PM

Brian sounds like the dude from Martyr AD

anonymous 3/5/2014 9:26:14 PM

Anonymous comment leavers are so brave....

anonymous 3/5/2014 9:44:22 PM

American Pee And fck this clown who commented above me. Anonymous for life sage

anonymous 3/5/2014 10:37:08 PM

You're cute

anonymous 3/6/2014 12:09:48 AM

"Tony Mosh" gayest name ever

anonymous 3/6/2014 1:49:06 AM

Seriously though, being on a bands album and not getting any credit doesn't feel good, so I think I feel bad for someone? I don't know, up the punks I guess? _ sincerely, Timothy Lee Martin, the mother fcking liar.

anonymous 3/6/2014 3:36:24 AM

Sorry, I posted that because I'm drink at the hospital and you get the internet for free in your room. Tony commented on facebook that he wants to get brunch, though, and he said he'd pay (which is nice). When they discharge me, I'm gonna try to explain "hard core" to him. Don't worry lambgoat, I'm gonna google it first. Keep commenting, though, cause I think it's helping someone? _ Timothy Lee Martin

anonymous 3/6/2014 4:56:27 AM

10/10 would read again

anonymous 3/6/2014 5:27:46 AM

Tony sucked. They jumped on a show here with The Mongoloids some years back, got butthurt that everyone stared at them. Cried about it and then wanted to leave after their set. fruitcake.

SuckMeBeautiful 3/6/2014 6:35:44 AM

cgrind3000 12 hours ago Tony Mosh? Brian Blade? What is this, the Justice League of hardcore? permalink | report abuse LOL 10/10 comment

RickRock 3/6/2014 7:09:15 AM

In the movie American Me, a dude gets stabbed in the ahole with a prison shiv. No joke.

anonymous 3/6/2014 8:58:21 AM

my friend dragged me to one of their shows about 5 or 6 years ago and that tony guy started talking to me about my Tragedy shirt and told me that they're friends with them and have a similar sound. I didn't make it past their intro.

anonymous 3/6/2014 9:22:53 AM

I wonder which post is from Anna. Haha so many stories about tony it's funny to hear the same stories by everyone else

anonymous 3/6/2014 9:37:50 AM

i have booked AM a few times. every show they played Tony would be wasted on drugs and alcohols. he also ripped off a ton of local bands in the Portland area with that "festival" he was putting on. glad that dude is gone. he is a disgrace

anonymous 3/6/2014 10:22:32 AM

First off, why don't you all back the fck off Tony. You're all entitled to you opinion but that's no reason to trash the guy when none of you know the facts about what happened. Most of these comments are saying Tony came to my city and did a bunch of drugs. Well guess what? Thats rock n roll. Tony is a good dude and did a lot for the Portland hardcore scene long before he was ever a frontman of a band. So why don't all of you that want to bash on him grow the fck up!

anonymous 3/6/2014 10:28:29 AM

Agreed. Everyone wants to ride the shit talk band wagon, cause you know... it's the cool thing to do... pathetic. Get a life. Man up and realize everyone is human and makes mistakes. I have known Tony over a decade and the guy doesn't deserve this tasteless trashing.

anonymous 3/6/2014 10:30:44 AM

shoulda kicked the drummer out, he won't shut the fck up on facebook, acts like a spoiled brat

anonymous 3/6/2014 10:31:52 AM

i remember the time the drummer got caffeine poisoning but lectures about alcohol abuse, thats kid drugs fool, man up!

anonymous 3/6/2014 11:09:53 AM

The best part about this is that drummer was gonna get replaced, and now runs the band. Funny how that works. Tony was gonna replace him and then this happens? Band drama!

anonymous 3/6/2014 12:53:34 PM

Tony put up all the harassing texts on facebook that he got from the drummer, Duncan, threatening him with jail (ha ha) if he didn't turn over the facebook page. Drummer is missing a few screws from that set...

anonymous 3/6/2014 1:19:16 PM

getting wasted before every show is one thing. Behaving like an egocentric psychopath is quite another.

anonymous 3/6/2014 1:23:46 PM

Does anyone think that John Cena can beat The Undertaker?

anonymous 3/6/2014 1:25:08 PM

I personally think that Big John Studd is the most underrated wrestling name of all time.

anonymous 3/6/2014 1:27:57 PM

I'm going to be really upset if CM Punk doesn't come back before Wrestlemania.

anonymous 3/6/2014 1:34:48 PM

With or without Tony, this band is one of the most generic bands I've ever heard. I have no clue how they've put out so many records. It obviously isn't because of great record sales. These guys suck, especially their loud mouth tampon wearing drummer.

anonymous 3/6/2014 1:52:07 PM

What I learned from Tony Mosh: Crying and doing drugs = rock and roll Also, he was crying about getting all of those stupid tattoos and now being unemployable.

anonymous 3/6/2014 2:53:14 PM

This is amazing. fck Tony Mosh and the donkey he rode in on.

anonymous 3/6/2014 3:14:31 PM

all these dudes are my boys. except cam. fck CAM. just playin little poosy boy these comments are wack as fck ha ha

anonymous 3/6/2014 3:42:16 PM

'like'

anonymous 3/6/2014 3:55:13 PM

I think Tony Mosh won this battle. He's the only one not crying about this on Facebook. Do band members not realize how bad they make their band look by feeding into the drama. That drummer needs to calm the fck down and get his crease checked out.

anonymous 3/6/2014 3:56:17 PM

Does anybody else think that Razor Ramon should be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame at Wrestlemania 30?

anonymous 3/6/2014 3:58:11 PM

Is anybody else excited for the WWE Network? It's only $9.99/month.

anonymous 3/6/2014 4:00:32 PM

I had completely forgot about this band. Yes, that means they're very forgettable. They should fire the whole band.

anonymous 3/6/2014 4:01:45 PM

I want to see Tony vs Duncan in a steel cage match. Tony would whoop his ass.

anonymous 3/6/2014 5:16:24 PM

I follow all of the band members on FB n the only one posting n talking shit n so determined to cause more problems is the drummer, the recovering alcoholic Duncan. Heard you were a bitch as a drunk and a bitch sober. Duncan is trashing and causing more pssy ass drama,more than the drunk and dope Tony This is going to fail big time. Time to move on and hope Duncan fails big time. I liked him until all his bitching and drama he is starting all over the internet.

anonymous 3/6/2014 5:21:03 PM

I heard Tony banged the drummer's girlfriend, so they broke up, and thats what caused this

anonymous 3/6/2014 5:23:27 PM

Part of the best punk/rock shows I have gone to, I saw some fights with the members of band and their singer. Singer was WASTED. Sex.Drugs.Rock n Roll.It is usually the one sober person who thinks they are high and mighty to judge someone.Why are you a recovering alcoholic, Duncan? What stupid and fcked up shit have you done? Recovering alcoholics are recovering because they fcked up too many times. So get off your high horse. fck this band now. This shit is going to sink fast.

anonymous 3/6/2014 5:31:20 PM

have you seen Duncan? The only bitch he can get has 4 legs, a tail and hair all over her body. fck these 4 bitches.Don't support a band whos drummer is making himself like an angel and a leader. Feel sorry for Cam and Brian, and fck Tony for not owning up!

anonymous 3/6/2014 5:55:12 PM

Tony Mosh dick riders are not stoked, haha.

anonymous 3/6/2014 5:58:41 PM

they played a benefit show on friday for their drummers friend who was shot in the head. Tony's drunk ass got up there, disrespected the victims family and everyone involved, assaulted people, damaged property and then tried to fire the band. Saw it all go down.

anonymous 3/6/2014 6:05:01 PM

Hahaha, Tony got his ass beat by Dylan from For The Fallen Dreams in front of fifty people. That's he got into MMA, but still can't fight LOL

anonymous 3/6/2014 6:21:23 PM

Although fcking the ex girlfriend would be in true "tony mosh" style... it sure as shit did not happen

anonymous 3/6/2014 6:34:38 PM

lol i was at the show. tony was doin blow with this fat stripper chick all night and then made an ass out of himself. all those dudes are solid people besides that fckin tool. there is a video somewhere, hope it gets posted.

anonymous 3/6/2014 7:46:16 PM

Dunc would stomp Mosh.....he already has done it multiple times, Hahaha. Tony has literally fought every drummer he has had. Glad one finally stood his ground and kicked that fcker out of his own band. Here here!

anonymous 3/6/2014 9:20:00 PM

If he can't beat alcoholism then I'm sure he can't beat Tony.

anonymous 3/7/2014 12:00:47 AM

fck the drama. neither side should be airing dirty laundry. grow up... pretty sure these comments consist of two people shit talking each other...

anonymous 3/7/2014 12:09:42 AM

Their drummer won that battle four years ago.......better to be in recovery than doing mass amounts of cocaine and drunkenly falling into your band members while insulting a shooting victims family like Tony did......why would he chase some fat ass stripper when he has a hot piece of ass at home? Granted she's been ran through and has no brains, but she is fckable. All this roid rage came from suppressed homosexual desires and now the kid is bandless. Gay and bandless.

anonymous 3/7/2014 1:25:14 AM

I saw Duncan's girlfriend who dumped his dumbass. She's fcking fat and disgusting. If he couldnt keep that pile of trash then he'll never be able to get anyone. I'm not taking sides on this but Tony clearly looks like he's coming out better since he's not crying all over the internet like the rest of the band.

anonymous 3/7/2014 1:26:23 AM

I have a friend at Rise and they told me that American Me is being dropped. That drummers big fcking mouth was probably the cause of that. Good luck to them.

anonymous 3/7/2014 1:50:16 AM

^^^^ Tony Mosh folks. Grasping straws as tightly as possible.

anonymous 3/7/2014 1:56:34 AM

I'm positive they will get dropped now since they've sold like 200 units all time. now the rest of those neck beards in the band will fall back into obscurity because none of their other projects ever amounted to shit before tony hyped the band into noteriety. it's 2014 and your band members are all pushing 30 and playing metalcore. time to take a long look at your life anyway haha

anonymous 3/7/2014 2:00:46 AM

^^^ Tony T. got Tony V'd.

anonymous 3/7/2014 3:23:12 AM

Just the simple fact that you think that I'm Tony means that you think your band is a lot better than it is. You think you don't suck and for some fcking reason you think that you've actually sold records. Check the fcking Soundscan. You guys don't sell and are getting dropped. BTW, that drummer likes to be in bands where the singer sucks. He's good at that.

anonymous 3/7/2014 3:29:12 AM

I am sure their drummer would love to speak with you face to face but you would never do that :) it is easier to hide behind a computer screen then get knocked out lol

anonymous 3/7/2014 3:44:14 AM

Now I'm definitely sure it's two people talking shit to each other

anonymous 3/7/2014 4:37:25 AM

Any of my Vancouver goats remember when Tony stole that money and coke from BOG..? That queer was up on Tabor all day skeezing all day with do coke head bitches then came into BOG and got his feelings hurt. Stole from the bar tender. What a piece of shit.

anonymous 3/7/2014 5:13:51 AM

He almost got killed at Moshfest for fcking a ton of local bands over. Dude cried, lol, but what do you expect from someone who has whined about a bitch he couldn't fck right for three albums?

anonymous 3/7/2014 5:27:59 AM

Let's quit pretending that this band has lyrics. We are giving them way more attention than they deserve. In a few months they won't even be around.

brianblade 3/7/2014 12:44:18 PM

wow. this is all so fcking petty. what a damn shame

anonymous 3/7/2014 2:12:53 PM

This band fckin sucks

anonymous 3/7/2014 2:15:53 PM

Does anybody else think that John Cena is going to lose to Bray Wyatt at Wrestlemania 30? I think he's going to lose to try and help put Bray over and make him popular.

anonymous 3/7/2014 2:16:48 PM

I also think that Koko B. Ware's parrot needs to be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame.

anonymous 3/7/2014 2:17:22 PM

Does anybody else remember Bruno Sammartino? He was the champion for like 6 years in a row.

anonymous 3/7/2014 2:19:38 PM

Does anybody here watch Keeping Up With The Kardashians? I'm really interested to see what happens now that Bruce has moved to Malibu. Do you think they're getting a divorce? Is Bruce Jenner really transgender? This show is really interesting. Keep watching guys!

anonymous 3/8/2014 1:36:09 AM

This band sucks.

anonymous 3/8/2014 2:24:45 AM

These guys sucked tonight

anonymous 3/8/2014 12:00:55 PM

About fcking time, Tony No-Time was by far the worst musician, not to mention human being on the planet.Sloppy bitch couldnt keep time to save his life. He cries about every band he gets kicked out of, and id be suprised if he ever played music again. Good riddance....suck it and kill yoursef gay!!

anonymous 3/8/2014 12:15:30 PM

non of these coward, spineless shit talkers on here would ever say sh*t to any of them in person. Buncha loser troll haters

anonymous 3/8/2014 2:49:57 PM

Damn, Tony won't stop posting on this news update Hahaha. Dude can't let go to save his life. It's over little man. Go back to gym and train some more so you can get your ass beat again......and again......and again.

anonymous 3/8/2014 6:37:43 PM

Know who else was a badass? Tito Santana.

anonymous 3/8/2014 9:33:36 PM

Last night was probably the best they've ever played. Brian is an awesome front man, and anyone who claims that their label is dropping them, you are very wrong. Also, wwe is for creases...wcw or bust.

anonymous 3/9/2014 12:01:35 AM

Brian is a way better fit, no gaygy backpack or hip hop antics. Saw the last two shows with him and the crowd lost their minds. It's funny because all the negative shit with the band has nothing to do with their playing.....that is how you know it's Tony.

anonymous 3/10/2014 10:13:13 PM

Regardless of whose side you are on, this whole scenario is a very poor reflection upon this band and the "scene" in general. It is as pathetic as can be for grown men to be such pansies. I ask all of these band members to look ten years into the future and tell me what they see. It is highly probable that all of these generic, tatted up fools will be lucky to have barista jobs.

anonymous 3/10/2014 10:13:32 PM

... What a shame. No amount of regurgitated ideas will ever make this or any other purely derivative and entirely unoriginal relevant in the scheme of things. I understand that the truth hurts. Let there be blood.

anonymous 3/11/2014 3:24:48 AM

What you all need to understand is hard core is made up of pssy emo kids. Look at the fan base, skinny pussies punch dancing but run if a real pit starts. Dudes that cry them selves to sleep and pale little sluts that cut them selves. What would you expect from a screamo band? The whole band is bitch

anonymous 3/23/2014 8:17:00 PM

Tony was the biggest tool and disrespectful person I have ever met. Good riddance!

anonymous 8/1/2014 10:08:36 PM

I just came here to repay my respects to this comment thread

anonymous 9/28/2015 2:56:04 PM

This might be the greatest comment thread ever. Ran into Tony recently and he is the same little whinny bitch he has always been. I hope in 20 years somebody does a where is he now. Ha probably DJing some shitty strip club in Salem

anonymous 1/7/2016 10:53:25 AM

Update 2016. Tony is still a gay! And I don't mean a derogatory word towards gays. I mean a slimy little cheating gay. STD's anyone?

SN00PY 11/14/2017 1:55:18 PM

Tony Sopranos he is not. OD on coke you fcking coward and stay dropped out of any music business before we rob your ass in MI




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