All Forgotten are a 4 piece post-hardcore/rock band from Surrey, England. Formed in late 2003 the band has taken large strides in the local area's of Woking and Guildford, changing styles many times, as well as chopping and changing their line-up to come to what it is now, which is Tom Peacock (Bass/Vocals), Steve Foy (Guitar), Dan Wheeler (Guitar/Vocals) and Adam Wheeler (Drums/Throat).

Starting Out

Tom Peacock and Steve Foy both atteneded St. John the Baptist Secondary School in Woking and it was during their time that the two, both heavily influenced at the time by the massive pop-punk scene that had engulfed teens on both sides of the states, decided to form a band together. Their first practices were in one of their bedrooms on afternoons after school covering songs by such bands as blink-182, a major favourite with both of them.
It was at this point that they decided to become a serious project and started looking for a drummer. None of the early candidates were successful (one drummer was reported to have put Foy's guitar neck through the ceiling at his very first practice) but eventually at a local gig they came across random, wide grinning stick holder called Adam Wheeler who accepted the offer to try out with them. From then on everything started to flow and the band quickly set off writing quick, catchy and raw pop-punk tunes. Some of their earliest songs included "Get A Grip", "In My Way" and "In Flames" and these were all included on their first E.P. recorded at Scream Studios in Croydon, which was unofficially named "No Pun Intended".

First Few Gigs

The bands first show came at a free venue in Woking, the Coign Chruch. Although this place was supposed to be holy in some sort of way it was clear almost immediatly that this wasn;t they way that these youngsters were going to treat it and the place was soon filled with the scent of weed and the downing of cider. In this, a time before emo, the kids were all clad out in dickies, atticus, famous stars and straps and macbeth shoes.
All Forgotten were placed as "headliners" (a term that Peacock refused to use to make his band sound better) ahead of two other local metal/hardcore bands, Infliction (later to become Cult of Personality and the now very successful Open The Skies) and Johnny Cheats Death. After Infliction had finished JCD took to the stage but over played on their time limit, leaving All Forgotten to quickly get on with their set. They had to be done by ten o'clock and although it was clear that they weren't going to be they played with such confidence for a first time band. As well as pop-punkers, this crowd had metalheads and friends of the band didn't care who was who and this eas clear as a mosh opened up instantly for opener "Get A Grip" and didn't stop until the opening chords of "In Flames", a calm, peaceful riff which exploded into another fast-paced and catchy song like the others. They only had enough time left to cover their (at the time) all time favourites, blink-182 once instead of twice as they would have liked (they were hoping to add "dammit" to the set)and they finsihed with a storming rendition of "Carousel", which got the crowd up one more time, moshing right in their faces as they played on to the end. As was expected, hearty congratulations followed.
The bands second gig had come after an invitation from one of Peacock's good friends, Nick Lay, to play at his and a friend, Andy Conway's, 16th birthday party in Mayford Village Hall just outside of Woking. On request they covered "Go" by blink-182 and although their set time had come to and end and the next band was due on, they were persuaded by the hyper-active fans to play on for a massive 7 songs longer, which ventured into other songs by blink-182 as well as songs by bands such as Green Day.

Changes In Stlye And Personel

As the band carried on they began to become influenced by more and more of the upcoming post-harcord bands such as Sense's Fail and this began to show in their music. The ounk side was still their but a more emotional and deeper tone was beginning to be felt in different songs. Steve Foy's knack of finding the next big bands before anyone else was looking as if it was going to pay off.
Chris Veliseredies (known as Velly), who was the drummer for another local band, Minus 8, was brought in on guitar to help the band create the new different styles that they were after, and for a time it seemed to be going brilliantly. The bands gigs in the now "popular for local bands venue", Horsell Parish Hall with other bands such as Felch, A Stranger In Moscow, Hello Ruby, Second Thought and Another Minority, had been a huge success.
They also played along side Another Minority and Felch in a house birthday party for Rosie Irwin. The gig took place in the garage and despite the tiny space, everyone there was drunk or high and went mad, responding eagerly to some of the new material that was beginning to shine through from the All Forgotten boys. Ending with a huge encore of blink-182 songs such as "dammit" and "carousel" (offically the last time they were played by the band), they tore it up, got pissed and jumped out of the first floor window with everyone else (there was a trampoline below!).

Shock Dismissal & Second E.P.

The news reached people gradually that Steve Foy had left the band. Rumours were that he'd quit, others were that he'd been given the boot and it was the latter that proved to be true due to arguments and accusations of commitment within the band. Althoguh Peacock eventually explained what had happened to his close friends and continued with the band as a three piece, he and Foy spent a time as enemies, unthinkable to many of their fans today.
Despite this set back and the loss of a great guitarist, the band carried on venturing into wider styles of music which led to their second E.P. being released with 5 brand new tracks. The title of the disc was "The Girl I Thought I Knew" and is currently the only E.P. out of the four that the band have released to have a cover which actually came with the disc (a girl standing by herself on a beach). The tracks included "Breaking Away From You", "I Never Said The Things I Promised I Wouldn't", "Your Sacrifice Has Made It Right", "The Girl I Thought I Knew" and "Zombies and Lightsabers".
The last track was orignally going to be the title track but the band decided to keep some sort of seriousness about the E.P. as a whole. This track turned out ot be a fans favourite at local shows and at yet another party gig in Horsell, the band played the song as the penultimate song in their set. The end of the song contains a hardcore, metallica-esque ending with churning, multiple riffs (somehow Velly could pull everything off live) and it was to this part that 8 friends of the band launched themselves onto the stage from the side and proceeded, while drunk, to mosh around in a circle around the band, somehow managing to not knock over any equipment. The ludicrus act brought smiles to the faces of the band and crowd. They finished with a triumphent cover of "Feeling This" by blink-182 which inspired a rarely large sing-along from the crowd and had been a favourite (a played perfectly) since the bands first gig without Foy at a chruch hall in Weybridge where most the new songs from the E.P. had been debuted. Soon after this the band took a long break over the summer.

New Recruit & Storming Comeback