I Was Totally Destroying It

I Was Totally Destroying It
Also known asIWTDI
OriginChapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
GenresIndie Rock, Powerpop[1]
Years active2007–present
LabelsGreyday Records
MembersCurtis Armstead
John Booker
James Hepler
Rachel Hirsh
Joe Mazzitelli
Websiteiwtdi.com

I Was Totally Destroying It is a five-piece powerpop band from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, featuring current and former members of Saddle Creek band Sorry About Dresden. After self-releasing and touring the country behind their first full-length album, the band signed with Portland-based indie label Greyday Records.[2] Since forming in 2007, the band has toured much of the country, playing with artists such as Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band, Motion City Soundtrack,[3] Cursive, Superchunk, Portastatic, Ryan Ferguson (formerly of No Knife), Dear and the Headlights, Margot & the Nuclear So and So's, Snowden, Billy Bragg, Annuals, Joan Jett, The Actual, Ozma, Polvo,[4] Birds of Avalon and Blankface. Their next full-length, Horror Vacui, was released by Greyday in October 2009, and was co-produced by Josh Cain of Motion City Soundtrack.

  1. ^ a b Brian, Tucker, "I Was Totally Destroying It Clawing and Scratching Their Way To Unity"[permanent dead link] "Performer Magazine," 2010
  2. ^ http://www.indyweekblogs.com/scan/2009/04/totally-destroying-it-signs-to-pdxs-greyday-confirms-506-show/[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Motion City Soundtrack at 40 Watt on Friday | Correspondent". Archived from the original on 2008-12-02. Retrieved 2009-07-17.
  4. ^ "DBB Feature #2: Polvo | WKNC 88.1 FM Raleigh". Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2009-07-17.