My America Is Watching Tigers Die

My America Is Watching Tigers Die
My America performing at The Acheron in Brooklyn on August 5th, 2013. Left to Right: Brian Miller, Andrew Rapp, and Matthew Turner.
Background information
Also known as	An April Setting Sun (2002-2004) My America (2009-2015)
Origin	Newark, Delaware, U.S.
Genres	Noise rock grunge thrash metal post hardcore hardcore punk
Years active	2002-2016
Labels	Emerald Moon Pluto The Ghost Is Clear
Past members	Mike MacMillan Blair Allen Will DiMondi David Rushman Matthew Turner Brian Miller Andrew Rapp
Website	myamericanoise.com

My America Is Watching Tigers Die was an American noise rock band formed in Newark, Delaware, 2002. The group consists of: vocalist David Rushman, guitarist Matthew Turner, bassist Brian Miller, and drummer Andrew Rapp. They were influenced by Deadguy, Knut, The Jesus Lizard, Botch, and Coalesce. The band toured with acts such as: Coliseum, Sannhet, Keelhaul, KEN Mode, Rosetta, Engineer, North, Bezoar, Thera Roya, All Time Low, and Pharaoh to name a few.^[1]

They were originally called An April Setting Sun until changing their name in May 2004. The band signed into Emerald Moon Records and released their debut album Narratives (2006). The band caught the eyes of Pluto Records and signed into them and released their second album Stone Age (2008). Unexpectedly, the frontman of the band David Rushman, left in 2008 which changed the direction of the band, after the departure of Rushman the band shortened their name to My America.

Soon, the band were dropped from Pluto Records and self-released Hurry Up & Chill (2010), the album then attracted The Ghost Is Clear Records and eventually signed to them. They'll release their final album Misses (2016), until officially disbanding in late 2016.