Bands & Artists - Alesana

Biography

Alesana (pronounced /ˈælɨs ˈænə/ Alice-Anna) is an american six piece post-hardcore band from Raleigh, North Carolina formed 2004. The band has released three full length albums and one EP to date. Current members are Dennis Lee (screaming vocals), Shawn Milke (lead vocals, guitars, piano, synth, keys, programming, string composition), Patrick Thompson (lead guitar, backing vocals), Jeremy Bryan (drums, percussion), Shane Crump (bass guitar, backing vocals) and Jake Campbell (rhythm guitar, backing vocals). Former members were Adam Ferguson (rhythm guitar, vocals), Steven Tomany (bass), Will Anderson (drums) and Daniel Magnuson (drums). Shawn's sister Melissa Milke takes over the female vocal parts throughout every Alesana album without being officially part of the band. On Alesana's third studio album "The Emptiness" Adam Fisher of Fear Before contributed the spoken words throughout the album. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License and may also be available under the GNU FDL.