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1 DOSSIER POSTHARDCORE / METAL / ROCK Argovia, Switzerland / finalstoryband Booking Raffaele Uccella / finalstoryband Press/Info Final Story c/o Kevin Schärer / final-story / finalstory

2 BIOGRAPHY Founded in 2011, this band has made it its goal to fundamentally change the Swiss music scene. The founding members Kevin and Flavio Schärer, Mathias Sax, David Mele and Oliver Strub set out to write music history. In April of 2012 the current drummer Daniel Baumgartner joined the band, followed by guitarist Raffaele Uccella who replaced Oliver Strub in October The band s smashing EP is called Hopefully This Will End Well and was released in May of Their debut which they created in association with producer Lars Christen offers melody, intense riffs, animating beats and a well-proportioned dose of Electro. These guys are not trying to redefine the wheel, but make it their duty to beat it into shape to create a compact sound that cannot be heard anywhere else. The upscale production and the professional music video of Is Your Knee Alright? It Touched My Head! served as a worthy allegory for the starting pistol of a hopefully long-lasting career in the music business and left the recipients longing for more. The following year started with the release of the official live music video of the song Relentless and to shorten the latency for the fans, a cover of Seven s hit Lisa was released in October of In October 2014 the band released their single Take Me Away, accompanied by a lyric clip. Currently the quintet centred in Argovia, Switzerland is working on their new album, which is scheduled to be released in LINE-UP Mathias Sax Kevin Schärer Raffaele Uccella David Mele Daniel Baumgartner Vocals Guitar Guitar Bass Drums -2-

3 DISCOGRAPHY Hopefully This Will End Well - EP (2012) produced and mixed by Lars Christen mastered by Klaus 40HM Music Berlin 1. Oh My Mosh 2. Is Your Knee Alright? It Touched My Head! 3. Thanks For Helping Me Hating You 4. Relentless 5. Flying Lessons With Icarus 6. Hearts Feel Better If They re Still Beating 7. Nothing Lasts Forever (Unplugged) Lisa by Seven (Cover) - Free Download Single (2013) produced and mixed by Markus Helfenfinger mastered by Markus Take Me Away - Single (2014) produced and mixed by Tommy Vetterli mastered by Andrew Wade -3-

4 PRESS APPEARANCES The Wohler Anzeiger provided an entire page of background information about the band around the time of their EP debut release Along with an article on the band, the Argovian daily newspaper Aargauer Zeitung featured their official music video of the song Is Your Knee Alright? It Touched My Head! on their website After successfully covering Seven s hit song Lisa, he invited the band to one of his concerts Final Story s cover of Seven s single Lisa appealed to people of many different music genres. -4-

5 VIDEOGRAPHY Is Your Knee Alright? It Touched My Head! (2012) official music video Relentless (2012) official music video Lisa by Seven - Cover (2013) official music video -5-

6 Take Me Away (2014) lyric clip -6-

7 PREVIOUS SHOWS PRESENT Date Place Location 14 Feb 2013 Zürich, ZH Alte Kaserne 18 May 2013 Lenzburg, AG Metbar 01 Jun 2013 Hünenberg, ZG Openair jah! 22 Jun 2013 Teufental, AG Kulturkantine Oct 2013 Brugg, AG Piccadilly 16 Nov 2013 Münchenstein, BL Rockfact 20 Dec 2013 Baden, AG Merkker 18 Jan 2014 Zug, ZG Galvanik 08 Feb 2014 Zürich, ZH Planet 5 22 Feb 2014 Zürich, ZH Exil 12 Apr 2014 Gelterkinden, BL Marabu 23 Apr 2014 Zürich, ZH Kinski 10 May 2014 Oberentfelden, AG Böröm Pöm Pöm 17 Jun 2014 Zürich, ZH Komplex (Club) 03 Oct 2014 Brugg, AG Piccadilly (unplugged) 18 Oct 2014 Basel, BS Sommercasino 06 Dec 2014 Brugg, AG Piccadilly UPCOMING SHOWS 11 Oct 2014 Zürich, ZH Komplex (Club) -7-