Set It Off is an American alternative rock band that started in Tampa Florida, and started making music in 2008. Their YouTube channel mostly consists of music-related videos, with a few exceptions. The band has lost many members and gained members along the course of the band's lifespan. The lead singer being Cody Carson. Set It Off was subsequently signed by Equal Vision Records after releasing a string of successful extended plays. In 2018 they signed to Fearless Records, and in February 2019 the band released Midnight, their fourth studio album, through the label. The band's most popular song is called "Wolf In Sheep's Clothing", which spawned many memes in different communities such as:
- Dream's community
- Undertale
- Hazbin Hotel
The most notable out of all of these three, being Undertale. Undertale made this band known to many, not only with the Wolf In Sheep's Clothing memes, but also with some other songs of theirs such as This Christmas (we'll burn it to the ground), Kill The Lights, and Dad's song. Nightcore and Daycore music got extremely influenced by this band as well. YouTuber and musician, Caleb Hyles made a cover of Wolf In Sheep's Clothing, and actually got noticed in a reaction video on the Set It Off YouTube channel.
History[]
Cody Carson met Dan Clermont in high school, as both were in the marching band. Austin M. Kerr and Zach DeWall were in their own band together prior to the formation of Set It Off. The two bands brushed against each other while playing local shows, occasionally at the same time. After high school, Carson left for Ohio to attend the Oberlin Conservatory of Music as a classical clarinet student. In his first year, after exchanging a series of YouTube videos with All Time Low's frontman Alex Gaskarth, Carson asked if he could sing "Coffee Shop Soundtrack" on stage at the group's upcoming concert at the Cleveland House of Blues via a YouTube video, to which Gaskarth agreed. The performance helped Carson confirm his dream of starting a rock band, and not long afterwards, Carson dropped out of college and used his school money to come back and start up the band.
DeWall and Kerr were amongst the first to join the band, and Dan Clermont also followed. James Arran was Set It Off's initial drummer, but financial struggles made gas purchases difficult for him, which resulted in Arran resigning on August 24, 2008. Blake Howell became Set It Off's next drummer but soon left the band due to difficulties his family was facing. Howell was replaced by Benjamin Panico (a.k.a. Benji Panic) on October 30, 2009; however, he and the band have since parted ways so that Panico could pursue his GED and later start his own photography studio. Howell was able to introduce the band to their current drummer, Maxx Danziger. Dan Clermont, the bands lead guitar player, officially left the band in 2019 due to rumors of sexual misconduct.
Trivia[]
- The band originally gained a following through Cody Carson's YouTube channel
- Set It Off is commonly shortened down to SIO
- Set It Off's fans are called "Freaks"
- Set It Off's fans were formerly called "143 Family" and "Dreamcatchers"
- Set It Off's long-time former bandmate Dan Clermont left the band after 11 years because of sexual harassment allegations
Discography[]
- Baby You Don't Tripajaharda - 2008
- Calm Before the Storm - 2009
- Hush Hush - 2010
- Horrible Kids - 2011
- Cinematics - 2012
- Cinematics (Expanded Edition) - 2012
- Duality - 2014
- Duality: Stories Unplugged - 2015
- Upside Down - 2016
- Midnight - 2019
- After Midnight - 2020
- Midnight (The Final Chapter) - 2021
- Elsewhere - 2022
Other appearances[]
- Set It Off made a song for the album "Punk Goes Christmas"
- Set it Off made an acoustic version of their most popular song, Wolf in Sheep's Clothing, on the album "Punk Goes Acoustic Vo.3".
- Set It Off have made an official cover of Problem by Ariana Grande
- Cody Carson has collaborated for a song called "Older" by No Love For The Middle Child.
- Set It Off have collaborated with As It Is and JordyPurp for a song called "IN THREES"
- Set It Off have collaborated with Scene Queen for the songs "Barbie & Ken" and "Win Win"
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