Hailing from central Massachusetts (read: not from Boston), the melodic hardcore unit
No Trigger had become a five-piece by the time they self-released their first demo, the EP The World Is Not a Stage, in 2003. A split with Rhode Island's Wasteland followed the next year, and Japan's Big Mouth Records later combined both releases (remastered) into one seven-song album, Extinction in Stereo. Falling into the hardcore ranks beside
Strike Anywhere and
Rise Against,
No Trigger signed to Nitro Records in March 2005. The guys -- singer
Tom Rheault, guitarists Mike Pryzgoda and
Jon Strader, drummer
Mike Ciprari, and bassist Tom Ciesluk -- began work on their debut that fall with the production team of
Bill Stevenson and
Jason Livermore, and the resulting record,
Canyoneer, was issued in March 2006. Dates before and after found the band sharing gigs with acts like
Crime in Stereo,
A Wilhelm Scream, and
Set Your Goals. ~ Corey Apar