Miles Away

Genre:Hardcore Punk


Miles Away is an Australian hardcore punk band from Perth, Western Australia, formed in 2002.Miles Away was formed in mid 2002 by Cam Jose and Adam Crowe who had a bunch of songs they wanted to use for an old school hardcore band. They then drafted in Chris Unsworth, the drummer from Adam’s other band Alleged and Perth stalwart/enigma Dion, formerly of Boredumb and From The Ruins to take care of bass duties. Nick Horsnell joined up on vocals in late 2002 to complete the puzzle. At this time the band was going under the name Burning Bridges, until they found a US band with the same name. With each of the members big fans of the mid to late 90’s positive old school hardcore comeback (ie. Floorpunch, Ten Yard Fight, In My Eyes, Reach The Sky, Fastbreak etc) the aim was to create a band that kids could stagedive and fingerpoint to, whilst also fusing in elements of new school hardcore.

In December 2002 Miles Away went into Fleet studios to do a short demo. By this time Dion had left the band to start his new life in Melbourne,. So Adam ended up taking care of the bass on the demo. Then Cam decided to go to Northern California on a snowboard trip, so Miles Away went on a lengthy hiatus. Cam finally returned in early/mid 2003 and started jamming the old songs and some new ones. Eventually Miles Aaway had enough songs to play a show which happened in July at the notorious 208 house in Maylands, WA with fellow newcomers Burn For Me, The Collapse, Hailstones Kill 200 and Halo Of Knives. The show exceeded all band members expectations, and positive feedback was received. By this time Miles Away had acquired a full time bassist in Steven Hopperton who played in PC Thug and currently putting on his best metal face in Burn For Me.