Get Scared

Get Scared was an alternative rock band with a tumultuous history and ultimately chaotic end, followed be a reunion that was teased for multiple months.

The band started off in 2008, when lead vocalist Nicholas Matthews, guitarists John Braddock and Bradley Iverson, and drummer Warren Wilcock produced their first EP – Cheap Tricks and Theatrics and released it in 2009.

Get Scared began its ascend to stardom by accompanying with bands like Black Veil Brides and Vampires Everywhere! on Hot Topic’s Scared Ceremony tour.

In 2011, they signed to Universal Motown Records where they released their debut full-length album, Best Kind Of Mess, which featured songs as “Sarcasm”, “Voodoo”, and “Whore”.

In the fall of 2011, Nicholas Matthews abruptly left the band to expand his music career with Blacklisted Me. Following Matthews' departure, the remaining members held auditions and welcomed Joel Faviere as the new lead vocalist and Adam Virostko as an additional guitarist for their second EP Built for Blame, Laced with Shame, released in 2012.

Nicholas Matthews would return as the band’s lead vocalist in November of the same year, and in 2013, Get Scared signed to Fearless Records and released their second full-length album, Everyone’s Out To Get Me.

In 2015, Get Scared would release their third studio album Demons, which signified their transition from post-hardcore to metalcore.

The band roiled in controversy after Faviere was arrested and jailed on 4500 counts of child pornography. In response, Get Scared issued an apology and organized a fundraiser.

The band began recording their fourth studio album in 2017, announcing its release the following year. The album was not released in 2018, and in 2019, lead guitarist Johnny Braddock revealed in a video he posted to his YouTube channel that Get Scared was on hiatus after multiple inner conflicts and Nicholas Matthews' check in to rehab for a heroin addiction.

Amidst the chaos, the album, The Dead Days was released in April 2019. This would be Get Scared’s last album, as later that year, Nicholas Matthews announced his departure from the band and the foursome’s ultimate breakup.