ABOUT

LISTED AS ONE OF ALTERNATIVE PRESS’S 50 UP-AND-COMING POP PUNK BANDS, NEW ENGLAND’S OWN ALWAYS GROUNDED IS A BAND THAT IS REMINISCENT OF THE LATE 2000’S POP PUNK AND EASYCORE HEYDAY, GATHERING INFLUENCES FROM BANDS SUCH AS FOUR YEAR STRONG AND NECK DEEP. MERGING UNFORGETTABLE HOOKS WITH LOUD, AND HARD HITTING INSTRUMENTALS, THIS CONNECTICUT BASED 5 PIECE IS A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH.

SINGER/AMATEUR WRESTLER RJ DIONNE STARTED ALWAYS GROUNDED WITH HIS BROTHER ELI AS AN ACOUSTIC PROJECT. AFTER RELEASING THEIR FIRST EP, THE DUO DECIDED IT WAS TIME TO TAKE IT SERIOUSLY AND TRANSFORM INTO A FULL BAND. IN MARCH OF 2024 THE BAND SUDDENLY LOST FOUNDING MEMBER JUDE ALEXANDER. INSTEAD OF CALLING IT QUITS THEY DECIDED TO FORGE ON AND KEEP HIS LEGACY GOING. ALWAYS GROUNDED IS RJ DIONNE (LEAD VOCALS), ELI DIONNE (VOCALS AND RYTHEM GUITAR), IAN DE CHANTAL (LEAD GUITAR), JOE MICHUR (BASS), AND MASON COHEN (DRUMS).

IN SEPTEMBER OF 2024 THE BAND SIGNED WITH GHOST KILLER ENTERTAINMENT.

THE BAND JUST RELEASED THEIR THIRD EP, TITLED “ALWAYS GROUNDED” AND ARE WORKING WITH NICK CAVEN (MILLINGTON) ON THEIR UPCOMING FULL LENGTH RECORD. THEY’RE AMBITIOUS, WITH GOALS OF MAKING AN IMPACT ON FANS AND CREATING POP PUNK FOR EVERYONE.