With Arms Still Empty

With Arms Still Empty started around November of 1998 in Grand Rapids, MI. 3 members previously played in another band called the bounty hunters. Originally there were five members: Jeff (bass/vocals), Greg (guitar), Yann (guitar), Jeremy (drums), and Aric (vocals). With Arms recorded two songs in December 1998 for the Occidental CD comp and the Forever 7” comp with Hamilton, Malakhai, and Just for Kicks. Later in may of 1999, they recorded 7 songs, 6 of which ended up on the Watching Friends Fall CD ep. Around November 1999, Aric left the band. Yann, the guitar player, picked up most of Aric's vocals, and Greg & Jeremy filled in the gaps. In January of 2000, they recorded 3 songs as a four piece, and 3 more in April. 5 of these tracks ended up on a split cd with Milwaukee's Since By Man. The split was released in June 2000. In August, With Arms played a couple shows out east with Blue Skies Burning, and then headed west for a 10 day tour with John Brown Battery. In January of 2001 greg left the band. Kevin from yesterday's gone and the bounty hunters filled in on guitar until the band broke up in 2003. Right before breaking up, the band recorded 2 tracks at Woodshed Studios, and 2 tracks and Cloud City. These 4 tracks were released on a cd-r that very few people heard.