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Rock Music, Alternative Rock Music, Adult Alternative

Decades Active:

2000's

The Memphis, TN-based rock quartet Breaking Point is musically comparable to chart-toppers Creed, which shouldn't come as a surprise as the band signed to Creed's label, Wind Up. Comprised of members Brett Erickson (vocals, guitar), Justin Rimer (guitars, background vocals), Jody Abbott (drums), and Greg Edmondson (bass, background vocals), the group came together when Rimer was working at a music store and discovered he had quite a bit in common musically with a customer, Erickson, who had come to purchase a P.A. system. The rest of the band soon fell into place while Rimer took a job at the renowned Memphis recording studio ~Ardent, where he worked on sessions for 3 Doors Down and Train. After studio execs heard demos of Breaking Point via Rimer, they offered the group a "spec" deal that became the eight-song demo recorded between late 1999 and August 2000. Local radio station WMFS began playing tracks from the group, resulting in the song "27" becoming the most-requested track at the station and climbing to number one on the play list. Shortly thereafter, Wind Up signed the group, issuing their debut, Coming of Age, in September of 2001.

- Greg Prato, All Music Guide