I Am Alpha and Omega

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I Am Alpha and Omega
Origin Flemington, New Jersey
Genres Christian hardcore, hardcore punk
Years active2007 (2007)–present
LabelsCome&Live!
MembersDonny Hardy
Peach Hardy
Ilya Fish
Scott Soffer
Dillon Thornberry
Website facebook.com/iamalphaandomega

I Am Alpha and Omega is an American Christian hardcore punk band from Flemington, New Jersey. The band started making music in 2007. Their membership is Donny Hardy, Peach Hardy, Ilya Fish, Scott Soffer, and Dillon Thornberry. The band released an independently made extended play, Georgia May, in 2008. They signed to Come&Live! Records, where they released, The War I Wage, an extended play, in 2009. Their first studio album, The Roar and the Whisper, was released by Come&Live! Records, in 2010.

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"I am Alpha and Omega" is said by God in the Book of Revelation (Apocalypse).

Background

I Am Alpha and Omega is a Christian hardcore band from Flemington, New Jersey. [1] [2] [3] Their members are lead vocalist, Donny Hardy, guitarist, Ilya Fish and Dillon Thornberry, bassist, Scott Soffer, and drummer, Peach Hardy. [4] [5]

Music history

The band commenced as a musical entity in 2007, with their first release, Georgia May, an extended play, that was released independently in 2008, [4] while they released another extended play independently, The War I Wage, in 2009, with Come&Live! Records. [6] [7] They released, a studio album, The Roar and the Whisper, on September 5, 2010, with Come&Live! Records. [8] [9] [10] [11]

Members

Former Members

Discography

Studio albums

EPs

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