2007–2010: Early years Formed in the summer of 2007, Girl On Fire was founded by members Austin Held, guitarist Nick McMahan, guitarist Brent McGaughey, bassist Josh Mouser, and drummer Harry MacDonald. That same year, the band recorded a series of demos and began playing heavily around the Seattle area. The band first saw minor exposure upon winning the Ernie Ball Battle of the bands in 2008 and
in 2009, The band spent the early part of 2011 writing and recording the
Revenge EP with
Wil Francis (
Aiden,
William Control). 2011–12 saw the band on national tours with
Get Scared,
Rev Theory and
Burn Halo, in support of their
Revenge EP. The record was released on September 3, 2013, and debuted at No. 25 on
Billboard Heatseekers charts. The song has over five million plays on
Spotify. The band spent the majority of 2013 on the road with the likes of:
Pop Evil,
Filter,
Otherwise and
Nothing More, as well as a three-month stint with
Buckcherry. They also performed at several national rock festivals, including
Aftershock,
Rockville, and Fort Rock. On September 23, 2014, the band released a music video for their second single, "Reminds Me of You". In November, the band embarked upon their first national headlining tour with Los Angeles band Raw Fabrics. The band continued to tour nationally in 2015. Notable stints included, a sold out show at the Hard Rock Seattle, a date on the famous
SXSW festival, and a headlining spot at
Seattle Hempfest 2015. The band's final show was September 5 at the
Showare center, alongside Seattle band
Candlebox Several members are currently in the pop rock band
Pretty Awkward (
Sony Music). ==Band members==