Aranda

Aranda is a hard rock/post-grunge band from Oklahoma City, formed in 2001 by brothers Dameon Aranda (lead vocals/guitar) and Gabe Aranda (lead vocals/keyboards). The group has built a 20-plus-year career on raw emotion, soaring melodies, and relentless touring.

Their breakthrough came with the 2008 self-titled debut on Astonish Entertainment, spawning two Top 40 Active Rock hits: “Still in the Dark” (#31) and “Whyyawannabringmedown” (#26). The latter was covered by Kelly Clarkson for her platinum album All I Ever Wanted and served as the theme for WWE’s The Bash.

Signing with Wind-up Records, Aranda released Stop the World (2012), their commercial peak. It delivered three Top 40 singles — “Undone” (#24), “Satisfied” (#14) and “One More Lie” (#15) — and earned a RadioContraband Indie Artist of the Year nomination. Not the Same (2015) followed, debuting at #12 on Billboard’s Heatseekers chart with “Don’t Wake Me” (#17) and “We Are the Enemy” (#18).

After going independent, they issued Recollections of a Painted Year (2022) and, in 2025, scored a Top 40 hit with “Punch Out,” a collaboration with A.D.A.M. Music Project.

From a deal with Epic Records to indie resilience, Aranda’s nine Top 40 Active Rock singles, Clarkson covers, and stages shared with rock royalty cement the brothers’ legacy as a vital, enduring force in American rock.