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I Will Never Be The Same

los-Angeles based music project

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 24, 2026
Entity authorityQ96381874 ↗
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I Will Never Be The Same (sometimes shortened as IWNBTS) is an electronic/synth-rock music project based in Los Angeles, California. It was created by electronic music composer Josh Atchley, who made his debut in 2009 with the album Standby.

History

Creation and release of Standby (2009-2011)

Although I Will Never Be The Same was created back in 2009, Atchley began working on a solo project from 2008. He said about the creation of his project, "I decided took take time off producing other artists and remixes to do my own album ... (one) that I could potentially turn into a touring band that would showcase my love of rock-based music. I decided to try and start singing and writing lyrics, which was something I had never done before. After a year and a half of writing and experimenting, the end result was IWNBTS."

In 2009, Atchley was working at a record lab as a graphic designer. When he was alone, he would load up his music software and start to work. After 3 months he created the debut album, titled Standby. It was released on April 9, 2009.

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