I Will Never Be The Same

Although I Will Never Be The Same was created back in 2009, Atchley began working on a solo project from 2008.[1] 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.”[1]

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.[4] It was released on April 9, 2008. The album was first released independently and was only digitally distributed.[5]

Standby contained 12 tracks including a cover of "Cry Little Sister", a song by Gerard McMahon.[6] The re-released version has 21 tracks.[7]

A remix competition was held on the song "Worldless".[8] The remixes were released on October 12, 2010 in a compilation album under record label FiXT.[8]

After releasing the debut album, Atchley hired band members- Francis Ten (of West Indian Girl) on bass, Taylor Haycraft on guitar, and Brittany Bao on keys.[1] They played many local shows in Los Angeles including one on Perishing Square with Dramarama and in The Viper Room .[9] Its songs were also played on Dave Navarro's radio show “Dark Matter”.[9] But due to some reasons the other members left.

During 2012, Atchley had shut down a few offers of some major record deals, only entertaining record label offers because he wanted to tour. He wanted to create a new album.

Taking a break from his usual work, he went to a secluded mid-west U.S. tornado alley area with a portable studio and started making the demos. Within a month, the job was done and he went back to Los Angeles to mix and master the tracks.[4]

The album, ironically named Tornadoes, was first released on 20 February 2012.[10] It originally contained 12 tracks (the re-released version has 22) .[11][12] The song "Fire Inside" was used in an advertisement of the TV show Penny Dreadful.[13]

In 2014, it was stated that IWNBTS will release two new EPs.[4] The EPs titled Visitors I and Visitors II, according to Atchley, would pave the way for the third studio album.[4]

In 2015, IWNBTS signed with electronic rock label FiXT.[14] After signing, "Skyhunter", a single from the new EP was released April 7, 2015.[14][15] The EP was said to be released that summer.[14] The first two albums were re-released under FiXT on December 11, 2015 with new artwork and tracks as both CD and digital download.[16][17] The EP was said to be released in the summer but didn't come to fruition. On June 17, 2016, a new single from the third album "Forces" was released.[18][19]

In 2019, Atchley replied to a comment on his YouTube channel that he was working on movies and was not able to work much on the project.[20] But he added that he would take a break to revisit the passion of IWNBTS.[20]

1. Standby (2009)(re-released in 2015)
2. Tornadoes (2012)(re-released in 2015)
3. The Visitors (TBA)[18]

1. Worldless (The FiXT Remixes) (2010)[8]

1. Fantasy
2. Skyhunter (2015)[15]
3. Forces (2016)[19]
4. Fantasy (Maks_SF Remix) (2019)[21]