Fire and Ice

Fire and Ice is a South-Polian punk-pop band founded in Penguin Academy by Rocket Slug (lead guitarist and singer), her brother(keyboard and drums), and their stepsister (backup singer and bassist). The band is currently signed with AirPlay Records. Fire and Ice has toured Freezeland, Happyface State, and Club Penguin Island during their brief stint as musicians, and despite going on an indefinite hiatus, they still find the time to regroup and play shows every so often.

Biography
Agent Meltie's classic Emoguin misery caused her to learn bass guitar. She wrote music based on real events in her life, and pretty soon, the band was formed. With the encouragement of her siblings, the group turned those short poetry verses and ideas into full-fledged and unique songs. Each band member offered their own unique perspectives and musical preferences to the band, ensuring that no two songs sounded exactly the same.

Formations
The band was formed by Rocket Slug, Agent Meltie, and Phineas34720 as a project between siblings. When the trio heard about a talent show, they quickly assembled a brief set of songs to perform. They landed into the finals but came second. The group, initially disappointed, did not let one little talent show discourage them from continuing to create music. They decided the best methods of songwriting were the ones that allowed each of them time to shine. Whether that meant they wrote songs as a group or brought their own individual songs, this method proved successful.

2008
Their first song, entitled Party All You Want, was one of four songs performed at the Penguin Academy talent show. The group was still a bit rusty and had barely any time to practice, resulting in a messy and disorganized performance that was grateful to even reach second place. (Granted, high school talent show patrons are impressed by the bare minimum, so take that in stride here.)

A demo recording from their "studio" within their garage was posted on Rocket Slug's blog prior to this performance. Even though their debut live performance made second place, the web version reached ten thousand downloads within a week and without any kind of promotion. For such a small band, they were astonished to hear their first song had done so well. From there, the band gave themselves a name and created some music video clips for their PengTube channel. The videos quietly rose to thousands of views, which, again, astonished the trio.

2010
Throughout the Christmas holidays, the band worked on a Christmas album that was digitally released on December 12th. Rocket Slug realized the three singles on the album were worth music videos, which she filmed and directed. The group then rushed to continue producing music videos, some more ambitious than others. These videos gained some money for the band (about 100 F) which they split equally among members. Almost as soon as they received the money, Penguin TV was calling asking to show the music videos as commercials during Penguin Tales. The success of this phone call led them to creating more songs, but leaving many of them unreleased.

The group was able to release Explosion! in late 2010, though many stores did not receive these shipments until 2011 for some mysterious reason. Despite this shipment setback, sales immediately caught up, as did positive feedback from critics.

2011
Agent Meltie's sudden deletion and return to the corporeal realm left her wanting more from life. Her ambitions, suddenly dashed by this event, had changed, so she wanted the band's decisions to reflect her new lifestyle. The others were hesitant at first, knowing that their signature angsty sound was probably part of what got them so locally known in the first place. In their attempt to try a brighter and bubblier sound, the first single from their sophomore album How Sweet took a more juvenile approach and higher production quality. The result was a squeaky-clean and over-corrected version of their sound, which left two-thirds of the band unsatisfied. Content with the creative differences, Agent pursued something else for a bit, opting to take a break from the band. In came Lexi, someone well-versed in music, and Jillymob, a unique singer with an amazing voice. The two girls fit right in and the group continued to make music very similarly to the singles from their first album. They were also more willing to experiment with darker electronic sounds, creating a soundscape that made the "sweet" in the title seem more sarcastic than anything.

This ambitious behavior, however, was not to the album's benefit. Fire and Ice had fallen for the classic sophomore slump, in which the second album just can't match the impact or strength of the first. Despite this, they still felt inspired and proud of their work and continued promoting it. Sales came in when copies released, but the sales were nothing compared to Explosion! 's, well, explosive levels of sales.

2012-2015
The group's musical production slowed to a halt. Phineas34720 was cited as calling it "a chore" at times, and even though much of the band's inner communication was civil, he still felt a sense of "emotional unrest" among the girls, whose writing even became less and less serious as time went on.

"It was more of a job by that point..." he continued in an interview, his eyes glazed over and his demeanor just annoyed and tired. "We wrote music that we knew would sell, and it did, just not nearly as well as it did when we peaked. It's ironic to talk about how we've 'peaked' as if we're all old and jaded by now, but it really feels like we can't go back to that level of success and enjoyment. I'd love to feel that creative spark again, but it's just so formulaic and bland to me."

There was a third album aptly titled Dragging Our Feet in the works and announced for a 2013 release, but this release just kept getting pushed further and further back before finally being cancelled. The cancellation of Dragging Our Feet also came with the band's unfortunate announcement of a hiatus.

Meanwhile, Agent Meltie had quietly leaked the formerly unreleased tracks as a sort of retaliation for her creative vision not being seen. While this was done out of malice, it eventually ended up in the band's benefit, as the popularity of these tracks pulled them back into the local cultural zeitgeist. To this day, the band still does not know how she had the master recordings.

Future
The group would rejoin every so often, playing gigs as part of the Club Penguin Music Festival as sort of a callback to their teenage years. They even brought Agent Meltie back into the lineup, despite her secret.

Explosion! track list (singles will be marked with an asterisk):

 * 1) Party All You Want* (2:20)
 * 2) Rollermuffin (2:01)
 * 3) Can You See Me? (4:35)
 * 4) Everyone Is Here* (3:00)
 * 5) The Electric Keys (2:15)
 * 6) Get Up! (1:30)
 * 7) No Music No Life (3:20)
 * 8) You're Welcome* (2:46)
 * 9) Locked Away (5:10)

How Sweet track list (singles will be marked with an asterisk):

 * 1) Get Up! (2:00)
 * 2) That's Not Yours* (3:15)
 * 3) Who I'm Not (Jillymob cover) (5:50)
 * 4) Phone Call (2:34)
 * 5) How Sweet* (3:08)
 * 6) The Problem Is Me (3:11)
 * 7) Upwards Through a Chasm Chasing Light (5:00)
 * 8) Deletion (1:30)
 * 9) The Odd Jobs (3:45)
 * 10) Post-Modern and Dreadful (4:46)
 * 11) Breaking Point (2:10)
 * 12) The Other Team (4:10)
 * 13) It's Okay, Take Your Time (1:09)