 To find a record label , the band says " we pretty much just sent packages to every record label , a shit load of phone calls harassing people . " In 2001 , From Autumn to Ashes performed in Long Island with Ferret Music bands <unk> and Martyr AD , where the founder of Ferret Music , Carl Severson , attended . The following day , Severson contacted the group and they were soon signed in 2001 . The band 's debut full @-@ length album , Too Bad You 're Beautiful , was released on August 14 , 2001 . Too Bad You 're Beautiful , which was written entirety about a relationship Perri had , sold over 100 @,@ 000 records in the United States , and thus , From Autumn to Ashes became the highest selling band on Ferret Records . It had also featured vocals on the song " Short Stories With Tragic Endings " from Melanie Wills of the band One True Thing . A reviewer on Punk News stated the album had the ability to " put you to sleep like a baby 's lullaby , then smash you awake with the most gut wrenching , floor pounding hardcore this side of the Mississippi freakin ' river . " In 2000 under the music label Tribunal , the band released the Sin , Sorrow and Sadness EP on March 5 , and later took part in the Warped Tour during the summer months . In 2002 the band employed a live drummer for a number of songs so that Mark could focus on songs that he did more vocals in . 
