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NEW ALBUM VENA SERA OUT April 3rd!
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NEW ALBUM VENA SERA OUT April 3rd!
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ (this type of thinking could do us in - sept 21, 2004) (live from the road- 2003) (wonder what's next- 2002) (point ..1- 1999) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ How do you describe a year in which your band sold more than a million copies of its major label debut, scored three chart-topping singles, performed on The Late Show with David Letterman, played the Ozzfest main stage, garnered critical acclaim, racked up radio and MTV airplay and toured Europe with one of its favorite groups (Audioslave)? "I call that a pretty damned good year," says drummer Sam Loeffler, whose band Chevelle went super-nova in 2003 with Wonder What's Next. "It was one unbelievable experience after another. I remember playing Letterman and Jim Carrey, who was that night's guest, invited us to hang in his dressing room. He said to us, 'I hear you guys on the radio all the time. That song of yours-'The Red'- is great.' We had just performed in front of millions of people on national TV and here was one of the biggest stars in the world acknowledging our music. For a band that had been playing dive bars not that long ago, it was definitely a surreal moment." Fueled by "The Red" and follow-up blockbusters "Send The Pain Below" and "Closure," Chevelle toured endlessly, consistently whipping packed-house crowds into a frenzy with a set that was raw, sweaty and absolutely electrifying. When all was said and done, Sam and his brothers Pete (vocals/guitar) and Joe (bass) had played a staggering 400 shows, including dates with the Foo Fighters and a sold-out headlining jaunt of their own. On December 17th, 2003, they played the final show of a grueling tour at the House of Blues in their hometown of Chicago. They took a two-week break, and then entered their home studio to begin penning a new record. Or at least, that was their intention. "It was rough," laughs Sam. "It was January 2nd and Pete and I were sitting in the studio, just staring at each other. We were completely burnt from touring, had nothing written, and were under the gun to write the follow-up to an album that had just gone platinum-plus on the strength of three singles. After a couple of hours, Pete said, 'We deserve a break - let's take tomorrow off.' We came back the next day and still, nothing. So we'd take another day off. That went on for about two months (laughs). Then one day, everything just clicked and the songs came one after another." About dealing with writer's block and the pressure to outdo the previous record, Pete says, "Ultimately, you can't worry about it. You have to write to please yourself and we did that. Beyond that, we had no expectations." Seven months later, however, few were surprised when ther highly anticipated new album, THIS TYPE OF THINKING (COULD DO US IN), debuted on Billboard's Top 200 at No. 8 and quickly went gold. Chevelle had picked up where they left off, with lead single "Vitamin R (Leading Us)" blazing to the top of the rock charts while its eye-popping video blanketed MTV, MTV2 and Fuse. Road-tightened and focus redefined, the brothers Loeffler have raised the ante with this perfectly paced album of intoxicatingly tuneful melodies and raw, juiced guitars. Pete's richly hued voice illuminates the dark soundscapes of songs like "The Clincher" (about dealing with claustrophobia), "Still Running" (about the struggle to be positive during turbulent times) and "Tug-O-War" (about toeing the line between passion and packaging). Behind him, the rhythm section of Sam and Joe make tracks like "Breach Birth," "Emotional Draught" and "Another Know It All" swing and stomp with seductive flair, anchoring each track with thick, surging grooves. The band co-produced the album with Michael "Elvis" Baskette, whom they previously worked with on Wonder What's Next. "We knew exactly what we wanted the record to sound like," says Sam. "We'd already done a lot of pre-production work, so we asked Michael if he was comfortable with us having a co-production credit. He agreed, saying he'd engineer and oversee it. We trust him and his ideas and everything worked out great." As Sam tells it, the band worked fast and furious, but kept the mood. "Recording can be a really intense process," he says. "So there were certain things we did to take the edge off. For instance, we were recording 'Tug-O-War' and Pete was getting frustrated over a particular vocal passage. So I sent a runner out for a bottle of Petrone and told Pete we'd do a shot for every take that he got right. By the end of the session, we were completely ripped (laughs). Actually, if you listen to the song closely, you can hear the glasses clinking. Little things like that can make a big difference in keeping the process fun." Since the album's release, Chevelle has garnered heavy radio and video airplay, appeared The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and CNN, and contributed a track (second single "The Clincher") to EA Sports' top-selling video game Madden NFL 2005. The trio closed out the year with an arena tour opening for Korn and will break from the gate in 2005 with the headlining slot on the Winterfresh SnoCore tour presented by MTV2. "We've worked our asses off for everything that we've achieved," says Sam. "And at a time when everyone's focusing on lip-synching and fashion statements, we've done it without gimmicks and by writing our own music. That makes us prouder than anything else."
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Hey i just heard a song of
chevelle's! they roc!
i was listenin to the radio and heard one of
their songs. they roc! any1 know how many
cd's they have? i want to buy them!
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| Yup, they are good. I think they have about
4-5 albums. | Mowno | Oh, lookie there. Its up there beside the
picture. "Albums" Lol :P | Mowno | they have 3 and a live on the road one
| chevellefan_99 | hmm...yea, i shoulda looked up there @~@ i
think the song i herd was called exagerate
but i don't know if that's the name of
the song | Night-Dragon-13 | Go fuck yourself night_dragon. You stupid
poser. "OMG that song rocked I think
it was called Exaggerate I wanna go buy every
single one of their albums!". People
like you make the music industry crappier and
crappier. | BLASTT | oh yea, well if u think i'm such a
"poser", then y the hell do u
always read my fuckin forums?!?!?! and evr
read my profile? huh? well it says CLEARLY,
THAT I HATE FUCKIN POSERS!!! go to ur corner
and fuck urself! | Night-Dragon-13 | you are probably thinkin of "the
clincher" they say saturate not
exagerate, that is their newest single on
radio right now anyways hope u continue to
enjoy their jams | colonelforbin420 | woa, woa, woa! u mean to tell me they say
saturate and not exagerate?!?!? | Night-Dragon-13 | they are cool.they have 4 albums and soon
they will have another one out | fairiekisses | Lol yeah they say saturate. Check out the
forum thread here about the song "The
Clincher" I posted the lyrics in
there. | Patrick_R | i feel like such an idiot! exagerate! i
must've been half alsleep! and yea,
i'll check out ur thread! | Night-Dragon-13 | Well, no one can blame you for thinking you
thought he said "exaggerate"
because the first time I heard The Clincher,
I thought he said accessorize. lmao
Anyways, I'm such a big fan of Chevelle,
but I just realized that they have more than
two albums. Nooo!!!! Now I have to look for
their OTHER albums. I feel stupid... :( | Crestfallen | don't feel that way but what albums do u
own? b-c all their albums kick ass. | fairiekisses | accessorize? ok, so mayb i don't feel like
such an idiot anymore cuz i guess it just
depends. lol i don't hav any of their
albums, but i want to get them. great they
hav 2 so that means i hav to look for that
one also. | Night-Dragon-13 | | i own one of there cds so im good | who_cares | u hav to rub evrything in my face don't u?
lol ;) like my grandparents not having cable!
nooo!!! it's going to be so boring! blah
=D | Night-Dragon-13 | That made no sense. You said nothing to back
yourself up just said you hate poseurs when
in fact you are a poseur, pretty pathetic. | BLASTT | wtf? i said nothing about hating posers here
on this forum, so why the hell bring up
something that is irrelevant to what we were
talking about? | Night-Dragon-13 | BECAUSE YOU SAID YOU HATED POSEURS ON YOUR
PROFILE! Could you be any stupider? | BLASTT | well excuse me if i havn't been here in a
while, and i don't waste my time reading
the whole forum all over again! and stupider
isn't a word!!! | Night-Dragon-13 | "Stupider" is a word, but
"havn't" isn't.
| BLASTT | OBVIOUSLLY! my god! HAVN'T is my way of
writing haven't only when i type fucker!
get a life!!! same with HAV, and PPL, or what
about U... they r just abreviations dumbfuck! | Night-Dragon-13 | No shit idiot. I was just pointing out what
really is a word and what isn't. All you
could reply with was that I said havn't
isn't a word when I proved you wrong by
saying stupider is a word. Nice try. | BLASTT | | CUZ STUPIDER ISN'T A WORD DUMBFUCK!!! | Night-Dragon-13 | hey its been a while since i've been on
here have you got any of their albums yet? | fairiekisses | STUPIDER IS A WORD YOU DUMBFUCK! Look it up
or try dictionary.com! Haha! How you like
that?! Yeah that's right you lose. | BLASTT | It's just like smarter. Exs: I'm smart.
I'm smarter than you. I'm the smartest
of us three. So let us do stupider now. Exs:
You are stupid. You are stupider than me. You
are the stupidest of us three. | BLASTT | yea, i've gotten one of their albums. they
r really good!
dictionary.com...wow blastt, i nevr knew how
much of a moron u r. u actually sit there and
look up words on the internet, let alone a
dictionary...and u think i'm the stupid
one here. so, this dictionary.com, i bet
it's ur favorite website huh? don't
lie, u know it's true!
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