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Coheed and Cambria is an American progressive rock[1][2] band formed in New York.[3] The band has been active since 1995, although the band did not go by the name Coheed and Cambria until 2001, when Nate Kelley left the band. Before this they were known as Shabűtie, and for a brief period, Beautiful Loser.

Coheed and Cambria's albums are concept albums, revealing the plot of a storyline called The Amory Wars, written by lead singer Claudio Sanchez. To date, the band has released four studio albums, two live albums, and various special-edition releases, with their latest release being Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume Two: No World for Tomorrow in 2007.

History

Shabűtie (1995–2001)

In March 1995 Claudio Sanchez and Travis Stever's band Toxic Parents split, they were joined by Nate Kelley to start a band called Beautiful Loser. The band featured Stever on vocals and guitar, Sanchez on guitar, Kelley on drums and Jon Carleo on bass. The group was short-lived, breaking up by June of that year. Stever left the band and without him, the band became a trio, renaming themselves Shabűtie,[4] taken from African tribe chants for "naked prey" in the film Naked Prey. Sanchez took the role of lead vocals and guitar.

The band spent nearly a year experimenting with a multitude of different musical styles, including punk rock, indie rock, acoustic rock, funk, and heavy metal. When Carleo left the band in August 1996, Kelley recruited Michael Todd to take his place. Todd, who was primarily a guitarist, picked up the bass specifically for Shabűtie.[5] As Shabűtie, the band was at their most productive: they wrote dozens of songs and released their first studio demo Plan to Take Over the World. In 1999 The Penelope EP was released, shortly after which Stever rejoined the band, making them a four-piece once again.

Kelly would leave the band during a performance in late 1999 after becoming upset over the band's drunken performance,[5] and Josh Eppard, then of the band 3, was chosen to replace him, with the band going on to release Delirium Trigger in 2000.[5] This lineup would remain constant until the temporary addition of Dave Parker as a touring keyboardist in support of their 2005 release Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness.[5]

Coheed and Cambria (2001-2006)

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The Keywork: symbolizes the energy stream between the planets in Coheed and Cambria's fictional world. Also a commonly used logo for the band.

Several songs that appeared on Delirium Trigger were part of a science fiction story written by Sanchez called The Bag.On.Line Adventures, which was later renamed to The Amory Wars. Sanchez's side project originally developed during a 1998 trip to Paris, where the band decided to rename themselves Coheed and Cambria after two of the story's protagonists, and adopted the concept as a theme that would unify their forthcoming albums.[6][7]

February 2002 saw the release of The Second Stage Turbine Blade, the band's first studio album, on Equal Vision Records. Influenced by the seminal post-hardcore group At The Drive In,[8] the band's first release also featured a credited guest appearance from Dr.Know of the Washington, D.C. hardcore-punk act Bad Brains as well as the reworking of songs "Delirium Trigger", "33", and "Junesong Provision" from the Delirium Trigger EP as well as the band's first single and music video, "Devil in Jersey City".[8][9] The record also invited many comparisons to Canadian progressive rock group Rush due to Sanchez's characteristically high vocals and the distinctly technical nature of the music in comparison to their peers in the post-hardcore scene.[citation needed] The album brought the band underground notoriety and eventually several tour dates in the United Kingdom and Japan, as well as a brief stint on the 2002 Vans Warped Tour. The band would go on to start working with manager Blaze James in August 2002, who would help propel the band to larger stages and a wider fan base.[7][10]

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Following extensive touring with groups like Breaking Pangea and The Used, the band recorded and released their second studio album In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth:3 in October, 2003, once again on Equal Vision.[8][9] Featuring the singles "A Favor House Atlantic" and "Blood Red Summer" and corresponding videos which received airtime on MTV, the band supported the release by touring with artists such as Thursday, Thrice, AFI, and Rainer Maria, as well as their second appearance on the Warped Tour and an additional set of European shows.[9] The album peaked at #52 on the Billboard charts and was certified Gold by the RIAA.[11][12] An August 2004 show at New Jersey's Starland Ballroom in support of the album was filmed and became the band's first live DVD, Live at the Starland Ballroom, released in March 2005.

Coheed and Cambria once again toured almost non-stop in support of In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth:3, finally stopping to record their third release and major-label debut Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness in the spring of 2005 for a September 2005 release on Columbia Records, with whom they had signed a multi-album contract.[13][14] Their most commercially successful album to date, Good Apollo Volume One has sold almost 1 million copies and peaked at #7 on the Billboard charts.[15][16] Featuring three singles, "Welcome Home", "The Suffering", and "Ten Speed (Of God's Blood and Burial)", the album represented a departure from their previous melodic post-hardcore influenced rock toward a progressive rock sound, such as longer tracks, some consisting mostly of extensive guitar solos. The band supported the album on American and European tours with The Blood Brothers, Circa Survive, Head Automatica and Avenged Sevenfold, culminating in the release of the exclusive iTunes EP Kerrang!/XFM UK Acoustic Sessions and their second live DVD The Last Supper: Live at Hammerstein Ballroom.

Departures and No World for Tomorrow (2006-2007)

In early November 2006, it was announced that both Josh Eppard and Michael Todd had officially left the band for personal reasons, and Matt Williams alongside the band's drum tech "M.P." briefly filled out the band's rhythm section for a handful of shows.[17] In April 2007, former bassist Michael Todd officially rejoined Coheed and Cambria just in time to enter the Los Angeles-based studio with new producer Nick Raskulinecz and appear on their next album, due to be released that fall. The following June it was announced that Chris Pennie, formerly of the Dillinger Escape Plan, had officially joined Coheed and Cambria as their drummer, but due to contractual restrictions with his previous record label, Pennie did not appear on the band's fourth release.[1] Instead, Taylor Hawkins, the drummer for the Foo Fighters, recorded the drums making use of several ideas Pennie had previously written in correspondence with Sanchez.[citation needed]

The band's latest album and second release with Columbia Records, Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume Two: No World for Tomorrow, was released in October 2007, debuting at #6 on the Billboard charts.[18] The album's first single, "The Running Free", was released to radio in August, 2007. The band has continued touring in support of the album, headlining the 2007 Warped Tour, select dates in Europe and South America, a fall tour supported by Clutch and The Fall of Troy, and will be headlining the 2008 Kerrang! Tour in the United Kingdom with Madina Lake, Fightstar and Circa Survive.[19][20] In addition to the return of Todd on bass and new drummer Pennie, the band also recruited a touring keyboardist and backup vocalists for their live performances.

Influences and similarities

Sanchez has several times stated he is jealous of his father's era of music, and that the band is influenced by groups of that era, such as Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, The Police, Queen, and Thin Lizzy. Apart from these roots in classic rock, Sanchez also acknowledges an eclectic array of influences, including post-hardcore group At The Drive In, heavy metal pioneers Iron Maiden, and (particularly regarding his vocal style) pop and R&B singers such as Madonna and Stevie Wonder.[8][21][22] Contrary to rumors, bassist Michael Todd stated that the band was not influenced by Saga, and that indeed he had never heard of that group.[23] Many draw similarities between Rush and Coheed and Cambria,[24][25] but Josh Eppard stated in an interview that neither he or the other band members were Rush fans or influenced by Rush.[25] Sanchez has stated that The Amory Wars, the story that Coheed and Cambria base their lyrics on, has similarities to other stories, especially to the Star Wars trilogy. For example, when Coheed returns home to Cambria, she says, "Somehow I’ve always known", which is a line that Princess Leia used with Luke Skywalker in the Star Wars movie.[26][27]

Genre

The band are most commonly described as progressive rock by themselves,[1] Equal Vision[28] and often other sources, but many often describe the band as emo.[4][29][30][31][32] The band themselves say they think being described as emo is "just a time and place thing"[33] and think progressive seems the most suitable. Despite arguments for or against either genre, the band display elements of both musical styles. Songs such as "A Favor House Atlantic" and "The Suffering" follow the formula for what the public commonly refers to as "emo music" of simple riffs and catchy, pop-punk melodies whilst the likes of "In Keeping Secrets Of Silent Earth: 3" and "The Willing Well IV: The Final Cut" display a more prog-style approach, with complex time signatures and often lengthy guitar solos.

Members

Current members

Live members

  • Dave Parker - keyboards, guitar (live, 2005 - 2006)
  • Matt Williams - bass (live, 2006 - 2007)
  • "M.P." - drums (live, 2006-2007)

Past members

Studio

Discography

Main article: Coheed and Cambria discography

Coheed and Cambria have released four studio albums, two live albums, and various special-edition re-releases. Their albums are concept albums, revealing the plot of an overarching storyline, The Amory Wars. The band plans to release a total of five albums describing the saga The Amory Wars. To date, four studio albums have been released: The Second Stage Turbine Blade (2002), In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3 (2003), Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness (2005), and Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume Two: No World for Tomorrow (2007). Though there will be a fifth album, representing the untold first chapter, the band considers The Amory Wars to be a tetrology; the third and fourth albums together form chapter four, Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV.

Studio Albums

Other projects

  • The Amory Wars (previously The Bag.On.Line.Adventures) — Claudio Sanchez's comic book series detailing the story of Coheed and Cambria. Gus Vasquez also worked on the books. The series released its first volume on June 13 2007. An Amory Wars sketchbook with character profiles and sample art has also been released.
  • The Prize Fighter Inferno — Side-project of Claudio Sanchez. The debut album My Brother's Blood Machine was released October 31 2006. Its story is only related to Coheed and Cambria in that it is narrated by Jesse, who is "The Prize Fighter Inferno", and is meant to be a prequel to the other Coheed albums.[4] Claudio claims "When we were called Shabűtie, the initial idea for Coheed and Cambria was to be an acoustic/electronic side project. So I guess The Prize Fighter Inferno is kind of the original idea for Coheed and Cambria."[34]
  • Fire Deuce — Travis Stever's side-project which has released two EPs, Children of the Deuce and Deep Down and Dirty.
  • The English Panther — Travis Stever's solo side-project. The first self-titled album was released digitally on iTunes on January 25 2007.

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External links

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Coheed_and_Cambria&diff=172871972&oldid=172863437

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