Acceptance (band)

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Acceptance was an alternative rock band from Seattle, Washington, formed in 1998, but only industrially active from 2000 onwards. They released their first album, Lost for Words, in 2000, followed by Black Lines to Battlefields in 2003 (this album was also re-released with live bonus tracks). Their final and most popular album was Phantoms, which was released in 2005.

[edit] History

The band toured nationally and shared stages with the likes of The Juliana Theory, Anberlin, Finch, Further Seems Forever, and Seether as well as performing successfully on the Warped Tour and Cornerstone Festival. When the band's debut record, Lost For Words came out on Seattle indie, Rocketstar Records, and quickly approached the 5000 sales mark, the industry at large began taking notice. When the band recorded a new 5-song demo with Aaron Sprinkle, this industry interest turned into serious courting by several major labels.^{[citation needed]} After putting a professional management team in place to help determine the band's course of action, the band made the decision to release the Black Lines To Battlefields EP, produced by Aaron Sprinkle on The Militia Group who had been a long-time supporter of the band.

Acceptance later signed to the larger Columbia Records and released their debut album Phantoms in 2005, again produced by Aaron Sprinkle. The album was one of many included in the Sony rootkit controversy due to its inclusion of the Extended Copy Protection software.

In early 2006 they were declared "greatest rock band of the urban era" by MTV. Acceptance broke up in the summer of 2006. Former guitarist Christian McAlhaney posted the following message on their site:

You see, there comes a time in a band member’s life where he must choose between the abnormal life of a gypsy rock musician and the normal life of the common man. Jason, our beloved lead singer, has chosen the latter and decided to take on the yoke of the common man. HOWEVER, the rest of us do not share in this desire for normalcy and have decided to continue in our pursuit of rock stardom. You should all be expecting to hear a new kick ace rocking project from Nick, Kyle, and I, as well as a new project from Kaylan and a bunch of secret people that I can't talk about right now.^[1]

At the time of the band's breakup, they had already written and demoed songs for a new album. As a "going away" for fans, the band put the demo for "Not Afraid" up on their Myspace page for download.

[edit] Post breakup

• Jordan Riley joined as frontman of the band until leaving to pursue a different musical career, leaving the band and continuing on with his own projects. Jordan is now a very successful Studio Musician, and solo artist carrying his band If We Were Lions to new levels.
• Kaylan Cloyd has joined Ryan Van Wieringen and Bobby Darling of Gatsbys American Dream to form Search/Rescue. The band released their debut album, titled The Compound, in Japan in late 2007 with a US release in early 2008 on Eyeball Records.^[2]
• Christian McAlhaney currently plays guitar in Anberlin.
• Nick Radovanovic, Christian McAlhaney, and Kyle Flynn started a band called Thunder Thunder with Jerrod Bettis. Their current status is unknown due to McAlhaney's commitment with Anberlin.
• Kyle Flynn currently resides in Los Angeles, CA and is working on a script with his brother Kevin Flynn for Warner Bros. Pictures. It has recently been announced that he will be touring with Anberlin.^{[citation needed]}
• Jason Vena has retreated from the limelight, seemingly fulfilling his desire to lead a "normal" life. He's apparently currently working for his family's business in Mercer Island, Washington.^{[citation needed]}
• On November 24, 2007, Nick Radovanovic posted a bulletin on Acceptance's Myspace stating that he is currently working with two bands, A Modern Love Story and A Novel Form, both of which have albums coming out soon.
• On May 30 Nick Radovanovic posted a remixed version of the song "So Contagious" on Acceptance's myspace page
• Drummer Jerrod Bettis (Faster Avenue, OneRepublic) has joined Search/Rescue with ex-Acceptance members Kaylan Cloyd, and Ryan Zweifelhofer.^{[citation needed]}
• On Wednesday, September 23, 2009 Nick posted another demo the band had written before their breakup called "Desperate" and also a blog entitled "Hey guys, Nick here" inside the blog it said:

Just wanted to say hi to everyone and to let you know im throwing up an old acceptance demo we made a while ago titled "desperate". this was during our writing sessions for which was supposed to be our newest record. most of you know we never made it that far. again, this is just a rough demo so bear with the quality. hope you guys like it. take care everyone and thanks for all this support. nickrad

[edit] Final lineup

• Jason Vena — vocals
• Kaylan Cloyd — guitars
• Ryan Zwiefelhofer — bass
• Nick Radovanovic — drums

[edit] Previous members

• Garrett Lunceford - drums
• Peter Pizzuto - drums
• Christopher Camp - bass
• Christian McAlhaney - guitar and vocals
• Jordan Riley - Lead Vocals and Guitar
• Bryan Chalk - Drums and backing Vocals
• Kyle Flynn — keyboards

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

• Phantoms (2005)

[edit] EPs

• Lost For Words (2002)
• Black Lines to Battlefields (2003)
• Undone (Acoustic EP) (2005)

[edit] Singles

[edit] Video games

• In Too Far - NFL Street 2 (2004), MLB 2006 (2005)
• The Sims 2: University, "This Conversation Is Over," redone in Simlish.
• ATV Offroad Fury 3, ATV Offroad Fury Blazin' Trails, "Permanent"

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[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official site
• Acceptance at Purevolume
• [1] chat with Jason Vena post-Acceptance at AbsolutePunk.net