Forty Foot Echo
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| Forty Foot Echo | |
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| Origin | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Genres | Alternative rock |
| Years active | 2002–present |
| Labels | Echo Music (2003-) Hollywood (2002-2003) |
| Associated acts | The Veer Union |
| Website | www.fortyfootecho.com[dead link] |
| Members | |
| Murry Yates Dayvid Swart Mark Watson George Izzy Allen Kevin Kevlar Bosch |
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| Past members | |
| Peter Thorn Rob Kurzretier Eric Schraeder Mike "Sancho" Sanchez |
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Forty Foot Echo is a Canadian alternative rock band formed in 2002 from Los Angeles, California, United States of America. [1]
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[edit] History
Murray Yates, formerly of the band Templar, is the band's lead vocals, with Ryan Chamberlain as rhythm guitarist, Izzy Allen as bassist, Dayvid Swart on the drums and Shaun McDowell playing lead guitar.
Forty foot echo's song 'Drift' was featured on One tree hill, season 1 episode 1 during the opening sequences.
Shortly after the conclusion of their first tour, a complicated series of events caused the band to become estranged from Hollywood Records, which eventually led to a different line-up for their second album. Only Murray Yates remained on board, and was the one who reformed the band with the help of Shaun McDowell.
"Brand New Day", the band's most successful song from their debut album, was featured on the soundtrack of the 2003 version of Freaky Friday which earned the band a Canadian gold record. The song "Drift" was used in the feature film The Prince and Me in 2004. They released their second album (titled "Aftershock") in Autumn 2006, on their new record label, Echoman Music. Currently, there is no date specified for a U.S. release. The song "Closer" was the first single off the album, which was released across Canada on November 28, 2006. The video for the single was completed shortly afterwards, and began airing on MuchMusic at the start of October of the same year.
Murray Yates is also a member of a side project band, Caught Crimson, along with former Forty Foot Echo member Rob Kurzretier and singer-songwriter Adrianne Leon.[2]
[edit] Line-up
[edit] Original
- Murray Yates (lyricist, lead vocals)
- Peter Thorn: (lead guitar, background vocals)
- Rob Kurzretier: (drums)
- Eric Schraeder: (rhythm guitar, background vocals)
- Mike "Sancho" Sanchez: (bass)
[edit] Current
- Murry Yates (lyricist, lead vocals)
- Mark Watson: (guitar, vocals)
- Dayvid Swart: (drums)
- Lee Nichols: (guitar, vocals)
- Matt Doiron: (bass, vocals)
[edit] Discography
- Forty Foot Echo (2003)
- Aftershock (2006)
[edit] References
- ^ "Forty Foot Echo". MuchMusic. http://www.muchmusic.com/artists/529/forty-foot-echo. Retrieved January 9, 2011.
- ^ SoapZone: General Hospital News & Gossip Retrieved on 2009-01-13
