Greeley Estates
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 Greeley Estates at Warped Tour 2006 in Vancouver, BC |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Phoenix, Arizona, USA |
| Genres | Metalcore, post-hardcore, emo (early) |
| Years active | 2002–present |
| Labels | Science, Tragic Hero, Ferret |
| Associated acts | In Fear and Faith, Escape the Fate, Blessthefall, Oh, Sleeper |
| Members | |
| Ryan Zimmerman Brandon Hackenson David Ludlow Chris Julian Kyle Koelsch |
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Greeley Estates is an American metalcore band from Phoenix, Arizona. Formed in 2002, the band has released five full-length studio albums and one EP. The group initially performed an emo and post-hardcore sound, but with some line-up changes later they changed their sound, pursuing metalcore with their third studio album Go West Young Man, Let the Evil Go East (2008).
Greeley Estates signed to Tragic Hero Records and Ferret Music in 2009 and released their fourth full-length album No Rain, No Rainbow in 2010, which features an even heavier sound. The band released their fifth album The Death of Greeley Estates on August 9, 2011 (not to be confused with their 2005 DVD of the same name), to which its sound was cited by vocalist, Ryan Zimmerman as a hybrid between their past two studio albums. Greeley Estates' only remaining founding members are Zimmerman and guitarist, Brandon Hackenson.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Formation and early years (2002—2006)
The band was formed by Ryan Zimmerman, Brandon Hackenson, Dallas Smith, Jared Wallace, and Mike Coburn. The band name is derived from a sign in Colorado Ryan and Brandon saw on the way from Chicago to Phoenix. Mike Coburn left the band shortly before they started touring at the end of 2003. After a few fill-in drummers, Brian Champ soon became the main drummer for Greeley Estates. They went through a few bass players who all left Greeley Estates before they began touring the US. Jared Wallace "Outside of This" was then replaced by Josh Applebach. They released their debut album Outside of This in 2004, a music video produced for its title track accompanied it. In 2005 Greeley Estates had released the Caveat Emptor EP.
Greeley Estates was one of PureVolume’s top 10 unsigned artists with over a million plays—an accolade supported by having album sales in the top 10 on Smartpunk since October 2004. Their distribution record further secured them a position on the Smartpunk chart for "Sales of All Time". They signed to Record Collection, and they were on every date of the Vans Warped Tour in 2005. Also, Greeley Estates co-headlined the MySpace Fall Tour 2005. Other accomplishments include extensive touring, a DVD entitled The Death of Greeley Estates released in May 2005, playing on the Taste of Chaos tour and continual play on KEDJ 103.9 alternative rock radio in Phoenix.
In mid 2006 Greeley Estates recorded their second full length album Far from the Lies.
On January 31, 2007, bassist Josh Applebach announced that he would leave Greeley Estates for a teaching career in Arizona. Bradley Murray (previously with Versus the Mirror) from Tucson, Arizona became their touring bassist. His first live appearance with the band was on February 3, 2007 in Safford, Arizona.
On June 3, 2007, guitarist Dallas Smith announced that he would be leaving the band in order to start up a family with his wife and expected twin daughters (he and his wife were to subsequently lose the pregnancy). He made this announcement via a Myspace bulletin and announced that his last show would be June 20, 2007 at the Clubhouse in Tempe, Arizona. After their Mexican tour with Silverstein, Brad Murray left the band for personal reasons.
[edit] Go West Young Man, Let the Evil Go East (2007—2008)
On September 4, 2007, Greeley Estates recorded their new album. The two new members of Greeley Estates include Alex Torres (previously with Eyes Set to Kill) and Joshua Ferguson (previously with Glory Nights) After the band finished recording their new album Go West Young Man, Let The Evil Go East, Joshua Ferguson left to complete his apprenticeship as a hair stylist in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; personal reasons seem to be why he left.
Greeley Estates had announced Tyler Smith as their new bassist, who was formerly of In Fear and Faith. Smith played his first show with the band on February 9, 2008, at the Clubhouse in Tempe, Arizona. In 2008 Greeley Estates had a track, entitled "Let The Evil Go East", on the Warped Tour 2008 compilation.
Their third album titled Go West Young Man, Let The Evil Go East was released May 6, 2008. For the track "Blue Morning" on their new album, Greeley Estates hired music video director Daniel Chesnut to create a high energy, intense video, to match the band's new persona.
On Friday, November 14, 2008, Greeley Estates announced that their newest bassist Tyler "Telle" Smith, found within the course of the same year, had left the band.[1]
[edit] No Rain, No Rainbow (2009—2010)
A song from the fourth album, entitled "Seven Hours" along with "Jealousy Breeds Killing Sprees", which features guest vocals Craig Mabbitt from Escape the Fate, were streamed online during November 2009. Another new song from album No Rain, No Rainbow entitled "Friends Are Friends for Never" was also streamed online.
As of June 12, 2010, guitarist Alex Torres announced his departure from the band via MySpace. In the blog, he stated; "Im not exactly sure how to say this, but as of a month ago, I let the guys know that I would be leaving the band.. and the "Oh, Sleeper" tour would be my last tour in Greeley Estates... To clear things up early, NO there is NO bad blood, and everyone is on good terms. Greeley has been my family since 2007, and that will NOT change."
Greeley Estates has been touring around the world, headlining many of these tours with bands including Vanna, Tides of man, A Bullet For Pretty Boy and The Crimson Armada.
Greeley Estates began work on their fifth studio album in 2010, originally expecting for an April or May release date.[2]
[edit] The Death of Greeley Estates (2011—present)
Ryan Zimmerman of Greeley Estates told AMP Magazine, "We’re thinking of kind of combining the last two records, Go West and No Rain, to kind of bring back some singing and have a little bit of melody but still have the heavy. I’m not sure yet on the lyrical direction."
"I think it’s a new challenge. I think trying to do something that we didn’t do on the record before-we want to have a little bit of a shock value each time. The last two albums were a shock to people as far as what was coming from Greeley Estates. We started off some of early albums with pop songs so we’ve changed a lot over the years but we want to kind of have that same approach going into this record too. We just want to try and figure out what we can do to combine the things we know our fans love and what we love to perform but also do something a little different."[3]
The fifth album is expected to be released summer 2011, with producer Cory Spotts, who also produced the band's very first album Outside of This in 2004.[4]
On June 1, 2011 the first single to the new album was released on the band's Facebook page, titled "The Last Dance." They have also announced that the album is titled The Death of Greeley Estates.[5] The album was expected to be released August 2, but was changed to August 9, 2011. The cover art for the album was released on the band's Twitter. On June 7, another new song, "Friendly Neighborhood Visit" was released on Altpress.[6] On July 7 the first track on the album titled "Straitjacket" was released on the band's Facebook page. The new album will be released a week early for fans to purchase at their tour. Greeley Estates has stated that they will be working on their upcoming sixth album next year in 2012.
[edit] Members
- Current
- Brandon Hackenson - lead guitar (since 2002)
- Ryan Zimmerman - lead vocals (since 2002)
- Chris Julian - drums (since 2009)
- Kyle Koelsch - bass guitar (since 2010)
- David Ludlow - rhythm guitar (since 2010) bass guitar (2009–2010)
- Former
- Tyler "Telle" Smith - bass player, backing vocals (2008)
- Dallas Smith - rhythm guitar (2002–2007)
- Brian Champ - drums (2004–2009)
- Alex Torres - rhythm guitar (2007–2010)
- Jared Weard - bass guitar (2002–2004)
- Josh Applebach - bass guitar (2004–2007)
- Mike Coburn - drums (2002–2003)
- David Hubbard - drums (2003)
[edit] Discography
- Albums/EPs
| Year | Album | Peak Chart Position | ||||||||
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| US [7] |
US Heat. | US Hard Rock | US Ind. | US Rock | ||||||
| 2004 | Outside of This
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| 2005 | Caveat Emptor EP
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| 2006 | Far from the Lies
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| 2008 | Go West Young Man, Let The Evil Go East
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| 2010 | No Rain, No Rainbow
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196 | 5 | 25 | 31 | — | ||||
| 2011 | The Death of Greeley Estates
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148 | 2 | 10 | 21 | 38 | ||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | ||||||||||
- Singles
| Year | Song | Album |
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| 2006 | "Outside of This" | Outside of This |
| "Life Is A Garden" | Far From the Lies | |
| 2007 | "Secret" | |
| 2008 | "Blue Morning" | Go West Young Man, Let The Evil Go East |
| 2010 | "Loyal.com" | No Rain, No Rainbow |
| 2011 | "The Last Dance" | The Death of Greeley Estates |
[edit] References
- ^ "Greeley is a four piece??". Myspace. November 14, 2008. http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=2141342&blogId=448911538. Retrieved November 18, 2009.
- ^ http://www.smnnews.com/2010/12/07/greeley-estates-new-album-planned-for-mid-2011/
- ^ http://www.ampmagazine.com/8848/greeley-estates-an-interview-by-jameson-ketchum/
- ^ "GREELEY ESTATES: NEW ALBUM PLANNED FOR MID-2011". SMN News. http://www.smnnews.com/2010/12/07/greeley-estates-new-album-planned-for-mid-2011/. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
- ^ http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Greeley-Estates-Official-Band-Page/163521570367827?sk=app_2405167945
- ^ http://www.altpress.com/features/entry/exclusive_stream_greeley_estates_friendly_neighborhood_visit/
- ^ "Artist Albums Chart History – Greeley Estates". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200#/artist/greeley-estates/chart-history/646110. Retrieved 2011-08-17.
