InMe

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jump to: navigation, search
Question book-new.svg
 This article does not cite any references or sources.
Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (January 2009)
InMe
Origin Brentwood, Essex, England
Genres Alternative Rock
Progressive Rock
Alternative Metal
Years active 1996–present
Labels Graphite Records
Northern Music
Associated acts Centiment, Dave McPherson Solo, A Devil's Devil, Primordial Soup.
Website http://www.inmeofficial.co.uk/
Members
Dave McPherson (1996-present)
Greg McPherson (2006-present)
Simon Taylor (1996-present)
Former members
Joe Morgan (1996-2006)
Ben Konstantinovic (2008-2009)

InMe (sometimes shown as Inme or INME) are an English alternative rock band from Brentwood, Essex formed in 1996. To date they have released four studio albums - Overgrown Eden (2003); White Butterfly (2005); Daydream Anonymous (2007) and Herald Moth (2009). In addition they have also released one live album - Caught: White Butterfly (2006) as well as A Live EP

Contents

[edit] Formation

The group originally formed as "Drowned" in 1996. The members of the band at that time were Dave McPherson as guitarist / vocalist, Joe Morgan as bassist / backing vocalist and Simon Taylor as drummer. They played several local venues, getting their first interviews and airplay on Brentwood-based station Phoenix FM. The band scored their big break when a scout from MFN caught the end of one of their sets whilst attending a gig to see another band. They signed with MFN in 2001 and changed their name to "InMe" to avoid confusion with Drowned, an American rock band of the same name.

On July 19 2006, it was announced on the bands official forum and myspace[1] that Joe Morgan was leaving the band to pursue a different career. He was replaced by Dave McPherson's brother, Greg McPherson.

"This is an official announcement to let you know that Joe will no longer be playing bass with InMe. He is going to pursue a different career and we wish him all the best. We have had 10 amazing years doing what we love together and we have no regrets. Good luck mate. Si and I however will be continuing InMe and will be joined by Greg McPherson on bass duties. We will be playing all announced dates and we hope to hit you with some new music soon. Sir Joe Morgan, we salute you. Dave and Si. X"

In various interviews, InMe have confirmed that Joe Morgan went to university. One interview was conducted with 'Planet-Loud'[2], whereby Dave discussed the line-up change, stating: "Joe wanted to go to uni before he misses the opportunity which we fully support. It's been on the cards for sometime and although it's sad to see him go Greg is the absolute bollocks".

During the summer / autumn period of 2008, Ben Konstantinovic joined the band as a second guitarist.

On 13 October 2009, it was announced that the band had amicably parted ways with Ben, and are back as a three piece.

[edit] Music style

Their musical style of simple riffs combined with angst-ridden lyrical material has led many to dub them as 'nu-metal', although since they emerged onto the screens of Kerrang! TV shortly after the popularity of this genre had waned and the term had ceased to be applied so widely, the most accurate label for InMe's music would probably be post-grunge.

In the early days of Overgrown Eden, InMe were labelled by many as 'nu-metal', but upon the release of White Butterfly, it became clear that the band had matured. Early performances of tracks off Daydream Anonymous have suggested to many that InMe may be heading back slightly towards the music heard in Overgrown Eden. It could be argued that InMe's music style on Daydream Anonymous is more progressive and technical. Their new album is said to go even further down this direction and contain a very technical and progressive sound and will also incorporate mathcore influences.

[edit] Overgrown Eden

Overgrown Eden was released through Music for Nations on 27.01.03, after numerous delays. It reached #15 in the UK album chart, and #01 in the rock album chart.

Four singles were released from Overgrown Eden - Underdose, Firefly, Crushed Like Fruit and Neptune, the first three of these being before the album itself was even released due to the delays.

'Underdose' was released 15.07.02 and entered the UK single charts at #66. This was followed by 'Firefly' on 16.09.03 which did not manage to enter the UK top 40, charting at #43. 'Crushed Like Fruit' was the next single, released on 06.01.03, charting at #25.

'Neptune' was the last single released from the album on 14.04.03, charting at #46 and accompanied with a video featuring fans at a live gig.

Music for Nations closed its doors as a label during 2004, when they were absorbed into a parent company. During this time the rights for Overgrown Eden were lost, and because of this, the album was re-released 05.06.06 when the rights were reobtained.

[edit] White Butterfly

Their second album, White Butterfly, was released 20 June 2005. It was released in two forms in the UK, a standard edition with thirteen tracks, and a limited edition with two bonus tracks 'Every whisper aches' and 'Angels with Snipers'. The first single from White Butterfly was technically "Faster The Chase" back in 2004 when the band were still with MFN. Before the release of the album, there was a leak where several tracks, due to be released for the first time on the album, escaped and were downloaded by many InMe fans. This incident is often used to explain why White Butterfly did not reach as high as Overgrown Eden in the UK chart. After, download-only single, "Otherside", was released at a cost of £0.99 (GBP) per download. The first in-store single to be released on the new label, however, was "7 Weeks" which reached #36 in the UK singles chart. The second single from the album So You Know reached #33. The release of White Butterfly was sandwiched between a tour of the UK. White Butterfly was produced by Josh Abraham, known for his work with other big name bands such as Korn.

The band released a double a-side download single "White Butterfly/Safe In A Room" on 19 December 2005 with a 5 track live EP. It can be purchased from the HMV download store, which turned up at #36 in the National download chart.

The album White Butterfly was written dedicated to James Austin, a friend of the group who met Joe during secondary school. James passed away six weeks before his 19th birthday in July 2002 after an accident on holiday with friends celebrating the end of A-Level exams. James is the reason behind the name white butterfly. When he was a child, he had once stroked a white butterfly's wing, he had always remind people that he was 'special' as it is obviously, for an encounter such as this, very rare indeed. It has been said that on several occasions after his passing when his family or friends thought or spoke of him, a white butterfly flew past, making them feel he was close.

In late 2007, after members of the official InMe forum voted "Faster The Chase" as the best song that the band had ever recorded.

[edit] Caught: White Butterfly

A live album, titled Caught: White Butterfly was recorded at the London Astoria on 17 December 2005 at the end of a massive UK tour. It was released on 14 August 2006. InMe have always played a mixture of both the new and the old material, playing tracks from Overgrown Eden, White Butterfly and some of their B-sides live.

The album was a prelude to an eagerly awaited live DVD of the bands performance at the London Astoria at the same date, named "White Butterfly Caught Live", which was released on 9 October 2006. On release, the demand was very high and prices rose quickly on both www.amazon.co.uk and www.play.com

[edit] Joe Morgan's departure

This note was posted by Dave and Simon of InMe on the band's message board along with their MySpace account, reading:

"This is an official announcement to let you know that Joe will no longer be playing bass with InMe. He is going to pursue a different career and we wish him all the best. We have had 10 amazing years doing what we love together and we have no regrets. Good luck mate.

Si and I however will be continuing InMe and will be joined by Greg McPherson on bass duties. We will be playing all announced dates and we hope to hit you with some new music soon. Sir Joe Morgan, we salute you. Dave and Si. X"

In various interviews, InMe have confirmed that Joe Morgan went to university. One interview was conducted with 'Planet-Loud', whereby Dave discusses the line-up change, stating: "Joe wanted to go to uni before he misses the opportunity which we fully support. It's been on the cards for sometime and although it's sad to see him go Greg is the absolute bollocks".

[edit] Daydream Anonymous

In September 2007, InMe released their third album Daydream Anonymous. It charted in the UK at number 71, making it the lowest charting InMe album yet. It had a more technical style.

[edit] Herald Moth and future

On 5 October 2007 Dave McPherson announced on his personal MySpace that in the next few months he will be working on a new album for InMe. From his blog:

“

It is splendid to be home, getting clean clothes and resting the ears and chilling with loved ones. But InMe's next move is already on the cards...more news soon.

I will be using this time off to continue writing InMe's 4th project which is going to be something very different and challenging. The heavy technical stuff is going to be elaborated on as well as the slower songs are going to be thought out very intimately. Obviously these are very early days but one may as well get cracking.

 ”

Dave has started playing a new InMe song acoustically on his solo shows together with his solo lead-guitarist Ben Konstantinovic who is also rumored to become the 4th member of InMe as Dave replied this on the InMe forum:

“

He will be my lead guitarist from now on...as for InMe... We may be making a few massive changes come summertime.

 ”

And when fans asked about a 2nd guitarist, Dave replied:

“

We will be considering a 2nd guitarist but have to make sure it works first.

 ”

On 18 September, Dave revealed through his solo myspace that the fourth album will be titled Herald Moth. He also released a video blog on youtube where talking about the fourth opus.

On 19 September, Dave revealed that Herald Moth will be recorded at Chapel Studios where Overgrown Eden was recorded with the producer Ewan Davies who produced InMe songs such as "Gelosea", "Inside", "The End", "Your Pain", "Angels with Snipers", "Every Whisper Aches" and more.

On 24 November the band revealed that their upcoming UK tour with Pendulum had been cancelled due to money problems but would however try and make the Brixton Academy dates possible. The band also revealed that they would be entering the studio to put the finishing touches to upcoming album Herald Moth on 5 January 2009 meaning that the album could be out as early as spring 2009

On 1 December 2008 a selection of clips from the demos recorded for Herald Moth were uploaded to InMe's Myspace.

On 5 January 2009 InMe started recording Herald Moth with producer Ewan Davies at Chapel Studios in Lincoln. The band made a series of video diaries ("InMedia") of their studio antics.

In February 2009 it was confirmed that InMe finished recording Herald Moth.

A short UK tour was announced to commence in late April, leaving many to believe that this is when the album will be released.

On 6 April, InMe uploaded a new track from Herald Moth called "Nova Armada" to their MySpace. It is also rumoured that the album will be released in August.

On 7 April, Greg posted the final track list for the album on InMe's forums;

  1. "You Won't Hear From Me Again"
  2. "Belief Revival"
  3. "Nova Armada"
  4. "All Terrain Vehicle"
  5. "Captain Killjoy"
  6. "The Art of Moderation"
  7. "Single of the Weak"
  8. "Ferocity in Desire"
  9. "Happy to Disappoint You"
  10. "I will Honour You"
  11. "A Mouthful of Loose Teeth"
  12. "Master Storm"

He also stated that the band will be uploading one song a month until the album's release (probably in late August) with a single to be released beforehand.

The first of these tracks to be released on Myspace was "Nova Armada" followed by "The Art of Moderation".

Before official announcement fans speculated about which song from Herald Moth will be released as the first single, with many fans believing it to be the track entitled "Single of the Weak". In the end, it was "Single Of The Weak".

On 4 June 2009, speculation was then ended with a circular message sent to members of the InMe mailing list from InMe management. The email stated that the single will indeed be , as stated before, "Single of the Weak" and announced the release date to be 10 August 2009. This was then changed on 15 July when band member Greg McPherson announced the release date had moved to 17 August 2009 with a post on the official forums. Fans are not still eagerly awaiting its release, as it came out ages ago.

On 29 June 2009, the band's MySpace page showed the album artwork for Herald Moth, as well as a release date of 31 August.

Herald Moth was released on 14 September through Graphite Records. It reached #68 in the UK chart.

[edit] 'InMe part ways amicably with Ben Konstantinovic' 2009

On October 13 2009 InMe announced the departure of second guitarist Ben Konstantinovic in a myspace blog stating -

Me, Greg & Si have come to the decision to continue without Ben in the band. This was a hard choice to make as we're all good friends but InMe requires a level of absolute commitment that Ben couldn't give. I sat down & personally discussed it all with Ben & it was totally amicable & open.

He is an amazing guitarist & it's a pleasure performing with him & I'll continue to do so outside of InMe. We will remain a 3 piece for the foreseeable future & will not be rushing into anything. The album is doing well & things are on the up!

We wish Ben the best of luck with all his other musical ventures.

Dave - InMe

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

[edit] Other albums

[edit] EP's

[edit] Singles

Year Song UK Singles Chart UK Download Chart UK Rock Singles Album
2002 "Underdose" 66 - 22 Overgrown Eden
2002 "Firefly" 43 - 9 Overgrown Eden
2003 "Crushed Like Fruit" 25 - 3 Overgrown Eden
2003 "Neptune" 46 - 9 Overgrown Eden
2004 "Faster the Chase" 31 - 8 White Butterfly
2004 "Otherside" - 29 - White Butterfly
2005 "7 Weeks" 36 36 10 White Butterfly
2005 "So You Know" 33 32 17 White Butterfly
2005 "Safe in a Room/White Butterfly" - 36 38 White Butterfly
2007 "I Won't Let Go" 77[3] - 2 Daydream Anonymous
2009 "Single Of The Weak" - - Herald Moth

[edit] Music videos


[edit] Video diaries

[edit] References

Text document with red question mark.svg
 This article includes a list of references, related reading or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations. Please improve this article by introducing more precise citations where appropriate. (June 2008)
  1. ^ http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=46747849&blogId=146337896
  2. ^ http://www.planet-loud.com/interview.php?band=InMe&interview_id=534
  3. ^ Chart log UK 2007

[edit] External links

v • d • e
InMe
Dave McPherson · Greg McPherson · Simon Taylor
Studio Albums
Overgrown Eden (2003) · White Butterfly (2005) · Daydream Anonymous (2007) · Herald Moth (2009)
Live Albums
Singles
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/InMe"