Sky Eats Airplane
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| Sky Eats Airplane | |
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| Origin | Fort Worth, Texas, USA |
| Genres | Electronicore, nintendocore, metalcore |
| Years active | 2005–2011 (hiatus) |
| Labels | Equal Vision, Thriving |
| Associated acts | Of Mice & Men, In Fear and Faith, Balance Problems, In Theory, Of Man Not of Machine (OMNOM), Periphery, Of Legends, Killtrox and the Motherships, Zelliack, TesseracT, Glass Cloud. |
| Members | |
| Lee Duck Zack Ordway Travis Orbin Elliot Coleman |
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| Past members | |
| Brack Cantrell Johno Erickson Kenny Schick Jerry Roush Bryan Zimmerman |
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Sky Eats Airplane was an American electronic metalcore band, formed in Fort Worth, Texas, in 2005. The band was signed to indie label Equal Vision Records and most recently released their self-titled full-length album through the label in July 2008.[1][2]
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[edit] History
[edit] Formation
Sky Eats Airplane was formed originally by Arlington Heights High School students Brack Cantrell and Lee Duck of the band Our First Fall. The two left their previous band and began writing heavier music while experimenting with synthetic beats in the background, quickly gaining a cult following.[3]
[edit] 2006-2010
After working on some demos, the band received attention on myspace. They began working on their debut album Everything Perfect on the Wrong Day in early 2006 using Propellerhead Reason, Adobe Audition and a guitar. Over a three month span they self produced the nine-track album. Sky Eats Airplane held their CD release party for their debut album at The Door in Dallas, TX, drawing 125 people.[4][5] Brack left the band to concentrate on his solo work and finish high school.
Lee decided to ask Zack Ordway, Kenny Schick, and Johno Erickson of local metalcore outfit (In Theory) to join Sky Eats Airplane. This led to auditioning singers via myspace. After lengthy tryouts, they decided upon Jerry Roush from Hampton, VA. Roush had previously played drums in hardcore bands, and this was his first attempt as being a front man. He was sent instrumental versions of tracks "Giants In The Ocean" and "Long Walks On Short Bridges" to record his vocals over for his audition.[6] Since the new formation of Sky Eats Airplane, they were signed to a distribution agreement with Thriving Records where they re-released Everything Perfect on The Wrong Day on November 20, 2007[7] and since signed with Equal Vision Records.[3]
During early 2008 the band entered Salad Days Studios in Baltimore with producer Brian McTernan (Circa Survive, Thrice, The Bled, Senses Fail), to record their self-titled follow up album. The album was released on July 22, 2008 through Equal Vision Records.[8]
On January 11, 2009, Kenny Schick left the group to focus on matters involving his family.[9] He was replaced by Travis Orbin (formerly part of the band Periphery).[10]
During July 2009, Sky Eats Airplane released a statement saying that they had parted ways with their vocalist, Jerry Roush, citing creative differences. .[11][12] In December 2009, Sky Eats Airplane released a blog saying; After going through over 1000 messages, they have found not one but two new members: Bryan Zimmerman and Elliot Coleman. This blog was also met with negative reaction as they announced that Johno would definitely be leaving the band, to be replaced by Coleman. They played their first show with new vocalist Bryan Zimmerman and new bassist at The Pulse in Berlin, Maryland with Equal Vision label mates Life On Repeat. The band released an EP entitled The Sound of Symmetry in the spring, with Taylor Larson of Oceanic Recording in Bethesda, MD, and have several tour dates lined up.
[edit] Departure of Zimmerman and Other Projects
Sky Eats Airplane dropped off a major tour in August, the band played a one-off show in Fort Worth at the Ridglea on August 15, 2010 without singer Bryan Zimmerman. Zimmerman stated via his Twitter account that he was no longer a part of the band. No official comment has been made by the rest of the band.
On December 16, 2010, Luis Dubuc of The Secret Handshake stated that Zack Ordway, Elliot Coleman, and Travis Orbin were members of Luis' metal band, Of Legends, and were confirmed for a U.S. tour spring of 2011.[13] Elliot Coleman is currently involved in three projects: Of Man Not Of Machine featuring Mark Holcomb of Haunted Shores/Periphery and Misha Mansoor of Periphery), Zelliack (a soul/RnB/jazz side project with Zack Ordway) and the progressive metal group Tesseract. Zack Ordway and Travis Orbin are members of an "Alien Metal" project called Killtrox and the Motherships.
[edit] Band members
- Current members[8]
- Elliot Coleman – bass guitar, programming, lead vocals (since 2009)
- Lee Duck – rhythm guitar, keyboards, synthesizers, electronics, programming (2005–2011); drums (2005–2006)
- Zack Ordway – lead guitar, keyboards, programming (2007–2011)
- Travis Orbin – drums, percussion (2009–2011)
- Former members[8]
- Brack Cantrell – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboards, synthesizers, electronics, programming (2005–2007); bass (2005–2007)
- Jerry Roush – lead vocals (2007–2010)
- Bryan Zimmerman – lead vocals (2010)
- Johno Erickson – bass guitar (2007–2009)
- Kenny Schick – drums, percussion (2007–2009)
[edit] Discography
- Albums
- Everything Perfect on the Wrong Day (July 15, 2006) (Thriving Records/Tragic Hero Records, 2007)
- Sky Eats Airplane (Equal Vision Records, July 22, 2008)
- EPs
- The Sound of Symmetry (EP) (Equal Vision Records, April 13, 2010)
[edit] References
- ^ Gonzales, Ron (September 26, 2008). "'Airplane' musician left engineering for band", Albuquerque Journal, p. 22.
- ^ Osegueda, Mike (June 12, 2009). "Coming in for a landing: Sky Eats Airplane to buzz Fresno for a third time", The Fresno Bee, p. 5.
- ^ a b http://equalvision.com/artist/Sky_Eats_Airplane
- ^ [1] Retrieved on September 11, 2010
- ^ 10:35 PM (2010-06-02). "Alesana, The Chariot, Sky Eats Airplane Tour Dates - in Metal News". Metal Underground.com. http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm?newsid=33708. Retrieved 2010-06-27.
- ^ Mainstream Killed The Indie Star Interview Retrieved on May 27, 2008
- ^ http://absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=279320
- ^ a b c "Sky Eats Airplane : Equal Vision Records". Equalvision.com. http://www.equalvision.com/artist/Sky_Eats_Airplane. Retrieved 2010-06-27.
- ^ Reid, Sean. "Sky Eats Airplane Drummer to Depart". Alter The Press!. http://www.alterthepress.com/2009/01/sky-eats-airplane-drummer-to-depart.html. Retrieved 2010-06-27.
- ^ http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=9918680&blogId=472139920
- ^ why we covered Nookie by Limp Bizkit Bottom of Blog Accessed on May 31st 2009
- ^ http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/sky_eats_airplane_loses_vocalist/
- ^ http://absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?p=81645422#post=81645422
