Gwen Stacy (band)

Gwen Stacy

Gwen Stacy is an American Christian Metalcore band that is signed with Solid State Records. They derive their name from the comic book character Gwen Stacy, who appeared in the comic book The Amazing Spider-Man as the girlfriend of Peter Parker. They are from Indianapolis, Indiana, and formed in 2004.

2004 - 2008

Gwen Stacy formed as a band in the summer of 2004 by founding members Brent Schindler and T.J. Sego along with previous members, Chris Suter, and Josh Rickard. After several member changes the band was probably best recognized with members Cole Wallace, Brent Schindler, T.J. Sego, Patrick Meadows, and Mike Bryant. In 2007 Gwen Stacy signed to Ferret Records and released their first full length, The Life I Know, on February 5, 2008. The album received low reviews. Alternative Press gave it 1.5/5 stars, with various comments such as "they make Avenged Sevenfold seem like progressive luminaries", "you're merely left wondering what sort of royalties From Autumn To Ashes and Underoath are making", and "an otherwise snoozefest of an album".

January 2009 - May 2009

In a blog posted by Gwen Stacy in late December the band announced that Geoff Jenkins, guitarist previously of the band Once Nothing would become the bands new vocalist. In this time, Gwen Stacy did a headlining tour with Our Last Night, Vanna, and In Fear and Faith, a trip to Europe with Poison the Well and 36 Crazy Fists from March to April and then another headlining tour with Eyes Set to Kill.

Guitarist, Jordan Tomb, also a previous band member of Once Nothing, recently accompanied Gwen Stacy for their 2009 tour.

Recording their Second Record

Gwen Stacy went into the studio in mid May with Andreas Magnusson, whose previous work includes Haste the Day's album "Dreamer" and Oh, Sleeper's record "When I Am God," among others. The record was released on October 20, 2009. JesusFreakHideout scooped that the next album was to be called "A Dialogue", correlating with the October 20th release through Solid State Records. The band issued a press release stating that the new album was indeed called A Dialogue and would be released on October 20 through Solid State Records.

In September 2009, the band recorded their first video from A Dialogue in an abandoned house in Bensenville, IL to the song "The First Words." Then on October 15, 2009, the band recorded a second video for the song "A Dialogue". Both videos were directed by Jeremy E. Jackson, who also did their video for "The Fear in Your Eyes".

The main protagonist in both videos is ex-founding member Chris Suter.

Fall 2009

Gwen Stacy kicked off the fall of 2009 with a tour with Ice Nine Kills (ferret music) and Stray From The Path (sumerian records). They are scheduled to open for Haste The Day with support from Amarna Reign on a short run in December.

Discography

Studio albums

Date of Release	Title	label	US Billboard Peak
November 20, 2005	...I Believe in Humility	Self Released
2006	Demos 2006	Self Released
February 5, 2008	The Life I Know	Ferret Records
January 13, 2009	The Life I Know (Digital Re-Release)	Ferret Records
October 20, 2009	A Dialogue	Solid State Records

Music videos

• The Fear In Your Eyes (The Life I Know)
• The First Words (A Dialogue)
• A Dialogue (A Dialogue)

Members

Current

• Geoff Jenkins - lead vocals, guitars - (2009-present) (Once Nothing)
• Brent Schindler - clean vocals, bass - (2004-present)
• Patrick Meadows - guitars - (2005-present)
• Brett Sibley - drums, programming - (2009-present)

Former

• Cole Wallace - vocals - (2005-2008)
• Chris Suter - guitar, vocals - (2004-2005)
• Josh Rickard - guitar - (2004-2006)
• Mike Bryant - guitar - (2006-2007)
• Bobby Oakley - Guitar - (2007-2008) - Vocals (2008)
• T.J Sego - Drums - (2004-2010)