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Coheed and Cambria is a Progressive rock band from Nyack, New York and Kingston, New York. Coheed and Cambria have released three studio albums, two live albums, and various special-edition re-releases. Their albums are concept albums, revealing the plot of an overarching storyline. For more information on this storyline, go to The Amory Wars. The band plans to release a total of five albums describing the saga The Amory Wars. To date, three studio albums have been released: The Second Stage Turbine Blade (2002), In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3 (2003), and Good Apollo I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness (2005). These albums make up the second, third, and half of the fourth part of the four-part saga of Coheed and Cambria, respectively. The albums are being released out of sequence; the second part was released first, and the first part will be released last. The last half of the fourth part, Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume Two: No World for Tomorrow, will be released October 23, 2007.

History

Early Days (1995)

Toxic Parents, a band featuring Claudio Sanchez and Travis Stever, disbanded around the same time as Nate Kelley's project, Moe & The Boogie Cats (who broke up after their lead singer left New York to join a UFO cult in Arizona), the members came together to form a new band in March 1995. The band was Beautiful Loser, and it featured Travis Stever on lead vocals and guitar, Claudio Sanchez on guitar, Nate Kelley on drums and Jon Carleo on bass. The group was short-lived, breaking up by June of the same year they started the band, from an argument over gas money. Stever left the band, and Kelley was initially kicked out, but came back when asked by Sanchez. Without Stever, the band became a trio, and Sanchez took control of the lead vocals and guitar.

Shabűtie

Renaming themselves Shabűtie (a name taken from African tribe chants for "naked prey" in the film The Naked Prey), the band spent nearly a year experimenting with a multitude of different musical tendencies: punk rock, indie rock, acoustic rock, funk and heavy metal. When Carleo left the band in August 1996, Kelley recruited Michael Todd, with whom he had worked on an acoustic side project called Esme 9, to take his place. Todd, who was primarily a guitarist, picked up the bass specifically for Shabűtie. Stever rejoined the band and around this time Claudio began writing many of the works of The Prize Fighter Inferno.

Coheed and Cambria (2001 — 2006)

Following Kelley's departure, Sanchez and the others chose Josh Eppard, then of the band 3, to take his place. They finished out the year and performed halfway through 2001 before changing their name to Coheed and Cambria and releasing the Delirium Trigger EP, and the history of Shabűtie was finished. The band then consisted of four members: Claudio Sanchez (vocals/guitar), Travis Stever (guitar), Michael Todd (bass/backing vocals), and Josh Eppard (drums). When playing live, Dave Parker (keyboards/guitar) joins the lineup.

Recent times (2006—2007)

Josh Eppard was unable to make Coheed and Cambria's June 9 slot at the Download Festival in the UK due to illness. A few days later, the band issued a statement cancelling the Barcelona and Essen legs of their European tour. In early November 2006, it was announced that both Eppard and Michael Todd had officially left the band for personal reasons. It was announced that Chris Pennie, the drummer for Dillinger Escape Plan, as well as Taylor Hawkins, the drummer for the Foo Fighters, were working with the band in studio. The band announced that they will be playing at the 2007 Vans Warped Tour and that new songs from their forthcoming album, titled Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume 2: No World for Tomorrow[1], would be debuted during the tour. Sanchez has also stated that it is a possibility that Coheed and Cambria may join the lineup on the next Projekt Revolution tour.

On April 25, 2007, former bassist Michael Todd officially rejoined Coheed and Cambria just in time to join the band on April 27, 2007 to enter the Los Angeles based studio with producer Nick Raskulinecz (Foo Fighters, Rush, Shadows Fall) to begin work on their next album, due to be released in fall of 2007. On June 28th, 2007, it was confirmed on the band's Myspace that Chris Pennie is officially the new drummer for the band, and had left his previous band, The Dillinger Escape Plan. The band also stated in the same message that they hope to release the new album October 2007.

Influences and similarities

Sanchez has stated that he is influenced by bands such as Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Thin Lizzy, Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Dream Theater. Some people draw comparisons between the high pitched vocals of Claudio Sanchez and Rush frontman Geddy Lee. However, Claudio Sanchez has stated that he never listened to Rush until he repeatedly heard the comparisons. [citation needed] Claudio claimed that he learned to play guitar by listening to the Misfits' Legacy of Brutality. [citation needed] The band recently announced that they would be embarking on a headlining tour with Clutch to promote No World For Tomorrow in the fall. Sanchez said "I'm glad my penis is bigger than Mic's. But mine has scraggly pubes."Cobalt and Calcium [citation needed]

Other projects

  • The Amory Wars (previously The Bag On Line Adventures) — Claudio Sanchez's comic book series detailing the story of Coheed and Cambria. Gus Vasquez also worked on the books. The series released its first volume on June 13. An Amory Wars sketchbook with character profiles and sample art has also been released.
  • The Prize Fighter Inferno — Side-project of Claudio Sanchez. The debut album "My Brother's Blood Machine" was released October 31, 2006. Its story is only related to Coheed and Cambria in that it is narrated by Jesse, who is "The Prize Fighter Inferno", and is meant to be a prequel to the other Coheed albums.
  • Fire Deuce — Travis Stever's side-project, that has released two EPs, "Children of the Deuce" and "Deep Down and Dirty".
  • The English Panther — Travis Stever's solo side-project. The first self-titled album was released digitally on iTunes on January 25, 2007.

Members

Current members

Although not technically a member of the band, Taylor Hawkins is recording some or all of the drums on No World For Tomorrow.

Past members

Discography

Main article: Coheed and Cambria discography
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