Addison Road (band)
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Addison Road is a Christian alternative pop/rock band from Dallas, Texas.[1] The band was signed to INO Records in 2007 and released their self-titled debut album, Addison Road, on March 18, 2008. Their songs "All That Matters" and "Sticking With You" were the ninth and fifteenth most-played songs on R&R magazine's Christian CHR chart for 2008.[2]
History
Formation
Jenny Chisolm met Ryan Simmons at Baylor University in Waco, TX. They began writing songs together not long after the group started booking a few gigs. Ryan played acoustic guitar and Jenny sang. It became apparent that they needed a full band, so they enlisted a couple of friends: Jay Henderson on drums, and a friend from church, Ryan Gregg, on lead guitar (even though he was already in another band called Tribe America). They made a rough 4 song demo for the newly formed "Jenny Chisolm Band."
By January 2001, the band acquired a producer, Chuck Dennie from By The Tree, and recorded a full-length album. This first independent album was called Not What You Think. They then got another friend, Travis Lawrence, to join the band as a bassist. In 2002, Ryan and Jenny were married, and they moved to Dallas to become a full-time band. Eventually they changed their name to "Addison Road." It was named after a sound tech who had a baby named Addison. They liked the name Addison and put Road at the end of it for no real reason.
Later that year they came out with a second indie album called Breaking Beautifully.[3] They soon got a new drummer and started leading worship at Richardson First Baptist Church, which was followed by the band playing in front of about 8,000 young people in the summer. That was the inspiration for their next indie project, Always Loved You EP, which was released in June 2005.[4] They released their final independent album in July 2006, titled Some Kind of Spark.[5]
In the spring of 2009,the band toured with the Rock and Worship Road Show, along with Jeremy Camp, MercyMe, Hawk Nelson, and Tenth Avenue North. Jenny Simmons was pregnant with her first baby and thus the group sang only one song per show. On April 15, 2009, Jenny gave birth to a heathy baby girl Annison Cate, in the band's hometown of Dallas,TX.
Addison Road
After being an independent band for six years, Addison Road signed onto INO Records in August 2007.[6] Their self-titled debut album, Addison Road, was released on March 18, 2008 and debuted at #182 on the Billboard 200.[7]
Members
Current members
- Jenny Simmons – lead vocals
- Ryan Gregg – lead guitarist, vocals
- Ryan Simmons – guitar, vocals, piano
- Travis Lawrence – bass, vocals, harmonica
- Jeff Sutton – drums
Former members
- Josh Anzaldua – drums (2003–2004)
Discography
Albums
- Breaking Beautifully (independent EP) (September 2003)[8]
- Always Loved You EP (independent EP) (June 2005)
- Some Kind of Spark (independent) (July 2006)
- Addison Road (INO Records) (March 2008)
Singles
- "All That Matters" – #1 on the March 28, 2008 R&R Christian CHR chart[9] and ninth most played song on R&R's 2008 year end chart[2]
- "Sticking with You" – #2 on R&R's Christian CHR chart for the week of October 17, 2008[10] and the fifteenth most-played song on R&R's 2008 year end chart
References
- ^ "Addison Road > Overview". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-10-20.
- ^ a b 2008 Year End Charts/Top Christian CHR songs, R&R magazine, Retrieved January 15, 2009
- ^ http://www.independentbands.com/cd/addisonroad/breakingbeautifully.html
- ^ "Addison Road, "Always Loved You EP" Review". Jesus Freak Hideout. Retrieved 2009-04-09.
- ^ "Addison Road, "Some Kind of Spark"". Jesus Freak Hideout. Retrieved 2009-04-09.
- ^ Tony Cummings (2008-09-04). "Addison Road: A girl-led band with the talent to become international stars". Cross Rhythms. Retrieved 2008-10-19.
- ^ "Addison Road – Addison Road". Billboard. Retrieved 2008-10-19.
- ^ Discography; Jesus Freak Hideout; Retrieved February 10, 2008
- ^ R&R magazine chart as reported at Weekend 22, Retrieved April 5, 2008
- ^ "Christian CHR National Airplay". R&R. 2008-10-17. Retrieved 2008-10-18.