Default (band)

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Default is a post-grunge band from Vancouver, the same city where Nickelback's career started in 1995. They are famous for supplying songs for the popular computer/console games by EA Sports, and are known for their sizable US rock and mainstream radio hit "Wasting My Time". Their first album "The Fallout" was produced with the help of Chad Kroeger, the vocalist in Nickelback.

Default formed in the summer of 1999 when guitarist Jeremy Hora and drummer Danny Craig decided it was time to start a serious band after kicking around the Vancouver music scene for four years. After auditioning several vocalists without success, they were approached by their longtime friend Dallas Smith. Dallas had gone to high school with Jeremy and his sister had played in Danny’s first band five years earlier. According to Danny, "He just swallowed his pride and said Guys, give me a chance. We had no idea." "We didn’t know he could sing", says Jeremy, "And then it was like, Whoa … where have you been the last four years?" Dallas’s powerful pitch perfect performance, even in the beginning, swept through a magnitude of emotions. Teamed up with the intricate rhythmical experimentalism of the rest of the band, it was a deadly and glorious combination of melody and feeling.

They started working with engineer Joey Moi who brought that first demo featuring Dallas to Chad Kroeger, the guitarist and vocalist of Nickelback. Jeremy and Danny’s old band had opened up a couple of shows for Nickelback so Chad was skeptical until he heard the new music with Dallas on vocals, which impressed him. The group spent the fall of 1999 in the studio with Kroeger at the helm and played around Vancouver as The Fallout giving Dallas his first taste of singing in front of an audience (while not driving).

The next stop for the band was Vancouver radio station CFOX. In January 2000, Chad entered them in the station’s homegrown talent competition. Nickelback had been a winner the previous year. Over 300 groups and artists were in the running for the four spots on the Vancouver Seeds 2000 disc but it was clear The Fallout was a contender after the first listen. The fusion of Dallas’ muscular impassioned vocals and the hook laden, driving guitar rock of the band’s songs made the decision a no brainer. Just as the Seeds cd was going to the manufacturer, The Fallout became Default.

CFOX playlisted the song "Deny" and aired the track over 500 times. The response from the audience was immediate. Two runs of the Seeds disc quickly sold out at local retail, Default’s independent release of THE FALLOUT sold over 2000 copies shortly afterwards, and labels from across Canada and the United States started putting offers on the table. TVT Records won out.

Shortly after signing the deal, Dave Benedict joined the group as its new bass player in the summer of 2000. A veteran of a number of Vancouver club bands, Dave’s talent was just what Default was looking for to take them to the next level.

Looking to record a few new songs Default and their management went looking for a producer. By that time, Chad Kroeger was busy with Nickelback. Band and management enthusiastically agreed on Rick Parasher (Pearl Jam’s TEN, Alice In Chains SAP e.p.). In the spring of 2001, Default spent just over two and a half weeks at Rick’s London Bridge Studios in Seattle.

1 Discography
- 1.1 Albums
- 1.2 Singles
2 Line-up
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

Date	Title	Label
2001	The Fallout	TVT
2003	Elocation	TVT
2005	One Thing Remains	TVT

[edit] Singles

Year	Title	Peak Chart Positions			Album
Year	Title	US Hot 100	US Modern Rock	US Mainstream Rock	Album
2002	"Wasting My Time"	#13	#3	#2	The Fallout
2002	"Deny"	-	#14	#7	The Fallout
2002	"Live a Lie"				The Fallout
2003	"(Taking My) Life Away"	-	-	#25	Elocation
2004	"Throw It All Away"	-	-	#30	Elocation
2004	"All She Wrote"				Elocation
2005	"Count on Me"	-	#39	#22	One Thing Remains
2006	"I Can't Win (Canadian Release)"	-	-	-	One Thing Remains
2006	"It Only Hurts (U.S. Release)"	-	-	-	One Thing Remains
2006	"The Way We Were"	-	-	-	One Thing Remains