Chiodos

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Chiodos
Chiodos Live @ Extreme Thing 2008 in Las Vegas, Nevada
Chiodos Live @ Extreme Thing 2008 in Las Vegas, Nevada
Background information
Origin Flag of the United StatesDavison, Michigan, USA
Genre(s) Post-Hardcore 
                       Alternative rock
Years active 2001–present
Label(s) Equal Vision
Associated acts The Sound of Animals Fighting
Cinematic Sunrise
The Side
King
Website Official Website
Members
Craig Owens
Bradley Bell
Pat McManaman
Matt Goddard
Jason Hale
Derrick Frost

Chiodos (pronounced /tʃiːˈoʊdoʊs/ chee-O-dose[1][2]) is a six-member Post-Hardcore band from Davison, Michigan. Originally known as "The Chiodos Bros.," the band's name was a nod to filmmakers Stephen, Charles, and Edward Chiodo, responsible for the movie Killer Klowns from Outer Space. Their second full length album, Bone Palace Ballet, was released in North America on September 4, 2007 and debuted at number 5 on the Billboard 200[3] and number 1 on Top Independent Albums.[4]. The international release date for the album was September 24, 2007.

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[edit] Background

Chiodos started off at the Flint Local 432, a tiny venue in downtown Flint, Michigan and Old Jamestown Hall in Saginaw, Michigan. From there, the band started touring extensively, soon becoming "word-of-mouth faves across the nation."[5] Chiodos has toured the United States at least seven times, and have played alongside such bands as Anti-Flag, New Found Glory, Set Your Goals, Pierce The Veil, From First to Last, Coheed and Cambria, Saosin, Armor for Sleep, Atreyu, Yellowcard, The Used, Senses Fail, Aiden, The Devil Wears Prada, Scary Kids Scaring Kids, Emery, Every Time I Die, Alesana, My Chemical Romance, Underminded, Night at the Symphony, 30 Seconds to Mars,[6] and Linkin Park. The band is known for their on-stage performances which include controlled, high-pitched vocals from lead singer, Craig Owens. Craig Owens has cited lead singer of Faith No More, Mr. Bungle, etc. fame, Mike Patton as one of his greatest influences saying, "I only wish I could be as good as him." One of their most notorious live sets was at the New Jersey music festival "the Bamboozle" on May 7, 2006, which they played under the alias of "Fluff My Boner." From this set a plethora of videos were released on YouTube almost immediately following the show. The band also performed May 6 at "The Bamboozle" festival under their own name.

Their debut album, All's Well That Ends Well was released by Equal Vision on July 24th, 2005. It reached #3 on the Billboard Top Heatseekers chart and #164 on the Billboard Top 200 chart.[7] The band's albums and live performances have garnered praise from press outlets.[8][9][10][11][12]

Chiodos headlined some shows on their own before joining Alternative Press's 2006 "Invisible Sideshow" tour, headlined by Armor for Sleep.[13][14] Following that tour, they supported Matchbook Romance on the Sub City "Take Action" tour in Spring 2006. That summer, they toured with Fear Before the March of Flames, as well as appearing on the Warped Tour.In fall 2006, Chiodos appeared on Atreyu's World Championship Tour, alongside From First to Last and Every Time I Die, as well as 3 and 36 Crazyfists. After reports of Sonny from From First to Last having throat/vocal issues, Craig offered to help by filling in for Sonny, although this never went through after From First to Last was kicked off the tour.[citation needed] They also toured with The Used, 30 Seconds to Mars, Saosin, Aiden, Senses Fail and Evaline on the 2007 Rockstar Taste of Chaos tour, in the Winter. In the summer they co-headlined Warped Tour 13, playing on the main stage. In October 2007 they headlined a tour with Scary Kids Scaring Kids, Emery, and The Devil Wears Prada to promote their new album, Bone Palace Ballet. In a 2008 March issue of AP magazine, previous drummer Crosby Clark stated when asked about his time in Chiodos, "I don't believe in what we did. The only reason Craig wanted to start the band was to attract 17 year old girls, I didn't want to be apart of that..so I left. That's not who I am anymore."

Chiodos were also scheduled in 2007 to play at the 2008 Soundwave Festival in Australia with The Offspring, Incubus, Coheed and Cambria, Plain White T's (and many others), but withdrew from the festival to play with Linkin Park in the U.S.A. Soundwave Festival producers replaced Chiodos with the band Thursday in early January 2008. The Linkin Park/Coheed and Cambria/Chiodos tour began January 2008. Craig Owens has said in interviews that he is a Christian and was raised in the Lutheran Church and supports various Christian organizations such as the Lowercase People foundation started by Jon Foreman of Switchfoot and Feed the Children.

During the 2008 Bamboozle Festival in New Jersey, Craig Owens stated that the band was recording the show for an upcoming DVD.

[edit] Music videos

In 2005, Chiodos independently made a video for the song "All Nereids Beware." The video consists of the band playing the rare pre-All's Well That Ends Well version of the song in a parking lot.

In 2006, Chiodos made videos for "One Day Women Will All Become Monsters" and "Baby, You Wouldn't Last a Minute on the Creek". The "Baby, You Wouldn't Last a Minute on the Creek" video was included on the 2006 re-issue of All's Well That Ends Well, which added a DVD and three acoustic tracks to the 2005 release.

On November 18, 2006, Chiodos filmed a live video for "The Words 'Best Friend' Become Redefined" at the Bren Events Center in Irvine, California. The band played the song three times in order to get the crowd reaction they wanted, as the crowd did not appear excited enough.

A video for "Lexington (Joey Pea-Pot With A Monkey Face)" was made which premiered world wide on April 2, 2008 on the social network MySpace. This was the first single of their sophomore album, "Bone Palace Ballet".

[edit] Band members

[edit] Current members

[edit] Previous members

  • Dane Spencer - Guitar
  • Chip Kelly- Guitar
  • Crosby Clark - Drums

[edit] Discography

Title Release Date Label Sales
The Chiodos Bros. [EP] 2001 Self-released
The Best Way to Ruin Your Life [EP] June 2002 Self-released
The Heartless Control Everything [EP] January 25, 2003 Search and Rescue
All's Well That Ends Well July 26, 2005 Equal Vision 170,000 [1]
Bone Palace Ballet September 4, 2007 Equal Vision 180,000

[edit] Singles

Year Title Album
2005 "All Nereids Beware" All's Well That Ends Well
"One Day Women Will All Become Monsters"
2006 "Baby, You Wouldn't Last a Minute on the Creek"
2007 "The Words 'Best Friend' Become Redefined"
2008 "Lexington (Joey Pea-Pot with a Monkey Face)" Bone Palace Ballet

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ Chiodos - Main. MTV. Retrieved on December 14, 2007.
  2. ^ Can't Slow Down: Chiodos. Real Detroit Weekly. Retrieved on October 10, 2007.
  3. ^ Billboard.com - Artist Chart History - Chiodos
  4. ^ Billboard.com - Artist Chart History - Chiodos
  5. ^ The Chiodos Bros.. The Michigan Times. Retrieved on November 18, 2006.
  6. ^ Biography. AllMusic. Retrieved on November 18, 2006.
  7. ^ Bilboard. AllMusic. Retrieved on November 18, 2006.
  8. ^ CD Review: Chiodos pushes limits with All’s Well That Ends Well. Rock River Times. Retrieved on November 18, 2006.
  9. ^ Spotlight Chiodos. ArtVoice. Retrieved on November 18, 2006.
  10. ^ The Chiodos Brahs: The Heartless Control Everything [Search and RFescoo]. Left Off the Dial. Retrieved on November 18, 2006.
  11. ^ Chiodos - All’s Well That Ends Well (Equal Vision 28/07/2005) - Album Review. Excite ContactMusic.
  12. ^ Chiodos Interview. Emotional Punk. Retrieved on November 18, 2006.
  13. ^ Chiodos. NowOnTour. Retrieved on November 18, 2006.
  14. ^ IN FOCUS: two bands is trying to break the mold. The Daily Aztec. Retrieved on November 18, 2006.