Crash Parallel

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Crash Parallel
Origin	Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Genre(s)	Soft Rock Alternative Adult contemporary
Years active	2005 – present
Label(s)	Sony BMG Canada
Website	MySpace.com/crashparallel
Members
Tim Edwards Dan Saitua Gary Rugala John Vitellaro Rob Bezanson

Crash Parallel is a alternative band from Mississauga, Ontario, Canada who have been compared to Lifehouse, Counting Crows, the Fray, Coldplay, and David Gray. Their debut album, World We Know, was released May 6, 2008 and includes the first single and title track, "World We Know".

Contents 1 History 2 World We Know 3 Band Members 4 Discography 4.1 EPs 4.2 Albums 4.3 Singles 5 References

[edit] History

Vocalist Tim Edwards and guitarist Danny Saitua started writing songs together in 2004. Though Saitua was unsure if the project would work out, it was soon obvious that the two had a similar chemistry and musical direction after writing the song “Long Night Dreaming”, which was later featured on the Season 1 Finale of the hit drama Falcon Beach on Global TV. ^[1]

Eventually, Edwards and Saitua were joined by drummer Vitellaro and bass player Gary Rugala who were drawn by the music that was already written. The quartet garnered an early following through performing local area gigs, including NXNE where the response was outstanding, and led to major buzz for the band at both college and online communities. ^[2]

The band became a five-piece when they were joined by Rob Bezanson shortly after it was announced that the band had signed a deal with Sony BMG Music Canada. ^[3]

[edit] World We Know

Just days before the release of World We Know, the band hit the #1 spot on The Billboard Canadian Emerging Artist Chart.^[4] The album was recorded at Chalet Studios in Ontario, produced by Dan Weston (City and Colour, Attack In Black), who also helped co-write “Not That Simple” and “Save Yourself” on the album and mixed by Mark Makoway (Buck 65, Sarah Slean, David Usher, Mat Mays) ^[5]

The band released a video for the first single and title track, "World We Know", on April 14, 2008. ^[6] The song and video both reflect powerful imagery and emotion that act as a call to arms that challenges our generation to take action and protect our world. Because of this, the video received media attention surrounding Earth Day 2008.^[7]

[edit] Band Members

• Tim Edwards (Vocals, Guitar)
• Dan Saitua (Guitar)
• Gary Rugala (Bass)
• John Vitellaro (Drums)
• Rob Bezanson (Piano)

[edit] Discography

[edit] EPs

Year	Title
		2008	World We Know: Digital EP

[edit] Albums

Year	Title	Chart positions
May 6, 2008	World We Know	-	-	-

[edit] Singles

Year	Song	Chart positions [8],[9]									Album
		U.S. Hot 100	U.S. Pop 100	U.S. Main. Rock	U.S. Mod. Rock	U.S. Adult Cont.	U.S. Adult Top 40	CAN	CAN Adult Cont.	WW
2008	"World We Know"	-	-	-	-	-	-	33	11	-	World We Know
	"Long Night Dreaming"	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

[edit] References