Submersed

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Submersed
Origin Stephenville, Texas, United States
Genre(s) Hard rock
Post-grunge
Alternative metal
Years active 2000 – 2008
Label(s) Wind-up Records
Website www.submersed.com
Members
Donald Carpenter
TJ Davis
Kelan Luker
Garrett Whitlock
Justin Finley
Former members
Aaron Young
Eric Friedman

Submersed was an American Hard rock band from Stephenville, Texas.

Submersed were signed to Wind-up Records, and worked with Alter Bridge guitarist Mark Tremonti on their debut studio album, In Due Time, which featured the singles "You Run", "Hollow", and the title track. After a short break and the loss of their guitarist Eric Friedman, the band continued work on their second studio album with producer Rick Beato. Their sophomore and final album, Immortal Verses was released on September 18, 2007 and featured two singles; "Better Think Again" and "Price of Fame.

As disclosed in a blog on Submersed' myspace, the band has parted ways and will be dropped from Wind Up Records shortly. In the blog entry written by vocalist Donald Carpenter, he explained the breakup:

I know that all of you are wondering, what happened to SubmerseD? Well, the answers is... A lot.. This buisness and struggle to make it took its toll on the members... Two weeks before "Price of Fame" was slated for release, Tj, Kelan and Justin decided to move on with their lives and left SubmerseD. Garrett and I believing in "Price of Fame" made the choice to press on and see what could happen. Well, nothing happened... the single never had a chance... fucking mind bottling... The fact is, is that a majority of our fanbase is unaccounted for due to Burning, making it impossible for the labels to understand just how many people really support us out there... When it comes down to it now, SubmerseD no longer has a place on Windup's roster and will be dropped shortly... I was trying to wait until things were a little more official before an announcement but you guys and gals are smart and I felt you deserved an explantion now rather than later.

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Donald Carpenter and Garret Whitlock have started a new band, Million Man Army.

Contents

[edit] Members

[edit] Current members

[edit] Former members

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

[edit] Singles

Year Title Chart positions Album
US Hot 100 US Modern Rock US Mainstream Rock UK
2003 "You Run" - - - - In Due Time
2004 "Hollow" - - #19 - In Due Time
2005 "In Due Time" - - #31 - In Due Time
2007 "Better Think Again" - - #36 Immortal Verses
2008 "Price of Fame" - - - - Immortal Verses

[edit] Known unreleased songs

  • "Complicated" featured in soundtrack of The Punisher.
  • "Broken Man","Leave" and "Come To Me" from All Things Becoming Of An End album
  • "Seam", an unreleased song.
  • "Who You Are", an unreleased song, but performed live.
  • "Holyland", a very early version of "Flicker". The song is a completely different one on its own, and sounds nothing like Flicker, but it does share the lyrics for the chorus, and the odd melody can be heard on "In Due Time". It has been performed live.
  • "Lonely Road" and "Everything" are B-Sides from Immortal Verses
  • "Keep You Waiting" and "You Know Everything?" are unreleased tracks. Submersed puts these and other unreleased tracks on their myspace page every Thursday, which is an event that is called "Mandatory B-Sides and Demos Thursday."
  • "See You In Heaven" is an unreleased track that Submersed plans to use in one of their future albums or compilations.
  • "We Stand Alone" is a soft, but great effort in Submersed's unreleased track line-up.

[edit] Trivia

  • Submersed was formed sometime in the year 2000, but did not originally contain Eric Friedman or Garrett Whitlock.
  • The band signed with Wind-up Records in 2002 after performing some acoustic songs at the Wind-up offices.
  • Their recording sessions for their debut album began in January of 2003 and lasted until Summer 2004.
  • The band changed their spelling of the name from "SubmurseD" to "Submersed" after signing with Wind-up.
  • Kelan Luker had a record-setting high school football career, that culminated with Stephenville winning the Class 4A Division II title in 1998, as quarterback under coach Art Briles.[1] He played one year of college football at Southern Methodist University before giving up a possible career in the sport to play for Submersed.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Dallas Morning News: Kelan Luker: Submersed Pony: Former quarterback's career pick sounds better 'In Due Time'

[edit] External links

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