8stops7 | |
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Origin | Ventura, California, United States |
Genres | Alternative rock Hard rock Metal Post-grunge |
Years active | 1996–present |
Labels | Reprise |
Website | http://www.8stops7.com |
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Evan Sula-Goff (vocals/musician, songwriter) Seth Watson (guitarist/musician, songwriter) Rodney Amieva (guitarist, songwriter) Alex Viveros (bassist, songwriter) Adam Powell (drummer, backing vocals) |
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Past members | |
Aaron Johnson Paul Wickstrom |
8stops7 is a hard rock band from Ventura, California. Vocalist Evan Sula-Goff explained the meaning of the band's name as, "Basically, seven is a symbol of something you want to get away from, and eight is the door you go through to get there." [1]
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Originally named Haze for brief period[2], 8Stops7 formed in Ventura, California in 1996. After self-releasing their first self-produced album Birth Of A Cynic, the band signed with Warner Bros. Records/Reprise Records under the Warner Music Group umbrella in 1999 through their manager. Their second album In Moderation included re-recordings of 4 songs from the previous album.
In Moderation sold more than 150,000 copies, enjoyed widespread national radio airplay, and spawned two hits that landed on three different Billboard charts. Two of the album's songs, "Satisfied", and "My Would-be Savior" were featured on the Sony PlayStation game, Street Sk8er 2 soundtrack. "Satisfied" was also featured in the Sony PlayStation 2 game and on the Gran Turismo 3 soundtrack. The video for "Satisfied" was featured on the MTV show 120 Minutes. "Question Everything" was featured on the Friends Again Soundtrack with other artists featured on the Friends NBC sitcom. Apple placed the music video for "Question Everything" on the Mac OS 9.1 CD, and later included a high-quality mp3 copy of the song to demo the new digital speakers included with the PowerMac G4 Cube.
In 2002, when Time Warner, the parent company of 8Stops7's record label, merged with AOL, every artist who hadn't sold 1 million albums in the previous year was dropped with a promise of being re-signed in 2003.[3] However, Warner didn't want to deal with the band's manager anymore. Since the band was signed to their manager and not the label directly, 8Stops7 was not re-signed. The band spent the next few years working to separate themselves from their manager.[4]
Finally in 2006, 8Stops7 was able to self-release their third album Bend on their own label 7spots8 Music. In 2008, David Cook, the seventh winner of American Idol, named 8stops7 as one of his top 5 favorite and most influential bands.[5]
The current line-up consists of all four original members, singer Evan Sula-Goff, guitarist Seth Watson, bassist Alex Viveros, and percussionist Adam Powell along with guitarist Rodney Amieva.
The band will release their fourth album Fables on February 8, 2012.[6] The album's first single is titled "The Sting".[7]
Year | Title | Chart positions | Album | ||
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US Alt.[8] | US Mainstream Rock | US Adult Top 40 [9] |
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2000 | "Question Everything" | 25 | 16 | 38 | In Moderation |
"Satisfied" | 35 | 26 | - |