| Ivoryline | |
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Ivoryline playing at the 2009 Creation Festival |
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| Background information | |
| Also known as | Dead End Driveway |
| Origin | Tyler, Texas, United States |
| Genres | Alternative rock Christian rock[1][2][3][4] |
| Years active | 2003 – Present |
| Labels | Tooth & Nail Records (2007-Present) |
Ivoryline is an American rock band from Tyler, Texas, currently signed to Tooth & Nail Records.
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Ivoryline formed in 2003 under the name Dead End Driveway, releasing an EP and an album under this name before changing the name to Ivoryline in 2005.[1] Soon after the name change, the band was selected to play at the 2006 Vans Warped Tour.[5] While on the tour, they were scouted by Tooth & Nail Records,[5] who signed them in 2007[6] and released their debut full-length, There Came a Lion, in February 2008.[2][3] The album hit #25 on the Billboard Top Christian Albums chart and #15 on the Top Heatseekers Chart.[4]
The group toured with Automatic Loveletter in July 2008,in the fall they toured with Family Force 5 and The Maine, then embarked on their first headlining tour (entitled "There Came a Tour") with There For Tomorrow, In:Aviate, and The Lives of Famous Men. The band is currently a four-piece and working on new material.
In February 2009, they premiered their music video for "Days End" on AbsolutePunk.net[7] -- the video, filmed in mid-2008, includes their former guitarist and then was featured on the Summer Bailout tour with Emery, Maylene and the sons of disaster, Closure in Moscow and Secret & Whisper then finished out the year on the Vans Warped Tour.They also filmed their music video Instincts and was picked up by Outerloop management under the care of Anthony "Yogi" Allgood.
During July & August of this year they toured alongside Dance Gavin Dance, Silverstein, and Emery on the Scream it Like You Mean It Tour that is actually owned by said manager. Ivoryline is currently on Creation Fest the Tour 2010 with Thousand Foot Krutch and Disciple.
The newest album is entitled "Vessels" and was released July 27, 2010.
| Title | Release Date | Label | Chart Positions | ||
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| Top 200 | US Christ. | US Heat. | |||
| The Life You Have | 2006 | Self-Released | — | — | — |
| There Came a Lion | 2008 | Tooth & Nail Records | — | 25 | 15 |
| Vessels | July 27, 2010[8] | Tooth & Nail Records | — | 25 | 13 |
The name Ivoryline was derived from a Death Cab For Cutie song "Lightness".
Ivoryline is friends with the band Eisley who also hails from Tyler.