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Chiodos

Chiodos (pronounced Chee-Yo-Dose)[1] is a six-member post-hardcore/emo band from Davison, Michigan. Formerly known as "The Chiodos Bros." Before the truncation, their name was derived from brothers and directing duo, the Chiodo brothers (Charles and Stephen Chiodo), famous for movies such as Killer Klowns from Outer Space. Chiodos is currently working on a new record, due out in the Fall of 2007.


Background

Chiodos started off playing at the Flint Local 432, a small venue in downtown Flint, Michigan that showcases bands from around the Flint area such as Apathy for an Enemy and The Swellers. From there, the band started touring extensively, soon becoming "word-of-mouth faves across the nation."[3] Chiodos has toured the United States at least seven times, and have played alongside such bands as Coheed and Cambria, Armor for Sleep, Atreyu and Yellowcard[4]. The band is well known for their onstage performances which include controlled, high-pitched vocals from Craig Owens. One of their most notorious live sets was at the New Jersey music festival "the Bamboozle" on May 6th, 2006, of which a plethora of videos were released on YouTube almost immediately following the show.

They currently have a recording contract with Equal Vision Records where they released their debut album, All's Well That Ends Well on July 24th, 2005. The album reached #3 on the Billboard Top Heatseekers chart and #164 on the Billboard Top 200 chart.[5] The band's shows and albums have both garnered praise from press outlets.[6][7][8][9][10]

The band headlined a few shows before opening for Armor for Sleep during their early 2006 "Invisible Sideshow Tour" winter tour.[11][12] They supported Matchbook Romance on the Sub City Take Action tour in spring 2006. Fear Before the March of Flames toured alongside Chiodos in the summer of 2006. Chiodos also appeared on the 2006 Warped Tour.

Chiodos appeared on Atreyu's World Championship Tour, along side From First to Last and Every Time I Die, as well as 3 and 36 Crazyfists for the European tour in the fall of 2006. After reports of Sonny (from From First to Last) having throat/vocal issues, Craig offered to help sing, although this never went through after FFTL was kicked off the tour.

In 2005 they made a home video for the song "All Nereids Beware", and in 2006 videos for "One Day Women Will All Become Monsters" and, more recently, "Baby, You Wouldn't Last A Minute On The Creek" for their new release All's Well That Ends Well (Deluxe Edition), which includes all the songs from the original CD, plus 3 new tracks. One of the new tracks, "Lindsay Quit Lollygagging" is a finished acoustic version of one of the band's better known songs off of their "The Best Way to Ruin Your Life" EP. The Deluxe Editon was released on October 17th, 2006.

Craig Owens, the lead singer, along with Bradley Bell are also involved in a more pop influenced side-project entitled Cinematic Sunrise with Marcus Scott Vankirk from Radio Pirate DJ, a Michigan pop-punk band. Craig has also done vocals in The Sound of Animals Fighting. Brad has played keyboards for The Sound of Animals Fighting at several shows, but is not officially a member of the band.

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.

Chiodos played the Rockstar Taste of Chaos Tour from February 15th to April 6th, 2007 with headliners, The Used and 30 Seconds to Mars. This year the tour has featured bands such as Saosin, Senses Fail, Aiden, Evaline and Ernie Ball winners Vaeda. Chiodos began playing a new song off of their up-and-coming album, during the tour. Jason Hale has stated in an interview with ultimate-guitar.com that this new song's title is “I’m Naming My Kids Beer One and Beer Two.”

It's also been said by Bradley Bell in an interview with anarchy music, that one of their new songs might be called "The $3,000 Song". It was named that because their label rented them a place for 8 days to work on new material and it was the only song they wrote, so it cost them $3,000.

At the March 31st Taste of Chaos date in Detroit, MI, Chiodos announced during their set that the title for their new album is "Bone Palace Ballet." A book of poems by Charles Bukowski has this same title.

Recently Chiodos has been receiving mainstream exposure on networks like MTV and MTV2.

Concert

In an effort to build excitement for their upcoming set, Chiodos often open their concerts by having their guitar tech, Dave Arnold, come out onto the stage dressed up in a costume (such as a gorilla, a "Troll Master," or more recently, an easter bunny) and introduce the band with a quick monologue. An example of this can be seen on the DVD that comes with All's Well That Ends Well [Deluxe Edition]. This is usually proceeded by an abundance of fog on stage, and dramatic music (not their own; often used is Clint Mansell's "Summer Overture" from the film Requiem for a Dream).

Band members

Discography

Album Cover Title Release Date Label
The Chiodos Bros. [EP] 2001 Self-Released
The Best Way to Ruin Your Life [EP] June 2002 Self-Released
File:TheChiodosBros.jpg The Heartless Control Everything [EP] January 25, 2003 Search and Rescue Records
File:Chiodoscover.jpg All's Well That Ends Well July 26, 2005 Equal Vision Records
File:Awtewr.jpg All's Well That Ends Well [Deluxe Edition] October 17, 2006 Equal Vision Records
Bone Palace Ballet Late summer/early fall, 2007 Equal Vision Records

Singles

Year Title Chart Positions Album
US Hot 100 US Modern Rock US Mainstream Rock
2005 "All Nereids Beware" All's Well That Ends Well (Demo)
2005 "One Day Women Will All Become Monsters" All's Well That Ends Well
2006 "Baby, You Wouldn't Last a Minute on the Creek" All's Well That Ends Well
2007 "The Words 'Best Friend' Become Redefined" All's Well That Ends Well

External links

References

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