- Greeley Estates
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Name = Greeley Estates
Img_capt = Greeley Estates performing at Warped Tour 2006 in Vancouver, BC
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Origin = Phoenix,Arizona ,USA
Genre =Post-hardcore Screamo Metalcore [Corey Apar, [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:fjfwxqlaldde~T1 Biography] ,Allmusic ]
Years_active = 2002–present
Label = Science Records (USA) Ferret Records (International)
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Current_members = Ryan Zimmerman - Vocals Alejondro "Alex" Torres - Guitar Brian "B-Champ" Champ - Drums Brandon "Brando" Hackeson - Guitar/Vocals Tyler "Telle" Smith - Bass/Vocals
Past_members = Joshua "fergz" Ferguson Josh Applebach Mike Coburn Dallas Smith Joey Hinkebein
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post-hardcore band from Phoenix,Arizona .Biography
The original drummer for the band was rene tamez. He left the band shortly before they started touring at the end of 2003. Brian Champ soon became the drummer for Greeley Estates.The original bassist, Jared, left Greeley Estates before they began touring the US. Jared was then replaced by Josh Applebach.
Greeley Estates was one of
PureVolume ’s top 10 unsigned artists with over a million plays—an accolade supported by having album sales in the top 10 on Smartpunk since October 2004. Their distribution record further secured them a position on the Smartpunk chart for “Sales of All Time.” They signed to Record Collection, and they were on every date of theVans Warped Tour in 2005. Also, Greeley Estates co-headlined the MySpace Fall Tour 2005.Greeley Estates' work is featured on the Punk the Clock Vol. 1 & 2 compilations, along with artists such as
Taking Back Sunday , Acceptance,Mae , andUnderoath . They have also appeared on the 2005 Warped tour compilation. The band also performed on the Hurley Stage for the entirety of the 2006 Vans Warped Tour and the entire 2006 Taste of Chaos.Other accomplishments include: completing three US tours since November 2004, a DVD entitled "The Death of Greeley Estates" released in May 2005, playing on the
Taste Of Chaos tour, and continual play onKEDJ 103.9alternative rock radio in Phoenix.On January 31, 2007, bassist Josh Applebach announced that he would leave Greeley Estates for a teaching career in Arizona. Bradley Murray (previously with
Versus the Mirror ) fromTucson ,Arizona became their touring bassist. His first live appearance with the band was on February 3, 2007 in Safford,Arizona .On June 3, 2007, guitarist Dallas Smith announced he would be leaving the band in order to start up a family with his wife and expected twin daughters (he and his wife were to subsequently lose the pregnancy). He made this announcement via a Myspace bulletin and announced that his last show would be June 20, 2007 at the Clubhouse in Tempe, Arizona.
After their Mexican tour with
Silverstein , Brad Murray left the band for personal reasons.On September 4, 2007, Greeley Estates recorded their new album. The two new members of Greeley Estates include Alex Torres (previously with
Eyes Set To Kill ) and Joshua Ferguson (previously with Glory Nights)After the band finished recording their new album "GO WEST YOUNG MAN, LET THE EVIL GO EAST", Joshua Ferguson left to complete his apprenticeship as a hair stylist at BLACK MARKET HAIR in Calgary Alberta Canada, personal reasons seem to be why he left.
Greeley Estates has announced Tyler "Telle" Smith (former lead singer/frontman of In Fear And Faith (Rise Records), former guitarist/vocals of
Emarosa (Rise Records), former guitarist/keyboardist/vocals of March And Collapse, and former guitarist/keyboardist/vocals of Anville (On The Verge Of Records)) as their new bassist. He is the singer for their entire EP "Voyage". He also maintains a solo project on myspace called Beyond Breath (myspace.com/beyondxbreath). Telle played his first show with the band onFebruary 9 ,2008 at the Clubhouse in Tempe, Arizona.Their new album titled "Go West Young Man, Let The Evil Go East" Has been released since May 6, 2008
Discography
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Outside of This " (2004)
*"Caveat Emptor (EP) (2005)
*"The Death of Greeley Estates " (DVD) (2005)
*"Far From the Lies " (2006)
*"Go West Young Man, Let The Evil Go East " (2008) U.S. Billboard Heatseekers #31 [ [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:fjfwxqlaldde~T5 Billboard] ,Allmusic ]ingles
References
External links
* [http://www.greeleyestates.net Official Website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/greeleyestates Official Myspace]
* [http://www.purevolume.com/greeleyestates Purevolume Page]
* [http://rebelpunk.net/content/interview.php?id=9 "Interview done via e-mail with Josh Applebach of Greeley Estates on 6/5/2006"]
* [http://www.redefinemag.com/music/interviews_music_2.php?artist=Greeley-Estates&id=66 Greeley Estates Interview At REDEFINE Magazine, June 2006]
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