Dredg biography

American rock band

Dredg (stylized as dredg) is an American rock button formed in 1993 in Los Gatos, California. The band's roster consists of vocalist Gavin Actress, guitarist Mark Engles, bassist Histrion Roulette and drummer and instrumentalist Dino Campanella.^[1]

Originally starting out pass for an alternative metal outfit, Dredg established themselves in the indie scene with their debut lp Leitmotif (1999), which showed probity band stylistically moving into growing rock and art rock; rank album's local success landed them a deal with Interscope Record office in 2001, who re-released decency album later in the period.

Dredg's major label debut, El Cielo (2002), was lauded overstep critics and helped establish wonderful wider cult following for dignity band.^[2] The band experienced mainstream success with Catch Without Arms (2005), which became the band's first album to chart pull off the United States, and prestige band received exposure on MTV with the single "Bug Eyes".

Following their departure from Interscope in 2009, Dredg independently unattached The Pariah, the Parrot, loftiness Delusion, which saw the procession reach their highest charting positions yet. The band's fifth manual, Chuckles and Mr. Squeezy (2011), was a stylistic departure comply with the band and received well-ordered negative response from the band's fanbase.

Following the conclusion funding the album's promotional tour pulsate May 2014, the band went on an "extended hiatus".

In January 2018, the band declared that they had reunited professor have since been writing facts for their sixth studio album; they are planning to document the album in the chill of 2022.^[3]

History

Early years (1993–1998)

While gathering middle school in Los Gatos, Engles and Campanella started display together.

After they graduated coinage Los Gatos High School, senior friends Hayes and Roulette linked the group.^[4][5]

In a 2005 discussion, when asked about the instigate of the band's name, Campanella said, "It was so far ahead ago that we named flush I can't even remember. Truthfully, we don't even like loftiness name anymore.

We mostly don't like the way it sounds. It doesn't roll off representation tongue well."^[6]

In 1996, Dredg historical and released their first demos of original material, the Awake EP, garnering them exposure bring in far away as Boston.^[4] Presently, very little information has invariably been released about these demos.

In 1997, they released what would become the early presumption of their musical transition, ethics Orph EP. It includes ethics group's first instrumental track, "Orph". Additionally, the track "Kayasuma" shares its title with the term of the shaman in Leitmotif's liner notes for "Lechium".^[7] Outstrip the release, Dredg slowly practice a name for themselves scam the Bay Area, as athletic as on the East Strand, such as in Boston most recent New York.^[4]

Leitmotif (1999–2001)

In May 1999, Dredg independently released their primary full-length, Leitmotif, a concept volume about a man traveling loftiness world to cure his true disease.^[8] The story was limited in number in the liner notes, bundle lieu of the actual angry exchange.

Written by Roulette, the ribbon had planned to release well-ordered movie of the story;^[8] on the other hand, upon the death of distinction lead actor, the project was scrapped.^[9]

Over the next two length of existence, Dredg toured mostly within California,^[10] slowly expanding their fan joist.

The band began sending hold out a demo tape to a number of labels with four new songs intended for their next past performance, "Of the Room", "Redrawing leadership Island Map", "Running Through Propellers" and "The Papal Insignia".^[11] Central part January 2001, Dredg was offered a deal by Interscope Chronicles, and the band signed preserve the label in February 2001.^[12][13] As part of the arrangement, Leitmotif was re-released by Interscope on September 11, 2001.

With the re-release of Leitmotif, Dredg toured nationally and internationally play a part support of the record down bands such as Alien Prominent Farm, Pressure 4-5, the Height Theory, Taproot, Deadsy and Onesidezero.^[10]

El Cielo (2002–2004)

After signing to Interscope Records, the band began labour on their major label premiere, El Cielo.

Like its forerunner, El Cielo was a paradigm album. Initially intended to whirl around Salvador Dalí's Dream Caused by the Flight of put in order Bumblebee around a Pomegranate Suspend Second Before Awakening, the have to expanded the focus to embrace sleep paralysis after learning surrounding Dalí's own influences.^[14] As they had done with the line notes of Leitmotif, Dredg chose not to include the lyrics; instead, they printed letters propel to them by people assure from sleep paralysis.

Several songs on the album even tendency lyrics taken directly from dignity letters.^[15]

When the band began penmanship material for the new past performance, they secluded themselves in say publicly deserts around Palm Desert.^[5] Excellence majority of the album was recorded at Skywalker Ranch.^[16] Nobleness band used three producers, Bokkos Saint Germain, Tim Palmer boss Jim Scott, on the inscribe, adding another layer of selection to the album.^[12] Completed surround May 2002, the album was widely available on the info strada before being released on Oct 8, 2002.^[17] Dredg made penalisation videos for two of excellence album's tracks, "Same Ol' Road" and "Of The Room".

Upon releasing the album, the band together once again returned to their hectic touring schedule, including their first national headline tour twig Codeseven, a then-unsigned Strata stomach either STUN or Woven demeanour. They also toured with gen such as Ozomatli, Deftones, Chevelle, Hoobastank and Phantom Planet, renovation well as earning a pimple on the Sno-Core Tour run into Sparta, Glassjaw and Hot Spa water Music.^[10][18]

Catch Without Arms (2005–2006)

While rove in support of El Cielo, Dredg began work on their third album, Catch Without Arms, spending 8 months writing matter before taking another 10 months to record and mix influence album.^[6] Like their previous albums, Catch Without Arms was boss concept album; however, differing raid the concrete stories and gossip surrounding their earlier releases, Catch Without Arms was about opposites, mainly focused on positives flourishing negatives.^[16] Produced by Terry Abundance, Catch Without Arms was Dredg's most successful album, debuting horizontal 123 on the Billboard publication charts, selling over 9,000 copies,^[19] and eventually reaching the pinnacle of the Heatseekers chart.^[19][20] Interpretation only single on the sticker album, "Bug Eyes", was made curious a music video directed dampen Philip Andelman.^[16]

With the release remove Catch Without Arms, Dredg began a treasure hunt based retain the Bay Area.

The connect winners each received a portraiture from Catch Without Arms, importance well as the opportunity be against name a song for rendering next album, "Vague Clues focus on Long Days".^[21][22]

Dredg headlined several socialize in support of Catch Indigent Arms, playing with bands specified as Circa Survive, Day Skirt Symphony, Delta Activity, Vedera, Ours and Ambulette.

They played class Taste of Chaos tour unexciting 2006 with Deftones, Atreyu, Thrice and Story of the Year,^[23] as well as shows approximate Coheed and Cambria, the Ancestry Brothers and MewithoutYou.^[10] Engles come first Campanella also took some date to record the soundtrack broadsheet the 2005 independent film, Waterborne.^[16]

On May 11, 2006, Dredg prerecorded their concert in San Francisco for a live CD privileged Live at the Fillmore.

Unrestricted on November 7, 2006, Live at the Fillmore contained songs from all three studio albums, as well as a novel song titled "The Warbler". Dialect trig remix of "Sang Real" prep between Dan the Automator was at large with purchase of the release on iTunes.

On September 14 and 15, 2006, Dredg artificial two special shows at decency Catalyst in Santa Cruz, Calif., playing Leitmotif and El Cielo in their entirety on bring off nights.

During these shows rendering band played songs from Catch Without Arms before diving attain the full album of distinction night.^[24] Of note, each nighttime they played a very inconvenient version of "It's Not Reward It" (a song that plain-spoken not make it into rectitude final album) at about dignity midpoint of each album.

Sincerity the second night, as clever segue into El Cielo, they performed an early instrumental difference of "Wonderous Miracle" (another motif that did not make lack of confusion into the final album).

Exit from Interscope and The Outcast, the Parrot, the Delusion (2007–2009)

On February 14, 2007, Dredg come up an update indicating production challenging begun on their next medium and released several new strain titles as part of birth update.

Gavin Hayes posted well-organized Myspace blog on July 8, 2007, with new information renounce the band had 12-15 songs that might or might clump make the final cut. Many the songs previously written, solitary a few were being acted upon on from prior updates. President stated that on December 21, 2007, the writing process sustenance their new album was seemingly done, and they planned difficulty enter the studio in absolutely 2008 to start recording.

That would be followed by put the finishing touches to touring in the spring.^[25] Glory songs that were played infuriated live shows during the calligraphy process but were not loose on the album include: "Wondrous Miracle", "It's Not Worth It", "Push Away", "Holding a Healing Potion", "Hurricane Felix", "Pieces get a hold Gold", "Fleeing to Mexico", "2001", "MacGuffin" and "Fucking Smile Temper.

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The band played fall out the Coachella Valley Music roost Arts Festival in California include April 26, 2008, during their tour to introduce the in mint condition tracks to their fans, resume the exception of a sporadic past hits and some wheelmarks make tracks already performed such as "Long Days and Vague Clues". Funding Coachella, Dredg released demos backing songs rumored to be document their upcoming album up problem February 2009.

They also another a song entitled "entire additional album", which was a trail consisting of every song diseased simultaneously. Also on February 23, 2009, Dredg announced their take off from Interscope Records as on top form their new record's title, The Pariah, the Parrot, the Delusion. They confirmed joining with Unrestricted Label Group (ILG, which wreckage a part of Warner Sound Group), and Ohlone Recordings.

Primacy album was released on June 9, 2009, with a Opt Edition release with alternate excise (as well as a Record recording) made available to honesty public. Music videos have antiquated made for "Information" and "I Don't Know". The album reached number 71 on the Billboard 200, selling 7,492 copies take away its first week.^[26]

The album was inspired by the essay "Imagine There Is No Heaven: Systematic Letter to the Six One-billionth Citizen".

The essay was doomed by British-Indian novelist Salman Writer, who found controversy in 1988 over one of his books gaining him a religious fatwa for Rushdie's death from Prebend Ruhollah Khomeini which ultimately resulted in United Kingdom and Persia breaking diplomatic ties to coach other a year later. Retort consideration of the essay, high-mindedness album has common themes shoulder agnosticism and the questioning carryon beliefs and society.

Album captain liner notes artwork resembled stop off Air Mail letter (addressed be "SEVEN BILLIONTH") and was moth-eaten by Rohner Segnitz of illustriousness band Division Day. Segue tyreprints on the album are hollered "Stamps of Origin", and divergent prior albums a few uphold these segue tracks contain angry speech.

Chuckles and Mr.

Squeezy (2010–2014)

Dredg suggested on their Twitter legend that they began recording their fifth album on June 23, 2010.[1]

On August 17, 2010, Dredg announced via their official site that they had begun representation process of recording a another album. Unlike the long gaps between their last two efforts, the band expected an inopportune 2011 release.

The announcement was posted in the news decrease and reads as follows: "Yesterday, we began working on disappear gradually fifth record with musician/producer Dan the Automator. We will rectify writing and recording it be grateful for San Francisco for the catch on month and a half meticulous are hoping for an at 2011 release. Stay tuned in that there will be more updates and studio footage in picture coming months."

On February 18, 2011, Dredg announced via Warble that their fifth studio notebook, Chuckles and Mr.

Squeezy, was to be released on Possibly will 3, 2011, in the Banded together States and April 29 uniformly else. The album received clever negative response from the band's fans, many who derided illustriousness album's production and sound.^[27][28][29]

In Feb 2014, Dredg released a non-album track, "I Left My Absolutely In San Francisco", in junction with a stop-motion music videotape touring the city.^[30] Touring effect support of the album took place from 2011, until Hawthorn 2014.^[31]

Hiatus and side projects (2014–2017)

After the release of Chuckles ray Mr.

Squeezy, Dino Campanella explicit in an interview in 2014 that Dredg was taking bully indefinite hiatus:^[32]

"We didn’t want greet be on a constant agenda of Dredg. We wanted approximately go out there and on time things on our own, examine other things for a especially.

It was necessary to confine our health individually and similarly a band. In a event like this a lot worm your way in bands jump to conclusions lecture decide to break up, on the other hand we never had any devise of breaking up. We like each other, love playing punishment together and we will slightly long as we want secure, but at some point surprise felt we wanted to elect in control of our be in possession of schedule.

It was a take hold of natural thing. We felt that’s what needed to happen."^[32]

Mark Engles joined the band Black Plan during the hiatus.^[33]

"Yeah, I give attention to now we're writing throughout dignity end of the year beginning probably all the way intermission spring, where we'll release go past next summer or next gloominess, but we'll maybe start proceed spring next year."

— Drew Roulette, https://randombadassery.fireside.fm/16

Return (2018–present)

On January 27, 2018, deject was announced that the visitors was working on their chief release since Chuckles And Noted.

Squeezy.^[34][35] In March 2019, vocalist-guitarist Gavin Hayes confirmed in plug interview they were working uprising a new album originally contrived to be released in 2019.^[36] In a late 2021 audience, Hayes said that work first acquaintance new material had been abeyant by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Explicit went on to note go off they had "probably two albums worth" of new material appoint work through, and that their goal was to release type album in 2022.^[37] In June 2022, the band stated mosey they were now aiming inspire start recording the album emphasis the winter of 2022.^[3]

Musical style

Dredg's early music in 1990s enquiry rooted in alternative metal styles.^[38][39] Nevertheless, the band eschewed goodness nu metal style of class early EPs in favor director a progressive rock and rip open rock sound.^[40][41][42] The band was also labeled as alternative rock^[43] and experimental rock.^[44]

Members

Current members

• Gavin President – vocals, slide guitar, guitar
• Drew Roulette – bass, synthesizer
• Mark Engles – guitar, backing vocals
• Dino Campanella – drums, piano, organ

Discography

Studio albums

Live albums

Soundtracks

EPs

Singles and Music Videos

• "Same Ol' Road" - El Cielo, 2002
• "Of The Room" - El Cielo, 2003
• "Bug Eyes" - Catch Penurious Arms, 2005
• "Information" - The Unperson, the Parrot, the Delusion, 2009
• "I Don't Know" - The Outcast, the Parrot, the Delusion, 2009
• "Upon Returning" - Chuckles and Social.

  Squeezy, 2011

• "The Thought Of Failure You" - Chuckles and Famous. Squeezy, 2011

Other releases

DVDs

References

External links