Conley in Philadelphia, 2006 | |
Background information | |
---|---|
Birth name | Christopher Lane Conley |
Born | February 29, 1980 (age 39) |
Origin | Princeton, New Jersey, U.S. |
Genres | Emo Indie rock Power pop Punk rock |
Instruments | Vocals, Guitar, Bass |
Years active | 1994–present |
Labels | Equal Vision DreamWorks Vagrant |
Associated acts | Saves the Day Two Tongues Razia's Shadow: A Musical |
May 08, 2018 Vol. 2-Punk Uprisings Import Punk Uprisings (Series) Format: Audio CD. 2.8 out of 5 stars 8 customer reviews. See all 3 formats and editions Hide other formats and editions. Price New from Used from Audio CD, Import, December 23, 1997. Incompatible Vol. 2 is an enhanced multimedia CD in the Punk Uprisings punk- and ska-revival series; such bands as Anti-Flag, the Stereo, H2O, and Ann Beretta, among others, contribute new songs and tracks from upcoming releases.
Christopher Lane 'Chris' Conley (born February 29, 1980) is an American musician, songwriter, and composer. He is also the lead-singer/rhythm guitarist in Saves the Day. He is the only remaining original member as well as major artistic contributor.
Background[edit]
Conley formed a band with a group of classmates at Princeton Day School.[1] The band was originally titled Indifference, but later renamed Sefler. Conley has cited some of his early influences as the Smiths, Led Zeppelin, Billy Joel, Superchunk, the Smashing Pumpkins, Sunny Day Real Estate, Archers of Loaf, Screeching Weasel, Jawbreaker, Gorilla Biscuits and Lifetime.[2]
Sefler was originally composed of Conley, Bryan Newman, Chris Zampella and Justin Gaylord. They recorded a 3-track 7' entitled '13 Hours of Everything' one afternoon in a friend's basement. They then recorded a nine-track demo at Trax East Studio in New Jersey. While recording, a friend of the band (and later bassist), Sean McGrath, suggested that they change their name to Saves the Day, which they did.[citation needed]
Saves the Day[edit]
Saves the Day signed to Equal Vision Records and recorded their first album Can't Slow Down, which was released in 1998 during their first US tour alongside bands Bane and Countervail. Lyrically the album included idealistic dreams, feeling inadequate, honesty and unhappiness, which reflected Conley's life at the time. The style of music is often considered very similar to that of the band Lifetime.[3]
In 1999, the band released their second album Through Being Cool. With this album, Conley's lyrics started becoming morbid and corporeal, and the style of music changed into a more pop punk sound. Aged 19 and 20, he started listening to the Beatles and has cited them as the main influence for In Reverie.[2]
During the writing of Sound the Alarm, Conley was heavily influenced by Bad Brains, The Damned, The Misfits and The Stooges. Conley, with Saves the Day, has released four other albums. Lyrically, all are considered similar except for In Reverie, which is a more positive album. Conley cites a lack of turmoil in his life at the time as the cause of the change in tone.[4] He commented in Rolling Stone magazine that Saves the Day's release Sound the Alarm, is 'about the black clouds inside my mind, It was these intense fears and paranoia and diluted thoughts that were eating me alive. It was utter insanity.' in regards to the failure of In Reverie and subsequent release from DreamWorks.[5]
Solo touring[edit]
While there are no plans for any solo recordings, Chris and David Soloway have toured throughout the USA, playing acoustic versions of Saves the Day songs.[6][7] Conley, and an army of committed fans recently have posted performances via the band's website, the band's official YouTube account and elsewhere on the YouTube site. Conley also finished up a solo three week acoustic tour with Matt Pryor of The Get Up Kids. Beginning in 2009, Chris joined fellow front men Dustin Kensrue of Thrice, Matt Pryor and Anthony Raneri from the band Bayside to form the Where's The Band? tour, where each play acoustic renditions of fan favorites. On December 1, 2010, Conley announced he would be opening as a solo act for Dashboard Confessional, on the West Coast end of the 'swiss army romance tour' In January. This is Following his East Coast touring on the 'Where's the band? Tour' in December.[citation needed]
Razia's Shadow[edit]
In 2008, Conley lent his voice to Forgive Durden's musical project Razia's Shadow: A Musical as the character 'Toba The Tura'.[citation needed]
Two Tongues[edit]
Two Tongues is a collaborative project between Chris, former guitarist of Saves the Day David Soloway, Max Bemis and Coby Linder of Say Anything. Their debut album hit shelves February 3, 2009. Three tracks on their album releasing in February 2009 are available for listening on their Myspace page.
In Fall of 2010, Two Tongues made their first performances as a surprise in the middle of Say Anything's set each night of the Motion City Soundtrack, Say Anything, and Saves the Day tour. They performed the song 'Crawl'. Arun bali (current guitarist of Saves the Day) played guitar, Kenny Vasoli (of The Starting Line, and Person L) played bass, Jake Turner (of Say Anything) played guitar as well, Coby Linder played drums, while Chris Conley, and Max Bemis sang.
Work as a producer[edit]
Conley worked with The Promise Hero to record a demo at his home studio 'The Electric Ladybug'.Conley has also co-produced albums such as Dr Manhattan's album Jam Dreams.
Select discography (Conley as primary composer)[edit]
- Can't Slow Down (1998) on Equal Vision Records
- I'm Sorry I'm Leaving EP (1998) on Immigrant Sun Records
- Through Being Cool (1999) on Equal Vision Records
- Stay What You Are (2001) on Vagrant Records
- In Reverie (2003) on DreamWorks Records
- Ups and Downs: Early Recordings and B-Sides (2004)
- Bug Sessions Volume One (tour exclusive) (2006)
- Sound the Alarm (2006) on Vagrant Records
- Under the Boards (2007) on Vagrant Records
- Bug Sessions Volume Two and Three (2008)
- Daybreak (2011) on Razor & Tie
- Saves the Day (2013) on Equal Vision
- 9 (2018) on Equal Vision
Compilations featuring Conley's compositions[edit]
- West Coast Hardcore vs. East Coast Hardcore on Black Cat Recordings (1998) (features 'Choke')
- The Rebirth Of Hardcore:1999 on Supersoul Records, Good Life Recordings, Temperance Records (1999) (features 'The Art of Misplacing Firearms')
- Punk Uprisings: Incompatible, Vol. 2 (1999) (features 'Shoulder to the Wheel')
- City Rockers: A Tribute to the Clash (1999) (features cover of Clash' 'Clash City Rockers')
- Equal Visions Records Sampler (2000) (features 'Always Ten Feet Tall')
- Vagrant Records: Summer Sampler (2000) (features 'Holly Hox, Forget Me Nots')
- Another Year on the Streets (2000) (features 'Sell My Old Clothes, I'm Off to Heaven', 'A Drag in D Flat')
- Another Year on the Streets Vol. 2 (2002) (features 'Ups and Downs', 'Nightingale')
- Welcome To Vagrant Records (2003) (features 'At Your Funeral')
- Living Tomorrow Today: A Benefit for Ty Cambra (2003) (features 'A Drag in D Flat')
- Another Year on the Streets Vol. 3 (2004) (features 'When It Isn't Like It Should Be')
- A Compilation to Beat Cancer (2004) (features 'Don't Go Outside')
- Tony Hawk's American Wasteland (2005) (features cover of Dead Boys' 'Sonic Reducer')
- Warped Tour 2006 Compilation (2006) (features 'The End')
References[edit]
- ^'A perfect world Princeton's Chris Conley puts life's imperfections in perspective', Home News Tribune, March 26, 2004; accessed August 19, 2007. 'Saves the Day — also Eben D'Amico, bass; David Soloway, guitar; and Pete Parada, drums — was formed in the halls of the Princeton Day School high school in the mid-1990s.'
- ^ ab'Band 'Saves' day with solid new effort'Archived October 15, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, CavalierDaily.com; accessed September 1, 2015.
- ^Wilson, MacKenzie. 'Saves The Day: Equal Vision Records'. Equal Vision Records. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-08-10.
- ^Change what you are[permanent dead link], Aversion.com; accessed September 1, 2015.
- ^'Article about Conley in Rolling Stone Magazine', RollingStone.com; accessed September 1, 2015.
- ^Chris Conley Tour DatesArchived September 28, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ReadJunk.com article announcing Chris Conley solo tourArchived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
Retrieved from 'https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chris_Conley&oldid=915963733'
Punk Goes 90s Vol. 2 | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Compilation album by | ||||
Released | April 1, 2014 | |||
Recorded | Various | |||
Genre | Metalcore, post-hardcore, pop punk, alternative rock | |||
Length | 47:42, (Japanese Edition) 41:41 | |||
Label | Fearless | |||
Producer | Various | |||
'Punk Goes...' chronology | ||||
| ||||
Singles from Punk Goes 90s Vol. 2 | ||||
|
Professional ratings | |
---|---|
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
Alternative Press | [1] |
Punknews.org | [2] |
Punk Goes 90s Vol. 2 is the fifteenth compilation album in the Punk Goes... series and the second installment in the Punk Goes '90s series, the first being released in 2006. Each artist that appeared on the album was approached by Fearless Records to cover a song from the 1990s.
- 3Track listing
![Vol Vol](/uploads/1/2/6/5/126549796/371778137.jpg)
Background and release[edit]
The album was announced by Fearless Records through a video teaser, posted on January 1, 2014, which also revealed that the first single from the album, to be released on January 7, would be Get Scared's cover of 'My Own Worst Enemy' by Lit.[3] It was announced on February 6 that the album would be released on April 1 the same year; the album's full track listing and artwork were released on the same day.[4]
The next song released from the album was Asking Alexandria's cover of Nine Inch Nails' song 'Closer', released on February 25.[5] In March it was revealed that rock band Mayday Parade had been recording a music video for their cover of 'Comedown' by Bush.[6] The song itself was released on March 18, accompanied by its lyric video.[7]
The album was officially released on April 1, along with the release of Chunk! No, Captain Chunk!'s music video for 'All Star', originally by Smash Mouth. Smash Mouth themselves praised the band's cover and stated that they were excited for the new album.[8] Music videos for Hands Like Houses' cover of 'Torn' (Ednaswap) and Falling in Reverse's 'Gangsta's Paradise' (Coolio) were also released.[9][10]
Asking Alexandria chose to cover 'Closer' due to its 'gritty, dirty' sound. Guitarist Ben Bruce explained 'Growing up in the '90s means that all of us have a soft spot for '90s jams from the weird and wonderful, to the cheesy boy bands to the dirty and grungy!'[11] Falling in Reverse's cover of 'Gangsta's Paradise' featured Ronnie Radke rapping.[12]
Japan additionally received a second disk of Japanese artists covering American 90's songs. Artists featured included Artema, Before My Life Fails, Cleave, Fear From The Hate, A Ghost of Flare, Her Name In Blood, Lost, Make My Day, The Winking Owl, キバオブアキバ and ヒステリックパニック.[13]
Critical reception[edit]
Brian Kraus of the Alternative Press stated that not one song from the album sounded like it was recorded in the 1990s, going on to say that Chunk! No, Captain Chunk!'s 'All Star' was one of the highlights of the album, despite it being 'corny'. He also praised The Color Morale's approach to the Foo Fighters song 'Everlong' and gave the album 3/5 stars overall, stating 'Vol. 2 is worth a visit, because with covers, sometimes even the trainwrecks are entertaining.'[1]
Track listing[edit]
# | Title | Artist | Original artist(s) | Length |
---|---|---|---|---|
1. | 'My Own Worst Enemy' | Get Scared | Lit | 3:01 |
2. | 'Interstate Love Song' | Memphis May Fire | Stone Temple Pilots | 3:14 |
3. | 'Closer' | Asking Alexandria | Nine Inch Nails | 6:21 |
4. | 'Everlong' | The Color Morale | Foo Fighters | 4:02 |
5. | 'All Star' | Chunk! No, Captain Chunk! | Smash Mouth | 3:20 |
6. | 'Comedown' | Mayday Parade | Bush | 5:32 |
7. | 'Du Hast' | Motionless in White | Rammstein | 3:57 |
8. | 'Today' | Yellowcard | The Smashing Pumpkins | 3:22 |
9. | 'Torn' | Hands Like Houses | Ednaswap (as covered by Natalie Imbruglia) | 3:47 |
10. | 'Southtown' | The Ghost Inside | P.O.D. | 4:09 |
11. | 'Gangsta’s Paradise' | Falling in Reverse | Coolio featuring L.V. | 3:54 |
12. | 'Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)' | Ice Nine Kills | Green Day | 3:03 |
Japanese Edition[edit]
The Japan Edition contained a second CD which included 11 tracks by various Japanese bands covering American songs from the 1990s.
# | Title | Artist | Original Artist(s) | Length |
---|---|---|---|---|
1. | 'Guerrilla Radio' | Before My Life Fails | Rage Against the Machine | 3:32 |
2. | 'Heart-Shaped Box' | The Winking Owl | Nirvana | 3:57 |
3. | 'Nookie' | Lost | Limp Bizkit | 3:41 |
4. | 'Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)' | Her Name In Blood | The Offspring | 3:14 |
5. | 'Believe' | Artema | Cher | 3:27 |
6. | 'Around the World' | Hysteric Panic | Red Hot Chili Peppers | 3:30 |
7. | 'I Don't Want To Miss A Thing' | Make My Day | Aerosmith | 3:38 |
8. | 'A Whole New World' | Kiba of Akiba | Regina Belle and Peabo Bryson | 4:16 |
9. | 'Rock Is Dead' | Fear From The Hate | Marilyn Manson | 4:15 |
10. | 'Falling Away from Me | A Ghost Of Flare | Korn | 4:00 |
11. | 'Don't Look Back in Anger' | Cleave | Oasis | 4:16 |
Sampler Track listing[edit]
Punk Goes 90s Vol. 2 also included a bonus sampler CD with every physical copy of the album when bought through Alternative Press. The sampler CD contains 10 previous released songs by bands from the Fearless Records label.
# | Title | Artist | Album | Length |
---|---|---|---|---|
1. | 'Savages' | Breathe Carolina | Savages | 3:21 |
2. | 'Hollow Bodies' | Blessthefall | Hollow Bodies | 4:18 |
3. | 'Badly Broken' | Get Scared | Everyone's Out To Get Me | 3:24 |
4. | 'Hold Onto Me' | Mayday Parade | Monsters in the Closet | 3:14 |
5. | 'Late Nights In My Car' | Real Friends | Put Yourself Back Together EP | 3:21 |
6. | 'Haters Gonna Hate' | Chunk! No, Captain Chunk! | Pardon My French | 3:23 |
7. | 'Some Place On Earth' | The Downtown Fiction | Losers & Kings | 3:38 |
8. | 'Sick From The Melt' | Motionless in White Featuring Trevor Friedrich of Combichrist | Infamous | 3:23 |
9. | '(Everything) Is Debatable' | Hellogoodbye | Everything Is Debatable | 3;59 |
10. | 'The Power in Belief' | Ice Nine Kills | The Predator Becomes the Prey | 3:39 |
Charts and release history[edit]
Charts[14]
Chart | Peak position |
---|---|
The Billboard 200 | 41 |
Top Hard Rock Albums | 7 |
Top Independent Albums | 8 |
Top Modern Rock/Alternative Albums | 10 |
Top Rock Albums | 13 |
Releases[15]
Region | Date | Format |
---|---|---|
Worldwide | April 1, 2014 | CD, CS, DL, LP |
References[edit]
- ^ abKraus, Brian. 'Various Artists - Punk Goes 90s Vol. 2'. AltPress.com. AltPress. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
- ^Punknews.org review
- ^Crane, Matt. 'Fearless Records announce 'Punk Goes 90s Volume 2''. AltPress.com. AlrPress. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
- ^'Fearless Records Reveal 'Punk Goes 90s Vol. 2' Tracklisting'. RockSound.com. RockSound. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
- ^Crane, Matt. 'Asking Alexandria release Nine Inch Nails cover, 'Closer''. AltPress. AltPress. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
- ^Bird, Michele. 'Mayday Parade post behind-the-scenes video for 'Comedown' cover'. AltPress.com. AltPress. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
- ^Ableson, Jon. 'Mayday Parade Release Cover of Bush's 'Comedown''. AlterThePress.com. AlterThePress. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
- ^Crane, Matt. 'Chunk! No, Captain Chunk! release 'All Star' video from 'Punk Goes '90s''. AltPress.com. AltPress. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
- ^Crane, Matt. 'AltPress'. AltPress.com. AltPress. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
- ^Emily. 'Falling in Reverse premiere Gangsta's Paradise video'. Kerrang.com. Kerrang!. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
- ^Bowar, Chad. 'Asking Alexandria Cover Nine Inch Nails' 'Closer' for 'Punk Goes '90s Vol. 2′'. Loudwire.com. Loudwire. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
- ^Hartmann, Graham. 'Falling In Reverse cover Coolio Gangstas Paradise'. Loudwire.com. Loudwire. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
- ^http://www.electricbloomwebzine.com/2014/07/punk-goes-90s-vol-2-japan-edition.html
- ^'Various Artists Punk Goes 90's, Vol. 2 Awards'. AllMusic.com. AllMusic. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
- ^'Various Artists Punk Goes 90's, Vol. 2 Releases'. AllMusic.com. AllMusic. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
Retrieved from 'https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Punk_Goes_90s_Vol._2&oldid=931468929'