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Straight from Woodstock, New York I bring you “3″. How did they get that name? Well, It was founded by just three people. However, It wasn’t just three regular old people. It was Josh Eppard, Joey Eppard, and Chris Bittner. Who are these people, you ask? Well you may or may not know Josh Eppard as the former drummer of Coheed and Cambria. Joey would be his brother and Chris is just another random person i’ve never heard of until I found three. Now, the only founding member in the band would be Joey.

Anywho, Some of their best songs are on their newest album, titled “Revisions”. You should check it out. His voice is very much original, so be aware that you might not like it.

3’s Website

Edit: Just found out who Chris Bittner is! Thanks to Neesh, I learned that he is an engineer who recorded the first 3 Coheed albums and mixed the first 2. That means that all three founding members of the band are important people.

It was New Year’s Eve, playing rock band with my brother and his friends. Unlocking every song one by one… Then we unlocked this one song that I have never heard of. I knew we had to get past it in order to unlock more. It was that moment, that I discovered the band that has come to consume most of my life.

That band was Coheed and Cambria.

My first opinion, like others, was “I wonder how hot the girl is that sings this?” Boy, Do I laugh at that when I think about it now. The song was “Welcome Home” (off of the third album) and I never got tired of it. I went straight home from his house the next day, looked up information about the band and “acquired” every song they owned. (For you “legal” people out there, I have since then replaced everything I downloaded that day with the legal album, I have pictures to prove it). I started on the first song, first album. That album was “The Second Stage Turbine Blade” and it was the “raw” version of Coheed, I didn’t care for it at first so I skipped to the next album. My love grew the more I listened.

For those not familiar with the band, it consists of Claudio Sanchez, Travis Stever, Michael Todd, and Chris Pennie. All straight from New York, They began their life playing with bands like Thrice, Thursday and many others. Now they have played with bands like Slipknot, Linkin Park, even Heaven and Hell (Black Sabbath with Dio instead of Ozzy).

Coheed and Cambria is not just a regular band in any aspect of their music. Every album is a section of a story. Every song has a different meaning.  That story? The Amory Wars. Want to learn more about the story? Hit up this Wikipedia link for more info.

I’ve been waiting for the perfect time to feature this band, and now is  better than ever. This past Monday, they Announced the fifth album, Also know as the “prequel” album (in reference to the story), Titled “Year of the Black Rainbow” Will be released in April 2010, along with a deluxe version that includes a 300 page novel that is co-written by Peter David. Pre-Orders Available at the end of December. I’m going to be first in line to order, how about you? More info here.

You can hit up this Wikipedia Link to read more about Coheed, pre-Coheed, and all of everyone’s side projects.

PS: For being my favorite  band, this article was really hard to write. The entire time I wanted to just type “Its Coheed and Frickin Cambria, ’nuff said”. and hit publish. If you guys like this article, please feel free to tweet about it, or just share it with your friends. Anything is much appreciated.

My introduction to Evaline (Turlock, CA) was on March 23, 2008 in Austin, TX at the South By Southwest (SXSW) music festival.  On a small stage at The Cedar Door, Evaline graced us all with their presence.  They demanded attention and not one person in the audience could ignore their performance.  I had never heard of them before (I will admit they probably sounded a whole lot better because I had a few too many Lonestars in me) but out of all the bands that played that night, I remembered Evaline.  This six piece group of twenty-somethings had energy.  Jumping off speakers, throat shredding vocals, crashing into microphones, swinging guitars, and African tribal drumming kind of energy.

When I got home I looked up the band.  I was surprised to see that this band was unsigned, and had only one EP to buy and download, and that was released in 2006!  The band, officially formed in 2001 under a different name, has a mature sound that says these six guys know exactly what they are doing and where they are going.  The EP Postpartum Modesty — A Portrait of Skin has only six tracks but packs the punch of any full-length album by Taking Back Sunday, The Used, or Brand New.  My number one favorite track and the one that I recommend to all my friends for downloading is “La De Da”.  A few of my other favorites are “Calm Touching” and “Postpartum Modesty”. 

It’s been three years and although there are no new releases, Evaline claims they are working hard in the studio writing and recording a new album.  On September 25, 2009 they posted in their blog that they were busy finalizing the tracks and narrowing it down to 14 so we should be seeing some new material from this band soon!

http://www.myspace.com/evaline