Gregori Chad Petree (born

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) is a musician who is best known as co-lead vocalist and guitarist of

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band

Shiny Toy Guns Shiny Toy Guns is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 2002. The band is composed of guitarist/vocalist Chad Petree, vocalist Carah Faye Charnow, keyboardist Jeremy Dawson, and drummer Mikey Martin. Their first studio alb ...

. He also contributes music for production libraries such as Killer Tracks.

Bands

Chad's previous bands included: Paradigm,

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, R.R.D.S., Dangerous Insects, and the 90's pop group PC Quest.

PC Quest (1990-1992)

Chad participated in this band with his brother, Stephen Petree.

Paradigm (1995-1998)

Stephen Petree and Chad Petree teamed up again for this band and released three albums on Owl Records label. In 1995, they released ''Fish'' and in 1996 they followed with singles and EP's of various version of ''Too Big for the Garage''. Several songs were reimagined for the Cloud2Ground albums such as Face 2 Face on their E-Majn album.

Cloud2Ground (1998-2000)

While

was started by

Jeremy Dawson Jeremy Dawson (born in Texas, but raised in Shawnee, Oklahoma, USA) is best known as the keyboardist of the American new wave/indie rock band Shiny Toy Guns. Bands Jeremy was the driving force behind the act Cloud2Ground. He is also the co-fo ...

in 1996, Chad got back together with Jeremy in 1998. In 2000, they released a second album, ''The Gate (Beautiful)''.

Dangerous Insects (2001-2004)

Songs from Dangerous Insects, "Starts With One" and "Chemistry of a Car Crash" traveled with Chad to

, appearing on ''

We Are Pilots ''We Are Pilots'' is the debut studio album by American electronic rock band Shiny Toy Guns. After previously being independently released throughout 2005, it was officially released on October 17, 2006, through Universal Motown in the United Sta ...

'' along with "Rainy Monday" "You Are The One" and "Waiting"

Shiny Toy Guns (2002-present)

Chad is the co-founder along with

of Shiny Toy Guns. He is the guitarist and lead male vocalist. Chad wrote and co-wrote many of the songs on ''

'',

's first album, as well as many song's from their second album, ''

Season of Poison ''Season of Poison'' is the second studio album by American indie rock band Shiny Toy Guns. It was released on November 4, 2008 through Universal Motown Records Group. It peaked at #47 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 the following week. The album in ...

''. His brother, Stephen Petree, helped write several songs on ''

'' as well. Chad also co-wrote and co-produced six tracks on the 2005 album release ''The Other Side'' by recording artist LOU.

Hybridigital (2009-present)

Hybridigital is Jeremy and Chad's side project, and subsection of Shiny Toy Guns, where they put on live shows of remixes of their Shiny Toy Guns songs. They feature live guitars, keyboards, and (male) vocals.

Mirror Machines (2010)

A second band by chad and jeremy featuring "Stadium/Sci-fi rock". An EP, Pray For Rain, was released on Nov 11, 2021.

Equipment

Chad uses LogicPro / UAD - Piano/Soft Synths - Gibson, Schecter, Fender Guitars - Fender, Schecter Basses

References

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