Chasing Victory is an American
post-hardcore
Post-hardcore is a punk rock music genre that maintains the aggression and intensity of hardcore punk but emphasizes a greater degree of creative expression. It was initially inspired by post-punk and noise rock. Like post-punk, the term has been ...
band from
Camilla, Georgia
Camilla is a city in Mitchell County, Georgia, United States, and is its county seat. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 5,187.
History
The city was incorporated in 1858. The name Camilla was chosen in honor of the granddaugh ...
.
Band history
The band was formed in 2001 by vocalist Adam Harrell, guitarist Jason Lowery, drummer Jeremy Lowery, bassist Taylor Sullivan, and guitarist Michael Lamb while they were in high school.
They started as a
cover band called Bailey Drive, where they started writing songs for their debut
EP ''A Not So Tragic Cover Up''. After the release of this EP, they signed with
Mono vs. Stereo
Mono vs Stereo is an independent record label based in Franklin, Tennessee. It was founded in 2003 as an imprint of Gotee Records. While Gotee signs mostly rap, hip-hop, and pop-rock artists, Mono vs Stereo leaned more towards indie music.
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and released their first full-length album, ''I Call This Abandonment'', in 2005, followed by their second album, ''Fiends'', in 2007.
Between March and May 2007, the band went on a US tour with
See You Next Tuesday,
August Burns Red, and
From a Second Story Window. On September 24, 2007 the band announced they had broken up through their
Myspace blog. In 2008, they played a few shows during the summer. In 2010, Harrell and the Lowerys announced the formation of a new band called Astoria and released a six-song EP called ''
.P.(ic) - EP''
In January 2014, vocalist Adam Harrell announced that he and his wife were planning on adopting a child and that Chasing Victory would be reuniting for one show in the near future to help raise money for the adoption. The show was a success, and the Harrells adopted their new daughter shortly after.
In 2016, the band announced their reformation with the release of a new song entitled "She Haunts Me" on
Halloween
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, and the band played several shows throughout the Southeast US in the summer of 2017.
The band released a new independent EP entitled ''Friends, Volume 1'' in early 2018.
Band members
Current members
* Adam Harrell - vocals
* Michael Lamb - guitar
* Jason Lowery - guitar
* Jeremy Lowery - drums
* Chris Cargile - guitar
* Chris (Crutch) Crutchfield - bass
Former members
* Matt Grogan - bass
* Taylor Sullivan - bass
Discography
* ''A Not So Tragic Cover Up'', 2004
* ''I Call This Abandonment'', 2005
* ''Fiends'', 2007
* ''Friends, Volume 1'', 2018
Music videos
* "Unrequited Love" (''I Call This Abandonment''), 2005
* "The Night Your Guardian Fell Asleep" (''I Call This Abandonment''), 2005
* "Wolves" (''Fiends''), 2007
Gear
* Chasing Victory played
Fender and
Gibson
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guitars and SJC drums.
* They were endorsed by Gibson and
Peavey.
References
External links
MySpacePureVolumeMono Vs. Stereo
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Christian rock groups from Georgia (U.S. state)
American post-hardcore musical groups
Musical groups established in 2003