Halestorm is an American
rock
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band from
Red Lion, Pennsylvania
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History
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, consisting of lead vocalist and guitarist
Lzzy Hale
Elizabeth Mae "Lzzy" Hale (born October 10, 1983) is an American musician, best known as the lead singer and rhythm guitarist of hard rock band Halestorm, which she co-founded with her brother Arejay Hale in 1997.
Career
Hale began writing and ...
, her drummer brother Arejay Hale, guitarist Joe Hottinger, and bassist Josh Smith.
The group's
self-titled debut album was released on April 28, 2009, through
Atlantic Records
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. Their second album ''
The Strange Case Of...'' was released on April 10, 2012. Its lead single "
Love Bites (So Do I)
"Love Bites (So Do I)" is a song by American rock band, Halestorm. It is the first single from their second album '' The Strange Case Of...'', released April 10, 2012. It is also part of the ''Guitar Hero Live'' soundtrack.
Background
The band me ...
" won the
Grammy Award
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for Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance on February 10, 2013. Their third album, ''
Into the Wild Life
''Into the Wild Life'' is the third studio album by American rock band Halestorm. It was scheduled for release on April 3, 2015, via Atlantic Records but due to unforeseen circumstances, it was pushed back by a week worldwide. The album was rele ...
'' (2015), peaked at number five on the
''Billboard'' 200.
The band's fourth album, ''
Vicious'' (2018), debuted at number eight on the chart, becoming their second top 10 record.
Their most recent album, ''
Back from the Dead'', was released in May 2022.
Halestorm is well known for their near non-stop touring, often performing as many as 250 shows a year. Since 2006 they have toured with many hard rock and heavy metal acts including
Alice Cooper
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Seether
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Trapt
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Three Days Grace
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Lilith Czar
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and
The Warning. Halestorm appeared on the first annual
Rockstar Energy Drink
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Uproar Festival
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, and in October 2010 the band traveled to
Japan
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to participate in the
Loud Park Festival
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The festival has featured both Japanese and international p ...
. Halestorm also appeared on the 2010
Taste of Chaos
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tour.
History
Formation and debut (1997–2011)
![Halestorm](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/72/Halestorm.JPG)
Siblings Arejay (born Terrance Averell Cooper Hale) and
Elizabeth "Lzzy" Hale have been actively writing and performing original music since 1997 when they were 10 and 13 years old.
Lzzy started learning piano at the age of 5; she later progressed to a
keytar
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, and Arejay the
drums
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. She took guitar lessons at 16. The teen siblings released two
EPs titled ''Forecast for the Future'' in 1997 and ''(Don't Mess With The) Time Man'' in 1999. In 2003, Joe Hottinger joined the band.
In Halestorm's earlier days, Lzzy and Arejay's father, Roger Hale, played bass before Josh Smith joined the group in 2004.
The group signed a recording contract with
Atlantic Records
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on June 28, 2005, and released a live EP titled ''
One and Done'' on April 28, 2006. The EP, now out of print, featured an early live version of "
It's Not You
"It's Not You" is the second single released by the hard rock band, Halestorm
Halestorm is an American rock band from Red Lion, Pennsylvania, consisting of lead vocalist and guitarist Lzzy Hale, her drummer brother Arejay Hale, guitarist Jo ...
." Their
self-titled debut album was released on April 28, 2009. The song "
I Get Off
"I Get Off" is the debut single by American hard rock band Halestorm, released on March 10, 2009, from their 2009 self-titled debut album. The song was written by lead singer Lzzy Hale with its producer, Howard Benson, and Dana Calitri, Kathy So ...
" served as the album's
lead single
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. Both the song and video for their second single, "It's Not You", were released in late November 2009. Singles and videos for "Love/Hate Heartbreak" and "Familiar Taste of Poison" were released in 2010.
On November 16, 2010 Halestorm released a live CD/DVD entitled ''
Live in Philly 2010
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'', which was recorded at
The TLA
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in Philadelphia in early 2010. On March 22, 2011, Halestorm released an EP called ''
ReAnimate'' containing
covers of songs of different genres.
''The Strange Case Of...'' (2012–2013)
On January 24, 2012, Halestorm released the EP ''Hello, It's Mz. Hyde''. Their second full-length album, ''
The Strange Case Of...'' was released on April 10, 2012, in the US, April 9 in the UK, and April 17 in
Italy
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. On October 29, 2012 they were announced as the support for
Bullet for My Valentine on their UK tour in March 2013.
On December 5, 2012 during a show at the Majestic Theater in
Madison, Wisconsin
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, before Lzzy could start her piano ballad "Break In", guitarist Joe Hottinger ran up to her from off stage and told her that the song "Love Bites...(So Do I)" was nominated for a Grammy in the
Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance Category. Drummer Arejay Hale asked on his mic what happened and after Lzzy replied to the audience that they had just been nominated for a Grammy, the crowd erupted in celebration. The entire event was recorded by a fan and posted on
YouTube
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. On February 10, 2013 Halestorm
won the award, becoming the first female-fronted band to both be nominated and win in that category. In April 2013, Halestorm reached the top of the ''
Billboard
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''
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chart for the first time with their single "Freak Like Me". On August 6, 2013, the band premiered their video for "Here's to Us". On October 15, Halestorm released their second covers album entitled ''
Reanimate 2.0''.
''Into the Wild Life'' (2014–2018)
Halestorm covered the
Dio song "Straight Through the Heart" on the tribute album ''
Ronnie James Dio – This Is Your Life
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'', which was released on March 25, 2014. On March 28, 2014 Halestorm performed a brand new song called ''The Heartbreaker'' at the Cannery Ballroom in
Nashville, Tennessee
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. In April, the band released a video on YouTube called ''A Day in the Life Of Halestorm 2014 (Backstage, Interview & New Song ''Mayhem'')''. The title of the new album was originally set to be released January 13, 2015, but was actually moved a day earlier to January 12. The band has posted letters of the album name allowing for fans to try and unscramble them, and on January 12, 2015, their third full studio album entitled ''
Into the Wild Life
''Into the Wild Life'' is the third studio album by American rock band Halestorm. It was scheduled for release on April 3, 2015, via Atlantic Records but due to unforeseen circumstances, it was pushed back by a week worldwide. The album was rele ...
'' was announced with release dates for the UK and US, April 13 and 14 respectively.
In May 2015 will be released the photo book ''To Hale And Back'' in collaboration with photographer Rob Fenn, which documents the career of Halestorm so far. On January 6, 2017, Halestorm released their third covers album ''
Reanimate 3.0''. On May 17, 2017, they released the official music video for the song "Dear Daughter".
''Vicious'' and ''Reimagined'' (2018–2020)
In February 2018, the band announced that work on their next album had begun. By May of the same year, Halestorm announced the release of their next album, ''
Vicious'' on July 27, 2018. The band released the first single from the album, "Uncomfortable" that same day. It was followed by "Black Vultures" on June 22 and "Do Not Disturb" on July 19. The album came out on July 27.
In May 2019, "Chemicals" was released as a B-side single. The song is an "homage to those we've lost and all of us struggling with mental illness".
After concerts were cancelled in 2020 due to
the COVID-19 pandemic, Halestorm launched the #RoadieStrong campaign to raise financial support for live entertainment crews during the pandemic. Hale stated in an interview, "We feel for these guys and basically we ended up asking a bunch of our rock star friends and a bunch of our roadie friends to kind of help us create some awareness about this, and help give them all a direction of where to go." The effort was also supported by
Avenged Sevenfold
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,
Shinedown
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, and other artists.
On August 14, 2020, Halestorm released an
EP called ''Reimagined''. It features six songs, with five reworked Halestorm songs, including "Break In", featuring
Amy Lee
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of
Evanescence
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, and a cover of
Dolly Parton
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's "
I Will Always Love You
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".
''Back from the Dead'' (2021–present)
In January 2021, Hale announced that they had begun recording their next studio album, with a "socially distant" studio process. On August 17, 2021, the first song from the new album, "Back from the Dead", was released. The album ''
Back from the Dead'' was released on May 6, 2022. A deluxe edition of the album with seven new songs was released in December 2022.
Appearances
![Halestorm performing live at the Laredo Energy Arena](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e1/Halestorm_performing_live_at_the_Laredo_Energy_Arena.JPG)
Halestorm was the featured artist on the cover of ''Origivation'' magazine in October 2006 and appeared on the cover of ''Pennsylvania Musician'' magazine three times (August 1999, March 2000, and February 2003). Lzzy Hale appeared on the cover of ''
Revolver
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'' magazine along with Grace Perry from
Landmine Marathon
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History Formation, "Demos” a ...
in their December 2009 edition of the "Hottest Chicks in Metal." Lzzy Hale has also been noted for her use of
Gibson Guitars
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. Arejay Hale was featured in the June 2010 issue of ''
Modern Drummer
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'' magazine.
In mid 2012, Halestorm made a special requested appearance in an episode of
Bar Rescue
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, titled "
Owner Ousted", where they performed at the grand opening of the
Fairfield, Ohio
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bar America Live (formerly Win, Place or Show).
On January 29, 2013 Halestorm performed on ''
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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''. On February 22, Lzzy Hale sang the
Guns N' Roses
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song "Out Ta Get Me" at
Bandit Rock Awards in
Stockholm Sweden, where
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and his band were headlining. Hale's vocals are featured in a cover of "
Close My Eyes Forever
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" and on the album of
David Draiman
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's new project,
Device.
During
Dreamhack Winter 2019 performed on the main stage during the 25th anniversary of the event.
In a recent interview, Lzzy Hale revealed that she keeps the Grammy on her mantelpiece next to her other favorite trophy from the Schuylkill County Fair in Pennsylvania when Halestorm won third place in a talent contest in 1997.
Band members
Current members
*
Lzzy Hale
Elizabeth Mae "Lzzy" Hale (born October 10, 1983) is an American musician, best known as the lead singer and rhythm guitarist of hard rock band Halestorm, which she co-founded with her brother Arejay Hale in 1997.
Career
Hale began writing and ...
– lead vocals, rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar, keyboards, piano
(1997–present), lead guitar
(1997–2000), bass
(1997–1998)
* Arejay Hale – drums, backing vocals
(1997–present)
* Joe Hottinger – lead guitar, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
(2003–present)
* Josh Smith – bass, keyboards, piano, backing vocals
(2004–present)
Past members
* Leo Nessinger – lead guitar
(2000–2003)
* Roger Hale – bass
(1998–2004)
Timeline
Discography
Studio albums
* ''
Halestorm
Halestorm is an American rock band from Red Lion, Pennsylvania, consisting of lead vocalist and guitarist Lzzy Hale, her drummer brother Arejay Hale, guitarist Joe Hottinger, and bassist Josh Smith.
The group's self-titled debut album was re ...
'' (2009)
* ''
The Strange Case Of...'' (2012)
* ''
Into the Wild Life
''Into the Wild Life'' is the third studio album by American rock band Halestorm. It was scheduled for release on April 3, 2015, via Atlantic Records but due to unforeseen circumstances, it was pushed back by a week worldwide. The album was rele ...
'' (2015)
* ''
Vicious'' (2018)
* ''
Back from the Dead'' (2022)
Awards and nominations
References
External links
*
Halestorm at Atlantic Records2015 Lzzy Hale Interview on Guitar.com
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