I See Stars are an American

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band from

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formed in 2006. The band currently consists of lead vocalist Devin Oliver, guitarist Brent Allen, keyboardist and co-vocalist Andrew Oliver, and bass guitarist Jeff Valentine. Their first album, '' 3-D'' (2009), peaked at No. 176 on the ''Billboard'' 200. Their second album, ''

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'', was released on February 22, 2011. The band's third studio album, ''

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'', was released on March 13, 2012, which demonstrated a stylistic change, featuring a more aggressive musical style than their prior albums. The band also appeared on the song, "Beauty and the Beast", by

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producer BARE. The band's fourth studio album, ''

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'', was released October 22, 2013, which featured elements of

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while achieving an even further aggressive style than ''Digital Renegade''. On March 25, 2015, the band released their first

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, titled '' Phases''. The band's line-up remained unchanged, (excluding the brief departure of vocalist Zach Johnson in 2009, who returned the following year) from their formation in 2006, up until mid-2015, when the group announced the departure of rhythm guitarist Jimmy Gregerson and Johnson. Lead vocalist Devin Oliver now pursues both

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and

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. Their fifth studio album and the first album featuring the new line-up, '' Treehouse'', was released on June 17, 2016. Drummer Luke Holland played the drum track for this album, while Andrew Oliver started his place on the keyboard. Their latest release is the Treehouse Acoustic EP, which was released on April 6, 2018. The band has released all six of their studio albums, and other releases, through their record label

Sumerian Records Sumerian Records is an American independent record label based in Los Angeles, Washington D.C., and London. The label was founded in 2006 by Ash Avildsen. Devin stated: "me, Brent, the drummer's my brother, and the bass player, Jeff, we all lived on the block from each other since we were kids, nelementary school." The group officially started in 2006 under the name I See Stars—which also according to Devin there isn't any meaning behind the name other than the fact that they "needed a title" and someone brought it to the table. The group released its debut EP ''Green Light Go!'' in 2007 and several demos, including a self-titled EP, before signing with

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''3-D'', Johnson's departure and Moore's arrival (2008–09)

I See Stars recorded their debut album, '' 3-D'', in 2008 at Chango Gridlock Studios in

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with producer Cameron Mizell. The album featured Zach Johnson as the

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and keyboardist. Johnson left the band soon after the album's release on April 14, 2009, due to personal problems he felt interfered with him too much while on tour. The band then gained Chris Moore, formerly of

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and a merchandise salesman for the group, to join as the new screamer and keyboardist. In August 2008, I See Stars embarked on the second annual "Artery Foundation Across the Nation" tour, headlined by

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with supporters Our Last Night, In Fear and Faith,

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and Broadway. In late 2009, I See Stars finished touring with

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and

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for the third annual ''Artery Foundation Across the Nation'' tour.

Moore's departure, Johnson's return and ''The End of the World Party'' (2010)

On June 14, 2010, the band's keyboardist/screamer Chris Moore announced his departure from the band, citing "artistic differences". After being asked to re-join, former I See Stars member Zach Johnson returned to the band and joined them on Warped Tour 2010. The group entered the studio in March 2010 to begin writing and recording their sophomore studio album called ''

'' with Sumerian Records and ''3-D'' producer Cameron Mizell. Almost immediately after finishing the album, the band played Vans

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from June 24 to July 18, 2010. The band released a preview of their second album's title track, "The End of the World Party", on November 4, 2010 to Sumerian Records'

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page. They played the song at various live shows in 2010 before the album's release. The full version of the title track was released to

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on December 7, 2010. The band revealed the album's track listing on January 2, 2011. Before the album's release, the band played another song entitled "Glow" at various live concerts. On February 1, 2011, ''

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'' started streaming a new song from the album entitled "Wonderland". The full album was released on February 22, 2011. The band has played in the Soundwave 2011 tour in Australia. They supported

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alongside

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in the

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. They also participated in the 2011 American AP Tour along with Conditions, Versa,

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. On May 31, 2011, the band made their national television debut, while performing the songs "Glow" and "What This Means to Me" on

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''Digital Renegade'' (2011–12)

I See Stars toured on the Monster Outbreak Tour with headliner Of Mice & Men and supporting bands

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and That's Outrageous! from October 26 to November 29. The band toured on the Scream It Like You Mean It tour with

and

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as headliners. The tour also featured the rapper Mod Sun,

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and the new metalcore band from Rise Records, The Air I Breathe. On recent interviews the band stated that they began recording a new album in September 2011, as soon as the Scream It Like You Mean It Tour finished. After a few recording sessions they began another tour in November. The album was produced by Joey Sturgis. I See Stars headlined the Leave It 2 The Suits Tour with support from

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, Our Last Night, and

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. In a commercial video for the tour, it was announced that their third album would be released on March 13, 2012, with the album title confirmed to be ''

''. At midnight on January 8, 2012, an unmastered version of the song "Filth Friends Unite" from the then-upcoming album was released via the band's Facebook page. A finalized version of the song was released as the first official single from the album on January 17. I See Stars second single, "NZT48", was released on YouTube on February 23 as a lyric video. The song was released on iTunes February 28, also with the album put on pre-order. The full album was released on March 14, 2012. On August 30, 2012, all members of the band were arrested in

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, for possessing and intending to use "hallucinogenic drugs", though it was not specified which drugs. The members themselves released their

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s and lead vocalist Devin Oliver commented on the experience being arrested on his Twitter profile, stating that he "just had the worst 13 hours of my life". After the band's release from jail, a new single titled "The Hardest Mistakes", was released on October 9, 2012 featuring

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. It is a remix of the song "Electric Forest". They also played on Falling in Reverse's "The Thug in Me Is You" tour for a few dates, but they were kicked off the tour early due to their feud with

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vocalist

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. They have stated that they are going to be touring again soon, regardless of the feud between the

and I See Stars camps. I See Stars then hit the road with

on the Monster Outbreak tour along with

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, replacing

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when they dropped off following lead singer

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's death.

'' Renegades Forever ''and ''New Demons ''(2013–15)

In early to mid 2013, the band finished their fourth studio album, '' New Demons'', which was released on October 22. It's been confirmed that Joey Sturgis is the producer for the studio album.

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programmed four tracks on the album. The band later announced that they have recorded a "heavier" song featuring vocalist Frank Palmeri of

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and a cameo appearance by

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. That song, "Can We Start Again", was released on YouTube on May 12, 2013. The song's origins "started off as a b-side off our previous album and evolved into much more than that. With help from Sumerian Records and our friends Frankie Palmeri & Mattie Montgomery, it became about a scene that is much like the hallways we walked down as teenagers. We used the iconic lyrics from a song by

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that changed the scene before bands like us were even around and still holds a place in a lot of hearts. We're all here to connect through music and to be a part of a movement that embraces open minds and open hearts. Unfortunately, some people choose to thrive off negativity, disunion and narcissism. This song goes out to all our peers and friends who live on the road doing it every single year, but more importantly to all the fans who make this all possible. This is not a song off the forthcoming album. It's the closing chapter to igital_renegadeand the opening track to our digital mixtape release titled "Renegades Forever"." On June 17, 2013, ''

'' published an exclusive premiere on their website of the first single from ''New Demons'' entitled "Violent Bounce (People Like ¥øµ)". The release date of ''New Demons'' has been reset from September 17 to October 22, after previously being selected for an August 13 release date. Via the I See Stars Twitter account, the band had tweeted on September 16 "I know a lot of you think the album is coming out tomorrow. Unfortunately had to push things back. We're so sorry to those expecting it :(". On Warped Tour 2013, the band started to play a new, unheard song on stage. The song was revealed to be 'Ten Thousand Feet' and will feature on the upcoming album 'New Demons'. Alongside this, a 20-second preview of the song 'Murder Mitten' was added on the end of Sumerian Records' 'Started From The Bottom, Now We Here Tour' uploaded on the record labels YouTube channel. On September 24 at Midnight, the band released the second single titled "Murder Mitten". The single was released alongside a lyric video on YouTube. On October 8, I See Stars released the title track 'New Demons' as a free song to those who pre-ordered the album. The album then leaked on October 10. On August 27, 2013, the band announced their North American headlining tour Started From The Bottom Now We Here with

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, and guests

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, and Palisades, beginning in Albuquerque, NM at The Historic Sunshine Theater on October 29 and ending in St. Louis, MO on November 24. On December 13, 2013, the band announced that they will be direct supporting

's "The New King's Tour" with supporting acts Capture,

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beginning on January 31, 2014. They got into a brief feud with Ronnie Radke over some allegations of being unprofessional which lead to some back and forth tweets. Ronnie recorded a diss song called “I Wash Cars” which was meant to be as an inside joke, but leaked. They have squashed the beef. They headlined The All Stars Tour in Summer 2014. They also toured in December 2014 with Razihel. An acoustic album could possibly be in the works. On June 16, 2015, the band's Facebook page was hacked and used to promote Islamist propaganda.

''Phases'', departure of Gregerson, Johnson's second exit, and ''Treehouse'' (2015–18)

On July 31, 2015, the band announced their newest release, ''Phases'', an album centered around re-imagining songs from previous releases with an acoustic, clean style.{{cite web, title=Phases Announcement, url=http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/i_see_stars_announce_acoustic_album_phases, work=Altpress, date=31 July 2015, access-date=7 October 2015 The band would also include four cover songs on the track-list. As well as announcing the all acoustic album, I See Stars announced they would be headlining an acoustic tour known as the "Phases Tour". After the release of the album rhythm guitarist Jimmy Gregerson, was kicked out of the band for reasons never stated, and subsequently became a touring member of

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. Although it was revealed on his Instagram account that he had actually been kicked out of the band during Warped Tour 2015, this information was not made public until at least a month after his departure and was later confirmed once again in December 2015, via Twitter. Unclean vocalist and keyboardist Zach Johnson did not appear on Phases, nor did he tour with the band in support of it. On December 22, 2015, the band released a short teaser video for a forthcoming headline tour of the US, which also included a teaser of new material expected for release in 2016. It's unclear whether this would be a one-off song, or come from a forthcoming EP or album. On the same day Gregerson and Johnson made separate posts on their Instagram accounts announcing that they had been released from the band a few months ago, although neither of them officially explained what led up to their departure. Johnson later announced in the same post that he had formed a new band called ''Therefore Farewell'' which he soon left and formed

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band ''Outer Glow''. It was later stated that clean vocalist Devin Oliver will be taking over both clean and unclean vocal duties, while drummer Andrew Oliver would be switching to keyboards and taking up some of Devin's cleans and Zach's unclean vocals. It was officially announced on the band's

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page that their fifth album, entitled '' Treehouse'' will be released on June 17. The band participated in the "10 Years In The Black" Tour with

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, and Bad Omens. They then headlined another tour entitled the "Treehouse" Tour. On April 6, 2018, the band released a brand new EP which contained acoustic renditions of songs from ''Treehouse''.

Return to touring and new music (2019–present)

On February 1, 2019, the band announced that they would be a part of

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's "Doghouse Takeover Presents: Unleashed" tour, an electronic and metal crossover tour with many fellow acts from the alternative metal scene and electronic scene. Along with the announcement the band revealed their excitement for the tour stating that they have always done a lot of interesting line-ups on their headliners in the past but are excited to be helping Kayzo with pushing boundaries in the music scene. On July 26, the band announced a small acoustic tour to honor the 10th anniversary of their debut album, ''3-D'', releasing the following statement: "We were just kids when we wrote 3D. This record birthed the beautiful life we are blessed to live & the incredible experiences that have come with it. Can't wait to do some shows strictly dedicated to this album front to back acoustically! This is just round one. So if you don't see your city on here don't stress out. Much more coming!" Throughout 2019, guitarist Brent Allen began playing

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with Detroit

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outfit, Teddy Roberts and the Mouths. In March 2019, the group supported

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and

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for a string of shows. The following month, the band released their debut LP entitled, "Never Wanna Die", independently. On August 2, the band announced that they would be appearing on Our Last Night's "Let Light Overcome the Darkness Tour" at the beginning of November. They appeared alongside fellow rock acts

and Ashland. On November 19, while on the North American headlining tour Our Last Night released their cover of the

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" alongside Telle of The Word Alive, Asia of Ashland and Devin from I See Stars. In February 2021, it was confirmed on the band's manager, Nick Walter's Instagram page that the band was recording at Magic Door Recording with mixing being done by

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and Luke Holland returning on the drums. Walter declared that after a month and a half of recording, the album was through the recording process and ready for mixing.

Musical style

I See Stars has been labeled as

, incorporating elements of

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pop punk Pop punk (or punk pop) is a rock music genre that combines elements of punk rock with power pop or pop. It is defined for its emphasis on classic pop songcraft, as well as adolescent and anti-suburbia themes, and is distinguished from other pu ...

emo Emo is a rock music genre characterized by emotional, often confessional lyrics. It emerged as a style of and hardcore punk from the Washington D.C. hardcore punk scene, where it was known as emotional hardcore or emocore and pioneered b ...

and

metalcore Metalcore (also known as metallic hardcore) is a fusion music genre that combines elements of extreme metal and hardcore punk. As with other styles blending metal and hardcore, such as crust punk and grindcore, metalcore is noted for its use of ...

music with their eclectic

electronica Electronica is both a broad group of electronic-based music styles intended for listening rather than strictly for dancing and a music scene that started in the early 1990s in the United Kingdom. In the United States, the term is mostly used to r ...

sound, becoming one of the first well known electronicore bands.

Band members

{{col-begin {{col-2 Current members * Brent Allen – guitar {{small, (2006–present) * Andrew Oliver – keyboards {{small, (2015–present); additional clean vocals {{small, (2011–present); drums {{small, (2006–2015){{cite web, url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wvtn_rdyzFU, title=APTV Sessions: I See Stars ULL ACOUSTIC SET AND Q&Adate=7 October 2015, publisher=YouTube, access-date=2016-07-28Phases album booklet * Devin Oliver – lead vocals {{small, (2006–present) * Jeff Valentine – bass {{small, (2006–present) Former members * Chris Moore – screamed vocals, keyboards {{small, (2009–2010) * Jimmy Gregerson – rhythm guitar {{small, (2006–2015) * Zach Johnson – screamed vocals, keyboards {{small, (2006–2009; 2010–2015) {{col-2 Current touring and session musicians * Dakota Sammons– drums {{small, (2016–present) Former touring and session musicians * Nick Scott – rhythm guitar {{small, (2015){{cite web, url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wvtn_rdyzFU , title=APTV Sessions: I See Stars [FULL ACOUSTIC SET AND Q&A , publisher=

, date=2015-10-07 , access-date=2020-03-15{{cite web, last=Witherow , first=Barbara , url=http://substreammagazine.com/2015/10/live-reviewphotos-i-see-stars-stripped-down-phases-tour-rolls-through-cleveland/ , title=LIVE REVIEW/PHOTOS: I See Stars' stripped-down Phases Tour rolls through Cleveland , publisher=Substreammagazine.com , date=2015-10-09 , access-date=2015-12-23 * Chris Koo – piano, keyboards, backing vocals {{small, (2015) * Jacob Halmich – cello {{small, (2015) * Jake Burkey – drums, percussion {{small, (2015) * Luke Holland - touring drummer, session drummer for Treehouse album (2016) {{col-end Timeline {{#tag:timeline, ImageSize = width:800 height:auto barincrement:20 PlotArea = left:90 bottom:90 top:10 right:15 Alignbars = justify DateFormat = dd/mm/yyyy Period = from:01/01/2006 till:{{#time:d/m/Y TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal format:yyyy Colors = id:Vocals value:red legend:Clean_vocals id:Vocals2 value:claret legend:Unclean_vocals id:LGuitar value:teal legend:Lead_guitar id:RGuitar value:brightgreen legend:Rhythm_guitar id:Bass value:blue legend:Bass id:Drums value:orange legend:Drums,_backing_vocals id:Keys value:purple legend:Keyboards,_programming id:studio value:black legend:Studio_album id:other value:gray(0.5) legend:Other_release id:bars value:gray(0.9) Legend = orientation:vertical position:bottom columns:3 BackgroundColors = bars:bars ScaleMajor = increment:2 start:2007 ScaleMinor = unit:year increment:1 start:2006 LineData = layer:back at:23/02/2015 color:other at:01/01/2007 color:other at:01/01/2008 color:other at:14/04/2009 color:studio at:22/02/2011 color:studio at:13/03/2012 color:studio at:22/10/2013 color:studio at:27/08/2015 color:other at:23/05/2013 color:other at:17/06/2016 color:studio at:06/04/2018 color:other BarData = bar:Devin text:"Devin Oliver" bar:Zach text:"Zach Johnson" bar:Chris text:"Chris Moore" bar:Brent text:"Brent Allen" bar:Jimmy text:"Jimmy Gregerson" bar:Jeff text:"Jeff Valentine" bar:Andrew text:"Andrew Oliver" PlotData= width:11 textcolor:black align:left anchor:from shift:(11,-4) bar:Devin from:01/01/2006 till:end color:Vocals bar:Devin from:03/08/2012 till:end color:Vocals2 width:3 bar:Zach from:01/01/2006 till:14/04/2009 color:Vocals2 bar:Zach from:01/01/2006 till:14/04/2009 color:keys width:3 bar:Zach from:14/06/2010 till:15/06/2015 color:Vocals2 bar:Zach from:14/06/2010 till:15/06/2015 color:keys width:3 bar:Chris from:14/04/2009 till:14/06/2010 color:Vocals2 bar:Chris from:14/04/2009 till:14/06/2010 color:keys width:3 bar:Andrew from:01/09/2011 till:end color:Vocals width:3 bar:Andrew from:01/01/2006 till:15/06/2015 color:Drums bar:Andrew from:15/06/2015 till:end color:keys bar:Brent from:01/01/2006 till:end color:LGuitar bar:Brent from:15/06/2015 till:end color:RGuitar width:3 bar:Jimmy from:01/01/2006 till:15/06/2015 color:RGuitar bar:Jeff from:01/01/2006 till:end color:Bass

Discography

{{Main, I See Stars discography ;Studio albums * '' 3-D'' (2009) * ''

'' (2011) * ''

'' (2012) * ''

'' (2013) * '' Treehouse'' (2016)

References

{{Reflist {{I See Stars {{Authority control Warren, Michigan Electronicore musical groups Musical groups from Michigan Musical groups established in 2006 Sumerian Records artists 2006 establishments in Michigan Sibling musical groups Metalcore musical groups from Michigan