Sullivan is an American
rock
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band
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from
Greensboro
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,
North Carolina
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, United States.
Sullivan was involved in
To Write Love on Her Arms
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.
History
Sullivan came together as a trio in 2001. In 2002 they recorded and released ''Count the Time in Quarter Tones'' on Forsaken/Tribunal Records. The EP sold well and extensive touring followed. They were subsequently signed to the
Tooth & Nail Records
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label. In 2006, now as a four piece band consisting of Brooks Paschal on lead vocals/rhythm guitar, Zach Harward on bass, Phil Chamberlain on the drums and Tyson Shipman on lead guitar, they released their international debut ''Hey, I'm a Ghost'' which featured the single "Down Here, We All Float". They released their second album ''Cover Your Eyes'' on June 5, 2007, with new guitarist Jeremy Stanton.
Phil Chamberlain's brother
Spencer Chamberlain
Spencer Chamberlain (born January 4, 1983) is an American musician, best known for being the current lead vocalist for the metalcore band Underoath. Before fronting Underoath, Chamberlain was the vocalist for the band This Runs Through in which ...
is the screaming lead vocalist portion of
Underoath
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. They were also in the metalcore band
This Runs Through
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(along with current Sullivan guitarist Tyson Shipman) previous to their current musical projects.
Former Sullivan drummer Mike Lawrence has played drums in Tribunal Records metalcore band Heartscarved and played guitar and keyboards in
Curse Your Name
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The band split up in late 2007 while still on their headlining "Cover Your Eyes Tour". The band posted a blog in which they revealed they "didn't want things to come to this", but that "the best course of action for our members is to disband" even though there was "no bad blood between any of us."
Paschal, Shipman, and Stanton then joined The Afterlife Kids. They released a self-titled EP in 2010. Brooks Paschal has also released music as a solo artist under his stage name Surprises.
On October 13, 2013, the band uploaded a new song called "Profile" to their YouTube account. An acoustic EP featuring versions of five songs from the band's previous records entitled ''Undressed'' was released on November 27, 2013. The band then announced in the summer of 2014 that they had signed to
Spartan Records
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. They released the album ''Heavy Is The Head'' on December 9, 2014.
Members
* Brooks Paschal -
lead vocals
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(Also currently in The Afterlife Kids and Surprises)
* Phil Chamberlain -
drums
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(ex-This Runs Through
This may refer to:
* ''This'', the singular proximal demonstrative pronoun
Places
* This, or ''Thinis'', an ancient city in Upper Egypt
* This, Ardennes, a commune in France
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* Hervé This, French culinary chemist Arts, e ...
, also currently in To Speak of Wolves
To Speak of Wolves is an American metalcore band from Greensboro, North Carolina, formed in 2007. The band has released three full-length studio albums, ''Myself Is Less Than Letting Go, Myself < Letting Go'', ''Find Your Worth, Come Home'', an ...
)
* Zach Harward -
bass
* Tyson Shipman -
guitar
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s
(ex-This Runs Through
This may refer to:
* ''This'', the singular proximal demonstrative pronoun
Places
* This, or ''Thinis'', an ancient city in Upper Egypt
* This, Ardennes, a commune in France
People with the surname
* Hervé This, French culinary chemist Arts, e ...
, also currently in The Afterlife Kids)
* Jeremy Stanton -
guitar
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s
(Also currently in The Afterlife Kids)
; Former
* Mike Lawrence -
drums
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Discography
*''Count the Time in Quarter Tones'' (
EP, Forsaken Recordings, 2003)
*''
Hey, I'm a Ghost'' (
Tooth & Nail, January 24, 2006)
*''
Cover Your Eyes'' (
Tooth & Nail, June 5, 2007)
*''Undressed'' (
EP, independent, November 27, 2013)
*''Heavy Is the Head'' (Spartan, December 9, 2014)
Singles
References
External links
Sullivan websiteSullivan on PureVolumeSullivan on MySpaceInterview with Sullivan by Jamie Pham on AbsolutePunkCover Your Eyes review on AbsolutePunkSullivan Breaks UpThe Afterlife Kids on Purevolume
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Musical groups established in 2001
Musical groups disestablished in 2007
Alternative rock groups from North Carolina
Tooth & Nail Records artists