Sullivan is an American

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, United States. Sullivan was involved in

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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

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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

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is the screaming lead vocalist portion of

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. They were also in the metalcore band

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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

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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

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. They released the album ''Heavy Is The Head'' on December 9, 2014.

Members

* Brooks Paschal -

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(Also currently in The Afterlife Kids and Surprises) * Phil Chamberlain -

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) * Zach Harward - bass * Tyson Shipman -

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s (ex-

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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 website

Sullivan on PureVolume

Sullivan on MySpace

Interview with Sullivan by Jamie Pham on AbsolutePunk

Cover Your Eyes review on AbsolutePunk

Sullivan Breaks Up

The Afterlife Kids on Purevolume
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