Shades Apart is an American

alternative rock Alternative rock, or alt-rock, is a category of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1970s and became widely popular in the 1990s. "Alternative" refers to the genre's distinction from mainstream or commerci ...

musical group from

Bridgewater Township, New Jersey Bridgewater Township is a township in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. The township is both a regional commercial hub for Central New Jersey (home to Bridgewater Commons and different corporate headquarters) and is a bedroom suburb ...

. They are best known for their US radio hit "Valentine", "Stranger by the Day" and their cover of the hit song "Tainted Love."

History

The band formed in 1988, self-releasing an album that year; two Extended play, EPs followed in 1992 and 1993. 1995's full-length, ''Save It'', produced by Bill Stevenson (musician), Bill Stevenson and Stephen Egerton (guitarist), Stephen Egerton, resulted in some media exposure due to the success of their cover of Gloria Jones' "Tainted Love". The song would later be featured multiple times in the 2004 movie ''She's Too Young''. After another independent release in 1997, the band signed to Universal Records, Universal, who released ''Eyewitness'' in 1999 and ''Sonic Boom'' in 2001. In 1999, the single "Valentine" peaked at #31 on ''Billboard magazine, Billboards Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. It also appeared on the Active Rock, Heritage Rock, and Mainstream Rock Audience charts.[ Billboard], Allmusic.com. Their song "Stranger By The Day" featured in the film ''American Pie (film), American Pie'' and is on the American Pie (film)#Soundtrack listing, soundtrack. The band has since been seen playing in various venues and are always writing new material. Their last show was on 11.09.19 at The Crossroads in Garwood, New Jersey.

Members

*Mark Vecchiarelli – guitar, vocals *Kevin Lynch – bass, background vocals *Ed Brown – drums

Discography

*''Shades Apart'' (Wishingwell Records, 1988) *''Dude Danger'' EP (Sunspot Records, 1992) *''Neon'' (Skene! Records, 1993) *''Save It'' (Revelation Records, Revelation, 1995) *"Tainted Love" CD single (1995, Revelation 40 PR1) *''Seeing Things'' (Revelation Records, Revelation, 1997) *''Eyewitness'' (Universal Records, Universal, 1999) *''Sonic Boom'' (Universal, 2001) *''Eternal Echo'' (Hellminded Records, 2020)

Compilation appearances

*''In-Flight Program'' CD (1997, Revelation REV050) **Track 05 – "Fearless" *''American Pie (film)#Soundtrack listing, Music from the Motion Picture American Pie'' CD (1999, Uptown Records, Uptown/Universal) **Track 08 – "Stranger by the Day" *''Revelation 100: 15 Year Retrospective Of Rare Recordings'' CD/LP (2002, Revelation REV100) **Track 07 – "Under The Sun" *''Violent World: A Tribute to The Misfits'' CD (1997, Caroline) **Track 03 – "20 Eyes" *''The Blasting Room'' CD (2000, Owned & Operated Recordings – O&O 008-2) **Track 03 – "Blame"

References

External links

Shades Apart
on the Revelation Records website {{Authority control Musical groups from New Jersey Revelation Records artists Equal Vision Records artists