Crossfade is an American rock band from Columbia, South Carolina. Their current members are Ed Sloan on vocals, guitar, and piano, Mitch James on backing vocals and bass, Les Hall on guitar, and keyboard and Will Hunt on drums.
Early Years and Crossfade (1999-2005)
Crossfade was formed in 1999, originally under the name The Nothing. The band consisted of Ed Sloan on lead guitar and vocals, Mitch James on bass guitar and backing vocals and Brian Geiger on drums.Later that year the band changed their name to Sugardady Superstar, after vocalist and DJ Tony Byroads joined the band.[1] The band recorded songs in the "Sugardaddy Studio", a studio lead singer Ed Sloan had built in his garage. The songs eventually attracted the interest of the Los Angeles, California A&R company Taxi (Independent A&R), which ultimately led to the signing of a record deal with the Earshot division of Columbia Records.[2]
In 2002, they changed their name once again, this time to Crossfade. In 2004, James Branham replaced drummer Brian Geiger, who left the group to pursue other interests. That year the band entered the studio to record two more songs to add to the eight they had recorded in the "Sugardaddy Studio" for their debut album. They released their first album, Crossfade on April 13, 2004. The first single off the album, "Cold" gave the band a lot off mainstream exposure. Two singles followed after that "So Far Away" in 2004 and "Colors" in 2005. In February, 2005 their first album, Crossfade was certified gold by the RIAA and was certified Platinum six months later. That year, Tony Byroads left the band and was not replaced.
Falling Away and We All Bleed (2005-present)
After coming off the success from their first album, the band began to write a follow-up. Their second album, Falling Away, released on August 29, 2006. The album spawned three singles, "Invincible", "Drown You Out" and "Already Gone". After releasing the album they needed another guitarist for their upcoming tour. Les Hall, an old friend of Ed Sloan, filled the position. After touring Hall wanted to become an official member off the band if he could take part in the song-writing. Sloan accepted and Les Hall became Crossfade's guitarist. Though their debut album sold over a million copies Falling Away only sold 200,000. In 2008, they were dropped from Columbia Records. Being dropped left Sloan devastated and the band inactive for almost a year. Les Hall eventually convinced him to go on playing music, and after much consideration, the band signed with Eleven Seven Music.
In late 2008, Crossfade released a demo track entitled "We All Bleed".[3] It was announced that they would be releasing a new album later that year. The album's release date was pushed back to July 2010. According to the band, the new album would have a darker, and possibly different sound than their previous releases.[4] Some song names were confirmed by on twitter page: "Suffocate", "Killing Me Inside", "Open Up Your Eyes" and "Lay Me Down".[5] According to the band's official Twitter page, We All Bleed [6] will be released in September [7] After recording the album, James Branham left the band and was replaced by Will Hunt.[8] On June 1, 2010 the tracklisting for We All Bleed was revealed. Also that day, the first single, "Killing Me Inside" was released along with a music video. On June 26, 2010 the official release date for We All Bleed was announced as October 12, 2010.
Members
Current
Ed Sloan — Lead Vocals, Guitar, Paino (1999–present)
Mitch James — Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals (1999–present)
Les Hall — Guitars, Keyboards, Backing Vocals (2006–Present)
Will Hunt — Drums, Precussions (2010–Present)
Former
Tony Byroads — Keyboards, Turntables, Samples, Backing Vocals(1999–2005)
James Branham — Drums (2005–2010)
Brian Geiger — Drums (1999–2004)
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Crossfade, Alternative Metal, Hard Rock, Post-Grunge
