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#254374 - Sun Jan 16 2005 03:56 PM Crossfade
dragonfly3544 Offline
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I recently discovered the rock band Crossfade. I think that they have some albums out under a different name. Does anybody know what that name was?
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#254375 - Sun Jan 16 2005 04:43 PM Re: Crossfade
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According to their official website, They have had a few other names:

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Crossfade began with nothing--literally. In the late Nineties, Ed Sloan (lead vocals, guitar), Mitch James (bass, vocals) and Brian Geiger (drums) formed a band called The Nothing--a kind of "heavy-metal Wrathchild America and Metallica takeoff," in Geiger's words. The Nothing worked hard to create original material and a sound of their own; at one point, the group relocated to Atlanta, Georgia before returning to their Columbia, South Carolina, home turf. Ed began constructing a home studio, while Brian took on management duties.

The addition of Tony Byroads, a vocalist and DJ who had moved to Columbia after graduating high school in Buffalo, New York helped to expand the sound of the band. "Tony was a veteran of the club circuit who could sing any style," says Mitch James. "As a writer, he shared our drive to create songs that were catchy, energetic, and still musical enough to keep from boring us!"

With Tony on board and in recognition of their evolving style, The Nothing changed the group's name to Sugardaddy Superstar and set to work on new music in the Sugarstar Studio, which Ed Sloan describes as "a brick garage at my house that was made into livable space with some added soundproofing and basic gear."






And this:

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In November 2001, Sugardaddy Superstar was one of only three (out of 8,000 member groups and artists) to perform at Taxi's "Road Rally." The buzz continued to build when the group played a March 2002 showcase in Los Angeles. The band returned to the studio to re-engineer and remix an album they originally called Cold. This self-released set, issued regionally in September 2002, contained eight of the ten songs that now comprise Crossfade, the group's major label debut.






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