Evelate
Evelate is a system of three. None of this was planned, it just happened. Dutch Bros. and Rock Hawaii swept away the summer boredom and we were left with a wo
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Baroque Ass Baroque Ass
Baroque style barrage with sudden and unexpected changes, circus guitar in the middle, and a chorus you kinda feel like hearing again...
New Job New Job
An energetic blend of dinosaur stomp rock and reggae. Has a signature riff, modern upstroke groove verses, good lyrical flow, and a dig down chorus.
Evelate is a switch-rock power trio.Band/artist history
Evelate came together in the summer of 2004, and things have been creative ever since.
Scene 1: Background
Enter: D. Andy was feeling unsatisfied with his current band, Blackout Weather. Plagued by dysfunctional band member relationships and severe writer’s block, the band was heading nowhere and movin’ slow. D decided that it wasn’t worth it anymore, so he packed up his drums and planned on storing them indefinitely, perhaps until he was done with college.
Enter: C+. Chris decided it was time to rebound from the break-up of his previous band, One Fry Short. Feeling inspired one day, he wrote a song called “Pieces of Flair,” which he then performed at an open mic only to receive a tremendous and unexpected response. His love for music came back to him in full force. He further developed his musical theory, a style most who played with him were not ready for. With this musical reignition, he threw himself into the Corvallis music scene and jammed with several projects, including a guitar player named Eric Jeter, who was the lead singer of a flailing band called Blackout Weather.
Scene 2: The First Jam
Jeter talked D into playing “one last time” with a guitar player named Chris Baron. Reluctantly, D agreed. By the end of that day, a musical spark had lit the three of them up. They began to hold regular jams in a second-story apartment bedroom. The result of this was a set-list comprised mostly of covers that had influenced their musical growth over the years. They practiced long hours and eventually even played a show at Headline Café in Corvallis.
Scene 3: The Turbulent Times
Jeter and Chris often disagreed about musical ideas and D felt a lack of chemistry with the group, as a whole, after some time. On top of that, Chris was now an active member in two other bands in Corvallis, maryspeak and EnterLeave. As his priorities shifted more and more towards the other bands, D and Chris grew further apart. To make matters worse, Chris accidentally broke Jeter's hand one day as they were messing around and Evelate seemed left with only two members.
Enter: Rev. Bear Joe. Brody had plenty on his plate, with the Brody Lowe Band, school, and work, but after admitting that his first love was the bass, he was convinced to join Chris and D in the new Evelate. The addition of Brody created a monumental shift in Evelate’s sound. Chris became the lead singer, Brody became the yeller, and D focused on his signature fills. After playing a quick succession of what are now called “The Last Shows,” Evelate somehow continued to gain momentum.
Scene 4: A Crushing Blow
While the music was flowing better than ever, there was still stress between D and Chris. A crushing blow to the relationship was D’s decision to study in Denmark for his final term of college. The 30 day notice was given on the practice space, and it appeared as though Evelate was done.
Scene 5: The Faster Speeds sessions
With music still on his brain, homeless after being voted out of his house, and almost no money in his pocket, Chris came upon $100, which he decided to put to good use. After working a deal with local recording man Sam Kincaid (Melodious Funk), the members of the nearly extinct Evelate were summoned for one last stand. That Benjamin rekindled Evelate’s spirit and allowed them to record the “Moving at Faster Speeds” demo. Blown away with a crazed love for the songs they had created, Evelate was back in business! After a brief reflection on the album, a CD release party was planned just before D left for Denmark. The response was enthusiastic and Evelate found themselves once again wondering if this was truly something special, something worth pressing on with. Since then every show has gotten tighter than the last, even with stand-in drummer Chris Harver (maryspeak, Stairway Denied).
That was the beginning. Now, there is a new bass player, Joe Sadowski, who came all the way from Korea to play with us. He and D had grown up together in a tiny country town with nothing to do but play music and pretend you were cool. They got really good at their instruments and really tight playing together. Brody Lowe left around this time to pursue his main project: Brody Lowe Band. We are still a three-piece, we have not left the songs you grew to love behind, and we have written many songs since. Our debut album will be released in February 2006, and will be self-titled. See you on the road!Have you performed in front of an audience?We play in Portland, Eugene, and a few special cities in between.
Your musical influences
Rush, 311, Incubus, System of a Down, Primus, RHCP, Live, Sublime
Good music is self-evidentWhat equipment do you use?
PRS custom and Washburn semi-hollowbody for guitar, and Peavy Classic 50 combo amp...dw drums and many cymbals...peavey 6-string and Warwick 5-string for bass, and a Carvin combo amp.Anything else?
I wrote my first song when I was 10. I still remember exactly how to play it. Not that I ever will again, its pretty bad and I just don't know if I'm in love with her anymore.
At 16, I put together my first rock band. We had an album recorded by the time I was 17 years old, and at that point I knew exactly what I wanted to do with my life: be a street bum! Musician: will play for food.
Then I changed my mind and decided to go to college. I enrolled in a college of business so I could manage my band. We recorded 2 more albums, played a bunch of live shows, and got one record label offering to fly us down to LA to record. However, we turned it down so I could travel abroad to Spain and everyone else could finish school...which was okay because we thought we were going to be together long-term. We broke up a year later.
I stayed in school, deciding since I had come this far I may as well collect my degree, even though all I really wanted to do was set out on tour (patience is a virtue). I changed my major to Aristotelian Studies so I could write better lyrics and joined several local projects. One of the more established groups, maryspeak, recorded an album and experienced a degree of local success. I met Kris Farm and Ben C through this band.
And now there is Evelate. A pretty choice piece. Andy and I moved to Portland in June 2005 and Joe joined us in July 2005. Our debut album is scheduled to be independently released and promoted in February 2006.
"We don't work because we are inspired, we are inspired because we are working"
Chris, December 2005Contact
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Comments (13)
you guys are some unorignal homos. try writing your own songs instead of blatently ripping other people off. Chris, you know what I'm talking about... to the other guys in the band, I feel sorry for you 'cause you could probably do better.
David Fox gets credit for the Taco song. I just wrote the lyrics. He is the real musician and I am the poser. He is one of the stars of the PBS doc "Off the Charts". A great flick.
Hey They spelt Evelate wrong!
I think Elevate sounds a little bit like a laid back Systems of a Down without the Polka influence.
You're right. I absolutely need a real drummer.Rock on.MC
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