User:Avidbandfan/The Wedding (band)
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| The Wedding | ||
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| Background information | ||
| Origin | Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA | |
| Genre(s) | Christian Rock Punk Emo |
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| Years active | 2003–present | |
| Label(s) | Brave New World Records | |
| Website | Official website | |
| Members | ||
| Kevin Kiehn Trevor Sarver Joe "Rattlesnake" Rickard Cody Driggers Jeremy Ervin |
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| Former members | ||
| Clint Robinson | ||
The Wedding is a Christian rock band that fuses elements of rock with emo and pop-punk. from Fayetteville, Arkansas, where they were formerly known as Easier Said. They are signed to independent record label, Rambler Records, which has since changed its name to Brave New World Records. Four members of The Wedding have been friends since high school. They formed the band their senior year in late-2003.
The band's first album produced two number one singles. They have toured with the likes of Bachman Turner Overdrive, the Better Off., Bleach, John Reuben, Last Tuesday, Number One Gun, Anberlin, Spoken, the Supertones, Superchic[k] and Falling Up. In addition they have signed on to major tours and music festivals like See Spot Rock and Cornerstone Festival.
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[edit] Members
- Kevin Kiehn - vocals, keys and synth
- Trevor Sarver - guitar and BGVs
- Cody Driggers - guitar and BGVs
- Jeremy Ervin - bass
- Joe Rattlesnake Rickard drummer, formerly of the band Sky Harbor.
[edit] Former members
[edit] History
[edit] Getting signed
The band is largely indebted to two bands: the Supertones and Bleach. The Supertones brought the Wedding on their first real tour when they invited them to join the SuperTour alongside the Supertones and Superchic[k]. Bleach was largely responsible for getting the band signed. Bleach Guitarist Sam Barnhart brought the band to Dark Horse Studios to record a demo. The Wedding recorded the demo with Sam and Mark Lee Townsend. The demo became the band's Tour EP. Towsend was so impressed with what he heard that he signed the band to BHT entertainment's alternative division, Rambler Records, headed by music industry veterans Dan Harrell and Michael Blanton (Michael W. Smith, Amy Grant, Relient K).
[edit] Self-Titled debut album The Wedding
The original four-piece went into the studio to record their Rambler Records debut with Mark Lee Townsend (Relient K, dc Talk, Jennifer Knapp). The album was cut in Dark Horse Studios in Tennessee. The band entered the studio without having chosen a name for the band. They had decided to drop the name Easier Said, but they tossed around several names including: Rushmore and Causewell. Their name 'The Wedding' was inspired by the book of Revelation from the Bible. The release of the album was originally slated for February of 2005, but was pushed back to April. The Wedding had a successful 2005 with two number 1 singles (Radio and Records) on the national Christian rock charts ("Move This City" with four consecutive weeks at No. 1 and "Song For The Broken" for two weeks at No. 1). Singles "Wake The Regiment" and "Morning Air" also neared the chart's top 10.
[edit] Rumble in the South EP
Just a month after the release of their debut album The Wedding returned to Dark Horse Studios to record more new songs. The EP consisted of 3 new songs and 2 acoustic versions of hits from their self-titled Debut. In late October of 2005, the Rumble in the South EP was released, while the band was on the Falling Up tour.
[edit] Lineup changes
In June 2006, Drummer Clint Robinson left the band to pursue other endeavours. Upon departure of Clint, the band made changes. Jeremy Ervin, who was in the original Easier Said with Sarver and had rejoined touring with The Wedding, was officially made a band member. With Ervin playing bass, Cody Driggers moved over to guitar giving the band a second guitar player. Joe Rickard replaced Clint on the drums after his band Sky Harbor called it quits.
[edit] Polarity 2007
Under the direction of producer Mark Lee Townsend (Brave New World Records), The Wedding again utilized Dark Horse Studios (Nashville, Tennessee) to complete tracks for a sophomore album. A variety Christian rock musicians made cameo contributions: Davy Baysinger (Bleach), duet vocals; Dan Spencer (Supertones), trumpet line; and Josh Robieson (Flatfoot 56), bagpipe riff. The final mix was arranged by J.R. McNeely (Underoath). The album, entitled "Polarity," will be released April 17th, 2007. In advance of the album, "Say Your Prayers," a single from Polarity, was released and tied for the number 1 spot in radio station adds on Radio & Records national Christian Rock charts within the first week (February 23, 2007). Within the second week, the song hit Radio and Records top 30 (March 2, 2007).
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
- The Wedding, 2005 (Rambler Records)
- Polarity[citation needed], 2007 (Brave New World Records)
[edit] EPs
- Tour EP, 2004
- Rumble in the South (EP), 2005 (Rambler Records)
