Greeley Estates
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Greeley Estates is an American metalcore
Metalcore
Metalcore is a subgenre of heavy metal combining various elements of extreme metal and hardcore punk. The name is a portmanteau of the names of the two genres. The term took on its current meaning in the mid-1990s, describing bands such as Earth Crisis, Deadguy and Integrity...

 band from Phoenix
Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the official 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data...

, Arizona
Arizona
Arizona ; is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix...

. Formed in 2002, the band has released five full-length studio albums and one EP. The group initially performed an emo
Emo
Emo is a style of rock music and its associated subcultureEmo may also refer to:- Businesses :* Emo , an Irish oil company and filling station chain* Emo Speedway, a racetrack in Emo, Ontario...

 and post-hardcore
Post-hardcore
Post-hardcore is a genre of music that developed from hardcore punk, itself an offshoot of the broader punk rock movement. Like post-punk, post-hardcore is a term for a broad constellation of groups...

 sound, but with some line-up changes later they changed their sound, pursuing metalcore with their third studio album Go West Young Man, Let the Evil Go East
Go West Young Man, Let The Evil Go East
Go West Young Man, Let the Evil Go East is the third album by the American metalcore band Greeley Estates, released on May 6, 2008. The first single is the track Blue Morning.- Track listing :Personnel=Greeley Estates...

(2008).

Greeley Estates signed to Tragic Hero Records
Tragic Hero Records
Tragic Hero Records is a record label founded in Raleigh, North Carolina in March 2005 to represent the growing hardcore punk and harder wave of music in North Carolina. The label was founded by Tommy Lacombe, David Varnedoe and Jason Ganthner. Alesana was the first band the label signed...

 and Ferret Music
Ferret Music
Ferret Music is an independent record label, founded in 1996. The label is owned in part by NORA's vocalist, Carl Severson, and in part by Philadelphian artist manager Paul Conroy, and based in West Windsor Township, New Jersey...

 in 2009 and released their fourth full-length album No Rain, No Rainbow
No Rain, No Rainbow
No Rain, No Rainbow is the fourth studio album by American metalcore band, Greeley Estates. It is their last release with guitarist Alex Torres...

in 2010, which features an even heavier sound. The band released their fifth album The Death of Greeley Estates
The Death of Greeley Estates
The Death of Greeley Estates is the fifth full-length album by Greeley Estates. It was expected to be released on August 2, but was pushed forward due to obligations to August 9, 2011 through Tragic Hero Records and is produced by Cory Spotts. The first single for the album was released on June 1,...

on August 9, 2011 (not to be confused with their 2005 DVD of the same name), to which its sound was cited by vocalist, Ryan Zimmerman as a hybrid between their past two studio albums. Greeley Estates' only remaining founding members are Zimmerman and guitarist, Brandon Hackenson.

Formation and early years (2002—2006)

The band was formed by Ryan Zimmerman, Brandon Hackenson, Dallas Smith, Jared Wallace, and Mike Coburn. The band name is derived from a sign in Colorado Ryan and Brandon saw on the way from Chicago to Phoenix. Mike Coburn left the band shortly before they started touring at the end of 2003. After a few fill-in drummers, Brian Champ soon became the main drummer for Greeley Estates. They went through a few bass players who all left Greeley Estates before they began touring the US. Jared Wallace "Outside of This" was then replaced by Josh Applebach.
They released their debut album Outside of This
Outside of This
Outside of This is the debut album by Greeley Estates. Released on July 22, 2004, it earned the group an early cult following of fans in the emo and post-hardcore genres long before the band's dramatic shift to a metalcore years later.-Track listing:...

in 2004, a music video produced for its title track accompanied it.
In 2005 Greeley Estates had released the Caveat Emptor EP
Caveat Emptor EP
Caveat Emptor EP is an EP by Greeley Estates released through Record Collection Recordings in 2005. The sound of the EP following along with their early emo sound that Outside of This featured.-Track listing:-Personnel:Greeley Estates...

.

Greeley Estates was one of PureVolume
PureVolume
PureVolume was the first independently run website of its type, allowing for the upload and stream of music files. It was created in 2003 by Jennifer Welch , in conjunction with the Unborn Media team; Brett Woitunski, Nate Hudson, and Mitchell Pavao; all from the University of...

’s top 10 unsigned artists with over a million plays—an accolade supported by having album sales in the top 10 on Smartpunk since October 2004. Their distribution record further secured them a position on the Smartpunk chart for "Sales of All Time". They signed to Record Collection, and they were on every date of the Vans Warped Tour in 2005. Also, Greeley Estates co-headlined the MySpace Fall Tour 2005.
Other accomplishments include extensive touring, a DVD entitled The Death of Greeley Estates released in May 2005, playing on the Taste of Chaos
Taste of Chaos
Taste of Chaos is a hardcore tour that was started in the winter of 2005 by Kevin Lyman, the creator of the successful Warped Tour along with friend and business partner, John Reese. The Taste Of Chaos tour caters for fans of the post-hardcore, screamo, and metal genres, while offering the same...

 tour and continual play on KEDJ
KEDJ
KEXX is a commercial radio station located in Phoenix, Arizona, broadcasting to the Phoenix Metropolitan Area on 103.9 FM. KEXX airs a modern rock music format branded as "X 103-9". In July 2009, the station added less commercials and plays deeper tracks rather than just radio hits unlike normal...

 103.9 alternative rock
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...

 radio in Phoenix.

In mid 2006 Greeley Estates recorded their second full length album Far from the Lies
Far From the Lies
Far from the Lies is the second full-length album by Greeley Estates, released on June 6, 2006 through Record Collection.The album is the last to feature Greeley Estates' emo/post-hardcore sound before shifting to metalcore on the proceeding album Go West Young Man, Let the Evil Go East...

.

On January 31, 2007, bassist Josh Applebach announced that he would leave Greeley Estates for a teaching career in Arizona. Bradley Murray (previously with Versus the Mirror) from Tucson, Arizona
Tucson, Arizona
Tucson is a city in and the county seat of Pima County, Arizona, United States. The city is located 118 miles southeast of Phoenix and 60 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border. The 2010 United States Census puts the city's population at 520,116 with a metropolitan area population at 1,020,200...

 became their touring bassist. His first live appearance with the band was on February 3, 2007 in Safford
Safford, Arizona
- History :Safford was founded by Joshua Eaton Bailey, Hiram Kennedy and Edward Tuttle, who came from Gila Bend, in southwestern Arizona. They left Gila Bend in the winter of 1873-74; their work on canals and dams having been destroyed by high water the previous summer...

, Arizona
Arizona
Arizona ; is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix...

.

On June 3, 2007, guitarist Dallas Smith announced that he would be leaving the band in order to start up a family with his wife and expected twin daughters (he and his wife were to subsequently lose the pregnancy). He made this announcement via a Myspace bulletin and announced that his last show would be June 20, 2007 at the Clubhouse in Tempe, Arizona.
After their Mexican tour with Silverstein
Silverstein (band)
Silverstein is a Canadian post-hardcore band from Burlington, Ontario, formed in 2000. Their band name is a reference to the famous children's author Shel Silverstein, whom the band had admired and read the stories of as children. They have released a total of five studio albums, three EP's, a...

, Brad Murray left the band for personal reasons.

Go West Young Man, Let the Evil Go East (2007—2008)

On September 4, 2007, Greeley Estates recorded their new album. The two new members of Greeley Estates include Alex Torres (previously with Eyes Set to Kill
Eyes Set to Kill
Eyes Set to Kill is an American metalcore band from Tempe, Arizona. Sisters Alexia and Anissa Rodriguez, along with former vocalist Lindsey Vogt started the band in 2003. Lindsey Vogt departed the band in mid-2007 due to issues with management...

) and Joshua Ferguson (previously with Glory Nights) After the band finished recording their new album Go West Young Man, Let The Evil Go East
Go West Young Man, Let The Evil Go East
Go West Young Man, Let the Evil Go East is the third album by the American metalcore band Greeley Estates, released on May 6, 2008. The first single is the track Blue Morning.- Track listing :Personnel=Greeley Estates...

, Joshua Ferguson left to complete his apprenticeship as a hair stylist in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; personal reasons seem to be why he left.

Greeley Estates had announced Tyler Smith as their new bassist, who was formerly of In Fear and Faith
In Fear and Faith
In Fear and Faith is an American rock band from San Diego, California. Formed in 2006, the group is currently signed to Rise Records and have released two studio albums and two EPs. Their debut full-length, Your World on Fire, being released nearly a year after the band's signing to Rise in 2008,...

. Smith played his first show with the band on February 9, 2008, at the Clubhouse in Tempe, Arizona. In 2008 Greeley Estates had a track, entitled "Let The Evil Go East", on the Warped Tour 2008 compilation.

Their third album titled Go West Young Man, Let The Evil Go East was released May 6, 2008. For the track "Blue Morning" on their new album, Greeley Estates hired music video director Daniel Chesnut to create a high energy, intense video, to match the band's new persona.

On Friday, November 14, 2008, Greeley Estates announced that their newest bassist Tyler "Telle" Smith
Tyler "Telle" Smith
Tyler Smith, known also by his alias Telle, is an American musician. He is currently the lead vocalist for The Word Alive and has played in several bands, such as Greeley Estates and In Fear and Faith...

, found within the course of the same year, had left the band.

No Rain, No Rainbow (2009—2010)

A song from the fourth album, entitled "Seven Hours" along with "Jealousy Breeds Killing Sprees", which features guest vocals Craig Mabbitt
Craig Mabbitt
Craig Edward Mabbitt is an American musician. Currently the lead vocalist for the band Escape the Fate and formerly of the bands Blessthefall and The Word Alive.-Blessthefall:...

 from Escape the Fate
Escape the Fate
Escape the Fate is an American post-hardcore band from Las Vegas, Nevada formed in 2005 and originally from Pahrump, Nevada. They have released three EPs and three full-length studio albums. Dying Is Your Latest Fashion was the band's debut album and only album to feature vocalist Ronnie Radke...

, were streamed online during November 2009. Another new song from album No Rain, No Rainbow
No Rain, No Rainbow
No Rain, No Rainbow is the fourth studio album by American metalcore band, Greeley Estates. It is their last release with guitarist Alex Torres...

entitled "Friends Are Friends for Never" was also streamed online.

As of June 12, 2010, guitarist Alex Torres
Alex Torres
Alex Torres is an American guitarist, best known for being the guitarist of metalcore bands Eyes Set to Kill and Greeley Estates, and being the current guitarist of post-hardcore band Alesana.- Praisin' Bran :...

 announced his departure from the band via MySpace. In the blog, he stated; "Im not exactly sure how to say this, but as of a month ago, I let the guys know that I would be leaving the band.. and the "Oh, Sleeper" tour would be my last tour in Greeley Estates... To clear things up early, NO there is NO bad blood, and everyone is on good terms. Greeley has been my family since 2007, and that will NOT change."

Greeley Estates has been touring around the world, headlining many of these tours with bands including Vanna
Vanna
Vanna is a female first name that first appeared in recorded history circa 1294. The Italian medieval name originated in Tuscany, and is particular to Florence, Italy. Though similar in pronunciation to the name Giovanna, and conjectured to be derived from it, Vanna is neither a nickname nor a...

, Tides of man
Tides of Man
Tides of Man is an American progressive rock band formed in Tampa, Florida in 2008. They signed to Rise Records March 4, 2009 and have released two full length albums thus far, Empire Theory in 2009 , and Dreamhouse in 2010.- History :In December 2007 Pearson, Gill, Sene, Jaye and Gould convened on...

, A Bullet For Pretty Boy and The Crimson Armada
The Crimson Armada
The Crimson Armada is an American metalcore band from Columbus, Ohio. The band initially formed in Westerville, Ohio in 2007, but after several live shows and demos the band went on hiatus. After pressure from the local music scene, the group reformed a year later...

.

Greeley Estates began work on their fifth studio album in 2010, originally expecting for an April or May release date.

The Death of Greeley Estates (2011—present)

Ryan Zimmerman of Greeley Estates told AMP Magazine, "We’re thinking of kind of combining the last two records, Go West and No Rain, to kind of bring back some singing and have a little bit of melody but still have the heavy. I’m not sure yet on the lyrical direction."

"I think it’s a new challenge. I think trying to do something that we didn’t do on the record before-we want to have a little bit of a shock value each time. The last two albums were a shock to people as far as what was coming from Greeley Estates. We started off some of early albums with pop songs so we’ve changed a lot over the years but we want to kind of have that same approach going into this record too. We just want to try and figure out what we can do to combine the things we know our fans love and what we love to perform but also do something a little different."

The fifth album is expected to be released summer 2011, with producer Cory Spotts
Cory Spotts
Cory Spotts is a record producer from Phoenix, Arizona. Spotts runs BLUElight Audio|Media, a recording studio in Phoenix. In 2005 it was said that he was one of the most sought after producers in Arizona...

, who also produced the band's very first album Outside of This in 2004.

On June 1, 2011 the first single to the new album was released on the band's Facebook
Facebook
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 page, titled "The Last Dance." They have also announced that the album is titled The Death of Greeley Estates
The Death of Greeley Estates
The Death of Greeley Estates is the fifth full-length album by Greeley Estates. It was expected to be released on August 2, but was pushed forward due to obligations to August 9, 2011 through Tragic Hero Records and is produced by Cory Spotts. The first single for the album was released on June 1,...

. The album was expected to be released August 2, but was changed to August 9, 2011.
The cover art for the album was released on the band's Twitter
Twitter
Twitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, informally known as "tweets".Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched that July...

.
On June 7, another new song, "Friendly Neighborhood Visit" was released on Altpress. On July 7 the first track on the album titled "Straitjacket" was released on the band's Facebook page. The new album will be released a week early for fans to purchase at their tour.

Members

Current
  • Brandon Hackenson - lead guitar
    Lead guitar
    Lead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure...

     (since 2002)
  • Ryan Zimmerman - lead vocals
    Lead vocalist
    The lead vocalist is the member of a band who sings the main vocal portions of a song. They may also play one or more instruments. Lead vocalists are sometimes referred to as the frontman or frontwoman, and as such, are usually considered to be the "leader" of the groups they perform in, often the...

     (since 2002)
  • Chris Julian - drums
    Drum kit
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     (since 2009)
  • Kyle Koelsch - bass guitar
    Bass guitar
    The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

     (since 2010)
  • David Ludlow - rhythm guitar
    Rhythm guitar
    Rhythm guitar is a technique and rôle that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with singers or other instruments; and to provide all or part of the harmony, ie. the chords, where a chord is a group of notes played together...

     (since 2010) bass guitar
    Bass guitar
    The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

     (2009–2010)


Former
  • Tyler "Telle" Smith
    Tyler "Telle" Smith
    Tyler Smith, known also by his alias Telle, is an American musician. He is currently the lead vocalist for The Word Alive and has played in several bands, such as Greeley Estates and In Fear and Faith...

     - bass player, backing vocals (2008)
  • Dallas Smith - rhythm guitar (2002–2007)
  • Brian Champ - drums (2004–2009)
  • Alex Torres
    Alex Torres
    Alex Torres is an American guitarist, best known for being the guitarist of metalcore bands Eyes Set to Kill and Greeley Estates, and being the current guitarist of post-hardcore band Alesana.- Praisin' Bran :...

     - rhythm guitar (2007–2010)
  • Jared Weard - bass guitar (2002–2004)
  • Josh Applebach - bass guitar (2004–2007)
  • Mike Coburn - drums (2002–2003)
  • David Hubbard - drums (2003)

Discography

Albums/EPs
Year Album Peak Chart Position
US
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...


US Heat.
Top Heatseekers
Top Heatseekers refers to either of two separate "Breaking and Entering" music charts issued weekly by Billboard Magazine: the Heatseekers Albums chart or the Heatseekers Songs chart. They were introduced by Billboard in 1993 with the purpose of highlighting the sales by new and developing musical...

US Hard Rock US Ind.
Independent Albums
The Billboard Independent Albums is a chart of the highest-selling independent music albums and extended plays in the United States, compiled by Nielsen SoundScan and published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is used to list artists who are not signed to major labels...

US Rock
2004 Outside of This
Outside of This
Outside of This is the debut album by Greeley Estates. Released on July 22, 2004, it earned the group an early cult following of fans in the emo and post-hardcore genres long before the band's dramatic shift to a metalcore years later.-Track listing:...

  • Released: September 27, 2005
  • Label: Smartpunk, LLC
  • Format: CD
    Compact Disc
    The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...

2005 Caveat Emptor EP
Caveat Emptor EP
Caveat Emptor EP is an EP by Greeley Estates released through Record Collection Recordings in 2005. The sound of the EP following along with their early emo sound that Outside of This featured.-Track listing:-Personnel:Greeley Estates...

  • Released: November 8, 2005
  • Label: Record Collection
    Record Collection
    Record Collection is a Venice, CA based music entertainment and production company, owned by Jordan Tappis and David Sardy. Record Collection is home to a diverse catalog which includes music from artists such as former Red Hot Chili Peppers' guitarist John Frusciante, The Walkmen, Murs, Blake...

  • Format: CD
  • 2006 Far from the Lies
    Far From the Lies
    Far from the Lies is the second full-length album by Greeley Estates, released on June 6, 2006 through Record Collection.The album is the last to feature Greeley Estates' emo/post-hardcore sound before shifting to metalcore on the proceeding album Go West Young Man, Let the Evil Go East...

  • Released: June 6, 2006
  • Label: Record Collection
  • Format: CD
  • 2008 Go West Young Man, Let The Evil Go East
    Go West Young Man, Let The Evil Go East
    Go West Young Man, Let the Evil Go East is the third album by the American metalcore band Greeley Estates, released on May 6, 2008. The first single is the track Blue Morning.- Track listing :Personnel=Greeley Estates...

  • Released: May 6, 2008
  • Label: Science
  • Format: CD
  • 2010 No Rain, No Rainbow
    No Rain, No Rainbow
    No Rain, No Rainbow is the fourth studio album by American metalcore band, Greeley Estates. It is their last release with guitarist Alex Torres...

  • Released: January 26, 2010
  • Label: Tragic Hero
    Tragic Hero Records
    Tragic Hero Records is a record label founded in Raleigh, North Carolina in March 2005 to represent the growing hardcore punk and harder wave of music in North Carolina. The label was founded by Tommy Lacombe, David Varnedoe and Jason Ganthner. Alesana was the first band the label signed...

  • Format: CD
  • 196 5 25 31
    2011 The Death of Greeley Estates
    The Death of Greeley Estates
    The Death of Greeley Estates is the fifth full-length album by Greeley Estates. It was expected to be released on August 2, but was pushed forward due to obligations to August 9, 2011 through Tragic Hero Records and is produced by Cory Spotts. The first single for the album was released on June 1,...

  • Released: August 9, 2011
  • Label: Tragic Hero
  • Format: CD
  • 148 2 10 21 38
    "—" denotes releases that did not chart.


    Singles
    Year Song Album
    2006 "Outside of This" Outside of This
    Outside of This
    Outside of This is the debut album by Greeley Estates. Released on July 22, 2004, it earned the group an early cult following of fans in the emo and post-hardcore genres long before the band's dramatic shift to a metalcore years later.-Track listing:...

    "Life Is A Garden" Far From the Lies
    Far From the Lies
    Far from the Lies is the second full-length album by Greeley Estates, released on June 6, 2006 through Record Collection.The album is the last to feature Greeley Estates' emo/post-hardcore sound before shifting to metalcore on the proceeding album Go West Young Man, Let the Evil Go East...

     
    2007 "Secret"
    2008 "Blue Morning" Go West Young Man, Let The Evil Go East
    Go West Young Man, Let The Evil Go East
    Go West Young Man, Let the Evil Go East is the third album by the American metalcore band Greeley Estates, released on May 6, 2008. The first single is the track Blue Morning.- Track listing :Personnel=Greeley Estates...

    2010 "Loyal.com" No Rain, No Rainbow
    No Rain, No Rainbow
    No Rain, No Rainbow is the fourth studio album by American metalcore band, Greeley Estates. It is their last release with guitarist Alex Torres...

    2011 "The Last Dance" The Death of Greeley Estates
    The Death of Greeley Estates
    The Death of Greeley Estates is the fifth full-length album by Greeley Estates. It was expected to be released on August 2, but was pushed forward due to obligations to August 9, 2011 through Tragic Hero Records and is produced by Cory Spotts. The first single for the album was released on June 1,...

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