Time and Time Again by Chronic Future Wiki
| Chronic Future | |
|---|---|
 The current lineup for Chronic Future. From left to right: Brandon Lee, Ben Collins, Mike Busse, Barry Collins | |
| Background information | |
| Also known as | CF |
| Origin | Scottsdale, Arizona, United States |
| Genres | Alternative stone Experimental rock Rap rock |
| Years active | 1995–2009, 2015 |
| Labels | Interscope Records, ULG Records, Beyond Records, Modern Art Records |
| Website | Chronic Future's Myspace Page |
| Members | Mike Busse Ben Collins Barry Collins Brandon Lee |
| Past members | Ryan Breen Mike Loy Lawrence Hearn |
Chronic Future was a band from Scottsdale, Arizona. The band was formed in 1995, when their boilerplate historic period was 14. They accomplished a short period of mainstream success with the album Lines in My Face, likewise as the album'due south hit single, "Time and Time Once again". The band consisted of vocaliser Mike Busse, guitarist Ben Collins, bassist Brandon Lee and drummer Barry Collins, who are all founding members.
After finding mainstream success, the band then went on to operate under their ain independent characterization, Mod Art Records, and released the Modernistic Art EP online under this new label. The ring worked very independently after their divergence from Interscope Records, rarely playing live and releasing albums independently too as releasing online demos and purchasable songs. The band'due south early/mainstream style was a mixture of hip hop and punk rock, just the band progressed into a unique fusion way of hip hop, electronica, and alternative. The band's vocal style incorporated iii vocalists: Mike Busse, Ben Collins and Brandon Lee.
History [edit]
Formation and early history: 1995–2000 [edit]
Chronic Future began their musical career in the summer of 1995, and a year or and so after, they released their commencement self-titled anthology when the band members were at an boilerplate historic period of fourteen. The album gained popular local airplay, only accomplished no commercial success, and is now very rare, only available for purchase on such sites every bit Amazon.com or eBay. Their followup, 4 Elements, was released in 2000, and was even less successful, with merely a few songs beingness praised. 4 Elements was released on Beyond Records, and the band toured with such bands every bit Face to Confront.
Mainstream success: 2000–2004 [edit]
From 2000 to 2004, the ring signed their commencement major label deal with Interscope Records, and their third full-length was presently to follow in mid-2004. The band released a promotional EP chosen the Lines in My Face EP, featuring iv songs from the album, as well as two rare songs. Shortly after, the band released the album Lines in My Face, which reached No. eighteen on the Billboard Heatseekers chart.[1] The album'south single "Time and Time Again" saw airplay on MTV and MTV2 and reached No. 40 on the Billboard Mod Rock charts,[2] as well every bit beingness featured in the video game Exhaustion 3: Takedown and MVP Baseball game 2004.
Earlier during that year, the band recruited Ryan Breen from Dorsum Ted Northward-Ted, to play second guitar on the road. He joined as a full-time member, merely then quit to begin on a solo music project of his own, which later became Back Ted N-Ted. He was replaced by Mike Loy, who afterwards the release and recording of Lines in My Face, left to embark on his own musical ventures.
Notably, Lines in My Face up featured more metal-orientated guitar styles, every bit well as Brandon Lee taking on a role as another lead vocalist.
Independent piece of work: 2006–2009 [edit]
Chronic Hereafter left Interscope Records for an unknown reason in 2006. Several CF members also collaborate with Back Ted Northward-Ted, although information technology now appears that Brandon Lee is pulling double duty as a live member of Ryan Breen's solo project Back Ted Northward-Ted. At around this time, Mike Busse started a solo, hip-hop oriented side projection with Charlie Brand of Miniature Tigers called The Future Lords. On ane October 2006, Ben Collins officially launching Modernistic Art Records in partnership with Ballsy Records, simply take now denounced their partnership with Ballsy Records. Collins signed Back Ted N-Ted, too every bit the Miniature Tigers, Brothers Backward, Foxglove Hunt, Gospel Claws and The Future Lords.
The band released a limited edition anthology, This and of That, in late 2006 for online buy through their at present inactive official website. The band had fabricated a sudden modify from their rap rock way to an electronica/alternative/hip-hop crossover style by changing their guitar sounds from the traditional rock sound to an electronic sound. Chronic Hereafter had actually previously experimented with this manner and uploaded demos of some of the songs from This and of That to their official website, likewise equally other unreleased demos. The album was express to merely chiliad copies. The album featured Ryan Breen, the ring'southward onetime rhythm guitarist, doing programming.
The ring recruited DAGGRR (live guitarist for Back Ted Due north-Ted) in 2007 to play rhythm guitar for several shows, though he left before long in 2008 to support both Miniature Tigers and Back Ted N-Ted's live shows. Chronic Future performed at the West Coast bear witness of The Bamboozle in Irvine, California on April half-dozen, 2008.
Just before the release of the Modern Fine art EP, the following statement on their Myspace page appeared on the 29th of October, 2008:
Nosotros stand by our new cloth. We are really excited most this EP and nil is going to change how we feel when we mind back to what we just finished recording. This music is exciting to u.s.! We have never wished to repeat ourselves...we all made a pact a long fourth dimension ago that we'd rather break up the band and so make music that don't inspire our brains. Nosotros've never tried to be anything we are not...If yous can't accept our new direction, nosotros understand. We still love you all. Feel costless to comment abroad, we welcome your thoughts.
—Chronic Futurity
On November 11, 2008 an EP entitled Modern Fine art EP was released on iTunes. The album further demonstrated their crossover style, but with far more melodic music than demonstrated on This and of That. The digital EP featured re-recordings of demos previously uploaded to Chronic Future'south website and Myspace page. The song "Rocket Science" was converted into techno/culling/hip-hop from its original punk/rap way. By pop demand from the band'south fans, a express edition demo compilation, Demoitis, was released in Apr 2009.
Hiatus: 2009–2014 [edit]
Chronic Future stopped updating their official Myspace folio and no information on the band is available on their previous record label's official website. No ring action on their contour has taken place since the July 21, 2009 mail service about Chronic Time to come merchandise on their official Myspace folio. Still, a personal email from guitarist Ben Collins explained that the band members have all moved to New York City and that the Chronic Futurity project "isn't over yet". According to Ben Collins' personal Facebook folio, he had left the ring as of January 2010, but reunited several years later with Chronic Future in 2015.[3]
In 2012, backing vocalist and bassist Brandon Lee joined Miniature Tigers for their third record, Mia Pharaoh, too as recording with them for their fourth album, Vicious Runnings, in 2014. In between the release of the two Miniature Tigers albums, Lee began a new projection chosen The Mathematics, releasing an EP titled Summer in Babylon on July 8, 2013.
Reunion: 2015 [edit]
On March 12, 2015, Ben Collins tweeted that Chronic Futurity currently has "no plans to tour, but are having fun together (as we always take) and playing NYC this summertime." The show was held at the Bowery Ballroom on July xviii, 2015, with Charlie Brand of Miniature Tigers as the opening act.
About a week subsequently the Chronic Future reunion evidence in New York Urban center, Ben Collins stated on Twitter that he would similar to perform another show with Chronic Futurity in their abode urban center, Phoenix, Arizona, stating it to be a "good idea". The band played their concluding show in Phoenix, Arizona at the Rebel Lounge on December 26, 2015.[4]
Members [edit]
Last line-up [edit]
- Mike Busse – lead vocals, bankroll vocals (1995–2009, 2015)
- Brandon Lee – atomic number 82 vocals (2004–2009, 2015), bass guitar, bankroll vocals (1995–2009, 2015)
- Barry Collins – drums, percussion (1995–2009, 2015)
- Ben Collins – pb vocals (1995–2006, 2015), guitar, backing vocals (1995–2009, 2015)
Former members [edit]
- Ryan Breen – rhythm guitar (2004)
- Mike Loy – rhythm guitar (2004)
Touring members [edit]
- Lawrence "DAGGRR" Hearn – rhythm guitar (2007–2008)
Discography [edit]
Studio albums [edit]
- Chronic Future (1996)
- 4 Elements (2000)
- Lines in My Face (2004)
- This and of That (2006)
EPs [edit]
- Lines in My Face EP (2004)
- Modern Art EP (2008)
Compilations [edit]
- Demoitis (2009)
Media use [edit]
- Their song "Fourth dimension and Fourth dimension Again" was featured on an episode of One Tree Loma, an episode of The Days, and two video games released past Electronic Arts: Burnout 3: Takedown and MVP Baseball game 2004 on various platforms. The aforementioned vocal was also covered by the critically acclaimed a cappella group Off the Shell on their 2005 album "Float", not to mention the 2004 Thousand-Phoria Awards on G4, as they played the vocal live.
- The vocal "Apology for Non-Symmetry", was featured on the Gran Turismo 4 soundtrack.
- The song "Static on the Radio" was also part of the Gretzky Hockey game for the PS2 soundtrack.
- The vocal "Wicked Games" was featured on the CSI: Miami episode "Crime Wave", during shots of various law enforcement agencies' boats racing to intercept a suspect on the ocean. The vocal was also featured in Cereal Killerz (a paintball movie) for the professional paintball actor Oliver Lang.
References [edit]
- ^ Billboard, Allmusic
- ^ Billboard Singles, Allmusic
- ^ "Ben Collins". Facebook. Retrieved 2012-03-29 .
- ^ Dominic, Serene (2015-12-23). "Chronic Futurity Reunites for What Might Be Its Final Concert in Phoenix". Phoenix New Times . Retrieved 2019-07-02 .
External links [edit]
- Official MySpace of Chronic Futurity (currently inactive)
- Official Website of Chronic Future (currently inactive)
- Official Website of Modern Art Records
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronic_Future
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