History The Exies

1 history

1.1 inertia
1.2 head door
1.3 modern way of living truth

history

the exies formed in 1997 when singer , guitarist scott stevens drafted bassist freddy herrera , drummer thom sullivan form new group. stevens friend chris skane played guitar in incarnation of exies, left citing other priorities. skane replaced guitarist david walsh.

stevens picked name exies john lennon biography, stating on rockline (11/9/2002) beatles-related name left not taken. when beatles touring around hamburg, germany in 1960s, encountered 3 distinct social groups among kids: mods, rockers, , art students (who referred existentialists ). john lennon coined term exies refer art students.

the band released self-titled debut album in 2000 on ultimatum records, , toured extensively. while touring, caught attention of grammy-winning record producer, matt serletic, bought contract indie label on.

thom sullivan , exies parted ways in september 2000, , dennis wolfe joined band. majority of 2001 , 2002 spent writing , recording. band began touring in august 2002.

inertia

in 2002 band signed virgin records , in january 2003 released second album, inertia. album received wide distribution, , first single, goddess , received fair amount of radio play , featured in playstation 2 game, splashdown: rides gone wild. song without featured on soundtrack ea sports mvp baseball 2003.

the exies continued touring in 2003 in support of inertia, goddess being performed on late show david letterman , peaking @ no. 12 on modern rock chart. video goddess , filmed diane martel, became top 10 hit on mtv2.

inertia exies successful album, reaching # 115 on billboard 200.

head door

in june 2004, exies headed studio producer nick raskulinecz. third album head door released in december 2004. album s first single, ugly , used world wrestling entertainment theme song year s survivor series 2004 pay-per-view event in november 2004, , featured in commercial warner bros. television network. song slow drain featured in video game nfl street 2, released on xbox , playstation 2 consoles. band promoted album opening velvet revolver on first arena tour.

along sum 41 , silvertide, exies supported mötley crüe on carnival of sins tour.

their second single head door, hey , part of playstation 2 video game, guitar hero, released in 2005. part of xbox 360 game guitar hero ii via download through xbox live, along guitar hero: smash hits on various consoles.

the song deserve featured in game juiced.

the song slow drain featured in games nfl street 2, , playstation 3 version of full auto 2.

a modern way of living truth

after returning tour mötley crüe, virgin decided release exies contract. after this, dennis wolfe , david walsh left band pursue other goals. left stevens , herrera alone, , decided reunite former guitarist chris skane , began writing songs. on 26 may 2006, band announced on blog returning studio producer james michael work on fourth album. album, modern way of living truth, released 15 may 2007 eleven 7 music, band s new label.

to promote album band toured buckcherry, papa roach, , hinder. followed tour rock band smile empty soul throughout summer of 2007. after shows, toured drowning pool soldiers tour. band released 5 songs on myspace , radio modern way of living truth: different , once in lifetime , these days , sound , , fear of being alone . on june 28, exies released music video song god (going down in flames) , song left off album.

in 2008, exies re-released modern way of living truth on itunes 5 tracks. god (going down in flames) included along acoustic versions of goddess , ugly , genius , , tired of . song lay money down featured in video game, wwe smackdown! vs. raw 2009.

in 2008, internet rumors circulated scott stevens suffering drug addiction. stevens denied drug abuse hearsay, , joked rumors during press interviews. in june, exies completed cage-rattle wanted tour nu-metal band, nonpoint. in october year, began tour trustcompany.

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