Adema

This article covers the band. For the music album see Adema (album) . For the Dutch sprinter, see Martha Adema .

Adema
General information
Genre (s)	Nu Metal (formerly) Rock
founding	1998
resolution	2003
Website	http://www.myspace.com/adema
Founding members
singing	Mark Chavez
guitar	Mike Ransomware
guitar	Tim Fluckey
bass	Dave De Roo
Drums	Kris Kohls
Last occupation
Vocals, guitar	Tim Fluckey
bass	Dave De Roo
Drums	Kris Kohls
former members
singing	Mark Chavez (until 2004 / 2009–2011)
guitar	Mike Ransom (until 2003 / 2009-2010)
singing	Luke Caraccioli (2004-2005)
singing	Bobby Reeves (2006-2009)
guitar	Ed Farris (2006-2009)
guitar	Marc DeLeon (2011-2013)

Adema is an American nu-metal / rock band from Bakersfield , California , which is also the birthplace of the members of the nu-metal band Korn .

Band history

Adema was founded in California in 1998 by Mark Chavez (vocals), half-brother of Jonathan Davis , and Mike Ransom (guitar), who were soon joined by former members of the Juice band , Dave DeRoo (bass) and Tim Fluckey (guitar) . The drummer Kris Kohls was only added a year later when the songs, which had been written in the meantime, were supposed to be recorded on a demo tape. After they had sent this tape to all the larger labels, there was a competition between them for the newcomers, in which Arista Records finally prevailed.

In August 2001 the first studio album Adema was released , which could achieve gold status in the United States . The single releases Giving In and The Way You Like It contributed to the fact that the album sold over 600,000 times. Because of this success, they were hired for the first stage of the Ozzfest Tour 2002. With the next two releases, the EP Insomniac's Dream (2002, limited to 50,000 copies) and Unstable (2003, sold around 110,000 copies), Adema could not build on the success of the self-titled Adema , although the song Blame Me was the best according to Billboard has long been in the history of Nu Metal.

Due to differences with singer Mark Chavez, guitarist Mike Ransom left Adema in September 2003. In 2004 the rest of the band had an argument with Chavez, who was often criticized for taking advantage of his half-brother's fame for his own career. As a result, this separated from Adema and continued to work as a singer in the band Midnight Panic , which was dissolved in 2007. Luke Caraccioli (formerly Rewind Yesterday ), with whom the band released the album Planets in 2005 , was found as a replacement . Luke Caraccioli taught Adema on this one altered sound. Screaming parts fell away and many more soulful passages dominated, which led Adema to a more rock-heavy sound in contrast to the previously dominant Metal.

With the two singles Tornado and Planets , the LP was also able to sell better than the two previous albums. In order to be able to rejoin his old band, Caraccioli turned his back on the band after the first release. This led to a heated argument between him and the bassist DeRoo, who accused Caraccioli of having planned the exit for a long time.

In March 2006, Adema announced on their official MySpace page that Bobby Reeves, up to now the singer of LEVEL from Los Angeles , would replace Caraccioli, who only a few months later guitarist Ed Faris, also a former LEVEL member, would be the new second Guitarist followed.

Her current album, called Kill the Headlights , was released on August 21, 2007 in the USA. Your first single was the song Cold and Jaded .

The band always distances itself from the genre of Nu Metal and sees itself as a rock band: “We always considered ourselves as a traditional rock band, rather than a new metal outfit. We're sick of this phrase! "(Kris Kohls)

On August 13, 2009, the band announced on their Myspace page that Mark Chavez and Mike Ransom were returning to the band. In April 2010 (Ransom) and January 2011 (Chavez) they turned their backs on the band again. As a result, Tim Fluckey took over the vocals with Adema from now on in addition to the guitar. Marc DeLeon joined Ransom in 2011, who initially only replaced Dave DeRoo, who was imprisoned for a short time, as a tour bassist, but after his return he became a permanent member of Adema, this time as guitarist.

On April 2, 2013 the often announced and postponed EP Topple The Giants was released , which includes three new songs as well as new recordings from previous albums. Even before the release it was announced that in the future Marc DeLeon would be replaced by his son Chris DeLeon, but only as a tour guitarist.

Discography

Studio albums

year	Title music label	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		UK	US
2001	Adema Arista Records	-	US27 gold (36 weeks)US	First published: August 21, 2001 Sales: + 500,000
2003	Unstable Arista Records	-	US43 (4 weeks) US	First published: August 12, 2003
2005	Planets Earache Records	-	US152 (2 weeks) US	First published: April 5, 2005
2007	Kill the Headlights Earache Records	-	-	First published: June 26, 2007

EPs

• 2002: Insomniac's Dream
• 2005: tornado
• 2013: Topple the Giants

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		UK	US
2001	Giving in Adema	UK62 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: July 3, 2001
	The Way You Like It Adema	UK61 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: November 27, 2001
2003	Unstable unstable	UK46 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: June 23, 2003
2005	Tornado Planets	UK82 (1 week) UK	-	First published: February 18, 2005

More singles

• 2002: Freaking Out
• 2002: Everyone
• 2002: Immortal
• 2003: Promises
• 2005: Planets
• 2005: Shoot the Arrows
• 2007: Cold and Jaded
• 2007: Brand New Thing
• 2008: All These Years
• 2013: Resolution

Awards for music sales

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
United States (RIAA)	gold1	-	500,000	riaa.com
All in all	gold1	-

Web links

• Adema at laut.de
• Chart sources: UK / US