Chevelle

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Chevelle
Dean Bernardini, Pete and Sam Loeffler
Dean Bernardini, Pete and Sam Loeffler
General information
origin Grayslake , Illinois , USA
Genre (s) Alternative rock , alternative metal
founding 1995
Website getmorechevelle.com
Current occupation
Pete Loeffler
Sam Loeffler
Dean Bernardini
former members
Bass, vocals
Joe Loeffler (until 2005)

Chevelle is an American band from Grayslake, Illinois , a city about 60 km north of Chicago . It was founded in 1995 by three brothers Pete, Sam and Joe Loeffler.

Band history

The group released their debut album in 1999 on the Christian label Squint Entertainment . The work was produced by Steve Albini . The major label Epic Records became aware of the band; there the following three albums appeared.

Chevelle became known with the single The Red from the album Wonder What's Next (2002), which was on rotation for over 26 weeks on US radio stations and reached number 56 in the American single charts. Was produced Wonder What's Next of GGGarth ( Rage Against the Machine , Mudvayne , Sick of It All , etc.), mixed by Andy Wallace ( Nirvana , System of a Down , Linkin Park , Bad Religion etc.). The third album This Type of Thinking (Could Do Us In) made it into the top 10 on the Billboard 200 .

Bassist Joe Loeffler was kicked out of the band in 2005 and replaced by a brother-in-law of the Loeffler brothers, Dean Bernardini. In this line-up, Vena Sera was recorded, which placed in the top 20 of the American album charts.

Discography

Studio albums

year Title
music label
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placementsTemplate: chart table / maintenance / without sources
(Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
US US
1999 Point # 1
Squint Entertainment
-
First published: May 4, 1999
2002 Wonder What's Next
Epic Records
US14th
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(49 weeks)US
First published: October 8, 2002
Sales: +2,000,000
2004 This Type of Thinking (Could Do Us In)
Epic Records
US8th
platinum
platinum

(38 weeks)US
First published: September 21, 2004
Sales: + 1,000,000
2007 Vena Sera
Epic Records
US12
gold
gold

(12 weeks)US
First published: April 3, 2007
Sales: + 500,000
2009 Sci-Fi Crimes
Epic Records
US6 (13 weeks)
US
First published: August 31, 2009
2011 Hats Off to the Bull
Epic Records
US20 (21 weeks)
US
First published: December 6, 2011
2014 La Gargola
Epic Records
US3 (17 weeks)
US
First published: April 1, 2014
2016 The North Corridor
Epic Records
US8 (4 weeks)
US
First published: July 12, 2016

Web links

Commons : Chevelle  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Chart statistics of the Chevelle singles , Allmusic, accessed on January 10, 2009
  2. Message on visions.de( Memento of the original from September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.visions.de