SOiL
| SOiL | |
|---|---|
 Lead singer Ryan McCombs |
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| General information | |
| origin | Chicago , Illinois , United States |
| Genre (s) | Alternative metal , hard rock |
| founding | 1997 |
| Website | soiltheband.com |
| Current occupation | |
| Ryan McCombs (until 2004, since 2011) | |
Guitar , vocals |
Adam Zadel |
| Tim King | |
| Tom Schofield | |
| former members | |
singing |
AJ Cavalier (2004 to 2009) |
singing |
Jordan Lee (2009 to 2011) |
guitar |
Shaun Glass (until 2007) |
Soil (usually SOiL written) is a US-based Metal - band from Chicago , Illinois , founded 1997th
history
Soil was founded in 1997 and in 1998 the debut album El Chupacabra was in stores. However, this and its successor Throttle Junkies have not yet met with great interest. The international breakthrough came with the third album Scars , which was released in 2001. Soil earned the reputation of being a great live band on a very long tour. In 2009 the album Picture Perfect was released. Soil is characterized by a hard, but also emotional and melodic sound and the very versatile voice of singer Ryan McCombs. This, however, left the band in 2004. His successor from New York , the former Diesel Machine - frontman AJ Cavalier, was of 15 November 2004 to 20 July 2012, the singer of Soil.
“I think everyone was interested in what happened to SOiL, but I can say SOiL are still SOiL. Changing a singer is a very big step, but I think it was a positive event. The fans reacted really well when we were on tour with AJ, and we realized we'd missed someone like that. He's exactly the front man we wanted, he masters the hard and melodic vocals perfectly and harmonizes perfectly with Adam's background vocals. Ryan, our old singer, has slacked off and no longer had the energy to go on. We will certainly never regret this step. "
Ryan McCombs was vocalist with Drowning Pool from 2005 until his return to SOiL in October 2011. On November 11th, 2007 guitarist Shaun Glass left the band while recording a new album. SOiL will stay with four and will not look for a replacement.
On October 20, 2009 the band released their album Picture Perfect , which was distributed in Europe by AFM Records and in the rest of the world by Bieler Bros Records. It was produced by Johnny K ( Disturbed , Staind ) and Ulrich Wild ( Deftones , Incubus ) and mixed by Dave Fortman ( Mudvayne , Evanescence ).
On July 20, 2012 it was announced that singer AJ Cavalier and drummer Tom Schofield had left the band. Singer Jordan Lee and drummer Mike Tognino came on tour at short notice to replace them.
After McCombs rejoined the band, SOiL co-headlined the UK with Puddle of Mudd . In addition, SOiL have found a successor on drums in the former Staind drummer Jon Wysocki.
In 2012 the band released their first live DVD Re-LIVE-ing the Scars . The new album entitled Whole was released on August 20, 2013. In early November 2014, singer Ryan McCombs suffered a stroke while sleeping.
Discography
Studio albums
| year | Title music label |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 UK
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 US
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| 1997 | Throttle Junkies MIA Records |
- | - |
First published: May 18, 1999
Republished: 2007 |
| 2001 | Scars J Records |
UK-  |
- |
First published: September 11, 2001
Sales: + 60,000 |
| 2004 | Redefine J Records |
UK93 (1 week) UK |
US193 (1 week) US |
First published: March 23, 2004
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| 2009 | Picture Perfect Bieler Bros. Records |
- | - |
First published: October 20, 2009
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| 2013 | Whole Pavement Records |
- | - |
First published: August 20, 2013
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Singles
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
UK
|
US
|
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| 2002 | Halo Scars |
UK74 (1 week) UK |
- |
First published: 2002
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| 2004 | Redefine Redefine |
UK68 (1 week) UK |
- |
First published: 2004
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EPs
- 1997: SOiL
- 1998: El Chupacabra
Live albums
- 2012: Re-LIVE-ing the Scars
Awards for music sales
Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.
| Country / Region |
silver |
 gold |
 platinum
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Sales | swell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources) |
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United Kingdom (BPI)
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silver1
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- | - | 60,000 | bpi.co.uk |
| All in all |
silver1
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- | - | ||
Web links
- Official website
- Chart sources: UK / US
swell
- ↑ SOiL | Biography & History. In: allmusic.com. Retrieved May 8, 2020 .
- ↑ whiskey-soda.de ( Memento from September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Replacement for live shows found ( Memento from July 28, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/soil-frontman-ryan-mccombs-recovering-from-stroke/