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BIOGRAPHY
AND DISCOGRAPHY
last updated
Q1 2003
Biography:
ivet
formed in late 1995 with an overnight wildfire chemistry, quickly resulting
in a series of regional club appearances, which have contributed to the
band's current momentum in becoming a sought-after name in the local original
music scene. ivet consists of:
| Frank
Silver
Vocals, Guitar Mike Roberts Guitar, Vocals Scott Ensign Bass Mark Grabowski Drums |
Evidenced by live performances which have been described as "tense" and "moody", the band's sound is an introspective, emotional one. The news-of-our-world content of ivet's songs chronicle the trials of adolescence, as experienced in a broken post-industrial city. Musically, the band's sound is that of a testosterone-driven, hard-hitting machine, tempered by a self-analytical sensitivity. This sensitive quality manifests itself in the form of compelling vocal harmonies with a touch of melancholy and despair. This dissatisfied melodic stance in further fueled by brooding, desolate lyrics...
Ivet
garnered two major label offers off the success of their second release
‘sickhouse’. That release shot up the national CMJ Charts,
peaking in the top 100! Profiles in Alternative Press and Jersey Beat
Magazine, a cover story and picture in Unsung Hero Magazine, song usage
by Fox Racing Video and ESPN, and two Warped Tour performances kept ivet
in the spotlight this past year!
Now embarking on their third full-length release titled ‘subsequent
losses’, ivet plans to hit the road in support of this anticipated
release. Sharing the stage with ivet have been Jerry Cantrell, Nickelback,
Godsmack, Papa Roach, Henry Rollins,The Deftones, and many others. ivet
has showcased at CMJ, Millenium, IMF, BOMB, and Undercurrents. ‘failure
boy’ ivet’s first cd release, took ‘Album of the Year’
honors from commercial alternative station WENZ-FM.
DISCOGRAPHY
3/96 ‘aneurysm’
appeared on the Cleveland Music Group’s 1996 SXSW Compilation CD.
4/96 ‘learning to fail’ debut
5 song EP.
1/97 ‘failure boy’
debut 13 song CD.
3/97 ‘fondle’
appeared on CMG’s 1997 SXSW CD Compilation.
4/97 ‘reign’
and ‘fondle’
appear on ‘From the Green Room’ Compilation CD released by
Rite-Off-Records.
5/97 ‘fondle’
appears on the official Foundations Forum Musicfest ‘ 97 Compilation
CD.
7/97 ‘fondle’
appears on ‘Wake Attack’ released by Major Label BNG/Ariola
in Europe.
11/97 ‘fondle’
appears on College Media Journal’s “Certain Damage Compilation
CD Vol.87’.
3/98 ‘disease’
on Grub Magazine’s ‘Out of the Woodwork’ Compilation
CD.
7/98 ‘portion control / deep end’
2 song cassette
3/99 ‘traffic’
appears on Brasil’s Teenager in a box label’s ‘Fire
Beneath the Machine’ Compilation CD.
10/99 ‘alligator’
on Dogbytes compilation CD.
1/00 ‘sickhouse’
second full-length release.
1/00 ‘soldier' on CMJ’s
‘Certain Damage Compilation Vol. 112.
2/00 ‘tear it down’
on SinKlub’s ‘Exposed 3’ Compilation cd.
3/00 ‘soldier’
on Magnet Magazine’s ‘New Music Sampler Vol. 12’.
7/03 ‘subsequent losses’
third full-length release
