First One I Love You So Much More - Music

Craigery "Craig" Owens Born August 26 1984 Is An American Musician From Flint Michigan Best Known As The Lead Vocalist Of Chiodos And Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows. He Has Also Had An Involvement In Various Projects Such As Cinematic Sunrise The Sound Of Animals Fighting Bea5t And Isles & Glaciers. He Has Recorded As A Solo Artist Performing Eponymously As Well As Under The Stage Name BadXchannels Is An Established Music Producer Has Written And Recorded With The Likes Of Dr Dre And Has Also Acted In The 2012 Film K-11. In 2001 Owens Joined Bradley Bell Pat McManaman Jason Hale Matt Goddard And Derrick Frost To Form A Band In Davison Michigan. Originally Named "Chiodos Bros." In Tribute To Special Effects Trio The Chiodo Brothers The Band Recorded Its First Demo In June 2002. Following Several Years Of National Touring And Independent Recording They Were Signed By Equal Vision Records In 2004 And Under The Name Chiodos Released Their First Full-Length Album All's Well That Ends Well In 2005. They Continued Thereafter Recording And Touring. Even After His Separation From His First Band Owens Continued To Have An Interest In Working With Them And After Being Asked By His Management About What Project He Most Wanted To Pursue He Made Overtures About A Possible Return To Chiodos. On April 26 2012 Owens Announced His Return To Chiodos. Subsequently On April 27 The Remaining Members Of D.R.U.G.S. Revealed Their Intention To Disband. Chiodos' First Live Appearance After Their Reunion Took Place On August 9 2012 In A Sold-Out Performance At Flint Local 432 In Michigan. As Of That Date The Members Had Tentative Plans For A New Album On Which They Have Been Working Separately But Not Yet Begun To Coordinate. On November 1 2016 In An Interview With Billboard Vocalist Craig Owens Stated In Regards To Chiodos That "It's Done It Just Couldn't Stay Afloat. There Were Just Kind Of Not Necessarily Bad Vibes But We Came To The Realization That We Can't Do It Full-Time. I Think It Just Stopped Becoming A Passion For Most Of Us So We Said 'Alright Let's Stop." Thus Bringing An End To Chiodos' Fifteen-Year Career. Owens Featured As Vocalist In The Supergroup The Sound Of Animals Fighting. Owens Featured On The Album Lover The Lord Has Left Us.. Released In 2006. The Group Consisted Of Project Members Of Circa Survive Finch Rx Bandits Days Away Each Member Of The Group Wore An Animal Mask To Hide Their Personas To Influence The Groups Creativeness Owens Is Identified In The Group As The Ram. Owens Appeared In The Groups Live Line Up We Must Become The Change We Want To See In 2006 Along With 11 Other Members. During This Work With Chiodos Owens And Bell Formed The Side Project Cinematic Sunrise As A Place To Perform Music That Didn't Fit Chiodos' Style. When The Band Signed With Equal Vision In March 2008 Its Line-Up Had Included Owens Bell Bryan Beeler Marcus Vankirk And Dave Shapiro. Cinematic Sunrise Released An EP Later That Spring A Coloring Storybook And Long Playing Record. In September 2008 Owens Revealed To Fans On His Journal That In Addition To Several Guest Vocalist Appearances He Was Working On Another Side Project With Jonny Craig Of Emarosa/Dance Gavin Dance Vic Fuentes Of Pierce The Veil And Nick Martin Of Underminded/Cinematic Sunrise. When The Isles & Glaciers Supergroup Was Officially Announced In December It Also Included Owens' Bandmate Matt Goddard Fuentes' Brother And Bandmate Mike Fuentes And Brian Southall From The Band The Receiving End Of Sirens. The Supergroup Premiered Their First Songs During A Radio Interview On January 18 2009.The Band's EP The Hearts Of Lonely People Was Released On March 9 2010. Asked In March 2012 If Isles & Glaciers Would Consider Further Collaboration Owens Indicated That The Possibility Had Been Discussed Among Various Members Of The Group But Not Established "we've Tossed The Idea Around To See If We Could Put It Back Together But That Was Just To See If We Could Do Anything...There's No Set Plans Right Now." On September 15 2009 Owens Released A Solo EP "Με Την Αγάπη With Love " Through Equal Vision Records. Nine Days Later On September 24 2009 Chiodos Announced That They Had Parted Ways With Craig Owens Announcing That The Decision To "let Craig Owens Go As The Singer Of Chiodos...Was A Necessary One" But Refusing To Disclose Details " O Ut Of Respect For All Of The Hard Work That We Have Put In Together For All Of These Years". For The Next Several Months Owens Maintained A Low Profile Taking Personal Time And Writing Songs. In June 2010 At The Time He Discussed His Upcoming Project With Alternative Press He Had Written Or Co-Written 30 Songs For A Not-Yet-Completed Supergroup Signed To Decaydance Featuring Nick Martin Of Cinematic Sunrise And Aaron Stern Of Matchbook Romance. On August 17 Owens Announced Via Twitter That The New Band Would Be Named D.R.U.G.S. Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows . On February 21 2011 With The Completed Band Lineup Including Matt Good Of From First To Last And Adam Russell Of Story Of The Year And Production By John Feldmann D.R.U.G.S. Released Their Eponymous Debut. The Album Reached No. 29 On Billboard 200 And Higher On Some Of Billboard's Specialized Lists Including Hitting No. 6 On Top Rock Albums No. 5 On Modern Rock/Alternative Albums And No. 1 On Hard Rock Albums. D.R.U.G.S. Coheadlined The 2011 Alternative Press Tour. In March 2020 Owens Confirmed The Possibility Of Upcoming D.R.U.G.S. Tour Dates On His Twitter Account The Following Day New Single Was Shared Dubbed "King I Am" Demo Was Released Following A Forbes Magazine Q&A. In February 2021 The Band Announced They Have Signed To Velocity Records With A Planned 2021 Album Release. On February 2 2022 The Band Released Their First New Song Featuring Owens Weinhofen And Patrick Titled "Destiny". The Song Was Released Through Velocity Records. In February 2016 Craig Released A Short Grindcore EP Entitled Empathy Is A Gift Under The Moniker Of Bea5t Downloadable From His Bandcamp Page. After The End Of Chiodos Craig Began Releasing Music Under The Moniker BadXchannels. An Extended Play Was Released At The End Of 2016 With Two More Stand-Alone Songs Released In Early 2017. These Songs Were Later Grouped Into An EP Known As Transmissions Freely Available To Subscribers Of His Mailing List. read less