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Emery Is An American Four-Piece Alternative Rock Band From Rock Hill South Carolina Currently Working Under Their Own Indie Label Bad Christian Music. Emery Moved To Seattle Washington In Order To Reach A More Music Centered Scene. The Band Resists Being Labeled A "Christian Band". Before Signing With Tooth & Nail Emery Recorded 2 EP's The Columbus EEP Thee And The Weak's End Demo That They Used To Attract Attention From Labels. With Tooth & Nail They Have Recorded 4 Studio Albums And 2 EPs. The Weak's End Their Debut Album Was Released In 2004 Followed By The Question In 2005 And I'm Only A Man In 2007. The Latter Fulfilled Emery's Contract With Tooth & Nail. However The Band Re-Signed With The Label And Released In Shallow Seas We Sail On June 2 2009. The Band's Most Recent Album We Do What We Want Was Released On March 29 2011. Formation And Early Years 2000 – 2001 Emery Formed In 2001 In Rock Hill South Carolina But Moved To Seattle Washington In Search Of A Better Musical Environment. The Band Was Named After A First Grader That Toby Morrell Met While Working As An Intern For A Teacher In College. The Four Members In The Band At The Time Toby Morrell Vocals/guitar Devin Shelton Drums Matt Carter Guitar/keyboards And Joel "Chopper" Green Bass Actually Left Rock Hill South Carolina For Seattle On September 11 The Day Of The Terrorist Attacks They Found Out About The Attacks When They Stopped At A Local Diner In South Carolina. Most Of The Members Are From The Bands Sachul Joe 747 Simply Waynes And Oogie Brown. After A Little While Seth Studley Who Was One Of The Original Members Of The Band Broke Out Of A Serious Relationship And Followed Them To Seattle And Resumed His Post As Drummer. Since Seth Took Over Drums Devin Went Ahead And Took The Position Of Guitarist. The Weak's End 2002 – 2004 After Making Emerald City Their New Home In Seattle Washington Emery Signed A Record Deal With Tooth & Nail Records Also Of Seattle In 2002. Wasting No Time Emery Paired Up With Producer/engineer Ed Rose And Worked On Their Debut Album The Weak's End. It Was Produced At The Black Lodge Studio In Eudora Kansas. The Record Was Released In January 2004 By Tooth & Nail Records. Emery Toured Extensively To Promote Their New Release. The Question 2005 – 2006 While Touring Seth Studley Decided To Leave The Band In Order To Get Married And Emery Had To Look For A New Drummer. While Touring With Haste The Day Dave Powell Was Brought Out To Audition. Powell Was Officially Put In The Band On November 2005. Powell Originally Played In The Indianapolis-Based Metalcore/hardcore Band The Bowels Of Judas. Soon After Touring Emery Went Back Into The Studio To Record Their Next Record With Production Done By Aaron Sprinkle This Time Around. The Band Took Five Weeks In Recording Sessions. The Question Was Released On August 2 2005. "Studying Politics" Was Released As The Album's First Single With A Video Emerging On June 29 2005. On November 21 2006 Emery Re-Released The Question Adding A DVD Five Acoustic Versions Of Previously Recorded Songs And Two New Demo Tracks Which Were Produced By Matt Carter. The DVD Included A Documentary Film Of Emery Live Songs And Bonus Footage. After The Re-Release Joel "Chopper" Green Decided To Leave The Band. On September 19 2006 Emery Posted A Blog On Their Website Explaining The Departure. Devin And Toby Since Then Switched Bass Parts In Concerts And In The Studio. I'm Only A Man 2007 – 2008 While Touring With Underoath In Australia Emery Announced That They Were Releasing A New Album. The Album I'm Only A Man Leaked Onto The Internet Before Its Official Release On October 2 2007. The Album Was Produced By Ryan Boesch And Matt Carter And Recorded At Dark Horse Studio In Tennessee. It Received Mixed Reviews. Emery Released A Deluxe Edition Of The Album As Well Which Featured Four Acoustic Songs That Were Recorded While On The Take Action Tour With The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus And DVD With A Live Footage And A Documentary. The ITunes Version Of The Deluxe Edition Also Added A Bonus Track Called "Whoa! Man". While Broken Hearts Prevail And ...In Shallow Seas We Sail 2008 – 2010 Emery Announced In An Interview On TVU That They Finished A New 8-Track EP Entitled While Broken Hearts Prevail Which Was Released On October 28 2008. They Began Premiering Some Of The New Material While On Tour Opening For The Almost Including A Song Entitled "Edge Of The World". In An Interview With Toby Morrell Emery Announced That Would Be Releasing A New Album Called ...In Shallow Seas We Sail. Up Until The Announcement Of Emery Resigning To Tooth & Nail Records It Was Unsure If The Band Would Seek A New Label Since Their Contract Had Expired. They Re-Signed With Tooth & Nail And Soon Gave Out Information On Their New Release. On April 7 2009 Emery Released A New Song Entitled "Cutthroat Collapse" On Their Myspace Purevolume And ITunes. On May 29 2009 Emery Put ...In Shallow Seas We Sail In Its Entirety Up On Their Myspace. On June 2 2009 ...In Shallow Seas We Sail Was Officially Released. During Their Headlining U.S. Tour Emery Had Selected Dates Filmed For A DVD In The Works. The Release Date Is Unknown At This Time. Emery Set Out On Tour Supporting Underoath On Their Fall/winter Headlining Tour For The Rest Of The Year. In The Summer Of 2010 They Went On The "Scream It Like You Mean It" Tour With Silverstein Ivoryline Dance Gavin Dance We Came As Romans Sky Eats Airplane And I Set My Friends On Fire. We Do What We Want 2011- 2012 On January 26 2011 It Was Announced That The Band's Fifth Album We Do What We Want Is Set To Be Released On March 29 2011. The Band Also Released A Clip Of A Song Titled "Scissors". Another Song Titled "The Curse Of Perfect Days" Has Been Released To Christian Rock Radio Stations. On January 31 2011 Vocalist Rhythm Guitarist And Bassist Devin Shelton Announced He Was Taking An "indefinite Hiatus" From Emery. On February 1 2011 A Song Titled "The Cheval Glass" Was Released On The Band's Facebook Youtube And Myspace Page. On February 17 2011 The Band Announced That We Do What We Want Would Be Released Through Both Tooth & Nail And Their Hardcore/metal Subdivision Solid State Records Reflecting The Heavier Sound Of The Album. In 2012 Toby Morrell And Matt Carter Formed A Side Project Duo Simply Called Matt & Toby With A More Acoustic/electronic Type Sound. The Duo Released A Self-Titled Album In November Of That Year Via Tooth & Nail. Bad Christian Music 2013 - Present In 2013 Emery Did Not Resign With Tooth & Nail Records Subsequently Leaving The Label. Later That Year They Founded Bad Christian Music A Blog & Podcast Website As Well As An Indie Record Label. In 2014 The Band Released Two Books Bad Christian Great Savior And The M Word. On May 19th 2015 Emery Released Their Sixth Full Length Album Their First Album Via Bad Christian Music You Were Never Alone. The Album Peaked At No. 69 On The Billboard 200 No. 1 On Top Christian Albums No. 6 On Independent Albums No. 8 On Alternative Music No. 10 On Top Rock Albums And No. 31 On Top Album Sales. Bands Such As Abandon Kansas And The Classic Crime Have Also Joined The Artist Roster Of Bad Christian Music. Members
Toby Morrell Lead Vocals Guitar
Matt Carter Guitar Aggressive Vocals
Josh Head Keyboard Vocals Aggressive Vocals Dave Powell Drums Former Members
Devin Shelton Guitar Lead Vocals On Indefinite Hiatus Now Seth Studley Drums
Joel Green Bass
Joey Svendsen Bass read less