![]() ![]() ![]() “So while maybe there’s a certain melody that comes to mind right away, he didn’t want to necessarily use that melody. “The main thing was we’re trying to write songs we haven’t written before – not just write songs he hadn’t written before, but also write something in a different vein than what he’s writtenīefore,” Loeffler said. Getting these new dimensions into the music, though, was not easy when it came to “The North Corridor.” Several factors made the project more challenging than recent albums – beginning with the songwriting, which is handled by Loeffler’s brother, singer/guitarist Pete Loeffler. The next four albums, “Vena Sera” (2007), “Sci-Fi Crimes” (2009), “Hats Off to the Bull” and “La Gargola” didn’t match the sales of either of the first two major label albums But they achieved solid success, each selling several hundred thousand copies and adding several more top 10 rock radio hits to Chevelle’s resume.Ĭhevelle has continued to solidify its career while also pushing forward musically, trying to make each of its albums different and better than the last. The 2004 release “This Type Of Thinking (Could Do Us In),” came next and went gold while producing two more rock radio hits, “Vitamin R (Leading Us Along)” and “The Clincher.” Featuring the hit singles “The Red” and “Send The Pain Below,” the album sold more than one million copies. The band’s first album for the label, 2002’s “Wonder What’s Next,” put the group on the hard rock map in a big way. After releasing its first studio album, “Point #1” in 1999 on the small label Squint Records, Chevelle signed to Epic Records. “That’s an incredible place to be.” The group got off to a particularly strong start at the outset of its recording career. “In the same way they’re finding AC/DC for the first time, they’re finding us as well,” he said. ![]() So I definitely think these records are connecting with a new audience. ![]() “We see a lot more younger people, people that didn’t start out with us or even start out in the last two records, people that just found this (“La Gargola”) record or found (the 2011 album) ‘Hats Off to the Bull.’ I think that’s sort of proof that things are still connecting because I can look out and I can see people in their early 20s, people in their teens, people in their late 20s, plus the people that are in their 30s or 40s that have been here with us for a long time and are fans of rock music. “Probably the best way that we see that happening is at our live shows,” Loeffler said in a recent phone interview. With a healthy collection of top 10 rock hits in its arsenal, the group is enjoying the kind of reliable success that should be sustainable for years to come. 1 Mainstream Rock single in “Joyride (Omen).” And it’s apparent to Loeffler that the group is still gradually growing its audience. 8 on “Billboard’s” Top 200 album chart, has produced another No. 1 single on “Billboard” magazine’s Mainstream Rock chart in “Take Out the Gunman.” Now “The North Corridor,” the group’s latest album, which debuted at No. 3) of any of its releases and it produced a No. But drummer Sam Loeffler isn’t complaining about where Chevelle is two decades and eight albums into the group’s career.Ĭhevelle’s previous album, 2014’s “La Gargola,” had the highest chart debut (No. The Chicago-based trio hasn’t had multiple platinum albums of bands like Disturbed or Shinedown, and doesn’t headline amphitheaters and arenas. Chevelle might not be considered one of the top acts in hard rock. ![]()
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