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| Name | Greeley Estates |
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| Background | group_or_band |
| Origin | Phoenix, Arizona, USA |
| Genre | Post-hardcore, metalcore |
| Years active | 2002–present |
| Label | Science Records (2007-2008)Tragic Hero Records (2009-present) Ferret Music (International) |
| Associated acts | The Word Alive, Alesana, In Fear and Faith, Blessthefall, Escape The Fate |
| Current members | Ryan Zimmerman Brandon HackensonDavid LudlowChris JulianKyle Kolesch |
| Past members | Alex Torres Brian Champ Joshua FergusonJosh Applebach Joey Hinkebein Robert MortonMike CoburnTyler SmithDallas SmithBrad MurrayJared Wallace |
Greeley Estates is a post-hardcore band from Phoenix, Arizona.
Greeley Estates was one of PureVolume’s top 10 unsigned artists with over a million plays—an accolade supported by having album sales in the top 10 on Smartpunk since October 2004. Their distribution record further secured them a position on the Smartpunk chart for "Sales of All Time". They signed to Record Collection, and they were on every date of the Vans Warped Tour in 2005. Also, Greeley Estates co-headlined the MySpace Fall Tour 2005. Other accomplishments include extensive touring, a DVD entitled The Death of Greeley Estates released in May 2005, playing on the Taste of Chaos tour and continual play on KEDJ 103.9 alternative rock radio in Phoenix. In mid 2006 Greeley Estates recorded their first full length album Far From Lies.
On January 31, 2007, bassist Josh Applebach announced that he would leave Greeley Estates for a teaching career in Arizona. Bradley Murray (previously with Versus the Mirror) from Tucson, Arizona became their touring bassist. His first live appearance with the band was on February 3, 2007 in Safford, Arizona.
On June 3, 2007, guitarist Dallas Smith announced that he would be leaving the band in order to start up a family with his wife and expected twin daughters (he and his wife were to subsequently lose the pregnancy). He made this announcement via a Myspace bulletin and announced that his last show would be June 20, 2007 at the Clubhouse in Tempe, Arizona. After their Mexican tour with Silverstein, Brad Murray left the band for personal reasons.
After the band finished recording their new album Go West Young Man, Let The Evil Go East, Joshua Ferguson left to complete his apprenticeship as a hair stylist in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; personal reasons seem to be why he left.
Greeley Estates had announced Tyler Smith as their new bassist, who was formerly of In Fear and Faith. Smith played his first show with the band on February 9, 2008, at the Clubhouse in Tempe, Arizona.
In 2008 Greeley Estates had a track, entitled "Let The Evil Go East", on the Warped Tour 2008 compilation.
Their third album titled Go West Young Man, Let The Evil Go East was released May 6, 2008. For the track "Blue Morning" on their new album, Greeley Estates hired music video director Daniel Chesnut to create a high energy, intense video, to match the band's new persona.
On Friday, November 14, 2008, Greeley Estates announced that their newest bassist Tyler Smith, found within the course of the same year, had left the band. The blog on their myspace stated:
"Once again, the curse of the Greeley bass players.... has struck again! Eight hours before leaving for the Alesana tour, Telle told us that he would no longer be in Greeley Estates. But don't fret! We will not be missing any shows... we could never do that to you guys/girls! Our tour manager Dave is filling in last minute for us. This means, you all need to come out and sing louder than ever. See you soon!!!!"
As of June 12, 2010, guitarist Alex Torres announced his departure from the band via MySpace. In the blog, he stated; "Im not exactly sure how to say this, but as of a month ago, I let the guys know that I would be leaving the band.. and the "Oh, Sleeper" tour would be my last tour in Greeley Estates... To clear things up early, NO there is NO bad blood, and everyone is on good terms. Greeley has been my family since 2007, and that will NOT change."
Greeley Estates has been touring around the world, headlining many of these tours with bands including Vanna, Tides of man, A Bullet For Pretty Boy and The Crimson Armada.
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| Name | Craig Edward Mabbitt |
|---|---|
| Background | solo_singer |
| Birth name | Craig Edward Mabbitt |
| Born | April 09, 1987Glendale, Arizona, USA |
| Instrument | Vocals |
| Genre | Post-hardcore, metalcore |
| Occupation | Singer-songwriter, musician |
| Years active | 2004-present |
| Label | Interscope, Epitaph, Ferret, Science |
| Associated acts | Escape the Fate, Blessthefall, A Skylit Drive, Attack Attack! Scary Kids Scaring Kids, Greeley Estates, Eyes Set to Kill, The Word Alive |
| Url | Official Website}} |
Craig Edward Mabbitt (born April 9 1987) is the current lead singer for the band Escape the Fate. He is the former lead singer for the bands Blessthefall and The Word Alive.
While in the middle of their 2007 European Tour with Silverstein and The Vincent Black Shadow, Mabbitt left the band because of his alcoholism and that he felt he was missing out on his daughter's childhood. He later decided he wanted to rejoin the band, but the band felt it would be better to move on without him. Mabbitt was informed of their decision via AIM by Blessthefall's guitarist, Eric Lambert. Mabbitt has since commented that leaving Blessthefall was one of the best decisions of his life, stating that he was an alcoholic while with the band. Mabbitt was replaced on September 25, 2008 by current vocalist Beau Bokan, the former vocalist for Take the Crown. Mabbitt has stated in numerous interviews that he was forced to sign over all of his rights to his Blessthefall recordings in order to join Escape The Fate and sign with Epitaph Records. Mabbitt is still friends with Blessthefall and with Bokan.
Mabbitt recently stated during the AP Podcast that Blessthefall asked him to come back to the band after they had failed to find a replacement singer, a day after he had just completed the new Escape the Fate album. He declined their offer, but a week later they found Beau Bokan, the ex-lead singer of Take the Crown. Blessthefall has since gone on to record their new full length album Witness with Bokan.
"...we decided we'd move forward without Craig, [and] the search began for the right member to help us pursue our dreams with. That search is over, and we've never felt more complete as a band. He definitely brings our band to a new level and steps up to the challenge, like we feel only he could."We want all of you to know that we love Craig, and that under different circumstances we'd be happily touring together. This wasn't how the vision of the band began, however, it's one we are very happy with. We support Craig completely, and have no bad feelings towards his decision. We do hope that you can accept and love us for being willing to follow our dreams no matter what."
The day after, Mabbitt posted a message to his fans via his official MySpace saying,
"Leaving the band was never my decision, they pretty much replaced me while I was on the road due to the fact that they wanted to tour and couldn't until I was available, I started that band with those guys and I'm very hurt at how they replaced me while I was touring...it's bullshit."
Mabbitt's position as lead vocals for The Word Alive was replaced by Tyler "Telle" Smith, formerly the bassist of Greeley Estates and singer/keyboardist of In Fear And Faith. Since then, The Word Alive has released an EP entitled "Empire," and a full album entitled "Deceiver" and have been touring around the U.S.
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