Flyleaf
Biography
The Belton, TX-based heavy rock quintet Flyleaf formed in 2000 when frontwoman Lacey Mosley tried out a string of the dark, hard-edged songs she consistently wrote as a brooding teen on drummer James Culpepper. After a brief period of playing together, they recruited guitarists Sameer Bhattacharya and Jared Hartmann, members of a local outfit that had recently called it quits. In 2002, bassist Pat Seals joined, and the band, initially known as Passerby, was born.
The road to Flyleaf's 2005 self-titled debut on Octone Records was dotted with more green lights than red: the band played wherever it was invited around its home state at first, gradually building the kind of fan base that allowed it to open for acts such as Bowling for Soup, Fishbone, and Riddlin' Kids. By 2003, with word of Mosley's arsenic-laced lyrics and blow-torch-style delivery spreading through Texas and beyond, Flyleaf earned a spot at the annual South by Southwest music conference. A contract from Octone was rushed to the signing stages by 2004.
An EP, issued in early 2005 and also called Flyleaf, benefited from the un-obscure production team of Rick Parasher (Pearl Jam, Blind Melon) and Brad Cook (Foo Fighters, Queens of the Stone Age). Key tracks such as the roiling "Cassie" and the emo-tinged "Breathe Today," both of which appear on the full-length, furthered Flyleaf's reputation, as did raging live shows alongside Saliva, Breaking Benjamin, 3 Doors Down, and Staind.
For the fall 2005 release, producer Howard Benson (My Chemical Romance, Papa Roach, the All-American Rejects) joined Flyleaf in Los Angeles. A batch of 20 songs was winnowed to 12, with Mosley's searing vocals and Bhattacharya's and Hartmann's storming guitars offsetting each other to effect a sound by turns morose, compassionate, hope-swollen, and bitter.
The moodiness befits Mosley's background: as one of six siblings in a single-parent household, the confessional songwriter spent her childhood moving from apartment to apartment whenever the bills went unpaid. She openly acknowledges an early addiction to drugs and alcohol that fueled bouts of depression. As of the release of Flyleaf's full-length, the band was committed to sobriety. ~ Tammy La Gorce, All Music Guide
Selected Discography
hmmm...I think that paramore is better than flyleaf, mostly cuz they don't scream as much.but still good!
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I LOVE FLYLEAF N PARAMORE!!!! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! THERE BOTH AWSOME!!! YEAH....... TEEHEE!!
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Normally i don't like the punk style of singing, but flyleaf does a good job of mixing the punk vocals with hard rock style guitars and drums.
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Flyleaf songs are pretty good. Pandora needs to get more of their songs on here. I like All Around Me the best. Broken Wings, and Eyes To See are good as well.
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I find Paramore is trying too hard to be a rock band Avril Lavigne would join in.
Lacey tries too hard to sing and scream sometimes, but I still prefer Flyleaf. |
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I agree with my sister. Flyleaf is better than Paramore. Though I do like both.
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Dude, Flyleaf rocks. I agree with you Fangirl about Fluleaf being more tolerable than Paramore. My older siter likes both, but I think she likes Paramore, more. lol
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Pandora knows me too well, Flyleaf seems to pop up in any station I create :-)
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Is it REALLY christian music if you can't tell a difference between their music and others? They may mean well, but what's the point if very few can even tell. I'll take it as I hear it, but I don't think they belong in the same group as the "Similar Artists" that are shown.
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wow, Plague came here... and I'm not surprised that he's not surprised.
oh well. Flyleaf is cool and way more tolerable that Paramore in my opinion. |
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They have good music yeas, but live, they aren't so great. Mostly her voice was so off pitched.
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pillar, three days grace, and journey are amazing! has anyone heard again or beautiful bride (two new flyleaf songs) yet?
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Also, don't talk your getto ether... it makes you sound so stupid oh and Pillar is boss X^D
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I love Flyleaf...an y o n e who doesn't is entitled their opinion, but I suggest not swearing on the Internet...i t makes you seem kind of stupid.
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Yeah, no one really cares. Because you're forcing Godsmack down our throats we don't want to check them out(well that's my side). I don't care for Godsmack and you're not going to change my mind by hating on all my favorite bands. You're just annoying not thought-prov o k i n
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when will this f**ker Willos realise noone gives a s**t. Godsmack is a good band yeah, but you have to give other bands a chance and watch them evolve. by his logic, metal should not have evolved from older forms of rock
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I agree fallingupwar d this is a love page not a hate page(wow, that sounds really weird)! And I love this band! :P
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I love their story.Maybe being sober isn't that bad lol jk.I love every song they made.Awsome.
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wow! thanks for lightening up the mood! your great!
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salami! You people should stop being so negative about a band, I ___these guys, but that's my opinion and this isn't a hate page, it's a fan page you guys. beef stroganoff! This is nonfluctuati o n I tell you!
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specify what sound stupid.
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what?! they're a Christian band? I thought they were the opposite because I heard Cassie.
Is there anyway to block a singer/band? |
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