Lo-Pro (album)
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Lo-Pro is the self-titled debut album of Lo-Pro
, released on September 30, 2003. It had one single in "Sunday
" which garnered considerable radio play upon release. Throughout 2003 and 2004, Lo-Pro toured with groups like Staind
and Three Days Grace
in promotion of the album before being dropped from their record label.
. After releasing 2 albums in 1998 and 2000, the band split up in 2001. Burned out and disillusioned, everyone parted ways to do their own thing. However, Murray and Godfrey eventually got back together with making music. Godfrey summed it up as:
The demos they created in these sessions were the starting point for the album. Eventually, they were able to gain the attention of Aaron Lewis
, lead singer of the band Staind, and was signed to his vanity label, "413 Records", through Geffen
. Through this, they configured the rest of the band, and began work on the actual album, with producing being done by Aaron Lewis and Don Gilmore.
One single, "Sunday", was released from the album, and while it did receive moderate radio airplay, another single was never released, and the band was later dropped from the label in mid 2004.
Murray later would express a number of regrets on the album, ranging from it being "over-produced" to not releasing "Oblivion" as a single.
Additional personnel
Lo-Pro
Lo-Pro is an American five-piece hard rock band. They released a self-titled album in 2003. However, after touring in support of the album, they were dropped from the Geffen record label. The band then spent years working on new material, and streaming many new songs on their Myspace...
, released on September 30, 2003. It had one single in "Sunday
Sunday (Lo-Pro song)
"Sunday" is the lead single off Lo-Pro's first studio album Lo-Pro, which was released on September 30, 2003. They released a video for it the following year...
" which garnered considerable radio play upon release. Throughout 2003 and 2004, Lo-Pro toured with groups like Staind
Staind
Staind is an American rock band that was formed in 1995 in Springfield, Massachusetts. For 16 years, the band consisted of lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Aaron Lewis, lead guitarist Mike Mushok, bassist Johnny April, and drummer Jon Wysocki...
and Three Days Grace
Three Days Grace
Three Days Grace is a Canadian rock band, formed in Norwood, Ontario, Canada in 1992, originally under the name Groundswell. After a breakup in late 1997, the band regrouped in the same year under its current name and with a line-up consisting of guitarist and lead vocalist Adam Gontier, drummer...
in promotion of the album before being dropped from their record label.
Background
Singer Pete Murray and guitarist Neil Godfrey had previously played together in the band UltraspankUltraspank
Ultraspank was an industrial nu metal band in the late 1990s and early 2000s. They released two albums, a self-titled album in 1998, and a follow-up, "Progress", in 2000...
. After releasing 2 albums in 1998 and 2000, the band split up in 2001. Burned out and disillusioned, everyone parted ways to do their own thing. However, Murray and Godfrey eventually got back together with making music. Godfrey summed it up as:
During the Spank progression Pete M. had always been doing his best to record stuff, keeping up on technology updates. By the end of that time he was getting really good with Pro-Tools. So I think about 2 or 3 weeks went by and I'd been playing my guitar. I called up Pete and said I had some ideas to lay down.The Spank guys were all going in different directions. With the pressures of the industry gone and the freedom to do anything I wanted, we started writing songs. The result was so refreshing in the fact that we could record ourselves and make these great sounding recordings we could listen to.
The demos they created in these sessions were the starting point for the album. Eventually, they were able to gain the attention of Aaron Lewis
Aaron Lewis
Aaron Lewis, , is the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, and founding member of the rock group Staind, with whom he has released seven studio albums. He has since ventured into country music with his debut solo album, Town Line...
, lead singer of the band Staind, and was signed to his vanity label, "413 Records", through Geffen
Geffen Records
Geffen Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operated as one third of UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M label group.-Beginnings:...
. Through this, they configured the rest of the band, and began work on the actual album, with producing being done by Aaron Lewis and Don Gilmore.
One single, "Sunday", was released from the album, and while it did receive moderate radio airplay, another single was never released, and the band was later dropped from the label in mid 2004.
Murray later would express a number of regrets on the album, ranging from it being "over-produced" to not releasing "Oblivion" as a single.
Track listing
Known "homemade" demos
These are songs known to have been worked on by Pete Murray and Neil Godfrey when they were creating demos in one of their homes:Single charts
| Song | Chart | Peak position |
Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Sunday" | Billboard Billboard (magazine) Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis... Mainstream Rock Tracks Mainstream Rock Tracks Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks is a ranking in Billboard magazine of the most-played songs on mainstream rock radio stations, a category that includes stations that play primarily rock music. Modern rock tracks are counted in the Alternative Songs chart.This chart began with the March 21, 1981, issue... |
20 | 2004 |
| "Sunday" | Billboard Billboard (magazine) Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis... Modern Rock Tracks Modern Rock Tracks Alternative Songs is a music chart in the United States that has appeared in Billboard magazine since September 10, 1988. It lists the 40 most-played songs on modern rock radio stations, most of which are alternative rock songs... |
27 | 2004 |
Personnel
- Pete Murray - vocals
- Neil Godfrey - guitar
- Pete Ricci - guitar
- John FahnestockJohn FahnestockJonathan Fahnestock AKA Tumor is best known as the bass player for Snot, he later played in Amen and Noise Within. Released an album with Lo-Pro and in 2005 he formed Three Thirteen Merch, a clothing outlet...
- bass - Tommy StewartTommy StewartTommy Stewart is an American rock drummer, currently for the rock band Lo-Pro. He is probably best known for his stint with heavy metal band Godsmack...
- drums
Additional personnel
- Gayle Boulware - handclapping