Reveille was a nu metal

Nu metal

Nu metal is a subgenre of heavy metal. It is a fusion genre which combines elements of heavy metal with other genres, including grunge and hip hop...

/rap metal

Rap metal

Rap metal is a subgenre of rap rock which fuses vocal and instrumental elements of hip hop music with heavy metal.-History:Rap metal originated from rap rock, a genre fusing vocal and instrumental elements of hip hop with rock...

 group from Harvard

Harvard, Massachusetts

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, Chelmsford

Chelmsford, Massachusetts

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, and Shirley

Shirley, Massachusetts

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, Massachusetts

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, USA.

History

The band formed in 1998 and recorded a six-track demo that attracted the attention of major labels. After a standout performance at the famous CBGB

CBGB

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 in Manhattan

Manhattan

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, New York

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 the band signed with Elektra Records

Elektra Records

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. They hit big with their debut album, Laced

Laced (album)

-Informations:*The album artwork was illustrated by Clive Barker.*Reveille has sold over 100,000 copies of this album before the release of "Bleed the Sky"-Personnel:*Drew Simollardes - Vocals*Steve Miloszewski - Guitar*Greg Sullivan - Guitar...

, in 1999. The album featured a guest appearance by Cypress Hill

Cypress Hill

Cypress Hill is an American hip hop group from South Gate, California. Cypress Hill was the first Latino hip-hop group to have platinum and multi-platinum albums, selling over 18 million albums worldwide...

 rapper B-Real

B-Real

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. The band played Warped Tour

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 1999, Woodstock 1999

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, and Ozzfest

Ozzfest

Ozzfest is an annual festival tour of the United States featuring performances by many heavy metal and hard rock musical groups. It was founded by Ozzy Osbourne and his wife Sharon Osbourne, both of whom also organize each yearly tour with their son Jack Osbourne...

 2000, and toured with Godsmack

Godsmack

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, Machine Head

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, and Powerman 5000

Powerman 5000

Powerman 5000 is an American Metal band formed in 1991. Through the span of over two decades, the group has released several albums and gained their highest commercial success with 1999's science fiction themed Tonight the Stars Revolt!...

.

Reveille's follow-up album, Bleed the Sky

Bleed the Sky (album)

-Re-release track listing :-Trivia:*A portion of the track "Unborn" was censored by the record label.*During the album session, there was an intro for the song "Unborn".-Personnel:* Drew Simollardes - Vocals* Steve Miloszewski - Guitar...

was released in 2001. The album featured appearances from Taproot

Taproot (band)

Taproot is a four-piece rock group from Ann Arbor, Michigan. They are most known for their hit single "Poem" , as well as a number of other singles from 2000 to the present.-Pre-formation:...

 singer Stephen Richards and Cold

Cold (band)

Cold is an American post-grunge band, formed in 1996 in Jacksonville, Florida. With two gold-albums Cold has sold over 1.2 million records in the US alone. On November 17, 2006, Ward announced on MySpace that, after a period of uncertainty since that February, the group had decided to disband. In...

 singer Scooter Ward

Scooter Ward

Scooter Ward is an American musician. He is the founding member and lead singer of the Jacksonville, Florida hard rock band, Cold.-Career:...

; the collaboration for which Reveille achieved Billboard success with their song "Inside Out (Can You Feel Me Now)". Also in 2001 the group received the Boston Music Award for "Rising Star" and then embarked on a tour with Static-X

Static-X

Static-X is an American industrial metal band from Los Angeles, California. They were formed in 1994. They are signed to Warner Bros. Records and have released six albums, their most recent being Cult of Static, which was released on March 17, 2009....

. The following year Bleed the Sky was nominated for Boston Music Award's "Album of the Year".

In 2002, their original guitarist, Greg Sullivan, decided to leave the band citing "creative differences". He was replaced by Chris Turner. Though initially announcing the band would be releasing a third album, once again enlisting the help of producer Howard Benson

Howard Benson

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, this album never saw release. Reveille did one tour with Sevendust

Sevendust

Sevendust is an American heavy metal band from Atlanta, Georgia. Formed in 1994 by bassist Vince Hornsby, drummer Morgan Rose and guitarist John Connolly. After their first demo, lead vocalist Lajon Witherspoon and guitarist Clint Lowery joined the group...

 before breaking up in 2003. Their final show was the "3rd Annual Hometown Throwdown" at the Palladium in Worcester, Massachusetts

Worcester, Massachusetts

Worcester is a city and the county seat of Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. Named after Worcester, England, as of the 2010 Census the city's population is 181,045, making it the second largest city in New England after Boston....

 on December 28, 2002 where they performed two live new songs titled "Your Life" & "Nothing No One" that was originally supposed to be for their third album.

Reveille Reborn

On October 20, 2008 it was announced that Reveille would be reuniting for one night in Worcester, Massachusetts

Worcester, Massachusetts

Worcester is a city and the county seat of Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. Named after Worcester, England, as of the 2010 Census the city's population is 181,045, making it the second largest city in New England after Boston....

 for a show dubbed "Reveille Reborn". Asked about Reveille's reunion in an interview with the Worcester Telegram from December 2008, Simollardes replied:
The concert took place December 26, 2008 with opening bands Nullset, Debris, CrowneVict and Breathe. The venue was sold out with over 2000 people in attendance. Future plans for Reveille are unknown at this point.

Members

• Drew Simmollardes - vocals (1998-2003, 2008)
• Greg Sullivan - guitar (1998-2003, 2008)
• Steve Miloszewski - guitar (1998-2003, 2008)
• Carl Randolph - bass (1998-2003, 2008)
• Justin Wilson - drums (1998-2003, 2008)

• Chris Turner - guitar (2002-2003) (Replaced Greg Sullivan after he left in 2002)

Other appearances

• Reveille songs "The Phoenix" and "Untied" were featured in a 2007 commercial for World of Warcraft
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  , starring actor Verne Troyer
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  .

Other projects

• Bassist Carl Randolph briefly joined the alternative rock
  Alternative rock
  Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...
  
   band Oma in 2003.
• Guitarist Steve Miloszewski was a member of the band City Sleeps from 2005 to 2008.
• Chris Turner is now a solo artist known as Vera Mesmer with one release : "The Gypsy Magician [EP]" (2007)
• Greg Sullivan has his band called "Truth ending cycle" with two releases : "Motion" (2004) and "The Obvious" (2010).
• Singer Drew Simollardes and original Reveille guitarist Greg Sullivan formed a new band called Genuflect
  Genuflect (band)
  Genuflect is a band composed of former members of 7th Rail Crew, Asystole, and Reveille. In 2005, former founding Reveille members reunited for their new project. The word Genuflect literally means "to bow or kneel before God". The lyrical focus lashes out against those who commit violence in the...
  
  with the old member of 7th rail crew in 2005. The band has thus far released two albums : "The End of the World" (2007) and "The Shadow Side" (2009).
• Drummer Justin Wilson played in "Drum Hall" and is now in the band "Sleep alive" as well as an accomplished GB musician