Submersed
Encyclopedia
Submersed was an American rock
band from Stephenville, Texas
. They disbanded in 2008.
, and worked with Alter Bridge
guitarist Mark Tremonti
on its debut studio album
, In Due Time
, which featured the singles "You Run", "Hollow", and the title track. After a short break and the departure of their guitarist Eric Friedman
, the band continued work on their second studio album with producer Rick Beato. Their sophomore and final album, Immortal Verses
was released on September 18, 2007 and featured two singles; "Better Think Again" and "Price of Fame".
As disclosed in a blog on Submersed' myspace, the band has parted ways and will be dropped from Wind Up Records shortly. In the blog entry written by vocalist Donald Carpenter, he explained the breakup:
On November 24, 2008 the band posted a blog on their MySpace that simply said "SUBMERSED WILL BE BACK!" No other details have been enclosed.
After the disbanding of Submersed, Donald Carpenter was in the band Million Man Army with Mike Moye and Nothing In Return with Lance Arny. Since the disbanding of Million Man Army, Moye has started his own production company called Mike Moye Productions (mikemoyeproductions.com) while Carpenter left Nothing in Return after a short time. He and Garrett Whitlock have since joined forces again in a new band called Eye Empire
, along with former Dark New Day
members, Corey Lowery and B.C. Kochmit. Their first demo "Victim" can be heard on their myspace.
Eric Friedman moved on to play lead guitar for the Los Angeles band Daughters of Mara. After Daughters of Mara disbanded, Eric joined Creed as a touring guitarist during their 2009 and 2010 tours.
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
band from Stephenville, Texas
Stephenville, Texas
Stephenville is a city in and the county seat of Erath County, Texas, United States. The population was 14,921 at the 2000 census. Founded in 1856, it is home to Tarleton State University. Stephenville is among several communities that calls itself the "Cowboy Capital of the...
. They disbanded in 2008.
History
Submersed was signed to Wind-up RecordsWind-Up Records
Wind-up Entertainment, Inc. is a record label based in New York City. It was formed in 1997 by Alan Meltzer, former owner of CD One Stop, following his 1996 purchase of Grass Records. Wind-up is currently the largest independently-owned record label in the world...
, and worked with Alter Bridge
Alter Bridge
Alter Bridge is an American rock band that was formed in 2004 in Orlando, Florida by lead guitarist Mark Tremonti, bassist Brian Marshall, and drummer Scott Phillips, who are all also members of Creed. Lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Myles Kennedy, formerly of The Mayfield Four and the frontman...
guitarist Mark Tremonti
Mark Tremonti
Mark Thomas Tremonti is an American musician and songwriter, best known as the lead guitarist of the American rock bands Creed and Alter Bridge. He is a founding member of both bands...
on its debut studio album
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
, In Due Time
In Due Time
In Due Time is the 2004 debut studio album by Submersed, a hard rock band from Stephenville, Texas. The album was originally titled All Things Becoming of the End. The album was recorded and mixed, but eventually scrapped and renamed as the band began writing new material that they felt was far...
, which featured the singles "You Run", "Hollow", and the title track. After a short break and the departure of their guitarist Eric Friedman
Eric Friedman
Eric Charles "Erock" Friedman is an American musician and songwriter, best known as the current touring rhythm guitarist and backing vocalist for Creed. He played with the band on their 2009 United States reunion tour with Staind and their 20-10 Tour with Skillet...
, the band continued work on their second studio album with producer Rick Beato. Their sophomore and final album, Immortal Verses
Immortal Verses
-B-sides:#"You Know Everything"#"Lonely Road"#"Everything"#"Keep You Waiting"#"Guilty Pleasure"#"Inquisition"#"Inside These Songs"#"My Pen Is Mightier"#"Messenger"#"See You In Heaven"#"We Stand Alone"#"Best Of Me "#"Coward "...
was released on September 18, 2007 and featured two singles; "Better Think Again" and "Price of Fame".
As disclosed in a blog on Submersed' myspace, the band has parted ways and will be dropped from Wind Up Records shortly. In the blog entry written by vocalist Donald Carpenter, he explained the breakup:
I know that all of you are wondering, what happened to Submersed? Well, the answers is... A lot.. This business and struggle to make it took its toll on the members... Two weeks before "Price of Fame" was slated for release, Tj, Kelan and Justin decided to move on with their lives and left SubmerseD. Garrett and I believing in "Price of Fame" made the choice to press on and see what could happen. Well, nothing happened... the single never had a chance... mind bottling... The fact is, is that a majority of our fanbase is unaccounted for due to Burning, making it impossible for the labels to understand just how many people really support us out there... When it comes down to it now, SubmerseD no longer has a place on Windup's roster and will be dropped shortly... I was trying to wait until things were a little more official before an announcement but you guys and gals are smart and I felt you deserved an explantion now rather than later.
On November 24, 2008 the band posted a blog on their MySpace that simply said "SUBMERSED WILL BE BACK!" No other details have been enclosed.
After the disbanding of Submersed, Donald Carpenter was in the band Million Man Army with Mike Moye and Nothing In Return with Lance Arny. Since the disbanding of Million Man Army, Moye has started his own production company called Mike Moye Productions (mikemoyeproductions.com) while Carpenter left Nothing in Return after a short time. He and Garrett Whitlock have since joined forces again in a new band called Eye Empire
Eye Empire
Eye Empire is an American rock supergroup, formed in 2009, consisting of former Dark New Day members Corey Lowery and B.C. Kochmit as well as Donald Carpenter formerly of Submersed. Garrett Whitlock, formerly of Submersed, and Dixie Duncan were Eye Empire's drummer and guitarist respectively from...
, along with former Dark New Day
Dark New Day
Dark New Day is an American hard rock supergroup formed in 2004 featuring Brett Hestla of Virgos Merlot, Troy McLawhorn of DoubleDrive, Clint Lowery of Sevendust, Corey Lowery of Stereomud and Stuck Mojo, and Will Hunt of Skrape...
members, Corey Lowery and B.C. Kochmit. Their first demo "Victim" can be heard on their myspace.
Eric Friedman moved on to play lead guitar for the Los Angeles band Daughters of Mara. After Daughters of Mara disbanded, Eric joined Creed as a touring guitarist during their 2009 and 2010 tours.
Members
Former members- Donald Carpenter – vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
(2003–2008) - Garrett Whitlock – drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
(2003–2008) - Eric FriedmanEric FriedmanEric Charles "Erock" Friedman is an American musician and songwriter, best known as the current touring rhythm guitarist and backing vocalist for Creed. He played with the band on their 2009 United States reunion tour with Staind and their 20-10 Tour with Skillet...
– lead guitar, backing vocalsBacking vocalistA backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists...
(2003–2006) - TJ Davis – lead guitar (2003–2008)
- Kelan LukerKelan LukerKelan Luker is a former all state quarterback for the Stephenville, Texas Yellow Jackets. Kelan led the highly successful Yellow Jackets to a state title in 1998 and then received a scholarship to play for Southern Methodist University. After two years with SMU, Luker left football to play bass...
– bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
(2003–2008)
Singles
| Year | Title | Chart positions | Album | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
US Modern Rock | US Mainstream Rock | UK | |||
| 2003 | "You Run" | - | - | - | - | In Due Time In Due Time In Due Time is the 2004 debut studio album by Submersed, a hard rock band from Stephenville, Texas. The album was originally titled All Things Becoming of the End. The album was recorded and mixed, but eventually scrapped and renamed as the band began writing new material that they felt was far... |
| 2004 | "Hollow" | - | - | 19 | - | |
| 2005 | "In Due Time" | - | - | 31 | - | |
| 2007 | "Better Think Again" | - | - | 36 | Immortal Verses Immortal Verses -B-sides:#"You Know Everything"#"Lonely Road"#"Everything"#"Keep You Waiting"#"Guilty Pleasure"#"Inquisition"#"Inside These Songs"#"My Pen Is Mightier"#"Messenger"#"See You In Heaven"#"We Stand Alone"#"Best Of Me "#"Coward "... |
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| 2008 | "Price of Fame" | - | - | - | - |
List of other songs
- "Complicated" featured in soundtrack of The PunisherThe Punisher (2004 film)The Punisher is a 2004 American comic book action film, based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name, starring Thomas Jane as the antihero Frank Castle / The Punisher and John Travolta as the villain Howard Saint, a money launderer who orders the death of Castle's entire family...
. - "Broken Man","Leave" and "Come To Me" from All Things Becoming Of An End album
- "Who You Are", an unreleased song, but performed live.
- "Holyland", a very early version of "Flicker". The song is a completely different one on its own, and sounds nothing like Flicker, but it does share the lyrics for the chorus, and the odd melody can be heard on "In Due Time". It has been performed live.
- "Lonely Road" and "Everything" are B-Sides from Immortal VersesImmortal Verses-B-sides:#"You Know Everything"#"Lonely Road"#"Everything"#"Keep You Waiting"#"Guilty Pleasure"#"Inquisition"#"Inside These Songs"#"My Pen Is Mightier"#"Messenger"#"See You In Heaven"#"We Stand Alone"#"Best Of Me "#"Coward "...
- "You Run" single contains 2 different versions of "You Run" other than "In Due TimeIn Due TimeIn Due Time is the 2004 debut studio album by Submersed, a hard rock band from Stephenville, Texas. The album was originally titled All Things Becoming of the End. The album was recorded and mixed, but eventually scrapped and renamed as the band began writing new material that they felt was far...
" version.Single versions is highly different from the album version - There is a extended version of "At First Sight" from early leaked version of "Immortal VersesImmortal Verses-B-sides:#"You Know Everything"#"Lonely Road"#"Everything"#"Keep You Waiting"#"Guilty Pleasure"#"Inquisition"#"Inside These Songs"#"My Pen Is Mightier"#"Messenger"#"See You In Heaven"#"We Stand Alone"#"Best Of Me "#"Coward "...
" - "See You In Heaven" is an unreleased track that Submersed has planned to use in one of their future albums or compilations.
- There is single version of "Price Of Fame" for planned to use as single with different drum work.
- We Stand Alone (unreleased track)
- Seam (unreleased track)
- Keep You Waiting (unreleased track)
- You Know Everything? (unreleased track)
- Best Of Me (acoustic unreleased track)
- Inside These Songs (unreleased track)
- O Holy Night (unreleased track)
- Inquisition (unreleased track)
- My Pen Is Mightier Than The Sword (unreleased track)
- Guilty Pleasure (unreleased track)
- Coward (acoustic unreleased track)
- My Last Goodbye (unreleased track)
- Messenger (unreleased track)