Outline in Color

Outline in Color was formed in August 2009{{cite web|title=Introducing Outline In Color: Post Hardcore from Tulsa|date=September 23, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212011235/https://highwiredaze.com/oicint1|url=http://highwiredaze.com/oicint1|language=en-US|archive-date=February 12, 2019|access-date=September 6, 2022}} by unclean vocalist Trevor Tatro, clean vocalist Jonathan Grimes, guitarists CJ Cochran and Forrest Mankins, keyboard player Michael Skaggs and drummer Austin McFerrin. On September 28, 2010, they self-released their first EP, produced by Joey Sturgis, with bass parts contributed by Tatro. The six-track self-titled comes with a cover of Lady Gaga's Bad Romance, but is also sold as a five-track digital version on iTunes, with the Lady Gaga cover being sold separately.{{Citation|title=Bad Romance - Single by Outline In Color|date=September 28, 2010|url=https://music.apple.com/album/bad-romance-single/396606659|language=en-US|access-date=August 13, 2018}}{{Citation|title=Outline In Color - EP by Outline In Color|date=September 28, 2010|url=https://music.apple.com/album/outline-in-color-ep/394255187|language=en-US|access-date=August 13, 2018}}

In February 2011, Jonathan Grimes announced his departure from the band not wanting to tour in a band at the time. His replacement was K.C. Simonsen, who dropped out of the Berklee College of Music to join the band. In July, the band began recording their first full-length release. Initially, they planned to record it with Tom Denney, but due to schedule issues, they instead worked with Andrew Wade. Around November 2011, Skaggs took on the position of bass player.

In mid-2012, the band released two re-recorded tracks from their EP. "Every Boy Should Collect Knives" was completely re-mixed and "No Bleeding On the Carpet" was given an acoustic rendition. Later in 2012, the band announced their first new single from their upcoming debut album Jury of Wolves. The song, called "I Ain't Afraid of No Ghost", featured Matty Mullins of Memphis May Fire. Two weeks later, the band released the album's title track as a second single. On September 25, Jury of Wolves was released through BRKN Records. The physical US version of the album includes eleven songs, the iTunes version comes with three bonus tracks; an acoustic version of "The Good In Me", a new song called "Tapdance At Knuckle Junction" and a cover of *NSYNC's "It's Gonna Be Me". The Japanese version has a different cover art and includes 15 songs; all 14 of the iTunes version and the re-recorded version of "Every Boy Should Collect Knives".

In mid-2013, the band signed to StandBy Records and released their first stand-alone single with the label in October, "I Am My Own Invention".

In 2014, the band announced their second album to be released in June of that year, with Cameron Mizell being the producer. Masks was released on June 23, 2014. This was the first time Jonathan Grimes had sung with the band since 2011; featuring on the track "Water In the Desert". The physical edition of the album has twelve songs, although the last song, entitled "55", isn't listed on the release. The iTunes version of the album's first song is called "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea", (this is alternatively titled as "Live to Tell" on physical copies). The Japanese version of the album has different cover art and includes two bonus tracks; acoustic versions of "I've Had This Dream Before" and "The Souvenir Scheme". The album also has a Remastered edition, taking the same cover art from the Japanese version, it is identical to the original album but all songs have been remastered by the band's guitarist CJ Cochran.

In February 2015, the band released a Japanese only single called Fever Frenzy, accompanied by a music video.{{Cite web|publisher=YouTube|title=Outline In Color - Fever Frenzy [LYRIC VIDEO]|date=February 25, 2015|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHvP9zYlYa0|access-date=August 13, 2018}} This was later added to Spotify along with the remastered edition of Masks.

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In July 2015, the band announced that their third album, Struggle, was to be released sometime in early 2016. The first single was released in February 2016, entitled "Eat Your Heart Out", and the second single, "Alive", was released only days later. Struggle, again produced by Cameron Mizell, was released on March 11, 2016. After the release of Struggle, the band ended their contract with StandBy Records. In December 2016, the band released a statement on Facebook, saying that they had parted ways with clean vocalist K.C. Simonsen.

In early 2017, the band announced a side project with most of its members called "Shamecult". Their first and only EP was released through Stay Sick Recordings in November 2017. In September 2017, the band announced they had reunited with previous clean vocalist Jonathan Grimes and released three new singles; Three Knee Deep, Year 8 and an acoustic version of The Chase Scene. In January 2018, the band released their cover of Kesha's "Learn to Let Go" as part of We Are Triumphant's new cover album, Got You Covered, Vol. 2. Outline In Color toured Japan in June 2018 with rapper Kyle Lucas. On September 3, 2018, they released a cover of My Chemical Romance's song "Thank You For the Venom" as a part of We Are Triumphant's cover album Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge.

On January 11, 2019, the band announced that their new album, entitled Outline In Color (not to be confused with the EP of the same name), would be released on February 8 and that the first 250 copies pre-ordered would come with autographs from the band. The first song released along with the announcement was "Broken Record". On January 25, the band released the second single of the album, entitled Not Enough. The album itself was released in physical and digital version on February 8, 2019. It was the last album to feature drummer Nick Taylor, who left the band in July that year. His replacement for the live shows was original drummer Austin McFerrin, who then re-joined the band in September 2019. On November 6, unclean vocalist Trevor Tatro announced his departure from the band due to personal problems. His position was filled in by bassist Michael Skaggs. In turn, clean vocalist Jonathan Grimes took on Skaggs' role as bassist while still doing clean vocals.

Their first song as a quartet, titled "Ghost of You", was released on February 28, 2020. At the same time, the band also completed their next release, a five-track EP titled "Imposter Syndrome". Its first single, titled "Breaking the Silence", was released along with a music video on May 15, 2020. Also published on that day were the EP's title, cover, tracklist and release date of July 10, as well as the title and release date of the EP's second single, "Alibi", which was released on June 6. In December 2021, Outline in Color released the non-album single "Snakebit", their debut on their new label Thriller Records. The following year saw the release of "Quicksand", "Do Your Worst" and "Bitter", three singles that led up to the release of the band's fifth album, titled Coast Is Clear, on October 14, 2022.{{cite web|url=https://rocknloadmag.com/news/outline-in-color-release-high-energy-single-bitter-announce-new-record-coast-is-clear/|title=Outline In Color Release High-Energy Single, “Bitter,” Announce New Record, ‘Coast Is Clear’|website=Rock 'n' Load|access-date=October 14, 2022|date=September 4, 2022}} A tour with Electric Callboy and Attack Attack! was announced as well, lasting from October 12 to November 5, 2022.

Current

• CJ Cochran - lead guitar (2014–2015, 2016–present), rhythm guitar (2009–2022)
• Michael Skaggs - unclean vocals, clean vocals (2019–present), keyboards (2009–2011), bass (2011–2019), backing vocals (2009–2019)
• Jonathan Grimes - clean vocals (2009–2011, 2017–present), bass (2019–present)
• Austin McFerrin - drums (2009–2014, 2019–present)
• Adam Woods - rhythm guitar (2022–present)

Former

• Forrest Mankins - lead guitar (2009–2014)
• Trevor Tatro - unclean vocals (2009–2019), clean vocals (2016–2019), bass (2009–2011)
• K.C. Simonsen - clean vocals (2011–2016)
• Peyton Carvell - lead guitar (2015–2016)
• Nick Taylor - drums (2015–2019)

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• Jury of Wolves (2012){{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/outline-in-color-mn0002637653/biography|title=Outline In Color - Biography & History|website=AllMusic|access-date=December 1, 2017}}
• Masks (2014){{cite web|url=https://www.altpress.com/news/entry/outline_in_color_announce_new_album_masks|title=Outline In Color announce new album, 'MASKS' - News - Alternative Press|website=Alternative Press|access-date=October 21, 2017}} [#37 Heatseekers]{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/outline-in-color/chart-history/tln/|title=Outline In Color Chart History|website=billboard.com|access-date=January 25, 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/outline-in-color/chart-history/ind/|title=Outline In Color Chart History|website=Billboard.com|access-date=October 21, 2017}}
• Struggle (2016){{cite web|url=http://www.soundfiction.net/2016/03/10/album-review-outline-color-struggle|title=Album Review: Outline In Color - Struggle|date=March 10, 2016|website=Soundfiction.net|access-date=October 21, 2017}} [#10 Heatseekers, #18 Hard Rock albums,{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/outline-in-color/chart-history/mtl/|title=Outline In Color Chart History|website=billboard.com|access-date=January 25, 2018}} #36 Independent albums]
• Outline in Color (2019){{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnRt7rHnOw4|title=Outline In Color - Broken Record (NEW SONG 2019)|access-date=January 27, 2019|via=YouTube}}
• Coast Is Clear (2022)

• Outline In Color (2010)
• Imposter Syndrome, Pt. 1 (2020) [#190 Independent albums, #88 Top New Artist, #45 Hard Rock albums]{{Citation|title=Imposter Syndrome - EP by Outline In Color|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/imposter-syndrome-ep/1509791271|language=en-US|access-date=2021-07-21}}
• Imposter Syndrome, Pt. 2 (2021){{Citation|title=Imposter Syndrome, Pt. 2 - EP by Outline In Color|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/imposter-syndrome-pt-2-ep/1534756317|language=en-US|access-date=2021-07-21}}

• "Bad Romance" (Lady Gaga cover, 2010)
• "No Bleeding On the Carpet" (Acoustic Version) (2012){{Citation|title=No Bleeding On the Carpet (Acoustic Version) - Single by Outline In Color|date=July 10, 2012|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/no-bleeding-on-the-carpet-acoustic-version-single/541891680|language=en-US|access-date=August 13, 2018}}
• "Every Boy Should Collect Knives, Vol. 2" (2012){{Citation|title=Every Boy Should Collect Knives, Vol. 2 - Single by Outline In Color|date=July 10, 2012|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/every-boy-should-collect-knives-vol-2-single/542970573|language=en-US|access-date=August 13, 2018}}
• "Jury of Wolves" (2012){{Citation|title=Jury of Wolves - Single by Outline In Color on iTunes|date=September 4, 2012|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/jury-of-wolves-single/553319187|language=en-US|access-date=August 13, 2018}}
• "I Am My Own Invention (Tauscher.0)" (2013){{Citation|title=I Am My Own Invention (Tauscher.0) - Single by Outline In Color|date=October 8, 2013|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/i-am-my-own-invention-tauscher-0-single/716926157|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180813043729/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/i-am-my-own-invention-tauscher-0-single/716926157|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 13, 2018|language=en-US|access-date=August 13, 2018}}
• "Fever Frenzy" (2015){{Citation|title=Outline In Color - Fever Frenzy [LYRIC VIDEO]|date=February 5, 2015|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHvP9zYlYa0|language=en-US|access-date= January 25, 2019}}
• "Eat Your Heart Out" (2016){{Citation needed|date=July 2020}}
• "Alive" (2016){{Citation needed|date=July 2020}}
• "Year 8" (2017){{Citation|title=Year 8 - Single by Outline In Color|date=September 11, 2017|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/year-8-single/1282052646|language=en-US|access-date=August 13, 2018}}
• "Three Knee Deep" (2017){{Citation|title=Three Knee Deep - Single by Outline In Color|date=September 11, 2017|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/three-knee-deep-single/1282051412|language=en-US|access-date=August 13, 2018}}
• "The Chase Scene" (Acoustic Version) (2017){{Citation|title=The Chase Scene - Single by Outline In Color|date=September 11, 2017|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-chase-scene-single/1282052127|language=en-US|access-date=August 13, 2018}}
• "Broken Record" (2019){{Citation|title=Broken Record - Single by Outline In Color|date=January 11, 2019|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/broken-record-single/1448186150|language=en-US|access-date=August 13, 2018}}
• "Not Enough" (2019){{Citation|title=Not Enough - Single by Outline In Color|date=January 25, 2019|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/not-enough-single/1448204903|language=en-US|access-date=August 13, 2018}}
• "Ghost of You" (2020){{Citation needed|date=July 2020}}
• "Breaking the Silence" (2020){{Cite web|url=https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/outlineincolor1/breaking-the-silence?fbclid=IwAR1OCsvWDPtskRRa1kmUQ7mCt-aEO5uWFjslHaQ1qIwjdKsmOw55ejMeYSI|title=Breaking the Silence by Outline in Color - DistroKid|website=distrokid.com}}
• "Alibi" (2020){{Citation needed|date=July 2020}}
• "Punishment" (featuring Kalie Wolfe of Rivals) (2020){{Citation needed|date=July 2020}}
• "Papercuts" (2020){{Citation needed|date=November 2020}}
• "Cry" (The Used cover, 2020){{Citation needed|date=November 2020}}
• "Points of Authority" (Linkin Park cover, 2020){{Citation needed|date=November 2020}}
• "Poison Prescribed As Medicine" (2020){{Citation needed|date=November 2020}}
• "Todays's Western" (2021){{Citation needed|date=March 2021}}
• "Goodbye to My Friends" (2021){{Citation needed|date=March 2021}}
• "Why Should You Survive" (2021){{Citation|title= Why Should You Survive - Single by Outline In Color|date=April 22, 2021|url= https://open.spotify.com/track/6HgmTKq2qnJgkEoK03gAKn?si=cO2IJilyQ-uqIJ0UTVxXpQ |language=en-US|access-date=April 22, 2021}}
• "Snakebit" (2021){{CN|date=September 2022}}
• "Quicksand" (featuring Michael Swank of Foxera) (2022){{CN|date=September 2022}}
• "Do Your Worst" (with Loveless) (2022){{CN|date=September 2022}}
• "Bitter" (2022){{CN|date=September 2022}}
• "Stay Away" (with Avoid) (2022){{CN|date=September 2022}}

• A Wish to End the Tragedy (2011) - "Mothership"
• A Blkheart Christmas Vol 1 (2011) - "No Bleeding On the Carpet"
• Got You Covered, Vol. 2 (2018) - "Learn to Let Go" (Originally performed by Kesha)
• Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge: An Encore (2018) - "Thank You for the Venom" (Originally performed by My Chemical Romance)
• The Black Parade: Reimagined (2021) - "I Don't Love You" (Originally performed by My Chemical Romance)
• Scarlet Bandit – Lose Your Blues (2024) - “Hope This Finds You Well”
• FOXCULT - THE AMETHYST DRIFT (2024) - "ASTRAL GALLERY"

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