Silage (band)
{{Short description|American Christian alternative rock band}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
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| origin = Grass Valley, California
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| genre = Alternative, contemporary Christian music
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| years_active = 1996–1999
| label = Sub•Lime
| associated_acts = Celebrity, Parkway
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| current_members = {{ubl|Damian Horne|Lance Black|Shane Black|Chuck Cummings}}
| past_members = {{ubl|Jacob Vipond| Justin Almon| Ryan Clark| Ean Elliot Clevenger}}
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Silage was a Christian alternative rock band formed in the 1990s out of Grass Valley, California."[https://web.archive.org/web/19980215115244/http://www.sublimerecords.com/silgebio.html Silage Bio]". Published by Sub•Lime Records, available through the Internet Archive. Retrieved Feb. 01, 2007. Silage produced two albums, Watusi and Vegas Car Chasers on Sub•Lime Records and their parent Essential Records, respectively. The band's lineup for Watusi consisted of Damian Horne, Lance Black, and Shane Black (brothers). Chuck Cummings joined the band before the release of Vegas Car Chasers and stayed on until the eventual demise of the band.
Straight Up Music Artist Management: Paul Gunther Jr./Rob Poznanski
The band was known for their quirky but spiritually relevant lyrics{{cite web |url=http://www.jesusfreakhideout.com/cdreviews/Silage.asp |last=Terry |first=Jen |title=Silage, "Vegas Car Chasers" Review |publisher=Jesus Freak Hideout |date=1998-11-05}} and their constant mix of musical styles.
Release history
Silage produced a few independent albums before being signed to Sub*Lime Records, including "Holy Cow Food! Bagman!" in 1996 on the Sonfish Records imprint (featuring partial vocals and bass by A-F Records recording artist Ean Elliot Clevenger), Liquid Spatula.{{Citation needed|date=February 2007}} after signing onto the artist management company founded by Paul Gunther and Rob Poznanski, Straight Up Music, Silage was quickly signed onto Jive Records/SubLime Records. Silage's first album, Watusi (1997) saw a blend of ska, punk and hip-hop heralded mostly by the Christian underground punk scene. For their next release, Silage modified their sound to bring pop and hip-hop influences to the fore.{{cite web |url=http://www.tollbooth.org/reviewm/silage.html |title=Vegas Car Crashers |last=Baldwin |first=Steven Stuart |date=1998-11-08 |publisher=The Phantom Tollbooth}}{{cite journal |last=McGovern |first=Brian Vincent |date=November–December 1998 |title=SILAGE Vegas Car Chasers |journal=HM Magazine |issn=1066-6923 |issue=74 |access-date=2007-04-24 |url=http://www.hmmagazine.com/issue74/74Albums.htm |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20010222184244/http://www.hmmagazine.com/issue74/74Albums.htm |archive-date= 2001-02-22}} This new sound produced their more successful album, Vegas Car Chasers (1998). The most notable songs from this album are "Billboards," which garnered the No. 6 spot on Christian music charts in 1998; and "Verb," which was graced by the rap stylings of Knowdaverbs, and achieved No. 7 on the same chart the next year.{{cite book |last=Powell |first=Mark Allan |title=Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music |year=2002 |publisher=Hendrickson Publishers |location=Peabody, Massachusetts |isbn=1-56563-679-1 |edition=First printing |page=[https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofco00mark/page/823 823] |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofco00mark/page/823 }}
Breakup
Silage disbanded in 1999. The band Parkway, also on Essential Records, consisted of Damian Horne and Lance Black. Lance Black plays in the band Celebrity.
References
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=Further reading=
- {{cite journal |title=Silage |date=May–June 1997 |issue=12 |journal=7ball}}
- {{cite journal |title=Silage |date=May–June 1998 |issue=18 |journal=7ball}}
- {{cite journal |title=Silage |date=January–February 1999 |issue=22 |journal=7ball}} Lance black from celebrity, silage, and parkway is currently in a band called the goodwolves.(jonah black)
External links
- {{MusicBrainz artist|id=399fc2d4-13c3-436a-9783-57010bd8b01c|name=Silage}}
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Category:Christian rock groups from California