#1.These Bones Are Mere Accessories

A few years ago, two discouraged friends sat down and imagined what it would be like to play in band without gimmicks, without egos, and without facades. They wondered what it’d be like to play with people who shared in their desire to meet every kid, at every show, in every state they played. Without even making a conscious attempt to pursue this concept, they were fortunate enough to find three other friends who shared this desire. Over the course of 3 years, Envy on the Coast was born.
What you see is what you get. Brian Byrne, Dan Gluszak, Jeremy Velardi, Ryan Hunter, and Sal Bossio promise honesty, and refuse to compromise in their delivery. Sure, touring with a piano amongst the many hardcore acts they’ve shared the stage with has provided critics with plenty of fuel for scorn, but they’ve become used to this. Aside from this, each members taste in music along with his personality is so different from the next, that its shocking the band functions so well together.
The band has performed everywhere from backyards to bar mitzvahs. Their desire to perform and extract all traces of the rock star attitude from their music and mission statement has been well received by the many fans who have joined over the course of the bands existence.
Over time, the band has been fortunate to have met some people who have jumped aboard to help the band in ways that they couldn’t for themselves. Bryan Russell, an engineer/producer, was the first to provide the band with support. Russell took the band to his Brooklyn loft to record an E.P. for them when the band had not a dime to their name. Following this, he passed the record on to his friend, Will Noon, who plays drums in the successful Long Island band, Straylight Run. Noon offered to help the band in any way he possibly could. At the bands request, he passed the E.P. on to anyone affiliated with labels or the music industry.
After the band quickly became disgusted by the concept of being handcuffed and blindfolded by record labels, they were fortunate enough to meet Matt Galle, a booking agent from New York, who gave their record a listen and offered to help the band. He quickly befriended the band and saw eye-to-eye with their plan to tour incessantly to spread the word.
In regard to the future, the bands desires have not changed since the day that Ryan and Sal shared dreams over coffee. Envy on the Coast wants nothing more than to play shows all over the country, maybe some day the world, and to meet as many kids as they possibly can in every place they visit.
(This came from Last.fm a great place for finding band histories)

Rock, Alternative, Emo, Pop Punk, Indie(I really don't like these labels but these are the prevalent styles they use)

Envy on The Coast has a unique style. With influences like Queen and Sounds like The Used an explosion is bound to happen. Most of their songs structurally include: basic rock song structures, use of vocal harmony, acoustic rhythm piano, extensive vamping,
mixed acoustic and electric instrumentation, minor key tonality, dynamic vocals, minor dramatic touches, dexterous guitars, and (what I consider) spiked original lyrics




Okay so this was my first lesson and I wasn’t to sure on how to set it up so please let me know if you’d like some changes, more information, or just something I didn’t cover that you wanted to know about. (That should be done in the “Attention” thread or through a PM) Please don’t hesitate to tell me if this really just sucked! I need to know so I can make it better I’m here to teach you guys and my goal is to expand everyone’s musical horizons, I can’t very well do that if you aren’t happy with the way stuff is being presented. Please get me some feedback I’d really appreciate it.

Without further ado the rest of the board is now for you to discuss the band. Anything from weather you liked it or not to lyrics or which member you think is the cutest. Just PLEASE keep it related to the band! I’d like for you guys to listen to more stuff by the band of each week (other than the stuff that I post) just so you can get a real feel for it but if you honestly despise the music I won’t force you. Get ready for next week!

Cool beans. I might drop a listen if they're similar to Anberlin who = love.

Wow great lesson, your really spent some time on this. I love the links to youtube so you can listen to the band. I think I will downlode some of their songs I like them a lot.

I'm glad! That's exactly what the links are there for! Which song did you like best? Envy has such a perfect balance of screams and harmonies that it's hard not to love them! Thanks for the feedback.