Time and Time Again Chronic Future

Rock music band

Chronic Future
The current lineup for Chronic Future. From left to right: Brandon Lee, Ben Collins, Mike Busse, Barry Collins
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Also known as	CF
Origin	Scottsdale, Arizona, Us
Genres	Culling rock Experimental rock Rap rock
Years agile	1995–2009, 2015
Labels	Interscope Records, ULG Records, Across Records, Modern Art Records
Website	Chronic Future'southward Myspace Page

Members	Mike Busse Ben Collins Barry Collins Brandon Lee

Past members	Ryan Breen Mike Loy Lawrence Hearn

Chronic Futurity was a band from Scottsdale, Arizona. The band was formed in 1995, when their average historic period was 14. They achieved a short menstruum of mainstream success with the album Lines in My Face, as well as the anthology's hit single, "Fourth dimension and Time Again". The band consisted of singer Mike Busse, guitarist Ben Collins, bassist Brandon Lee and drummer Barry Collins, who are all founding members.

After finding mainstream success, the band so went on to operate under their own independent label, Modern Fine art Records, and released the Modern Art EP online under this new label. The band worked very independently later their departure from Interscope Records, rarely playing live and releasing albums independently as well equally releasing online demos and purchasable songs. The band's early/mainstream style was a mixture of hip hop and punk rock, merely the ring progressed into a unique fusion mode of hip hop, electronica, and alternative. The band'due south song style incorporated three vocalists: Mike Busse, Ben Collins and Brandon Lee.

History [edit]

Formation and early history: 1995–2000 [edit]

Chronic Future began their musical career in the summertime of 1995, and a yr or so afterwards, they released their first self-titled album when the ring members were at an boilerplate age of xiv. The album gained popular local airplay, merely achieved no commercial success, and is now very rare, simply available for purchase on such sites as Amazon.com or eBay. Their followup, 4 Elements, was released in 2000, and was even less successful, with only a few songs being praised. 4 Elements was released on Beyond Records, and the band toured with such bands as Face to Face.

Mainstream success: 2000–2004 [edit]

From 2000 to 2004, the band signed their first major characterization deal with Interscope Records, and their tertiary full-length was before long to follow in mid-2004. The band released a promotional EP called the Lines in My Confront EP, featuring 4 songs from the album, every bit well as two rare songs. Before long subsequently, the band released the album Lines in My Face, which reached No. xviii on the Billboard Heatseekers chart.^[1] The album'southward single "Time and Time Again" saw airplay on MTV and MTV2 and reached No. 40 on the Billboard Mod Rock charts,^[2] as well as being featured in the video game Burnout 3: Takedown and MVP Baseball game 2004.

Earlier during that year, the band recruited Ryan Breen from Back Ted Due north-Ted, to play 2d guitar on the road. He joined every bit a total-time fellow member, but then quit to brainstorm on a solo music projection of his own, which afterwards became Back Ted N-Ted. He was replaced by Mike Loy, who afterward the release and recording of Lines in My Face, left to embark on his ain musical ventures.

Notably, Lines in My Face featured more metal-orientated guitar styles, likewise as Brandon Lee taking on a role as some other lead singer.

Independent work: 2006–2009 [edit]

Chronic Futurity left Interscope Records for an unknown reason in 2006. Several CF members besides collaborate with Back Ted Northward-Ted, although it at present appears that Brandon Lee is pulling double duty as a live member of Ryan Breen's solo projection Back Ted N-Ted. At around this time, Mike Busse started a solo, hip-hop oriented side project with Charlie Make of Miniature Tigers chosen The Future Lords. On 1 October 2006, Ben Collins officially launching Mod Art Records in partnership with Epic Records, simply have now denounced their partnership with Epic Records. Collins signed Back Ted N-Ted, equally well equally the Miniature Tigers, Brothers Backward, Foxglove Chase, Gospel Claws and The Future Lords.

The band released a express edition anthology, This and of That, in late 2006 for online purchase through their at present inactive official website. The ring had made a sudden change from their rap stone style to an electronica/alternative/hip-hop crossover style past changing their guitar sounds from the traditional stone sound to an electronic sound. Chronic Future had actually previously experimented with this mode and uploaded demos of some of the songs from This and of That to their official website, as well every bit other unreleased demos. The album was limited to only 1000 copies. The album featured Ryan Breen, the band's former rhythm guitarist, doing programming.

The band recruited DAGGRR (live guitarist for Back Ted N-Ted) in 2007 to play rhythm guitar for several shows, though he left soon in 2008 to support both Miniature Tigers and Back Ted Due north-Ted's live shows. Chronic Future performed at the Westward Coast show of The Baffle in Irvine, California on April vi, 2008.

Just before the release of the Mod Art EP, the following statement on their Myspace page appeared on the 29th of Oct, 2008:

We stand by our new textile. We are actually excited about this EP and zip is going to change how we experience when nosotros listen back to what we just finished recording. This music is exciting to us! We have never wished to repeat ourselves...nosotros all made a pact a long fourth dimension ago that we'd rather suspension upwards the band then make music that don't inspire our brains. We've never tried to be annihilation we are not...If yous tin can't accept our new direction, we understand. Nosotros however honey yous all. Feel free to comment away, we welcome your thoughts.

—Chronic Future

On Nov 11, 2008 an EP entitled Modernistic Art EP was released on iTunes. The anthology farther demonstrated their crossover style, simply with far more melodic music than demonstrated on This and of That. The digital EP featured re-recordings of demos previously uploaded to Chronic Future's website and Myspace folio. The song "Rocket Science" was converted into techno/alternative/hip-hop from its original punk/rap manner. Past pop demand from the band'southward fans, a express edition demo compilation, Demoitis, was released in Apr 2009.

Hiatus: 2009–2014 [edit]

Chronic Future stopped updating their official Myspace page and no information on the band is available on their previous tape characterization's official website. No ring activity on their profile has taken place since the July 21, 2009 post about Chronic Future merchandise on their official Myspace page. However, a personal email from guitarist Ben Collins explained that the band members have all moved to New York Metropolis and that the Chronic Hereafter project "isn't over however". Co-ordinate to Ben Collins' personal Facebook folio, he had left the band as of January 2010, but reunited several years after with Chronic Future in 2015.^[3]

In 2012, backing vocalist and bassist Brandon Lee joined Miniature Tigers for their third record, Mia Pharaoh, every bit well as recording with them for their fourth album, Cruel Runnings, in 2014. In between the release of the ii Miniature Tigers albums, Lee began a new project called The Mathematics, releasing an EP titled Summertime in Babylon on July 8, 2013.

Reunion: 2015 [edit]

On March 12, 2015, Ben Collins tweeted that Chronic Time to come currently has "no plans to tour, merely are having fun together (every bit nosotros e'er take) and playing NYC this summer." The show was held at the Bowery Ballroom on July eighteen, 2015, with Charlie Brand of Miniature Tigers as the opening act.

About a week afterward the Chronic Future reunion testify in New York City, Ben Collins stated on Twitter that he would like to perform another show with Chronic Future in their home metropolis, Phoenix, Arizona, stating it to be a "skilful idea". The band played their concluding evidence in Phoenix, Arizona at the Rebel Lounge on December 26, 2015.^[iv]

Members [edit]

Final line-up [edit]

Mike Busse – lead vocals, backing vocals (1995–2009, 2015)
Brandon Lee – lead vocals (2004–2009, 2015), bass guitar, backing vocals (1995–2009, 2015)
Barry Collins – drums, percussion (1995–2009, 2015)
Ben Collins – lead vocals (1995–2006, 2015), guitar, bankroll vocals (1995–2009, 2015)

Erstwhile members [edit]

Ryan Breen – rhythm guitar (2004)
Mike Loy – rhythm guitar (2004)

Touring members [edit]

Lawrence "DAGGRR" Hearn – rhythm guitar (2007–2008)

Discography [edit]

Studio albums [edit]

Chronic Future (1996)
four Elements (2000)
Lines in My Face (2004)
This and of That (2006)

EPs [edit]

Lines in My Confront EP (2004)
Modern Fine art EP (2008)

Compilations [edit]

Demoitis (2009)

Media use [edit]

Their song "Time and Fourth dimension Once again" was featured on an episode of One Tree Colina, an episode of The Days, and two video games released by Electronic Arts: Exhaustion 3: Takedown and MVP Baseball 2004 on various platforms. The same song was also covered past the critically acclaimed a cappella group Off the Beat on their 2005 anthology "Float", not to mention the 2004 G-Phoria Awards on G4, as they played the vocal alive.
The song "Apology for Non-Symmetry", was featured on the Gran Turismo 4 soundtrack.
The song "Static on the Radio" was also office of the Gretzky Hockey game for the PS2 soundtrack.
The song "Wicked Games" was featured on the CSI: Miami episode "Crime Wave", during shots of various law enforcement agencies' boats racing to intercept a suspect on the ocean. The vocal was besides featured in Cereal Killerz (a paintball movie) for the professional paintball player Oliver Lang.

References [edit]

^ Billboard, Allmusic
^ Billboard Singles, Allmusic
^ "Ben Collins". Facebook. Retrieved 2012-03-29 .
^ Dominic, Serene (2015-12-23). "Chronic Future Reunites for What Might Be Its Final Concert in Phoenix". Phoenix New Times . Retrieved 2019-07-02 .

External links [edit]

Official MySpace of Chronic Future (currently inactive)
Official Website of Chronic Future (currently inactive)
Official Website of Mod Art Records

kerstetterthippost.blogspot.com

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronic_Future