Days of the New

By the later ’90s, a complete new generation had missed from exceptional likes of Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, and Nirvana first-hand (with some not also knowing of the existence in any way), so a fresh crop of likewise styled bands found the slack, including Days of the brand new. Originally hailing from Charlestown, IN, before relocating to Louisville, KY, the group’s head in the get-go was vocalist/guitarist/songwriter Travis Meeks, who recruited close friends Jesse Vest (bass), Matt Taul (drums), and Todd Whitener (acoustic guitar), who alongside Meeks, had been still teenagers at that time. The group’s mainly acoustic-based sound immediately brought to brain Alice in Stores’ more peaceful produces (Sap, Jar of Flies, Unplugged), as Meeks’ vocal delivery and lyrics had been quite much like both Layne Staley and Jim Morrison. The quartet captured the ear of previous R.E.M. maker Scott Litt, who authorized the group to his recently created label, Outpost, and oversaw the group’s self-titled 1997 launch. The recording was an instantaneous hit using the MTV masses on the effectiveness of such singles as “Contact, Peel off and Stand” and “The Down City,” as well as the group spent the summertime of 1998 checking for a different one of the musical heroes, Metallica. But through the tour, tempers between your bandmembers started to flair and gossips of the impending separation circulated. The gossips became true soon after the tour’s conclusion, as Meeks terminated everyone within the music group (save for Taul). 1999 noticed the discharge of Times of the New’s sophomore launch, once again self-titled, which despite Meeks’ efforts at developing a sprawling masterpiece (filled with choir, orchestra, and bombastic plans), didn’t sell in addition to its forerunner. 2000 noticed Meeks cover the Doorways classic “THE FINISH” using the making it through Doorways members for any taping of VH1’s Storytellers series (in addition to recording a studio room version that made an appearance on the Doorways tribute disk Stoned Immaculate: The Music from the Doorways), as he continuing writing for the 3rd Days of the brand new record. The band’s third record, again self-titled, noticed the light of time in 2001, making use of their head now letting components of prog rock and roll seep in to the music. With Meeks the only real primary bandmember still in attendance by that time, it verified what many understood all along, that Times of the brand new is actually a Meeks single project.