Hey Mercedes

Born from the ashes from the at this point legendary Chicago emo clothing Braid, Hey Mercedes had a hardcore reputation, not forgetting their work trim out on their behalf right away. It all started in middle-’99, when Braid made a decision to contact it quits and first guitarist Chris Broach still left the group. They shut out their profession with some well-received and well-documented regional displays before Broach continued to utilize his other take action, the Firebird Music group, and the rest of the users — guitarist vocalist Bob Nanna, drummer Damon Atkinson, and bassist Todd Bell — attemptedto go back to their regular lives. Regular lives being normally boring because they are, it was simple months prior to the three made a decision to regroup, and Hey Mercedes was created. Drafting previous Alligator Weapon guitarist and Milwaukee indigenous Tag Dawursk, Hey Mercedes officially happened in Apr of 2000, and nearly immediately headed in to the studio room to record a four-song EP for the Danville, IL-based Polyvinyl Information. The self-titled disk was a variety of the churning syncopations of Braid along with a newfound melodic framework, highlighted by Nanna’s fantastically solid vocal existence and a far more laid-back but nonetheless commanding musical strategy from all of those other band. Eschewing the greater aggressive nature of the older music, Hey Mercedes was a far more available and melodic entity, and it didn’t consider miss their tunes to earn the hearts of a fresh generation of youthful music fans swept up within the burgeoning emo tendency. Many still existing older connections resulted in high-profile touring slot machines with functions like Jets to Brazil, Saves your day, and Alkaline Trio, and quickly the music group was authorized to Vagrant Information, a trend-setting and powerhouse label within the genre. Early 2001 noticed the group return within the studio room with maker J. Robbins to record their debut full-length, a robust 11-song work, entitled Everynight Open fire Functions, which after countless delays was finally released by Vagrant in Oct of 2001. The record is really a continuation from the band’s commendable post-emo songwriting, and could be the ultimate nail within the coffin of Braid, since it made an appearance Hey Mercedes is currently an act really worth mentioning within their personal right. This is confirmed from the relase from the Weekend EP the next summer, along with the semi-regular improvements on the band’s website.