STONE PARADE'S inspiring blend of melody driven rock and compelling lyrics reveals a band with a sincere interest in the world around them.
“In one word, promising... It is one of those things you hope for. The vocals of lead singer Greg Byrne are emotional. His heart is worn on his sleeve and raw emotion drips from every lyric” - The Dwarf Magazine
Formed in Sydney’s Northern Beaches in 2003 STONE PARADE’s inspiring blend of melodic driven rock along with their compelling lyrics reveals a band with a sincere interest in the world around them. Coupled with an energetic and explosive live performance, their sound is reminicant of pioneers The Who and U2 along with likes of modern day artists Foo Fighters and Coldplay.
Having secured opening slots around the country on tours with major artists such as Maroon 5, Hoobastank and 3 Doors Down and crowned as the winners of Coca Cola Live n Local (2005), Stone Parade know how to deliver a cranking live show.
In 2006 the band made three successful trips to Los Angeles where they recorded their initial demos at Interscope Records and performed a sold out show at the famous Viper Room. Returning home last year they knuckled down at ’The Factory’, the Fouché Brother’s home studio, to record their career defining debut album ‘Chase The Setting Sun’ which will see release later this year. The album was mixed in Los Angeles by Will Sandalls (Interscope) and mastered in New York at Sterling Sound by Leon Zervos (Maroon 5, Avril Lavigne, Aerosmith).
In late 2007 the band scored first prize of the publicly voted ‘Nokia Be Heard’ competition for their track ‘Somebody Will Miss You’, garnering them a useful $10,000 cash injection.
In April this year STONE PARADE was announced winners of the ‘Rock’ category in the prestigious ‘International Songwriting Competition’. The band’s song ‘Somebody Will Miss You’ was chosen out of 15,000 entries world-wide which were judged by industry luminaries such as Tom Waits, Julian Casablancas (the Strokes) & Nelly Furtado.
The band performed live on channel Nine’s NRL Footy Show (25 Sept 08) & Mornings with Kerri- Anne (24 June 08 & 9 Oct 08)
STONE PARADE introduced themselves to the Australian market by way of their debut single ‘My Generation’ which in May this year debuted in the top 20 of the national ARIA singles chart and number 1 on the AIR charts.
Released independently through MGM on August 16, the band’s debut album ‘Chase The Setting Sun’ showcases their worldly maturity and ability to capture the listeners every emotion. STONE PARADE’s aforementioned award winning track ‘Somebody Will Miss You’ (also available on August 16) is destined to be a smash hit with it’s emotive lyrics, exceptional vocal delivery and rock laden guitar hooks building the track to a crescendo to deliver an ‘A’ class rock ballad.
Of their debut album, lead singer Greg Byrne said, “We’re all really interested to see how the story of ‘Chase The Setting Sun’ unfolds. Quietly we’re all very proud; it’s an album we’ve always wanted to create. Personally for me I’ve never done anything in my life I’ve been so proud of. Every emotion has been encapsulated in this new record...anger, sadness, regret...this record sums up everything I’ve gone through over the past few years.”
Stay tuned to www.stoneparade.com for the announcement of extensive touring and special performances in support of the release of ‘Chase The Setting Sun’ and ‘Somebody Will Miss You’ both released independently through MGM on August 16, 2008.
With a rock-solid, sensible, and passionate work ethic STONE PARADE are destined for big things this summer!
SUPPORTS
Hoobastank, 3 Doors Down, Maroon 5
REVIEWS
“Melodic and emotionally charged. Stone Parade approach their music with a passionate intensity and integrity that underscores their obvious commitment.” – DRUM MEDIA
..“Stone Parade display a confident, assured sound that has quite rightly seen them some nab juicy support slots in the past few years. The opening pair of tracks both beg for radio play while ‘Red Sky’ demonstrates that stadiums could be on their venue list in the distant future.” - EAR MEDICINE
“Stone Parade are the most exciting young Aussie band I have heard in a long time and a band that has huge worldwide potential if given the opportunity” – JON STEVENS
Hey guys, Rock the schools at Taree High was heaps mad! i want to thank you heaps cause you got me out of science, its so gay! I liked the music yous played and the guiitar hero was sick, Me and my friends asked to get photos with you at the and so i will put them on later if you want ot see them. Thanks heaps guys, yous rock! xx
hey u guys are awesome i added use on facebook. was wondering wen ur doin a tour would sooo cum and thanks for the reply ive always been told 2 tel the truth so i did and i hope to win the guitar since i wanna learn the guitar next year and i dont have one if i win one ill be able 2 play and ill have a famous guitar and i have one of ur guitar picks wif "stone parade" on it so i can play the stone parade guitar wif a stone parade pick! ILY.XOXO
hey you guys rock,, you rocked gorokan high it was the maddest day ever loved it, your songs are brilliant love them all so much , so adding a song on my myspace page + buy the album, thanks heeps for coming to gorokan high so wished it went all day so could have kept singing along to all ur songs hahah lol did that at mi English class after it lol got kicked out of class lol. i already no all the words to somebody will miss you it like the best hahah well anyways thanks heaps for the best day at school ever. p.s thx for signing the cd i got that day so putting up on mi wall well cyas jenny b
me and my band got kicked out of the rehersal rooms so we decided to come watch you guys and not only the great show we missed half of maths so i thank you for that thank you for comming to taree high
Hey guys the show at Taree High you did yesterday was !AWESOME!. It would be great to see ya's playing a big gig solo in Sydney or somewhere when you break the market and i'll definitly be there to see ya's. Good Luck!
Hey guys, just wanted to thank you for coming to our school(taree high). The environment was so eccentric it was fantastic. Although your music is not what i'd normally listen to it is amazing and you are so lucky to have so much talent, and being able to experience that was fantastic! Thanks for taking the time to visit us :)
btw. although this is a competition entry i meant everything i said.
hey guys!...the other day yous came to taree high to rock the school!!!!...wich you succeded in doing :)...i have never heard you music before and i can tell u it will not be the last!
taree high was screeming as soon as you started playing and didnt stop until it was 5th period and evan then the only thing everyone could talk about was stone parade and how they brought the school hall down!!!
the whole performane i was jumping around like a maniac and my legs are still sore lol
at one point i climed up a umpiar chair at least 12 ft high just so i could get a glimps of a well formed band of very talented individuals
then your singer went into the sea of screaming teenagers and pushed and jumped through until he came to a halt at the umpiar chare i was hanging off
he started to clim up and all i was thinking was 'omg look how close i am 2 such a vocalist!'
as he sat upon the steal structere
i was at least 1 meter away from him and i was screaming like a lil girl (wich im not lol)
over all your perfrmance at taree high was a hell of a show
myself and im shure that the rest of us are very thankfull that u took some time to share your music with us
Yo yer im talking to you thats right i like to thank you so so so... much you were the best people upp frount ive ever meet lol i wish you could play again you werte all so good haha.anyway i would like to tankyou and all that hope to see you again . LOVE YOU ALL, hehe
Kevan,Billy,Alex,Mark,Greg i love you all please come again i want to here you sing again when you first came to taree high i felt like you were going to bad and all that, but! that one hit on the drum, thoso two sounds on the guitar,that voice OMG i fell out of my shoes lol please please come again please love you all.
heyyy you guys shreaded newwy high on thursday.. everyone loved it... loving the bandddddddd hope to see yous play again onedayyyy... loved the durmming trying hard as possible to get as good as you drummer....... WB XOXOXOXOXO
hey guys. Thursday at newcastle high was awesome, got the mosh going pretty well heheh and the Q and A with you guys after really gave me and my singer a huge boost of confidence. we still havnt come up with a name and i think it will just come when the time it right but we will let u know. Thank u so much and have a awesome time touring!
heyy guys i just added u's on facebook. i didnt have facebook but i made one so i could add you guys! :) i brought one of your shirts at supre today! haha you guys should come back to taree high! we love you guys! xoxo
