Gregori Chad Petree
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Gregori Chad Petree is a musician who is also best known as guitarist and co-lead vocalist of the American
, new wave
/indie
/rock band Shiny Toy Guns
.
, R.R.D.S., Dangerous Insects, and the 90's pop
group PC Quest
.
was started by Jeremy Dawson
in 1996, Chad got back together with Jeremy in 1998. In 2000, they released a second album, The Gate (Beautiful).
, appearing on We Are Pilots
.
of Shiny Toy Guns. He is the guitarist and lead male vocalist.
Chad wrote and co-wrote many of the songs on We Are Pilots
, Shiny Toy Guns
's first album, as well as many song's from their second album, Season of Poison
. His brother, Stephen Petree, helped write several songs on We Are Pilots
as well.
Chad also co-wrote and co-produced six tracks on the 2005 album release The Other Side by recording artist LOU.
United States
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, new wave
New Wave music
New Wave is a subgenre of :rock music that emerged in the mid to late 1970s alongside punk rock. The term at first generally was synonymous with punk rock before being considered a genre in its own right that incorporated aspects of electronic and experimental music, mod subculture, disco and 1960s...
/indie
Indie (music)
In music, independent music, often shortened to indie music or "indie" is a term used to describe independence from major commercial record labels or their subsidiaries, and an autonomous, Do-It-Yourself approach to recording and publishing....
/rock band Shiny Toy Guns
Shiny Toy Guns
Shiny Toy Guns is an American indie rock band that formed in 2002 in Los Angeles, California. They released their first studio album We Are Pilots in 2006, after recording it two previous times. It featured three singles that peaked inside the top 30 in the Alternative Songs Chart. We Are Pilots...
.
Bands
Chad's previous bands included: Paradigm, Cloud2GroundCloud2Ground
Cloud2Ground was an American Christian electronic dance music production duo, consisting of Jeremy Dawson and Chad Petree. Dawson and Petree grew up in Shawnee, Oklahoma, and met when they were teenagers. They played together in various bands, before separating to pursue other projects...
, R.R.D.S., Dangerous Insects, and the 90's pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
group PC Quest
PC Quest
pc Quest was a pop music group in the 1990s from Oklahoma. They were managed by George Tobin and Tim James, and signed to Headliner Records & RCA Records. Chad Petree of Shiny Toy Guns was one of their lead singers...
.
PC Quest (1990-1992)
Chad participated in this band with his brother, Stephen Petree.Cloud2Ground (1998-2000)
While Cloud2GroundCloud2Ground
Cloud2Ground was an American Christian electronic dance music production duo, consisting of Jeremy Dawson and Chad Petree. Dawson and Petree grew up in Shawnee, Oklahoma, and met when they were teenagers. They played together in various bands, before separating to pursue other projects...
was started by Jeremy Dawson
Jeremy Dawson
Jeremy Dawson is best known as the keyboardist of the American new wave/indie/rock band Shiny Toy Guns.-Bands:Jeremy was the driving force behind the acts Cloud2Ground, Slyder, and Spyder...
in 1996, Chad got back together with Jeremy in 1998. In 2000, they released a second album, The Gate (Beautiful).
Dangerous Insects (2001-2004?)
Two songs from Dangerous Insects, "Starts With One" and "Chemistry of a Car Crash" traveled with Chad to Shiny Toy GunsShiny Toy Guns
Shiny Toy Guns is an American indie rock band that formed in 2002 in Los Angeles, California. They released their first studio album We Are Pilots in 2006, after recording it two previous times. It featured three singles that peaked inside the top 30 in the Alternative Songs Chart. We Are Pilots...
, appearing on We Are Pilots
We Are Pilots
We Are Pilots is the major label debut album by Los Angeles-based band Shiny Toy Guns. It was released on October 17, 2006 by Universal Motown and is the third release by the band following two independently released versions of the album also titled We Are Pilots...
.
Shiny Toy Guns (2002-present)
Chad is the co-founder along with Jeremy DawsonJeremy Dawson
Jeremy Dawson is best known as the keyboardist of the American new wave/indie/rock band Shiny Toy Guns.-Bands:Jeremy was the driving force behind the acts Cloud2Ground, Slyder, and Spyder...
of Shiny Toy Guns. He is the guitarist and lead male vocalist.
Chad wrote and co-wrote many of the songs on We Are Pilots
We Are Pilots
We Are Pilots is the major label debut album by Los Angeles-based band Shiny Toy Guns. It was released on October 17, 2006 by Universal Motown and is the third release by the band following two independently released versions of the album also titled We Are Pilots...
, Shiny Toy Guns
Shiny Toy Guns
Shiny Toy Guns is an American indie rock band that formed in 2002 in Los Angeles, California. They released their first studio album We Are Pilots in 2006, after recording it two previous times. It featured three singles that peaked inside the top 30 in the Alternative Songs Chart. We Are Pilots...
's first album, as well as many song's from their second album, Season of Poison
Season of Poison
Season of Poison is the second studio album by American indie rock band Shiny Toy Guns. It was released on November 4, 2008 through Universal Motown Records Group. It peaked at #47 on the Billboard Hot 100 the following week. The album introduced the band's 3rd female vocalist, Sisely Treasure...
. His brother, Stephen Petree, helped write several songs on We Are Pilots
We Are Pilots
We Are Pilots is the major label debut album by Los Angeles-based band Shiny Toy Guns. It was released on October 17, 2006 by Universal Motown and is the third release by the band following two independently released versions of the album also titled We Are Pilots...
as well.
Chad also co-wrote and co-produced six tracks on the 2005 album release The Other Side by recording artist LOU.