Onesidezero
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Onesidezero is a five-piece music group from Los Angeles
, California
. Their style is often described as heavy melodic rock. Their songs are often very dark, with deep lyrics and slow bass lines.
, the band recorded several demo
s before being signed by Maverick Records
. Their first full length, Is This Room Getting Smaller
, was released on November 20, 2001
. The band toured for three years, alongside bands like Incubus
, 311
, Sevendust
, Static-X
, Soulfly
, Soil, also appearing on HBO's Reverb
with Linkin Park
. The singles "Instead Laugh" and "New World Order" failed to push the album, and the band asked to be released from their contract. In 2003
, Onesidezero disbanded and retreated to various side projects.
The most notable side project, Abloom (previously called Mothra), featured vocalist Jasan Radford and lead guitarist Levon Sultanian. Also part of the band was Mike Doling
(ex-Snot
, ex-Soulfly
), Roy Mayorga
(ex-Soulfly) and John Fahnestock
(ex-Snot). Fahnestock left and was replaced by Marcelo Dias aka Marcello D. Rapp (ex-Soulfly). Shavo Odadjian
of System of a Down
took the role of executive producer
.
Abloom song titles included "Cover Up," "After That Quiet," "January 2nd," "What You Came For," "Shadows," and "Mama Don't Cry." Some of these are featured on their MySpace
page while others are floating around on the internet. Abloom has a more classic rock
feel while at times showcasing Levon Sultanian's guitar playing who is of Armenian
descent.
In late 2004
, Onesidezero decided to reunite and work on new material. The band toured throughout 2005
and 2006
while writing and recording their album with Ulrich Wild
(Taproot
, Static-X
) at the helm. Before writing what would become their self-titled 2007 release
, the band wrote, and scrapped, almost an album and a half worth of material that comprised most of their setlist from 2002
through 2006. Song titles included "Empty," "Summertime," "Quicksand," "Chasing the Sun," "Say," "Separate," "Up From Down," "U4IA," "Oneside of the Zero," and more. On November 8, 2006, Onesidezero announced they had signed with Corporate Punishment Records
. Their self titled album Onesidezero
was released June 5, 2007
. It was originally slated for a February 20 release. According to their Facebook
page, they are in the process of writing new music for their next album.
with Daron Malakian of System of a Down.
Drummer
Rob Basile contributed drums
for singer/songwriter
Colleen Grace on albums Colleen Grace (2003) and Rosetta Hotel (2006), and for the track entitled "Where He Can Hide" by Tom Wolfe
on the soundtrack of the film Me, Myself & Irene starring Jim Carrey
(2000).
Vocalist Jasan Radford contributed vocals to the tracks "Run Around," "Going Digital," and "Strange" on the soundtrack of Digimon: The Movie
, as well as the theme song for Power Rangers Time Force.
The song "Tapwater" from Is This Room Getting Smaller
was featured in the film A Walk to Remember.
Los Ángeles
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, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
. Their style is often described as heavy melodic rock. Their songs are often very dark, with deep lyrics and slow bass lines.
History
Formed in 19971997 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1997.-January:*January 9 – David Bowie performs his 50th Birthday Bash concert at Madison Square Garden, New York City, USA with guests Frank Black, The Foo Fighters, Sonic Youth, Robert Smith of The Cure, Lou Reed, and Billy...
, the band recorded several demo
Demo (music)
A demo version or demo of a song is one recorded for reference rather than for release. A demo is a way for a musician to approximate their ideas on tape or disc, and provide an example of those ideas to record labels, producers or other artists...
s before being signed by Maverick Records
Maverick Records
Maverick Recording Company is an American record label owned and operated by Warner Music Group, and distributed through Warner Bros. Records.-Company history:...
. Their first full length, Is This Room Getting Smaller
Is This Room Getting Smaller
-Credits:Onesidezero:* Jasan Radford — vocals, guitar* Levon Sultanian — lead guitar, backing vocals* Brett Kane — guitar, backing vocals* Cristian Hernandez — bass, backing vocals* Rob Basile — drums...
, was released on November 20, 2001
2001 in music
See also:* 2001 in music Record labels established in 2001-Events:*January 1**Comeback of Guns N' Roses in House of Blues**Hum disbands.*January 17 – Bass player Jason Newsted leaves Metallica after 14 years with the band....
. The band toured for three years, alongside bands like Incubus
Incubus (band)
Incubus is an American rock band from Calabasas, California. The band was formed in 1991 by vocalist Brandon Boyd, lead guitarist Mike Einziger, and drummer Jose Pasillas while enrolled in high school and later expanded to include bassist Alex "Dirk Lance" Katunich, and Gavin "DJ Lyfe" Koppell;...
, 311
311 (band)
311 is an American rock band from Omaha, Nebraska. The band was formed in 1988 by vocalist/rhythm guitarist Nick Hexum, lead guitarist Jim Watson , bassist Aaron "P-Nut" Wills and drummer Chad Sexton...
, Sevendust
Sevendust
Sevendust is an American heavy metal band from Atlanta, Georgia. Formed in 1994 by bassist Vince Hornsby, drummer Morgan Rose and guitarist John Connolly. After their first demo, lead vocalist Lajon Witherspoon and guitarist Clint Lowery joined the group...
, Static-X
Static-X
Static-X is an American industrial metal band from Los Angeles, California. They were formed in 1994. They are signed to Warner Bros. Records and have released six albums, their most recent being Cult of Static, which was released on March 17, 2009....
, Soulfly
Soulfly
Soulfly is a heavy metal band formed in 1997 based in Phoenix, Arizona. The original lyrical content revolved around spirituality and religious themes, with later albums encompassing other themes including war, violence, aggression, hatred and anger. Soulfly is led by former Sepultura frontman Max...
, Soil, also appearing on HBO's Reverb
Reverb (TV series)
Reverb, the critically acclaimed weekly HBO music television series spotlighting emerging talent, ran for four seasons . Reverb captured the energy and spontaneity of live music by taking viewers on stage, backstage, and into the audience at some of the premier venues in the United States...
with Linkin Park
Linkin Park
Linkin Park is an American rock band from Agoura Hills, California. Formed in 1996, the band rose to international fame with their debut album, Hybrid Theory, which was certified Diamond by the RIAA in 2005 and multi-platinum in several other countries...
. The singles "Instead Laugh" and "New World Order" failed to push the album, and the band asked to be released from their contract. In 2003
2003 in music
-January:* January – following an investigation by The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry and London detectives, police raids in England and the Netherlands recover nearly 500 original Beatles studio tapes, recorded during the Let It Be sessions. Five people are arrested...
, Onesidezero disbanded and retreated to various side projects.
The most notable side project, Abloom (previously called Mothra), featured vocalist Jasan Radford and lead guitarist Levon Sultanian. Also part of the band was Mike Doling
Mike Doling
Mike Doling is a guitarist. He is the current guitarist for Channel Zero, and a former member of Soulfly and Snot.-References:...
(ex-Snot
Snot (band)
Snot was an American rock band from Santa Barbara, California. Formed in 1995, the band released their debut studio album Get Some with founding vocalist Lynn Strait in 1997 and disbanded after his death in 1998. In 2008, the lineup of guitarists Mike Doling and Sonny Mayo, bassist John Fahnestock...
, ex-Soulfly
Soulfly
Soulfly is a heavy metal band formed in 1997 based in Phoenix, Arizona. The original lyrical content revolved around spirituality and religious themes, with later albums encompassing other themes including war, violence, aggression, hatred and anger. Soulfly is led by former Sepultura frontman Max...
), Roy Mayorga
Roy Mayorga
Roy Maurice Mayorga is the drummer for the hard rock band Stone Sour. He is of Ecuadorian and Cuban descent.-Musical history:...
(ex-Soulfly) and John Fahnestock
John Fahnestock
Jonathan Fahnestock AKA Tumor is best known as the bass player for Snot, he later played in Amen and Noise Within. Released an album with Lo-Pro and in 2005 he formed Three Thirteen Merch, a clothing outlet...
(ex-Snot). Fahnestock left and was replaced by Marcelo Dias aka Marcello D. Rapp (ex-Soulfly). Shavo Odadjian
Shavo Odadjian
Shavarsh "Shavo" Odadjian is an Armenian American songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, music video director/editor, music producer, and artist/painter. He is best known as the bassist, backing vocalist and occasional songwriter of the Grammy Award-winning rock band System of a Down...
of System of a Down
System of a Down
System of a Down, also known by the acronym SOAD and often shortened to System, is a rock band from Southern California. The band was formed in 1994. It consists of Serj Tankian , Daron Malakian , Shavo Odadjian and John Dolmayan...
took the role of executive producer
Executive producer
An executive producer is a producer who is not involved in any technical aspects of the film making or music process, but who is still responsible for the overall production...
.
Abloom song titles included "Cover Up," "After That Quiet," "January 2nd," "What You Came For," "Shadows," and "Mama Don't Cry." Some of these are featured on their MySpace
MySpace
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page while others are floating around on the internet. Abloom has a more classic rock
Classic rock
Classic rock is a radio format which developed from the album-oriented rock format in the early 1980s. In the United States, the classic rock format features music ranging generally from the late 1960s to the late 1980s, primarily focusing on the hard rock genre that peaked in popularity in the...
feel while at times showcasing Levon Sultanian's guitar playing who is of Armenian
Armenians
Armenian people or Armenians are a nation and ethnic group native to the Armenian Highland.The largest concentration is in Armenia having a nearly-homogeneous population with 97.9% or 3,145,354 being ethnic Armenian....
descent.
In late 2004
2004 in music
See also:* 2004 in music Record labels established in 2004-January:*January 1**The Vienna New Year's Concert is conducted by Riccardo Muti.**Kurt Nilsen wins World Idol....
, Onesidezero decided to reunite and work on new material. The band toured throughout 2005
2005 in music
-Events:*During the year 2005, 12 rock music albums scored number 1 in the USA. This was the first time even ten albums have scored number 1 since 1996.-January:...
and 2006
2006 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2006.-January:*January 10 – Eric Burdon releases his album Soul of a Man and begins touring with a new band....
while writing and recording their album with Ulrich Wild
Ulrich Wild
Ulrich Wild is an American record producer, engineer and mixer specializing in the rock and metal genres. Born and raised in Switzerland, Ulrich is now a naturalized citizen living in Los Angeles...
(Taproot
Taproot (band)
Taproot is a four-piece rock group from Ann Arbor, Michigan. They are most known for their hit single "Poem" , as well as a number of other singles from 2000 to the present.-Pre-formation:...
, Static-X
Static-X
Static-X is an American industrial metal band from Los Angeles, California. They were formed in 1994. They are signed to Warner Bros. Records and have released six albums, their most recent being Cult of Static, which was released on March 17, 2009....
) at the helm. Before writing what would become their self-titled 2007 release
Onesidezero (album)
-Personnel:Onesidezero:* Jasan Radford — vocals* Levon Sultanian — guitars, backing vocals* Cristian Hernandez — bass, backing vocals* Rob Basile — drums...
, the band wrote, and scrapped, almost an album and a half worth of material that comprised most of their setlist from 2002
2002 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2002.-Events:*February 3 – U2 perform during the halftime show for Super Bowl XXXVI...
through 2006. Song titles included "Empty," "Summertime," "Quicksand," "Chasing the Sun," "Say," "Separate," "Up From Down," "U4IA," "Oneside of the Zero," and more. On November 8, 2006, Onesidezero announced they had signed with Corporate Punishment Records
Corporate Punishment Records
Corporate Punishment Records is a Los Angeles, USA, based independent record label. The company was formed in 2004 by Thom Hazaert and Eric Nielsen, also co-founders of Loudside.com and Total Assault Street Teams...
. Their self titled album Onesidezero
Onesidezero (album)
-Personnel:Onesidezero:* Jasan Radford — vocals* Levon Sultanian — guitars, backing vocals* Cristian Hernandez — bass, backing vocals* Rob Basile — drums...
was released June 5, 2007
2007 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2007.-January:*January 1 - George Shearing is knighted for services to music in the Queen's New Year Honours List. Evelyn Glennie becomes a Dame...
. It was originally slated for a February 20 release. According to their Facebook
Facebook
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page, they are in the process of writing new music for their next album.
Current members
- Jasan Radford — vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
, guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with... - Levon Sultanian — Lead guitar, backing vocals (1997–2003, 2004–2007, 2010–present) Attended elementary and high school
with Daron Malakian of System of a Down.
- Brett Kane — guitar, backing vocalsBacking vocalistA backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists...
(1998–2003, 2007–present) - Cristian Hernandez — bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, backing vocals - Rob Basile — drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
Former members
- Travis Prentice — drums, backing vocals (1997–1999,)
- Peter Pres — bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, backing vocals (1997–1999,)
- Colin Crow — guitar (2007–2009)
Studio albums
- Is This Room Getting SmallerIs This Room Getting Smaller-Credits:Onesidezero:* Jasan Radford — vocals, guitar* Levon Sultanian — lead guitar, backing vocals* Brett Kane — guitar, backing vocals* Cristian Hernandez — bass, backing vocals* Rob Basile — drums...
(2001) - OnesidezeroOnesidezero (album)-Personnel:Onesidezero:* Jasan Radford — vocals* Levon Sultanian — guitars, backing vocals* Cristian Hernandez — bass, backing vocals* Rob Basile — drums...
(2007)
Demos
- 1998 –
- Paste
- Brocwurst
- Sleep Through This
- Into A Million Pieces
- 2000 –
- Instead Laugh
- Holding Cell
- New World Order
- Shed the Skin
- Eight
- Sleep Through This
- 2003 – Summer Demo
- Empty
- Separate
- Summertime
- 2003 – 2/5's Demo (contains some alternate versions)
- Empty
- Summertime
- Quicksand
- Chasing the Sun
Singles
| Year | Title | Chart positions | Album | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
US Mod. Rock |
US Main. Rock |
UK UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
UK Rock Track UK Rock Chart The UK Rock Chart usually refers to the Top 40 Rock Singles and the Top 40 Rock Albums Chart compiled by the Official Charts Company from physical record sales in British retail outlets with larger than average genrespecific sales.... |
CAN Hot 100 Canadian Hot 100 The Canadian Hot 100 is a music singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine which ranks songs in Canada. The chart debuted in the Billboard issue dated June 16, 2007 and was made available for the first time via their online services on June 7, 2007... |
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| 2001 | "New World Order" | - | - | - | - | - | - | Is This Room Getting Smaller Is This Room Getting Smaller -Credits:Onesidezero:* Jasan Radford — vocals, guitar* Levon Sultanian — lead guitar, backing vocals* Brett Kane — guitar, backing vocals* Cristian Hernandez — bass, backing vocals* Rob Basile — drums... |
| "Instead Laugh" | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| "Shed the Skin" | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2007 | "My Confession" | - | - | - | - | - | - | Onesidezero Onesidezero (album) -Personnel:Onesidezero:* Jasan Radford — vocals* Levon Sultanian — guitars, backing vocals* Cristian Hernandez — bass, backing vocals* Rob Basile — drums... |
| "Sleep" | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Drummer
Drummer
A drummer is a musician who is capable of playing drums, which includes but is not limited to a drum kit and accessory based hardware which includes an assortment of pedals and standing support mechanisms, marching percussion and/or any musical instrument that is struck within the context of a...
Rob Basile contributed drums
Drum kit
A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
for singer/songwriter
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
Colleen Grace on albums Colleen Grace (2003) and Rosetta Hotel (2006), and for the track entitled "Where He Can Hide" by Tom Wolfe
Tom Wolfe
Thomas Kennerly "Tom" Wolfe, Jr. is a best-selling American author and journalist. He is one of the founders of the New Journalism movement of the 1960s and 1970s.-Early life and education:...
on the soundtrack of the film Me, Myself & Irene starring Jim Carrey
Jim Carrey
James Eugene "Jim" Carrey is a Canadian-American actor and comedian. He has received two Golden Globe Awards and has also been nominated on four occasions. Carrey began comedy in 1979, performing at Yuk Yuk's in Toronto, Ontario...
(2000).
Vocalist Jasan Radford contributed vocals to the tracks "Run Around," "Going Digital," and "Strange" on the soundtrack of Digimon: The Movie
Digimon: The Movie
Digimon: The Movie is a 2000 American film adaptation of the first three Japanese Digimon films distributed by 20th Century Fox. The film used footage from the films Digimon Adventure , Our War Game!! , and Digimon Hurricane Touchdown!! / Supreme Evolution!! The Golden Digimentals .In comparison to...
, as well as the theme song for Power Rangers Time Force.
The song "Tapwater" from Is This Room Getting Smaller
Is This Room Getting Smaller
-Credits:Onesidezero:* Jasan Radford — vocals, guitar* Levon Sultanian — lead guitar, backing vocals* Brett Kane — guitar, backing vocals* Cristian Hernandez — bass, backing vocals* Rob Basile — drums...
was featured in the film A Walk to Remember.
Music videos
| Song | Album | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|
| "Eight" | Is This Room Getting Smaller Is This Room Getting Smaller -Credits:Onesidezero:* Jasan Radford — vocals, guitar* Levon Sultanian — lead guitar, backing vocals* Brett Kane — guitar, backing vocals* Cristian Hernandez — bass, backing vocals* Rob Basile — drums... (2001) |
Jasan Radford |