Silvertide was a rock band hailing from Philadelphia

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Philadelphia County, with which it is coterminous. The city is located in the Northeastern United States along the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. It is the fifth-most-populous city in the United States,...

, Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...

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History

Silvertide was formed in January 2001 in Northeast Philadelphia

Northeast Philadelphia

Northeast Philadelphia, nicknamed Northeast Philly, the Northeast and the Great Northeast, is a section of the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. According to the 2000 Census, the Northeast has a sizable percentage of the city's 1.547 million people — a population of between 300,000 and 450,000,...

. At first, Silvertide (who were originally called Vertigo) was signed by J Records

J Records

J Records was an American record label, owned and operated by Sony Music Entertainment, and was distributed through the RCA Music Group.-Company history:...

. They released their first EP American Excess in 2002. Their first full album, Show and Tell, was released in 2004 and produced by David Ivory.

After completion of their debut album in 2003, Silvertide hit the road and toured straight until 2006. Most notably as main support for Van Halen

Van Halen

Van Halen is an American hard rock band formed in Pasadena, California, in 1972. The band has enjoyed success since the release of its debut album, Van Halen, . As of 2007 Van Halen has sold 80 million albums worldwide and has had the most #1 hits on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart...

, Velvet Revolver

Velvet Revolver

Velvet Revolver is an American hard rock supergroup consisting of former Guns N' Roses members Slash, Duff McKagan, and Matt Sorum, alongside Dave Kushner formerly of punk band Wasted Youth. Stone Temple Pilots vocalist Scott Weiland was Velvet Revolver's lead singer from their formation until...

, and Motley Crue

Mötley Crüe

Mötley Crüe is an American heavy metal band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1981. The group was founded by bass guitarist Nikki Sixx and drummer Tommy Lee, who were later joined by lead guitarist Mick Mars and lead singer Vince Neil...

 in the summer of 2004.

M. Night Shyamalan

M. Night Shyamalan

Manoj Nelliyattu Shyamalan,known professionally as M. Night Shyamalan, is an Indian-born American screenwriter, film director, and producer known for making movies with contemporary supernatural plots that climax with a twist ending. He is also known for filming his movies in and around...

 featured Silvertide in his film Lady in the Water

Lady in the Water

The soundtrack was composed by James Newton Howard. The last four tracks are non-soundtrack songs from singer/songwriter Amanda Ghost, Indie rock band A Whisper in the Noise, and rock 'n' roll revivalists Silvertide. Each of the four songs was written by Bob Dylan...

. Silvertide was featured on the soundtrack with their covers of Bob Dylan's

Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...

 "Maggie's Farm

Maggie's Farm

"Maggie's Farm" is a song written by Bob Dylan, recorded on January 15, 1965, and released on the album Bringing It All Back Home on March 22 of that year...

" and "It Ain't Me, Babe".

In February 2006 the band made their second appearance on the cover of Origivation Magazine. The photoshoot took place while the band was in preproduction for their next album.

Silvertide continued to play shows after the temporary departure of lead guitarist and founding member Nick Perri

Nick Perri

Nick Perri is a professional lead guitarist, songwriter, producer-engineer, and business owner. He has played for the platinum bands/artists Shinedown, Perry Farrell, Silvertide, Matt Sorum, SINAI, and Christina Perri. In 2009 Perri launched PERRI INK. LLC as a parent company for his future...

 decided to hit the road with Perry Farrell

Perry Farrell

Perry Farrell is the frontman for the alternative rock band Jane's Addiction. Farrell created the touring festival Lollapalooza as a farewell tour for Jane's Addiction in 1991; it has since evolved into an annual destination festival. Farrell continues to produce Lollapalooza with partners William...

, Shinedown

Shinedown

Shinedown is an American rock band from Jacksonville, Florida, formed in 2001 and founded by members Brent Smith , Brad Stewart , Jasin Todd , and Barry Kerch . A few line-up changes followed, and the band's current line-up consists of Smith and Kerch, the band's only two remaining original...

, and Matt Sorum

Matt Sorum

Matthew William Sorum is an American rock drummer and percussionist. Sorum is most famous for his 7-year stint in Guns N' Roses and supergroup Velvet Revolver , which is comprised in part of former Guns N' Roses members Duff McKagan and Slash .-Early career :Matt Sorum was born Matthew William...

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Guitarist "Evil Rob", also from the Philadelphia-based band Pepper's Ghost

Pepper's Ghost (band)

Pepper's Ghost was a band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Their most recent release, Shake The Hand That Shook The World, is available through Hybrid Recordings....

 and long time friend of the band, was called to fill in for Perri on numerous occasions.

Other projects

January 22, 2009 vocalist Walt Lafty and bassist Brian Weaver of Silvertide started a new band called Automatic Fire with guitarist Evil Rob of the band Peppers Ghost alongside drummer Brian Kilian from the Dave Pittinger Band. The band was dissolved in September 2010.

In October 2010 it was announced that former Silvertide members Nick Perri

Nick Perri

Nick Perri is a professional lead guitarist, songwriter, producer-engineer, and business owner. He has played for the platinum bands/artists Shinedown, Perry Farrell, Silvertide, Matt Sorum, SINAI, and Christina Perri. In 2009 Perri launched PERRI INK. LLC as a parent company for his future...

 and Walt Lafty

Walt Lafty

Walt Lafty was the vocalist for the Blues-rock band Silvertide and Automatic Fire. In 2010 with former Silvertide lead guitarist Nick Perri, he announced his new project, SINAI.-Background:Lafty was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania...

 had reunited to form the new rock band SINAI.

Albums

• American Excess(EP) (2003)
• Show and Tell (2004)

Singles

Year	Title	Chart Positions	Album
		US Mainstream Rock
2004	"Ain't Comin' Home"	6	Show and Tell
	"California Rain"	-
2005	"Blue Jeans"	12
	"Devil's Daughter"	18

External links

• Silvertide Official site
• Silvertide's MySpace site