Origins
Evans Blue came together in early 2005. Five musicians, then in three separate bands, met through a local musician's message board. Lead singer Kevin Matisyn suggested the name, which refers to the dye that is injected into the bloodstream to measure blood volume, which he had read in one of his medical books. The band then caught the attention of producer Trevor Kustiak and his partner Mari Dew, of The Pocket Studios.
They recorded three demo songs, titled Black Hole, Saturnalia and Starlight, all of which were available on their personal MySpace page. At that time, updates on the bands' progress and prose by former lead singer, Kevin Matisyn were periodically given via the MySpace blogs.
Evans Blue completed work on their debut album, The Melody and the Energetic Nature of Volume, in November 2005. Their first single, Cold (But I'm Still Here) hit airwaves in December and was later accompanied by a music video. The album was released February 21st, 2006 through Hollywood Records. It spent several weeks in the top 10 on the Billboard Heatseekers Chart and spawned a second single, Over.
In late March 2006, Evans Blue embarked upon their first U.S. tour alongside Taproot. They have since played with bands such as Staind, Alice in Chains, 10 Years, Three Days Grace, Flyleaf and labelmates Breaking Benjamin.
On April 1, 2006, drummer Darryl Brown left without explanation. To cover for his absence the rest of the band worked out acoustic sets to play while they searched for a replacement. Danny D was brought in temporarily from Boston band Dogfight to close out the rest of the tour, which lasted until late October.
On July 28, 2008 Kevin Matisyn posted on his MySpace page that he is "Formerly of Evans Blue." This was confirmed by Evans Blue on their MySpace page. Parker Lauzon of the band sent out a Myspace bulletin clarifying that Matisyn was voted out of the band due to his inability to make good decisions for the band. In the bulletin Parker is quoted stating that "We did not choose anyone over him he was simply voted out, not only because of musical differences but business differences as well. He simply was not making good decisions for this band anymore and we as a group have decided to move on."
On August 4, 2008 Matisyn posted a blog on his Myspace page with 15 Evans Blue demos that would have been on the third album, tentatively titled The Stage is Set for the Revival of an Anthem.
Dan Chandler was announced as Matisyn's replacement in February 2009.
Evans Blue have announced through their MySpace that their upcoming self-titled album will be released on June 23, 2009
The first single "Sick Of It" went to radio on March 23 & went to Itunes March 31st.
Two new songs "Through Your Eyes" & "Buried Alive" have been posted on Myspace April 16.
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