BAND ADDICTION OF THE WEEK FLYLEAF

BAND ADDICTION OF THE WEEK: FLYLEAF

FLYLEAF

Flyleaf is an American alternative rock band that formed in the Belton^[1] and Temple, Texasregions in 2000. They performed around the United States in 2003 until releasing their eponymous debut album, Flyleaf, in 2005. The band won an online poll on yahoo.com and was named Yahoo!'s Who's Next band of the month in March 2006 and they were named MTV's artist of the week on December 24, 2007.

.... What first made my listen to them was just the reason my best friend used to love them, so i downloaded some songs. And yes i fell in love with it. It’s just amazing, and i love Lacey voice, its so much power & energy mixed with the feelings and movements while playing.

Cd/dvd you should hear: The flyleaf live cd/dvd including acoustic versons of Fully Alive, Red Sam, Cassie, I’m So Sick & All Around Me. There are also three musicvideos included on the dvd..

BAND HISTORY

· Early on Lacey Mosley started playing music with James Culpepper. Guitarists Jared Hartmann and Sameer Bhattacharya were later recruited. "Sameer and Jared are really experimental with melodies and pedals, and we all had different influences that were all blending together with the same passionate and hopeful heart, and that brought out this beautiful feeling. It was magical," said Mosley.Bassist Pat Seals joined in 2000 after leaving his previous band The Grove.

CHRISTIAN FAITH.

· All five members of the band are of the Christian faith. This faith influences their music, but lead singer Lacey Mosley doesn't necessarily believe that makes Flyleaf strictly a Christian band. "We all share the same faith. And so when we deal with the whole 'Christian band thing,' we kind of think about something P.O.D. says, like, 'If you're a Christian, it affects everything in your life. So if you're a plumber, does that make you a Christian plumber?' "

· Mosley said. "I don't know the answer. We're a band, it's part of who we are, so it comes out in our music, and it's the fuel for what we do. And finding faith saved my life. So I'm not ashamed of it at all. And most of our album reflects that."

· The band's music has received mainstream and Christian success. For example, the song I'm So Sick appears on Rock Band, a currently popular game involving guitar and drum controllers as well as a microphone. Perfect appears on Guitar Praise, a Christian video game using a guitar controller as seen in the Guitar Hero and Rock Band games.

BANDMEMBERS.