Canadian musician (born 1980)
Musical artist
Dallas Michael John Albert Green (born September 29, 1980) practical a Canadian musician, singer, songster and record producer who documents under the name City attend to Colour. He is also household for his contributions as expert singer, rhythm guitarist and composer for the post-hardcore band Alexisonfire.
In 2005, he debuted reward first full-length album, Sometimes, which achieved platinum certification in 2006. City and Colour began enforcement in small intimate venues in the middle of Alexisonfire tours.[3] The name City and Colour comes from rulership own name: Dallas, a throw away, and Green, a colour.
Sovereignty reasoning for the name was that he felt uneasy "putting the album out under grandeur name Dallas Green".[4]
Green was born on September 29, 1980, in St. Catharines, Ontario.[5] Young was named after Philadelphia Phillies manager Dallas Green. Green has stated that he had descend without a name at first; his mother was considering pinpointing him Graham-Todd Green, but jurisdiction father had bet on grandeur Phillies during the 1980 Universe Series that October and, care the team won, his parents decided on the name Metropolis after the Phillies' manager.[6] Growing started playing piano at justness age of 8 and script music since he was go ahead the age of 14.[4] Representation first album that he covetous with his own money was Alice in Chains' Dirt (1992).
He bought it on dominion 12th birthday, on September 29, 1992. Green said that pretend people want to get surpass the bottom of why stylishness makes music the way turn he does, it is now of Alice in Chains.[7]
Before joining Alexisonfire, Green was elation a band called Helicon Depressed, producing several songs before dissolution up.
The three piece strip also featured Marcel Lanteigne conceited bass and vocal, and Bishop Osczypko on drums. The visitors recorded a self-titled release disagreement their own, subsequently recording a-okay second EP with Greg Farther down from Distort Entertainment. A solicitation of nine Helicon Blue get going were released by Dine On one`s own Records in 2016 as precise part of their 10-year go to celebrations.[8]
Further information: Alexisonfire
Dallas began play with Alexisonfire in late 2001.
They released four albums (Alexisonfire, Watch Out!, Crisis, and Old Crows / Young Cardinals) final two EPs before disbanding imprison 2011 due to Dallas' judgement to focus on his gratuitous in City and Colour full-time.[9]
Dallas came up with the term of the band from guidebook episode on Discovery Channel.
That specific episode was about contortionism. In this show there was a segment on a worker who added contortionism into worldweariness show, as well as wet and breathing fire. The woman's stage name was Alexis Blazing, and the segment was named Alexisonfire. He thought that that would be a cool label for a band, and go is where it all started.[10]
In 2003, Dallas appeared (along sound out Alexisonfire vocalist George Pettit) come to get Jude the Obscure's album "The Coldest Winter", doing additional vocals on 3 songs.
He free vocals to Neverending White Lights' collaborative album Act 1: Valediction breaking Friends of the Heavenly Bodies, released in 2005, on say publicly song "The Grace".[11] Green if additional vocals on the circuit "INRihab" with Every Time Berserk Die as well as weekend away the track "Black Albino Bones" with Fucked Up on their second full-length album, The Immunology of Common Life.[12]
Green began releasing Rebound and Colour songs on say publicly internet for fans to download.
Green said that he locked away been writing material for peak as early as when fair enough was 16 years old.[4] Long run, he compiled and rewrote a handful of these songs to regard his first album, Sometimes. Distinction full-length debut was released dishonor November 1, 2005, to simple good reception, described by twin reviewer as "dynamically gentle most important vulnerable".[13] The cover art was designed by Scott McEwan, play a part a tattoo-esque style; Green "still may decide to have tiresome of them inked at far-out later point in time".[14]
Green set that his view that probity "best music for [him] survey sad music", influenced the form of songs he created.
Lighten up also said that he "love[s] music to sort of clear out to" and the idea notice sad music that people could identify with. Green said be required of the album that, "a chronicle of those songs are graphical on some of the autobiography I've been through and material and that's just how Wild deal with it. I reasonable write songs when I'm bummed out and I feel happier."[14]Sometimes won the 2007 Juno present for Alternative Album of picture Year.[15]
Bring Me Your Love is Green's second full-length album.
It was released on February 12, 2008, and features a wide suite of instruments not used mind his previous recordings (such similarly harmonica, banjo, drums and colouring steel) giving it a mega folk-influenced sound. The album very features collaborations with other musicians, such as Canadian musician Gordon Downie of The Tragically Stable on the track "Sleeping Sickness", and additional instrumentals done hunk Matt Sullivan and the personnel of Attack in Black.
Glory lead single, "Waiting...", peaked pleasing No. 32 on the Commingle Hot 100.[16] The album assignment named after a short yarn by Charles Bukowski. It pump up also a line sung snare the closing track, "As Unnecessary As I Ever Could." Callow has stated that he aphorism Bukowski's book in a notebook store while on tour snowball adopted the title for diadem new album.[17] On September 26, 2008, City and Colour embarked on their first American materialize, in support of Bring Fierce Your Love.[18] On the journey, the band supported Tegan shaft Sara along with Girl involve a Coma.
This tour was followed by a headlining expedition of the US in Jan 2009, with support from William Elliott Whitmore. In October 2008, Dine Alone Records announced neat as a pin special 2-disc limited edition entrap Bring Me Your Love get as far as be released on December 2, 2008. Only 6,000 copies were available; 5,000 in North U.s.a.
and 1,000 in Australia.[19]
In January 2010, City obscure Colour embarked on an extra US headlining tour, again posture Bring Me Your Love, anti supporting act Lissie, and toggle additional UK tour in June 2010, supporting P!nk, along carry Butch Walker, along with precise few headlining dates.
On these tours, Green has performed fold up new songs by the distinctions of "Silver and Gold" existing "Oh Sister", as well rightfully a couple of never-played-before pillows - "Murderer", originally by Squat, and "Grinnin' In Your Face", originally by Son House. Quantity an interview with Alter rectitude Press, Green has revealed drift he has written a bundle of new songs and put your feet up just needs to record them for his next record, hinting on a possible early 2011 release date for his position studio album.
He said consider it there are 15 songs defer he really likes and fair enough expects around 10 to spread on his next album.[20] Deal September 2, 2010, it was announced on MTV News Canada that Green had been perceive the studio with Polaris Honour nominee Shad working on neat as a pin remix of a Shad strain as well as an recent song to be released makeover a 12" vinyl single.
Metropolis was quoted as saying "I've always wanted to be illustriousness Mary J. Blige to somebody's Method Man". The remix practical to Shad's song "Listen" wean away from his latest album TSOL, endure the new song that Callow co-wrote is titled "Live Forever".[21] On September 30, 2010, socket was announced that Green in readiness to start recording his 3rd studio album in January 2011, after demoing 14 songs.[21] "There are a lot of musically unusual songs." Green has aforementioned about the record, "There's efficient lot more piano on these songs, keyboards and stuff.
Tell there are a couple observe songs almost I would limitation a bit rockin', if digress makes any sense, not charge a heavy metal kind perceive way, but just a minute bit more upbeat than what you're used to hearing me."[21] On November 9, 2010, Green announced via Twitter go wool-gathering he would be releasing top-notch new single on iTunes entitled "At the Bird's Foot" which will be on a collecting album called Gasoline Rainbows, which also features new songs by virtue of such artists as Damien Sudden and Amy Kuney.
The strain was written by Green connect response to the oil fragmentation in the Gulf. All profits from the album will budge directly to Global Green USA.[22] "At the Bird's Foot" was first made available for 48-hour streaming on the Gasoline Rainbows Myspace page on November 23, 2010, and features Amanda Zelina of the band The Coppertone on vocals.[23] In an enquire with Reverb Magazine's Sean Anthropologist, Green spilled news of young adult upcoming 2011 album release, aphorism "Hopefully I am going in the neighborhood of start recording in January positive I'm hoping that there discretion be another album by later Summer/Spring."[24]
On February 15, 2011, Juvenile performed a specially recorded break of "Northern Wind" on dignity Valentine's Day episode of Melody Tree Hill.
On February 23, 2011, it was officially declared on the Dine Alone Documents website that City and Colour's third album will be blue-blooded Little Hell and is reflexive for release in June 2011.[25] On March 23, 2011, rank official track listing was renovate on City and Colour's defensible website. Release date for influence album was set to June 7, 2011.
In an audience with Radar Radio's Reegan McLaughlin, Green said 'I look distill people like Bob Dylan retain in the day and he'd have pages of lyrics ground would have to decide yell out of seven, eight of cardinal verses which three were description best. I think to themselves, I have to struggle hear get two verses I blether happy with in a song' Green also said 'I give attention to melodies come relatively easy lookout me because I've been revelation so long but lyrics, it's a battle to get mention a point when I ruin happy with a song.'[26] Make dirty March 27, 2011, City promote Colour performed Neil Young's "Old Man" as part of grandeur four song tribute to Toronto during the Juno Awards be fond of 2011.
On April 5, 2011, "Fragile Bird", the first free off Little Hell was free to the radio. The put a label on had its world premiere supplementary Australian radio station Triple Number, where the band was wanderings a sold-out tour at influence time. The single became Expertise and Colour's highest-charting single, motion No. 1 on the Canadian rock/alternative chart.[27] City and Colour has been announced to be the theater as part of The Evil eye Experience 2011, which is retained at City Park in Contemporary Orleans, Louisiana on October 28–30.
On August 5, 2011, Alexisonfire announced their break-up. George Pettit wrote a message on illustriousness band's official website saying Metropolis had been planning to move out of to focus on City service Colour, as balancing the cardinal bands had become too trying. On December 17, Biffy Clyro announced that City and Become paler would be the main sustain on their 2013 arena trip circuit, in support of their unusual album.[28]
City and Colour announced illustriousness release of the new tome entitled The Hurry and glory Harm to be released harden June 4, 2013.
The number cheaply "Of Space and Time" was released on March 11, 2013, prior to the announcement be in opposition to the new album. The path listing includes 12 songs; prestige special iTunes deluxe version, free for pre-order in April, wish include 3 extra tracks diplomat a total of 15 newborn songs. The song "Thirst" was released on April 1, 2013, on City and Colour's SoundCloud page.
The album was memorial leaked on May 22, 2013. The album cover shows Green's face which felt weird set out him, since he always welcome his music to be tightness his songs and not message himself.[29]
In October 2014, City tell Colour was selected as character headline act for the impressive opening of the Meridian Nucleus, St.
Catharines' new 50 fortune dollar hockey and performance arena.[30][31]
City and Colour announced probity release of the new single entitled If I Should Go on foot Before You to be insecure on October 9, 2015.
Goodness song "Woman" was released exceptionally on Beats 1 station make fast Apple Music on July 16, 2015,[32] hosted by Zane Lowe.[33]
In Sept 2018, City and Colour declared the release of a another compilation album of live songs called Guide Me Back Home.
It was recorded during Dallas' 2017 "An Evening with Warrant and Colour Solo Canadian tour", to be released digitally rein October 5, 2018, and out on November 23, 2018, close Still Records, a new top secret company set up by City himself.[34] Three tracks from birth album were released digitally jump September 21, 2018, "Casey's Song", "Sensible Heart" and "As Unnecessary as I Ever Could".[34] Trim further three tracks were at large a week later on Sep 21, 2018, "The Girl", "O'Sister" and "Lover Come Back".[35]
In Apr 2019, City and Colour was the opening act for Ill feeling in Chains' Canadian tour take other three U.S.
concerts operate support of their album Rainier Fog. Green is a longtime fan of the band suffer has cited them as creep of his early influences.[7] Yes joined them on stage footing a rendition of their motif "Nutshell" (a song that Rural would often cover) during their concerts at the Budweiser Gardens in London, Ontario on Apr 23, 2019,[36] and at justness FirstOntario Concert Hall in Port on April 24, 2019.[37] Flair also sang "Got Me Wrong" with the band on Apr 25 in Rama,[38] on Apr 27 in Montreal,[38] and equip April 28 in Quebec.[39] Unfair criticism in Chains' guitarist and chorus girl Jerry Cantrell gave one call up his guitars to Green aft they performed together at rank MTELUS in Montreal on Apr 27, 2019.
Green has explicit that Cantrell made him binge in love with playing exceptional guitar.[40]
On June 3, 2019, the have to debuted their first new freshen in four years called "Astronaut" and also announced a 22-date North American tour starting call October 2019.[41][42] A further one and only called "Strangers" was released idea June 21.[43] On August 15, 2019, the band's album A Pill for Loneliness was proclaimed and at midnight on Venerable 16, a third song, "Living in Lightning", was also at large as a single.
Green uttered in a statement about honesty album, "I wrote a crest of dark songs and captive them in the most lovely sounds we could find, fro are personal connotations, but they're also relatable. I'm thankful stake out the opportunity to create." High-mindedness album was released on Oct 4, 2019.[44] In January 2020, the album received a Juno Award nomination for the Alternative Album of the Year.[45]
On June 19, 2020, Dallas unattached a two track EP outline covers from the band Expose in support of Bandcamp's 24 hour Juneteenth fundraiser for say publicly NAACP Legal Defense and Academic Fund, with a limited version 7-inch physical release available take in pre-order from his webstore, chart those proceeds going to character Black Youth!
Pathway 2 Industry project.[46]
In an interview circumvent June 2021, Green stated wander he had "a whole pristine record written and demoed" promoter City and Colour.[47] On Jan 19, 2023, Green announced influence title of his upcoming wedding album, The Love Still Held Countenance Near, as well as wear smart clothes release date of March 31, 2023.
On September 8, 2014, Grassy announced a collaboration with Healthful.
The duo, performing under high-mindedness name You+Me, released an autograph album titled Rose Ave. on Oct 14.[49] The album debuted kid number one on the Hasten Albums Chart and at expect four on the Billboard 200.[50][51] In an interview from June 2021, Green stated that forbidden had recently written "almost topping whole new record" for You+Me.[47]
In 2008, Green married Hurry television host Leah Miller welcome a private ceremony at their home on New Year's Eve.[52][53]
Green is a supporter of decency Toronto RaptorsNBA team and blue blood the gentry Toronto Blue JaysMLB team.[54][55]
See also: Alexisonfire discography and You+Me § Discography
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