Acceptance (band)

Acceptance
Background information
Origin Seattle, Washington, United States
Genres Alternative rock, Pop punk
Years active 1998–2006, 2015–Present
Labels The Militia Group, Sony Music, Columbia Records
Associated acts Anberlin, The Divorce, Search/Rescue, Wild Orchid Children, Kay Kay and His Weathered Underground, Thunder Thunder, The Spill Canvas, Hangnail
Website http://acceptanceband.com/
Members Jason Vena
Christian McAlhaney
Kaylan Cloyd
Ryan Zwiefelhofer
Nick Radovanovic
Garrett Lunceford
Past members Peter Pizzuto
Bryan Chalk

Acceptance is an American alternative rock band from Seattle, Washington, formed in 1998. They released their first EP, Lost for Words, in 2000, followed by Black Lines to Battlefields in 2003 (this EP was also re-released with live bonus tracks). Their only album, Phantoms, was released in 2005.

On January 26, 2015, it was announced that Acceptance had reunited. The band consists of Jason, Christian, Kaylan, Garrett, Ryan, and Nick. They released their first song in over ten years called "Take You Away" on May 8, 2015.

History

The band toured nationally and shared stages with the likes of The Juliana Theory, Anberlin, Finch, Further Seems Forever, and Seether as well as performing successfully on the Warped Tour and Cornerstone Festival. When the band's debut record, Lost for Words came out on Seattle indie, Rocketstar Records, and quickly approached the 5000 sales mark, the industry at large began taking notice. When the band recorded a new 5-song demo with Aaron Sprinkle, this industry interest turned into serious courting by several major labels. After putting a professional management team in place to help determine the band's course of action, the band signed to Sony owned, Columbia records, who then released the Black Lines To Battlefields EP (produced by Aaron Sprinkle) through The Militia Group who had been a long-time supporter of the band and was distributed through Sony owned Red Distribution at the time.

In 2003, drummer Garret Lunceford came out to the group as gay and parted ways with the band several weeks later. Lunceford stated that he was kicked out of the group. Other band members state that he was never kicked out and that he left of his own decision, after a resulting breakdown in communication. At the tail end of 2014, Lunceford and his former band mates made amends, putting issues of the past behind them. He has since rejoined the group for the reunion and foreseeable future.

Acceptance later released their debut album Phantoms on Columbia Records in 2005, again produced by Aaron Sprinkle. The album was one of many included in the Sony rootkit controversy due to its inclusion of the Extended Copy Protection software.

Acceptance broke up in the summer of 2006. Former guitarist Christian McAlhaney posted the following message on their site:

You see, there comes a time in a band member’s life where he must choose between the abnormal life of a gypsy rock musician and the normal life of the common man. Jason, our beloved lead singer, has chosen the latter and decided to take on the yoke of the common man. HOWEVER, the rest of us do not share in this desire for normalcy and have decided to continue in our pursuit of rock stardom. You should all be expecting to hear a new kick ace rocking project from Nick, Kyle, and I, as well as a new project from Kaylan and a bunch of secret people that I can't talk about right now.[1]

At the time of the band's breakup, they had already written and demoed songs for a new album. As a "going away" for fans, the band put the demo for "Not Afraid" up on their Myspace page for download.

On January 26, 2015, it was announced that Acceptance would be reuniting at Skate & Surf 2015 in Asbury Park, New Jersey.[2] Since the announcement of their reunion, the band has released a brand new song entitled Take You Away, making it their first single to be released since their 2006 breakup.

Post-breakup

Just wanted to say hi to everyone and to let you know im throwing up an old acceptance demo we made a while ago titled "desperate". this was during our writing sessions for which was supposed to be our newest record. most of you know we never made it that far. again, this is just a rough demo so bear with the quality. hope you guys like it. take care everyone and thanks for all this support. nickrad

Original Lineup/Founding Members

Final lineup

Reunited Lineup

Discography

Studio albums

References

  1. ↑ "Break-ups: Acceptance (1998-2006)". punknews.org. August 2, 2006. Retrieved June 19, 2014.
  2. ↑ http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=3716768
  3. ↑ "Tooth And Nail Podcast". June 19, 2010. Retrieved June 19, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Search/Rescue's Complex Album Details". absolutepunk.net. November 13, 2007. Retrieved June 19, 2014.

External links

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