NASHVILLE |FROM: MARCEE RONDAN/KRISTINE ASHTON/MITCH SCHNEIDER
STAIND PREPARE FOR RELEASE OF
’14 SHADES OF GREY’
WITH FREE CONCERT DATES, IN-STORE APPEARANCES AND
MAY 21 PERFORMANCE ON THE TONIGHT SHOW;
“PRICE TO PLAY” SINGLE
DEBUTS IN TOP TEN AT THREE ROCK RADIO FORMATS
As the May 20 release date for their 14 SHADES OF GREY album draws near, STAIND will hit the road for their previously announced free concerts in four cities. To coincide with these concerts, the band will be making in-store appearances in these cities, generally on the same day as the free concerts.
STAIND will perform these free shows in Boston (May 15, Avalon Theatre), New York (May 17, Manhattan Centre), Los Angeles (May 20, Wiltern Theatre) and Chicago (May 23, House of Blues). The band’s in-store appearances in these cities are as follows:
Boston: May 15: Newbury Comics
New York area: May 17: CD World in Menlo Park, NJ
May 18: Best Buy in Westbury (LI)
Los Angeles: May 20: Tower Records on Sunset Blvd.
Chicago: May 23: Rolling Stone Records.
While in Los Angeles, STAIND will perform the album’s first single “Price To Play” on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno Wednesday, May 21. In its first week at radio, “Price To Play” debuted in the Top Ten at three radio formats (Modern Rock 10*, Active Rock 6* and Mainstream Rock 8*). This week, the song is #7 on the Modern Rock chart and #5 on the Active Rock chart.
14 SHADES OF GREY was produced by Josh Abraham and mixed by Andy Wallace, both of whom did the same honors for BREAK THE CYCLE, the band’s critically acclaimed breakthrough album that achieved quadruple platinum status in America.
With chart-topping international success, multi-platinum album sales and critical accolades, STAIND–singer AARON LEWIS, guitarist MIKE MUSHOK, bassist JOHNNY APRIL and drummer JON WYSOCKI–are leaving an indelible mark on the contemporary music scene. The band’s third album BREAK THE CYCLE (Flip/Elektra) became a certified global smash, fueled by the moody, introspective singles “It’s Been Awhile,” “Fade,” “For You” and “Epiphany.” Writing in the Los Angeles Times (6/30/01), Robert Hilburn praised the band’s “dark, pulverizing music,” further noting “Staind’s Aaron Lewis writes with a human, convincing edge.” STAIND’s introspective intensity was also displayed on their 2002 gold-certified DVD MTV Unplugged.
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