Everything about Soil totally explained
Soil, often typeset as
SOiL, is a four piece rock band from Chicago, Illinois, United States, founded by Shaun Glass,Tom Schofield, Tim King, and Adam Zadel. In 1997 vocalist Ryan Mccombs joined the band. McCombs (currently of
Drowning Pool) later left in 2004 after the band departed from their label (
J Records), to be with his family. Mccombs was replaced with vocalist AJ Cavalier, also of Diesel Machine. In 2007 guitar player Shaun Glass left the band, claiming he'd focus his time on DIRGE. Soil remains a four-piece and announced that they're staying together as a band.
History
Soil was originally formed in 1997 by members of
death metal acts
Broken Hope and
Oppressor as a side project to their own bands. Soil's first three releases,
Soil (
EP),
El Chupacabra (
EP) and their debut album
Throttle Junkies, failed to break the band into the mainstream. It was around this time that all the members of Soil left their other bands to focus on Soil as their main project.
Soil's big break came when Pat Lynch of
Orlando rock radio station
WJRR, played the demo of "Halo" in heavy rotation. A
major label bidding war erupted, won out by
J Records (a division of
RCA Records). Music industry legend
Clive Davis, responsible for signing such acts as
Pink Floyd and
Bruce Springsteen, signed the band and stated that "you're gonna be my only rock band for now. You're going to be a priority, and I want to break this band".
The band gained moderate international success with their 2001 release
Scars. Their success was helped by singles such as "Halo" and "Unreal".
In 2004, the band parted company with J Records after their second major album
Redefine. Shortly after, vocalist
Ryan McCombs announced his departure from the group to be with his family.
New York-based vocalist
AJ Cavalier was introduced on
November 15,
2004 as McCombs' replacement.
On
July 20,
2005, McCombs was confirmed to be the new singer for
Drowning Pool.
On
September 21,
2005, Soil signed with New York-based
independent label DRT Entertainment. Their latest album
True Self was released on
May 2,
2006. The album leaked onto
P2P and
BitTorrent sites on
March 4, almost 2 months before its official release. It is unclear whether the label is still active.
They have released four albums, their most recent being
True Self which was released in
May 2 2006.
In November of 2007, Shaun Glass left the band.
In 2008 Soil will write new material for a forthcoming release.
Members
Former members
Ryan McCombs – Vocals (1997–2004) Currently of Drowning Pool.
Shaun Glass – Guitar (1997-2007) Currently of Dirge.
Discography
Albums
EPs
El Chupacabra (1998)
Soil (1997)
Singles
| Year |
Title |
US
Main. Rock |
| 2001 |
"Halo" |
22 |
| "Unreal" |
31 |
| 2004 |
"Redefine" |
11 |
| 2006 |
"Give It Up" |
- |
| 2007 |
"Let Go" |
- |
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