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| | Name = Christopher Lane Conley | |||
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| | Born = {{birth date and age|1980|2|29}} | |||
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| | Origin = ], ]<br />{{flagcountry|USA}} | |||
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| | Years_active = 1997 - Present | |||
| | Label = ]<br /> ]<br />] | |||
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| '''Christopher Lane Conley''' (born on ], ]) is an ] musician and songwriter/composer, and the lead-singer/rhythm guitarist of the band ]. As he is the only remaining original member as well as major artistic contributor, ] has been referred to as "essentially the Chris Conley show"<ref>(The Cavalier Daily)</ref>. | |||
| ==Background== | |||
| Conley was born and raised in ], ], and began playing the guitar when he was thirteen years old. He says that listening to ] and ] as a child made him interested in writing and playing music. The first song he ever learned on guitar was ] <ref name=Modernrock.com>{{cite web|url=http://reviews.modernrock.com/2316|title=Saves The Day : In Reverie|first=Modernrock.com|publisher=Modernrock.com|accessdate=2007-08-10}}</ref>. | |||
| Immediately after learning how to play the guitar, he formed a band with a group of classmates at ].<ref>, '']'', ], ]. Accessed ], ]. "Saves the Day - also Eben D'Amico, bass; David Soloway, guitar; and Pete Parada, drums - was formed in the halls of the Princeton Day School high school in the mid-1990s."</ref> The band was originally titled Indifference, but later renamed the band Sefler. Conley has cited some of his early influences as ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ] and ]<ref> (The Cavalier Daily)</ref>. | |||
| Sefler was originally composed of Chris Conley, Bryan Newman and Justin Gaylord. They recorded a 3-track ] entitled "13 Hours of Everything" one afternoon in a friend's basement. They then recorded a nine-track demo at Trax East Studio in New Jersey. While recording, a friend of the band (and later bassist), Sean McGrath, suggested that they change their name to ], which they did. | |||
| ==Saves the Day== | |||
| Saves the Day signed to ] and recorded their first album ], which was released in 1998 during their first US tour alongside bands ] and Countervail. Lyrically the album included idealistic dreams, feeling inadequate, honesty and unhappiness, which reflected Conley's life at the time. The style of music is often considered very similar to that of the band Lifetime<ref name=equalvision>{{cite web|url=http://www.equalvision.com/artists/show/60|title=Saves The Day : Equal Vision Records|first=MacKenzie|last=Wilson|publisher=Equal Vision Records|accessdate=2007-08-10}}</ref>. | |||
| In 1999 the band released their second album '']''. With this album, Conley's lyrics started becoming morbid and corporeal, and the style of music changed into a more ] sound. | |||
| At age 19/20 he started listening to ] and has cited them as the main influence for '']'' <ref> (The Cavalier Daily)</ref>. | |||
| Conley with Saves the Day have released 4 other albums, lyrically are all considered similar except for ''In Reverie'', which is a more positive album. This is largely due to the fact that there was no turmoil in Conley's life at the time, therefore there wasn't much to vent about as he recalls.<ref>(Aversion Magazine)</ref>. This lack of turmoil impacted upon Conley's songwriting ultimately resulting in them being released from their major label Dreamworks. In April 2006, Conley made comment in Rolling Stone magazine that Saves the Day's last release ], is "about the black clouds inside my mind, It was these intense fears and paranoia and diluted thoughts that were eating me alive. It was utter insanity." in regards to the failure of ] and subsequent release from Dreamworks<ref> (Rolling Stone)</ref>. | |||
| ==Solo career== | |||
| Recently Conley has been recording and touring as a solo artist <ref></ref>,<ref></ref>, often releasing demo songs via ]<ref></ref>. He has also been involved in music production, working as a sound engineer and producer on releases by ] and ].<ref></ref> | |||
| ===Crohn's disease=== | |||
| Conley suffers from ] and is active in bring awareness to the disease<ref></ref>,<ref></ref>. The Saves the Day song "Where are you" was penned highlighting his struggle living with the disease "I have a stomach disorder called Crohn's disease and it was getting really bad when we were getting ready to tour with Weezer. I had to take steroids, which disturbs your emotional state and balance; your equilibrium is thrown off and it makes the lows lower. I happened to be going through a sad period. The overall theme is about taking everything in, the depression, confusion and anxiety, but also the incredible highs."<ref></ref> | |||
| ==Discography (Conley as primary composer)== | |||
| *'']'' (]) on ] | |||
| *'']'' (]) on ] | |||
| *'']'' (]) self-released | |||
| *'']'' (1999) on ] | |||
| *'']'' (]) on ] | |||
| *'']'' (]) on ] | |||
| *'']'' (2004) | |||
| *'']'' (tour exclusive) (]) | |||
| *'']'' (]) on ] | |||
| *'']'' (''tba'' ]) on ] | |||
| ==Compilations featuring Conley's compositions== | |||
| *'']'' on ], ], ] (]) (features "The Art of Misplacing Firearms") | |||
| *'']'' (]) (features "Shoulder to the Wheel") | |||
| *'']'' (]) (features cover of ] "Clash City Rockers") | |||
| *'']'' (]) (features "Always Ten Feet Tall") | |||
| *'']'' (]) (features "Holly Hox, Forget Me Nots") | |||
| *'']'' (]) (features "A Drag in D Flat") | |||
| *'']'' (]) (features "At Your Funeral") | |||
| *'']'' (]) (features "Nightingale") | |||
| *'']'' (]) (features "At Your Funeral") | |||
| *'']'' (]) (features "A Drag in D Flat") | |||
| *'']'' (]) (features "When It Isn't Like It Should Be") | |||
| *'']'' (]) (features "Don't Go Outside") | |||
| *'']'' (]) (features cover of ] "]") | |||
| *'']'' (]) (features "The End") | |||
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