On December 6, 2011, Chevelle released Hats Off to the Bull , their sixth studio album. The album’s first single was titled ” Face to the Floor “, which reached No. 3 on Billboard’ s Rock songs chart. The album debuted at No. 20 on the Billboard charts and sold…
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In 2009, Chevelle entered a studio in Nashville , Tennessee with producer Brian Virtue . Sam Loeffler stated, “We have spent a lot of time making these songs something different from past records without losing the core of our passion. We are a hard rock, melodic band and it’s still…
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Corey Apar of AllMusic states that ” Vena Sera probably won’t disappoint fans, and it didn’t, if for the sole fact that it basically sounds just like Chevelle’s other albums”. He noted that the song “I Get It” “has a relatively lighter underbelly than the rest, which is a nice…
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On May 9, 2007, during a show in Fort Worth, Texas Chevelle’s trailer containing all of the band’s equipment was stolen from the hotel at which the members were staying. The band posted a notice saying, “Most items are labeled ‘Chevelle’ and if you notice anything suspicious on eBay or…
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In 2006, the band recorded their fourth studio album titled Vena Sera . The album was the first album Chevelle recorded with Bernardini. Vena Sera was released on April 3, 2007, debuting at No. 12 on the Billboard 200, and sold 62,000 copies during its first week of release. The…
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The band supported This Type of Thinking (Could Do Us In) with a headlining tour that included opening acts such as Taproot and Thirty Seconds to Mars , and continued playing small tours in 2005 with Geno Lenardo from the band Filter . In August 2005, the Loeffler brothers’ brother-in-law…
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In 2004, Sam Loeffler said, “It’s something that’s probably going to follow us around forever and that’s fine. It’s pretty simple. We originally signed with a record company that was backed by Word (a Christian label housing John Tesh and Amy Grant ), so [ Point #1 ] was in…
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This Type of Thinking (Could Do Us In) was recorded in early 2004 and was released on September 21, 2004. The album debuted at No. 8 on the Billboard 200, and was certified gold by the RIAA six weeks later. Johnny Loftus of AllMusic described the songs on the album…
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In 2003, Chevelle performed at Ozzfest , where the band recorded and later released its first live album , Live from the Road , and a live DVD , Live from the Norva on October 14, 2003. In 2003, the band was featured on the Music as a Weapon II…
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Chevelle toured as support to bands such as Sevendust , Machine Head , Filter , and Powerman 5000 in this period. Squint Entertainment closed down in 2001 and the band signed with Epic Records in 2002. In 2002 Chevelle released its second studio album Wonder What’s Next on Epic Records.…
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