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 Dead by Sunrise performing atSonisphere Festival UK as part of the Linkin Park encore in 2009 | |
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| Origin | Los Angeles,California, U.S. |
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| Labels | Warner Bros. |
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Dead by Sunrise (formerly known asSnow White Tan) was an Americanrocksupergroup formed inLos Angeles,California in 2005 by vocalistChester Bennington who was best known as the lead vocalist ofLinkin Park. The band also consisted ofAmir Derakh,Ryan Shuck, Brandon Belsky, Elias Andra, and Anthony "Fu" Valcic fromJulien-K andOrgy. Dead by Sunrise's debut studio album,Out of Ashes, was released worldwide on October 13, 2009.
Dead by Sunrise started to form in 2005 while Chester Bennington was writing songs for Linkin Park's albumMinutes to Midnight.[1] According to Bennington, "I came up with a few songs that felt and sounded really good, but I knew they weren't right stylistically forLinkin Park. They were darker and moodier than anything I'd come up with for the band. So I decided to work on them on my own rather than turn them over and have them transformed into Linkin Park tracks."[2] However, the foundation for Dead by Sunrise was laid much earlier, when future bandmate Shuck met Bennington during the recording of Linkin Park's first albumHybrid Theory. In an interview, Shuck states that "I always used to go to his house and hear him play acoustic guitar. And I always thought to myself, 'Oh my God, these are such good songs.'"
The band's name, which was previously "Snow White Tan", reflects the time during the album's recording. In an interview, Bennington stated that:
I came up with the band name because in the beginnings of making this album, I was partying ... we'll call it partying. It wasn't much fun, but we partied a lot. And there was a lot of times where I was kind of in a really self-destructive place, and sometimes it felt like you weren't sure if you were going to make it to the next day. The name kind of evolved from that lifestyle, and the title of the record, Out of Ashes, is kind of coming out of that self-destructive path I was on, and rising from the ashes, so to speak.[3]
On May 10, 2008, Dead by Sunrise performed three songs ("Walking in Circles", "Morning After", and "My Suffering") at the 13th anniversary party for Club Tattoo inTempe,Arizona. The song titled "Morning After" was written by Chester Bennington and originally performed on September 12, 2001, at the Live in Berlin concert.[4][5] Bennington also performedMorning After with his cover band entitledBucket Of Weenies in many shows throughout 2005 and 2006. This was the first time that Bennington had "officially" performed the song under a new name—Dead by Sunrise. In addition, this band toured with Linkin Park in Europe, Japan, and America. In an interview with MTV, Bennington stated that "we're actually going to be jumping in the middle of Linkin Park's set, playing a few songs, then jumping out and letting LP finish out the set."[3] During their debut European tour the band took time out to send a message to the German Armed Forces.[6][7]
Recording of the band's debut album began in July 2008 after touring for Linkin Park had finished.[8][9] Working simultaneously on his solo album and Linkin Park's next record, Bennington recordedOut of Ashes with producerHoward Benson and bandmates from Julien-K.[3] Bennington wrote most of the songs on anacoustic guitar before working with his band to reshape the track into hard rock, a ballad, or even removing all rock influence and creating a synth-driven track.[3] Linkin Park bandmateMike Shinoda confirmed thatOut of Ashes is "much more of a rock album [than Linkin Park's albums]."[10] Also of note, Bennington participated in all aspects of creating the record, including programming and production.[11]Out of Ashes was described asgrunge,[12]pop rock,[12] andpunk rock[13] by critics.
Videos were filmed for "Crawl Back In" (September 8, 2009)[14] and "Let Down" with the songs serving as the album's first two singles. "Crawl Back In" reached the 11th spot on the Mainstream Rock chart.[15]
In a 2009 interview withBillboard, Bennington said that "This isn't a one-time thing for us. Every five years or so I could imagine there'd be a Dead By Sunrise record."[16] Despite this, in 2010, he stated there was a small chance a new album may be created. The frontman also noted that because of Linkin Park's new direction "it becomes very difficult to choose where the songs that he writes will go."[17]
On November 4, 2011, Bennington's wife, Talinda, revealed that Dead by Sunrise will perform at the 2011 Stars of the Season Gala event, which focused on raising donations for pediatric rehabilitation.[18][19]
On April 20, 2012, during aLove and Death concert played at an event byThe Whosoevers, Elias Andra announced that in December 2011 he had left the band.[20] Later that year the band replaced Andra withFrank Zummo fromStreet Drum Corps.[21] The band had been inactive since this time.[citation needed]
On July 20, 2017, lead vocalistChester Bennington died by suicide in his home in California. The band made an official statement on their Facebook page on July 29.[22] Band members Ryan Shuck and Amir Derakh along with Grey Daze member Mace Beyers were united to perform a tribute for Bennington in an acoustic concert on September 2 inLas Vegas.[23]
They later took part in Linkin Park'smemorial concert forChester Bennington on October 27, 2017. They performed "One Step Closer" alongsideKorn vocalistJonathan Davis.[24]
In September 2018,Julien-K performed the One More Light 2 memorial in Milan Italy to honor Chester Bennington with a massive number of Italian fans. They performed as Julien-K and ended the set as Dead By Sunrise along with Italian guest singers.
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||||||
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| US [25] | US Alt. [26] | US Rock [27] | AUT [28] | FRA [29] | GER [30] | JPN [31] | NLD [32] | SWI [33] | UK [34] | ||
| Out of Ashes |
| 29 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 109 | 5 | 16 | 82 | 18 | 74 |
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| US Adult [35] | US Alt. [36] | US Main. Rock [37] | US Rock [38] | GER [39] | JPN [40] | |||||||||
| "Crawl Back In" | 2009 | — | 23 | 11 | 22 | 66 | — | Out of Ashes | ||||||
| "Let Down"[41] | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Fire"[42] | — | — | — | — | — | 47 | ||||||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |
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| US Adult [35] | US Main. Rock [37] | |||
| "My Suffering" | 2009 | — | — | Out of Ashes |
| "Inside of Me" | 2010 | — | 40 | |
| "Too Late" | 39 | — | ||
| Title | Year | Director(s) |
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| "Crawl Back In" | 2009 | P. R. Brown |
| "Let Down" (Live) | —[43] | |
| "Let Down" | P. R. Brown | |
| "Fire" | 2010 | — |
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