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Egypt Central | |
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 Egypt Central performing in 2008 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. |
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| Years active |
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| Labels | Lava,Atlantic,Bieler Bros. Records, Fat Lady Music, A Window In |
| Members | John Falls Blake Allison Joey Chicago |
| Past members | Michael Spann Stephen "Worm" Williams Jeff James Chris D'Abaldo Heath Hindman Don Wray Josie Cummings |
| Website | www |
Egypt Central is an Americanalternative metal band from Memphis, Tennessee.
Egypt Central was formed on October 2, 2002. Based in Memphis and named after one of its roads. They wrote and recorded for one year until generating a buzz in their hometown of Memphis, Tennessee. After eight shows, they caught the attention of formerLava RecordsCEOJason Flom. Flom offered the band arecord deal after seeing their live performances. Egypt Central'sself-titled debut album was recorded with producerJosh Abraham inLos Angeles. It experienced many delays, eventually being released by Fat Lady Music on January 15, 2008. Twosingles were released to promote the album: "You Make Me Sick" and "Taking You Down". These two tracks also ended up being on the soundtrack of the video gameWWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009. They have performed with bands likeDisturbed,Seether,Sevendust,Hurt,Red,In This Moment, and many others.
There is rumored to be an entire second album which never got released due to legal issues with their record label. Two songs meant for this album, "Hate" and "California Dreams" (later reworked as "Citizen Radio" and released on theMurder in the French Quarter: Rare & Unreleased EP), were performed live while on tour in 2008.
Egypt Central completed work on their second studio album, entitledWhite Rabbit, in December 2010 with producerSkidd Mills and released it on May 31, 2011. The album received many positive reviews from many sources.[1][2] The album's title track was released as the first single on March 1, 2011.[3] The band toured from March–May on the Tour of the American Dream tour withCold andKopek.[4] The band toured on their Down the Hole headlining tour with Abused Romance and Candlelight Red in June and withBurn Halo andRed Line Chemistry in July.[5] In addition to several festival appearances, the band toured briefly withHinder,Saving Abel, andAdelitas Way in August. The band supportedPop Evil on a number of shows in September followed by a supporting leg of shows withHinder andThe Red Jumpsuit Apparatus in October. The band opened for Staind at the Q103 Thanksgiving Hangover, November 26 at the Washington Avenue Armory in Albany New York. They then joined Puddle of Mudd and Pop Evil on December 9 for the 105.7 The X (WIXO) Nutcracker Eleven at the Expo Gardens in Peoria.
On December 3, 2012, after being inactive for a year, bassist Joey Chicago announced through a letter onFacebook that both vocalist John Falls and guitarist Jeff James would not be continuing on with the band, thus bringing an end to Egypt Central.
In 2014 a post was made to the band's Facebook page, announcing a new EP of previously unreleased songs titledMurder in the French Quarter, that was set for release on August 19, 2014.[6][7]
On April 1, 2019, a mysterious teaser video appeared on the band's Facebook page. The teaser appears to feature new music along with a cryptic06 06 19 message. The video was re-posted on May 6, 2019. On June 6, 2019, Egypt Central released "Raise the Gates" as a new single confirming a reunion.[8] On June 18, 2019, another cryptic teaser appeared on both Facebook and Instagram with a new date07 05 19.[9]On July 5, 2019, Egypt Central released "Dead Machine" on their YouTube channel.[10] On April 13, 2020, Egypt Central released a new single "Over Soon" on all platforms.[11]October 20, 2020, the band announced on their Instagram page the release of a new single "Hunted" set for November 20.[12] Another single, "Let Me Out", was released digitally on April 30, 2021. An EP titledBurn With You was released on July 9, 2021.[13] On December 5, 2021, the band released a new single, Beautiful Misery with rapper Mikes Dead. On February 22, 2022, the band announced a new single called No Place Like home with a date on their YouTube channel 3-10-22.
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||
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| US | US Heat. [14] | US Ind. [14] | ||
| 2008 | Egypt Central
| — | 8 | 37 |
| 2011 | White Rabbit
| 78 | — | 12 |
| "—" denotes a release that did not chart. | ||||
| Year | Album details |
|---|---|
| 2014 | Murder in the French Quarter: Rare & Unreleased
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| 2021 | Burn With You
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| Year | Song | Peak chart positions | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Main. | US Rock | |||
| 2007 | "You Make Me Sick" | 21 | — | Egypt Central |
| 2008 | "Taking You Down" | 37 | — | |
| 2011 | "White Rabbit" | 17 | 41 | White Rabbit |
| "Kick Ass" | 23 | — | ||
| 2012 | "Enemy Inside" | — | — | |
| 2019 | "Raise the Gates" | — | — | Burn With You |
| "Dead Machine" | — | — | ||
| 2020 | "Over Soon" | — | — | |
| "Hunted" | — | — | ||
| 2021 | "Let Me Out" | — | — | |
| "Burn With You" | — | — | ||
| 2022 | "Beautiful Misery" | — | — | |
| "No Place Like Home" | — | — | ||
| Year | Song | Ref. |
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| 2008 | "You Make Me Sick" | [15] |
| 2011 | "White Rabbit" | [16] |
| "Kick Ass" (Live) | [17] |
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