Adema
- This article is for the band. For other uses, see Adema (disambiguation).
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Adema is a gold-selling five-piece rock band from Bakersfield, California.
History
Formed in 1998, Adema began with Mark Chavez, Mike Ransom, Mike Montano, Tim Fluckey and Kris Kohls. In 1999, Montano left the band and Dave DeRoo, the band's current bassist, took his place. Adema was the subject of a major label bidding war, eventually won by Arista Records [1]. The band released their first album, the self-titled Adema, in the United States on August 21, 2001. The first two singles from the album, "Giving In" and "The Way You Like It", helped it sell over 600,000 copies. Following the album's initial success, the band was part of the Ozzfest Tour in 2002 – featured on the Main Stage.
The band followed up its self-titled debut with two albums that met with limited success. Insomniac's Dream (2002), an EP, sold only about 50,000 copies, but Unstable (2003) despite popular belief, sold roughly 200,000. This was confirmed on the band's myspace profile. Following the release of Unstable, the band lost guitarist Mike Ransom, and the band itself left Arista shortly before the record company was dissolved into J Records.
The band's former lead singer, Mark Chavez, is the half-brother of Korn's Jonathan Davis. When the band was launched, many criticized it for leaning on this relationship to gain attention. In September 2004, Chavez had a falling-out with the band and quit his duties as lead singer. He currently is the lead singer for Midnight Panic, which also features Montano.
Adema released their third full-length album, Planets, in the United States on April 5, 2005, through Earache Records. The album featured a new vocalist following Chavez's departure, Luke Caraccioli , who formerly sang in the band Rewind Yesterday. The album's first single, "Tornado," was released in March 2005. The second single, the title track, was released in September 2005. Although it didn't match the band's debut album' sales, the sales for Planets were much higher than the band's previous two releases selling 500,000 copies.
On October 25, 2005, Caraccioli informed the band that he would no longer continue to sing for them, leaving on his own accord. According to bassist Dave DeRoo, however, Luke had planned to leave the band long before his departure was announced, leaving the band feeling betrayed. For several days after Caraccioli left the band, he and DeRoo engaged in a heated debate as to why Caraccioli left the band on an unofficial message board dedicated to the band. It was during this time that Adema caught up with former vocalist Mark Chavez and, according to DeRoo, the band and Chavez are on good terms once again. The two parties even were involved in talks about possibly reuniting with Chavez as their lead singer and even wrote and performed a few songs for a brief period, although nothing more ever resulted from these events.
On March 10, 2006, Adema announced on their MySpace blog that they hired Bobby Reeves, frontman for Los Angeles band "LEVEL", as their new singer, as was previously rumored. On August 1, 2006, Former "LEVEL" guitarist Ed Faris was also announced as being in the band, becoming the new second guitarist of Adema.
In a recent interview with vocalist Reeves, it was confirmed that Adema had signed with Immortal Records, and will release their yet untitled fourth album in June. In live performances, Reeves is also performing previous Adema songs originally sang by Chavez and Caraccioli. Tours for Adema will be starting soon with the US followed by Europe.
Currently, a new demo entitled "Somethin' Better" can be heard on the band's PureVolume website. The demo is the first recording released to the public since Reeves and Faris joined the band. A clip featuring three new song demos, "Human Nature", "Out Alive" and "Los Angeles", can also be heard on the band's Myspace. Adema began shooting the music video for "Human Nature" on September 1 in Hollywood.
Band members
Current
- Bobby Reeves – Lead Vocals (2006-Present)
- Tim Fluckey – Guitar (1998-Present)
- Ed Faris – Guitar (2006-Present)
- Dave DeRoo – Bass (1999-Present)
- Kris Kohls – Drums (1998-Present)
Former
- Mark Chavez – Lead Vocals (1998-2004)
- Luke Caraccioli - Lead Vocals (2004-2005)
- Mike Ransom - Guitar (1998-2003)
- Mike Montano – Bass (1998-1999)
Discography
Albums and EPs
| Album cover | Album information |
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| Adema | |
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Insomniac's Dream EP
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Unstable
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Planets
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Untitled 4th studio album
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Singles
| Year | Song | US Hot 100 | U.S. Modern Rock | U.S. Mainstream Rock | Album |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | "Giving In" | - | 14 | 16 | Adema |
| 2002 | "The Way You Like It" | - | 15 | 21 | Adema |
| 2002 | "Freaking Out" | - | 36 | 25 | Adema |
| 2002 | "Immortal" | - | - | - | Insomniac's Dream |
| 2003 | "Unstable" | - | 38 | 25 | Unstable |
| 2003 | "Promises" | - | - | - | Unstable |
| 2005 | "Tornado" | - | - | - | Planets |
| 2005 | "Planets" | - | - | - | Planets |
Music videos
- "Giving In"
- "The Way You Like It"
- "Immortal" (Video is also featured in the Midway Video Game Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance)
- "Unstable"
- "Tornado"
- "Planets"
- "Human Nature" (yet to be released, Adema began shooting the music video on September 1st 2006 in Hollywood)