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The members of Yellowcard began the search for a new bass player and chose Alex Lewis, whose sister, Alieke Wijnveldt, contributed vocals to the Ocean Avenue track "View from Heaven". After Lewis joined, the band filmed an unreleased music video for the song "Powder".
Mar 22, 2011 · Ryan Mendez, Sean O’Donnel – our new bass player – and I were writing a record together and we were planning to maybe put it on an LP. Over those 2 years I was actively working with Sean – this is how he came to be in the band – we had been friends for years.
- What’s the first piece of music that you bought for yourself, and what was the medium? Michael Jackson’s Bad on CD.
- What was the first concert you attended? New Kids on the Block and Boyz II Men at the Jacksonville Memorial Coliseum.
- What did your parents do for a living when you were a kid? My dad was general manager / vice president of a car dealership and my mom was a mom.
- Who made you realize you could be an artist full-time? My mom was a huge source of support for me as a kid and encouraged my creativity, but actually my high school theater teacher, Michael Higgins, made me realize I could be an artist.
Oct 30, 2023 · JA: It’s safe to assume as long-time professional musicians, you all kept working on music in some way or another during the band’s break. How did it feel channeling your creative energy back into Yellowcard for this new EP? SM: I actually didn’t play a lot of music when Yellowcard was idle.
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Feb 18, 2024 · With each song chosen by fans, Hammock pulls Yellowcard’s fast-paced guitar, bass, and drums, and remasters the songs to a softer dreamlike backing. Yellowcard is a longstanding band, their path has been full of twists and turns, and yet there is a final consensus: their cult fanbase will support them through it all.
Aug 11, 2023 · Yellowcard's Ryan Key reveals the secret history of 'Ocean Avenue' — and grapples with band's weird surge of popularity.
Jul 20, 2023 · As they celebrate its 20th anniversary, Yellowcard vocalist William Ryan Key joins us to talk through the making of their landmark album ‘Ocean Avenue’, performing it live in full and how revisiting it helped inspire latest EP ‘Childhood Eyes’. Read Yellowcard, ‘Ocean Avenue’ | The Album Story below:
