Spencer Chamberlain

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Name = Spencer Chamberlain


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Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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Instrument = Vocals
Guitar
Voice_type = Screaming
Genre = Metalcore
Post-Hardcore
CCM
Occupation = Vocalist
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Label = Tooth and Nail Records
Solid State
Associated_acts = This Runs Through
Underoath
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Spencer Chamberlain (born January 4, 1983) is the current lead singer of the Christian metalcore [cite web | url=http://www.hatesomethingbeautiful.com/chat/viewtopic.php?t=416 | title=We’re a Christian band. | author=Spencer Chamberlain | work=Hate Something Beautiful] [cite web | url=http://www.solidstaterecords.com/artist_bio.php?id=208&expand=1 | title=I feel like I want people to know we’re a Christian band. | author=Spencer Chamberlain | work=Solid State Records] band Underoath. Before fronting Underoath, Chamberlain was also the vocalist for the band This Runs Through in which his brother, Phil Chamberlain, was the drummer.

Background

Spencer Chamberlain was born in Chapel Hill, North Carolina,cite web| url= http://underoath777.com/profile.php?id=spencer | title= Profiles |publisher= Underoath| accessdate=2007-05-26] and raised in Greensboro, North Carolina, with his mother and older brother, Phil (also a musician as the drummer for Sullivan). As a child, Chamberlain's family had little money, something contributing to why he admits to have trouble spending money at the present time. Chamberlain's parents divorced when he was in elementary school at Greensboro Day School. Chamberlain also struggled with drug and alcohol abuse. He tells Alternative Press, "You know how some people have a good family or a girlfriend that's always there for them and never fails? That was [what] drugs [were] for me. That was my weakness." cite book |last= Staddonl |first= Tristan |title= Underoath |publisher= Alternative Press |year= 2006 |month= October] Chamberlain soon went on to Page High School. Shortly after graduating high school, he moved to Florida. He continued to struggle, until his step brother, a pastor, introduced him to Christianity. Although Chamberlain hadn't grown up in a tightly knit Christian home and avoided religion most of his childhood, he claims it is half of what saved him, the other being music. He admits to often slip back into his addiction but always is taking steps to move forward. Chamberlain said that Underoath's album "Define the Great Line" is for the most part, about that struggle and having hope.

Chamberlain owns a purebred Neapolitan Mastiff, named Leroy, that he guesses is his most expensive investment, which cost him an estimated $2,000. He also has an English Mastiff named Gus. Rumors that Chamberlain is married have been proven untrue by his band mates in a recent interview. He was featured in an online game called "Warped Tour Massacre Fighting Game". [http://fuse.tv/warped/game/index.php]

Music

In late 2003, former lead vocalist of Underoath, Dallas Taylor (currently the vocalist for Maylene and the Sons of Disaster), left the band. Later in October of that same year at the CMJ Fest, Chamberlain took the stage as the new lead vocalist. During the early months of 2004, the band recorded their first album with Chamberlain and their second record for Solid State Records. [cite web
url=http://www.artistopia.com/underoath |title=Underoath Bio|publisher=Artistopia|accessdate=2006-09-12]

Since Chamberlain joined Underoath, they have released three records, "They're Only Chasing Safety" (2004), "Define the Great Line" (2006), and "Lost in the Sound of Separation" (2008). When Define the Great Line was released on June 20, 2006, it sold 98,001 copies within its first week and debuted on the Billboard 200 Chart at #2 [cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.chartFormatGroupName=Albums&model.vnuArtistId=477820&model.vnuAlbumId=785760|title=Billboard Chart|publisher=Billboard Chart|accessdate=2006-09-12] . Chamberlain noted that his vocals on "Define The Great Line" sound less like himself imitating Dallas Taylor's vocals, but similar to the vocals of his previous band, This Runs Through. His evolved vocals came with the help of Melissa Cross, who coached Chamberlain and refined his "growl". Alternative Press noted, "his bellow [is] more carnal and guttural, [and] his high end more tuneful than whiny. Now when Chamberlain's relating those things that eat at the edges of his conscience and his soul, he has the kind of multi-faceted caterwaul to convey that despair." The article also comments on his songwriting, saying that it "reaches inward, confronting every ugly crevice of his being, often emerging from the clash furious and disoriented, but hopeful."

Discography

Spencer Chamberlain has appeared on the following albums:

* This Runs Through - Until Forever Finds Me (EP)(2003)
* Underoath - They're Only Chasing Safety (2004)
* Underoath - Define the Great Line (2006)
* Underoath - Lost in the Sound of Separation (2008)

References

External links

* [http://www.Underoath777.com Underoath Official Website]
* [http://underoath777.com/profile.php?id=spencer Chamberlian's Profile on Underoath Website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/underoath Underoath @ Myspace]