Acceptance (band)

Infobox musical artist
Name = Acceptance


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Origin = Seattle, Washington, United States
Genre = Alternative rock
Years_active = 1998 – 2006
Label = The Militia Group
Sony Music
Columbia Records
Associated_acts = Anberlin
The Divorce
Search/Rescue
Wild Orchid Children
Kay Kay and His Weathered Underground
Thunder Thunder
URL = [http://www.acceptancerock.com/ Official Site]
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Past_members = Peter Pizzuto
Jason Vena
Christian McAlhaney
Kaylan Cloyd
Ryan Zwiefelhofer
Nick Radovanovic
Garrett Lunceford Christopher Camp

Acceptance was an alternative rock band from Seattle, Washington, formed in 1998, but only industrially active from 2002 onwards. Having released their first and only album in 2005, "Phantoms", they officially broke up in 2006.

History

The band toured nationally and shared stages with the likes of The Juliana Theory, Finch, Further Seems Forever, and Seether as well as performing successfully on the Warped Tour and Cornerstone Festival. When the band's debut record, "Lost For Words" came out on Seattle indie, Rocketstar Records, and quickly approached the 5000 sales mark, the industry at large began taking notice. When the band recorded a new 5-song demo with Aaron Sprinkle, this industry interest turned into serious courting by several major labels.Fact|date=January 2008 After putting a professional management team in place to help determine the band's course of action, the band made the decision to release the "Black Lines To Battlefields" EP on The Militia Group who had been a long-time supporter of the band.

Acceptance later signed to Columbia Records and released their debut album "Phantoms" in 2005, again produced by Aaron Sprinkle. The album was one of many included in the Sony rootkit controversy due to its inclusion of the Extended Copy Protection software.

Acceptance broke up in the summer of 2006. Christian posted the following message on their site:

At the time of the band's breakup, they had already written and demoed songs for a new album. As a "going away present" for fans, the band put the demo for "Not Afraid" up on their [http://www.myspace.com/acceptance Myspace page] for download.

Post breakup

* Kaylan Cloyd has joined Ryan Van Wieringen and Bobby Darling of Gatsbys American Dream to form Search/Rescue. The band will be releasing their debut album, titled "The Compound", in Japan in late 2007 with a possible US release to follow in early 2008. [ [http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=277938 Search/Rescue album details.] Absolutepunk.net. November 13, 2007.]
* Christian McAlhaney currently plays guitar in Anberlin.
* Nick Radovanovic, Christian McAlhaney, and Kyle Flynn started a band called [http://www.myspace.com/thunderthunderrock Thunder Thunder] with Jerrod Bettis. Their current status is unknown due to McAlhaney's commitment with Anberlin.
*Kyle Flynn currently resides in Los Angeles, CA and is working on a script with his brother Kevin Flynn for Warner Bros. Pictures. It has recently been announced that he will be touring with Anberlin.Fact|date=September 2008
* Jason Vena has retreated from the limelight, seemingly fulfilling his desire to lead a "normal" life. He's apparently currently working for his family's business in Mercer Island, Washington.Fact|date=November 2007
* On November 24, 2007, Nick Radovanovic posted a bulletin on Acceptance's Myspace stating that he is currently working with two bands, [http://www.myspace.com/amls A Modern Love Story] and [http://www.myspace.com/anovelform A Novel Form] , both of which have albums coming out soon.
* On May 30th Nick Radovanovic posted a remixed version of the song "So Contagious" on Acceptance's myspace page

Drummer Jerrod Bettis (Faster Avenue, OneRepublic) has joined Search/Rescue with ex-Acceptance members Kaylan Cloyd, and Ryan Zweifelhofer.Fact|date=September 2008

Final lineup

*Jason Vena — vocals
*Christian McAlhaney — guitars and vocals
*Kaylan Cloyd — guitars
*Ryan Zwiefelhofer — bass
*Nick Radovanovic — drum kit
*Kyle Flynn — keyboards

Previous members

*Garrett Lunceford - drums
*Peter Pizzuto - original drummer
*Christopher Camp - played bass after Jason, and before Ryan.

Discography

Albums

* "Phantoms" (2005)

EPs

* "Lost For Words" (2002)
* "Black Lines to Battlefields" (2003)
* "Undone (Acoustic EP)" (2005)

Singles

Video games

* "In Too Far - NFL Street 2" (2004), MLB 2006 (2005)
* , "This Conversation Is Over," redone in Simlish.
* "ATV Offroad Fury 3", "ATV Offroad Fury Blazin' Trails", "Permanent"

References

External links

* [http://www.acceptancerock.com/ Official site]
* [http://www.myspace.com/acceptance Acceptance] at MySpace
* [http://www.purevolume.com/acceptance Acceptance] at Purevolume
* [http://www.myspace.com/thunderthunderrock Thunder Thunder] at MySpace
* [http://myspace.com/searchrescue Search Rescue] at MySpace
* [http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=293210] chat with Jason Vena post-Acceptance at AbsolutePunk.net