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Lifehouse Arrives in the Philippines
| Posted by LHadmin on 7/24/2008 | Comments (0) | Views: ()
Lifehouse has safely arrived in the Philippines for their much anticipated concert at the Araneta Coliseum on July 26th. Check out a video of their arrival here or view it below!
Breathing on Life(house) support
| Posted by LHadmin on 7/20/2008 | Comments (6) | Views: ()
With a little more dirt and motor fuel in their new album “Who We Are”, Lifehouse proves they can grind those guitars harder and talk about other things (try suicide and kidney transplants) apart from, you know, being “whipped.” Still, the record’s also got its share of ultra-introspective, emo-solemn ballads; the stuff that’ll get all the girls flinging their panties at the stage when the band comes to the Philippines “for the first time”, rocking the Araneta Coliseum on July 26. And hey, all those girls’ boyfriends might just be as enthusiastic as well.
You guys have been touring the US cities lately so it’s quite a trip you’re going all the way here.
I’ve been to the Philippines before but I was really young. I lived in Hong Kong for three years when I was seven, passing through the Philippines with my family, but this is definitely the first time the band is playing here and we’re really looking forward to it. Seems like we’ve got a pretty good following over there.
Yeah and people here know Lifehouse as a sort of flagship band for softies, which is a bit different from what you guys are now via Who We Are, your latest album, which packs-in harder rock with a little more grit. There’s even a song about some dude’s suicide…
I feel like we’re really comfortable with both at this point. You know, when “You and Me” came out, I think a lot of people wanted to pigeonhole us as just kind of like an acoustic rock band, but our roots from No Name Face on have always been more electric guitar-driven. But I kind of like the balance between both.
The third record really dealt with the falling-out that I had with my father that a lot of people perceived to be about a girl or whatever. And I kind of dealt with that and kind of moved on and didn’t really wanna write about that on this record. I feel like I’ve always written what I know—whatever’s going on in my life—and I feel like I’m in a really comfortable place in my life right now with my relationships. But it’s almost like when you’re happy, these songs are kind of harder to write. You can write better songs when you’re falling apart and when you’re in a lot of pain, but, I don’t know, I’m starting to use other people’s lives as inspiration and you almost become an actor and start role-playing and trying to put yourself in different scenarios outside of your own life.
The song that talks about suicide is “The Joke,” which deals with the issue of kids getting bullied today and people not realizing how many commit suicide because of it. So I wanted to tackle something that I’ve never really written about and I had to write the song three different times, putting myself in the kid’s shoes and write it from his perspective before I really connected to it.
At least there’s an effort to stray from just being that band girlfriends listened to while their boyfriends approached your music with pitchforks and shovels—were you ever bothered by that?
(Laughs heartily) Our first single “Hanging by a Moment,” a lot of people didn’t realize it was a rock song first—that it was number one in alternative radio for, like, eight weeks. And then it crossed over to Top 40 and I think all the little girls got really excited about it, which turned off the guys. But over the years, we’ve never changed our sound to appeal to anybody. We’ve just kind of written our songs and got the crowd wanting to come to our shows and it feels like guys now aren’t so much ashamed to say that they really like Lifehouse.
And if it wasn’t for “Hanging by a Moment,” we probably wouldn’t have a record deal right now and I’d probably be working at Dunkin Donuts (laughs). I feel like it was a blessing and a curse. It took us eight years to kind of get beyond “the band that sings ‘Hanging by a Moment’” and it’s been a long, uphill climb, but I feel like I gotta have respect for that song ‘cause it definitely got us out of being a bar band or whatever. But at the same time, it was kind of hard ‘cause people didn’t even know the name Lifehouse. But if you’d sing “Hanging by a Moment,” they’d know the song.
Was slapping on the guy-liner a conscious effort at changing your image a bit?
(Laughs) That was just for that one video! (the vid for “Blind”) Kind of like an art piece or whatever. You won’t be seeing me in guy-liner at the show!
Is there some ritual that gets you so damn in touch with your emotions? I have this image of you looking wistfully across a lake when you write these songs.
(Laughs) Well if I did have a ritual, I feel like it wouldn’t really work. I have a songwriting style that’s so random, like, a lot of the time, I don’t really sleep a lot during the night—I just get woken up by a thought or an idea and I write a lot of my songs at three or four in the morning. I’m always listening to the older ‘60s stuff like Zeppelin and Pink Floyd. The Beatles are my all-time favorite band. I feel like they wrote some of the best songs that can never be duplicated. That time so much inspired me—so I’m always listening to that.
Then again, Zeppelin was the sort of band you knew trashed their hotel rooms and diddled their groupies. I have a feeling that with Lifehouse—not so much. How do you guys not live that sort of rock star high life?
Well, a lot of us are family men, you know. I’ve been married for eight years and Rick has been with his girl for, like, seven years. And Bryce and Ben are single so they kind of do their thing. So I feel like we’ve got a good balance since [Rick and I] are like the anchors of the band, keeping this thing going for a little over 10 years now. I feel like we’re the responsible leaders and it makes room for everyone to have a good, healthy time.
Our band is really tight-knit so on days off or whatever on the road, we always end up at restaurants getting Mexican food and margaritas together or going to see movies. We’re all really good friends and we try to keep each other grounded and never become those unapproachable rock stars that feel like they’re better than everyone else.
Apart from settling in as responsible rock stars, your latest album is your first self-produced album. So now, you guys can pretty much play whatever the hell you want to play.
Absolutely. We wanted to cut the cord with preconceived notions with what kind of record Lifehouse should make on this one. And we wanted to make a record that was fun to play live, ‘cause we’re a band that lives out on the road, so writing just ballads isn’t really fun to play live. So that’s another reason why this record is a little more uptempo ‘cause we wanted it to be exciting in an energetic live show.
I feel like we’ve always been a band where we don’t wanna recreate the same record twice just ‘cause it was successful. We kind of took a risk on Stanley Climbfall, our second record, and that was a little heavier than the first one. It didn’t really do very well but I’m still proud of the fact that we tried something new and didn’t just write another Hanging by a Moment just to be successful. So when we get back in the studio, I wanna continue to grow and change and even lyrically, come up with new concepts.
You also mentioned in an interview that these days, you “don’t give a damn” so much. Were you referring to how Hanging by a Moment, with all its lash-batting introspection and being the most overplayed song of ’01, turned you guys into the poster babies of soft pop rock and how you don’t give a damn about that anymore?
I mean, as an artist I feel like, whenever you’re gonna write a song and put it out there for the world to criticize, you’re opening yourself up to becoming more vulnerable. And to be honest, when I started writing songs when I was 15, my ultimate goal wasn’t to get a record deal or get famous and make a lot of money. I needed to write these songs just ‘cause I was going through a hard time. And for me, making music and writing lyrics kind of gave me an outlet—almost like therapy, so when all this stuff started happening, it took me years to kind of get comfortable with it. I think I’m finally at a place in my life now where I’m comfortable performing live. I would get stage fright in the early days and feel really uncomfortable in front of the cameras and all that stuff. So it’s been one of those things where it’s been an eight-year transition for me to actually feel comfortable in my own skin. And I feel like, as a band, we’re getting to that place where we can just be ourselves and not really care what people think.
And also, getting successful is being able to go to places like the Philippines for five days or so, and places that we would never get to go to if we had a nine-to-five job. And I know the guys really feel the same way, so we’re looking to enjoy the culture over there and have a good life experience.
Lifehouse in Manila by Concertus Productions, brought to you by MCA Music, MTC Phils, NoCurfew, Gant Time. Co-presented by Tanduay rum, Clear for Men, SM Mall of Asia, Discovery Suites, Chrysler, Global Destiny Cable, Azta Urban Salon, Figaro, ETC., Jack TV, 2nd Avenue and Crime and Suspense.
Flickr Photo Contest Coming to a Close
| Posted by LHadmin on 7/19/2008 | Comments (0) | Views: ()
Lifehouse's Flickr Tour Photo Contest is coming to a close, with less than one week left to submit your best photos!
Don't miss your chance to win a signed merch pack from the band. It includes:
- Tour laminate
- Tour merch package (T-shirts, stickers, and more)
- Signed official "Disarray Tour" posters
- Full Lifehouse album and DVD catalogue
If you haven't entered already, all you need to do is go to www. flickr. com and upload your pics with the tag "Lifehouse Tour".
The last day to submit will be Monday, July 21st.
The 10 Best photos will be featured on Lifehousemusic. com, with the winner being selected Friday August 1st.
"Broken" Available On iTunes
| Posted by LHadmin on 7/08/2008 | Comments (6) | Views: ()
Lifehouse's much anticipated third single off of their June 2007 release, "Who We Are", is now available on iTunes. The song "Broken" has been edited for radio with a more 'rock' feel to it. It's much different from the original, but the song still has that same awesome emotion and a raw feeling to it.
Who We Are (Limited Edition)
| Posted by LHadmin on 7/07/2008 | Comments (3) | Views: ()
Lifehouse has released a special edition of "Who We Are". The new album is available at most stores, including Wal-Mart and Best Buy.
The new release features two discs: the original album "Who We Are", and on Disc 2, there are the following live tracks:
First Time (PBS Soundstage)
Hanging By A Moment (Nissan Live Sets)
You and Me (Nissan Live Sets)
From Where You Are (April 1 - Live at Roseland Ballroom)
Whatever It Takes (April 1 - Live at Roseland Ballroom)
"Hanging By A Moment" on BuzzCuts
| Posted by LHadmin on 7/05/2008 | Comments (9) | Views: ()
BuzzCuts is here - The 30 biggest and best alternative rock hits of all time on 2 awesome CDs.
Lifehouse's 2001 most played song of the year, "Hanging By A Moment" is part of this collection of two discs.
You can purchase this CD collection at MusicSpace.com!
Wisdom Tooth
| Posted by LHadmin on 7/03/2008 | Comments (13) | Views: ()
I'm in Indiana today, and I've made a pretty successful recovery from the pulling of the tooth incident. I do have a strong message for anyone who is going to get their teeth pulled in the future. Make sure they knock you out! I say this because I decided to be brave and stay awake while they waged war inside my mouth. Worst mistake I have ever made. They say that you don't feel anything except a little pressure. Not true!!! Now either he didn't numb the right area of my my mouth, or he was cruel and was just lying. His assistant had a crazy look in her eye as well, and she was the deciding factor for me to stay awake. " Oh don't worry darling, you won't feel a thing. It will be over before you know it".
Anyway there is still a bit of awkwardness going on in my mouth right now, considering there is a huge void in the upper right hand side of my mouth; however the throbbing pain that I was experiencing has subsided and I am ready for tonight's show. Sorry to anyone who was planning on going to those shows, we will be back soon.
Jason
Urbana and Davenport Cancelled
| Posted by LHadmin on 7/01/2008 | Comments (6) | Views: ()
Tonight's and Tomorrow night's shows have been cancelled. Jason is unable to sing due to an emergency wisdom tooth removal. We will re-schedule the shows and resume the tour in Indiana. Sorry People. See u soon.
-Lifehouse
A concert scheduled for Tuesday by the pop-rock band Lifehouse has been postponed due to an illness, according to officials with the Capitol Theatre in Davenport.
The show will be rescheduled, but the date has yet to be determined, according to the theater.
Tickets already purchased will be honored at the upcoming show, but those who choose to receive a refund can return to the point of purchase.
For more information, go to TheCapDavenport.com on the Web or call (800) 514-3849.
Lifehouse Announces A Third Single
| Posted by LHadmin on 6/24/2008 | Comments (9) | Views: ()
After successful singles from their fourth album, Who We Are, Lifehouse has decided to release a third single, "Broken".
Frontman, Jason Wade, has announced that "Broken" will be the next single at recent shows, and fans seem to be very excited for the touching song to be released fo radio play.
Jason Wade explains that this song is probably the most personal one on this record to AlternativeAddiction.com:
“Broken is the song that moves me the most. I wrote it in Nashville, about 6 months ago,” Wade explained. “I was in my hotel room at 3 AM, I was out there visiting a friend…he’s really sick, he needs a kidney transplant.”
The friend that Wade speaks of is an artist as well and actually helped Wade write the track “Sick Cycle Carousel” on the band’s debut album.
“He has to do this dialysis machine for nine hours a day, and just to see my friend in that place was really overwhelming for me. I went back to the hotel room, and couldn’t sleep,” Wade said.
While sitting in his hotel room late that night, Wade was compelled to write “Broken.”
Incredibly charged with emotion from his ailing friend, Wade wrote the song in just 15 minutes on a hotel pad of paper.
“That song just kinda fell in my lap, and I really haven’t written a song like that since ‘Hanging by a Moment’ where it just happened within a 15 minute time period.”
“Broken” was also the last song that Wade wrote for the album, but he feels that writing it could be a definitive instant in songwriting career.
“I feel like those moments of inspiration, when you look back on them, really define you as an artist.”
Lifehouse Surprise: Big Dome concert July 26
| Posted by LHadmin on 6/19/2008 | Comments (17) | Views: ()
MANILA, Philippines—Surprising news from MTV Philippines: the young American band Lifehouse, currently on a US tour, will swing by Manila for a one-night show on July 26 at the Araneta Coliseum.
Filipino fans who regularly check the band’s website couldn’t believe it at first, but are now ecstatic.
The good thing about the forthcoming concert is that Lifehouse leads a fresh batch of artists coming over for the first time. (Panic at the Disco, another young band, plays Aug. 14 also at the Big Dome.)
For those not tuned in to the current music scene, Lifehouse could be a stranger. But for those who happen to watch the hit TV series “Smallville,” Lifehouse is hot.
It started gaining a following eight years ago, when its debut album “No Name Face” (MCA) went platinum, propelled by three singles, first of which was “Hanging by a Moment.” Lifehouse founder Jason Wade (guitar/vocals) was said to have written the song in about 10 minutes.
Sounding like a post-grunge love tune, “Hanging by a Moment” went to No. 1 in the Australian Recording Industry Association Singles Chart, the Billboard Modern Rock, Adult Top 40 and Top 40 Tracks. Its highest spot in the Hot 100 was No. 2, but it was ultimately voted as the Song of the Year for 2001. It has become a favorite track at high school proms and weddings among the 20-something generation in the US. (The band’s other members then, including bassist Sergio Andrade and drummer Jon “Diff” Palmer, were of that age.)
7 on ‘Smallville’
Another single, “Everything,” was used in both the pilot and first-season finale episodes of “Smallville,” where the song was included in the first soundtrack, “Smallville: The Talon Mix.” This endeared the band to the show’s creators; Lifehouse went on to have seven songs played during the series’ first four seasons, ending with a live performance in the fourth-season prom episode, and landing yet another song, “You And Me (Wedding Version)” on “Smallville: The Metropolis Mix.”
In 2002 Lifehouse recorded its second album, “Stanley Climbfall.” It was reportedly not as successful as the first one. This was also the time when Andrade left the band to pursue individual projects.
In 2004 the band recorded its self-titled album, with Bryce Soderberg joining as full-time bassist. This was the year that “You and Me,” already familiar to fans for having graced the “Smallville” soundtrack, was heard on other American TV shows such as “Boston Legal,” “Gavin & Stacey,” “Everwood” and “Medium.”
Latest recording
“Who We Are,” the band’s latest recording (still with MCA), was released last year and features its current trio lineup of Wade, Soderberg and drummer Rick Woolstenhulme. The members describe the album’s sound: “It rocks a little harder.”
More than anything else, the inspiring aspect of a band like Lifehouse lies in how Wade overcame the odds that came with being a child of divorced parents.
He was 12 at the time, and was sort of a recluse who spent his days in his room where he began to scribble verses. In the Lifehouse entry on the Wikipedia website, Wade was quoted: “I was experiencing all the pain anyone feels when their parents get divorced. It opened up all this stuff. But it also opened up this creative outlet for me. It’s funny, because I was never a musical kid—never took lessons, never really listened to the radio. But I suddenly started writing lyrics and coming up with melodies. We lived in the woods; I’d take these long walks and the songs would just start happening.”
But even more inspiring is how Wade first played the acoustic guitar because it was just lying around the house. His mother owned it, and when he picked it up and learned his first few chords, he must have heard how good it would be to become a musician.
