Adema
This article is for the band "Adema". For the Malian political party ADEMA, see Alliance for Democracy in Mali. For the condition in the body that causes tissue swelling, see Edema.
Adema | |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Bakersfield, California |
| Years active | 1998 – Present |
| Members | Bobby Reeves Kris Kohls Tim Fluckey Dave DeRoo Ed Faris |
| Past members | Mike Ransom Mark Chavez Luke Caraciolli |
| Website | Official site MySpace site |
Adema is a five-piece music group from Bakersfield, California. They enjoyed moderate success during the "Nu Metal era" with their Gold selling debut album, Adema.
Band members
Current
- Bobby Reeves – Vocals
- Tim Fluckey – Guitar
- Ed Faris – Guitar
- Dave DeRoo – Bass
- Kris Kohls – Drums
Former
- Luke Caraccioli – second vocalist who left in 2005 citing "personal differences".
- Mark Chavez – original vocalist who left in 2004 after a falling out with the other band members.
- Mike Ransom – guitarist who departed the group in 2004.
History
Formed in 1998, Adema began with Mark Chavez, Mike Ransom, Dave DeRoo, Tim Fluckey and Kris Kohls. Adema was the subject of a major label bidding war, eventually won out by Arista Records [1]. They released their first album titled Adema, in the US on August 21, 2002. The first two singles from the album, "The Way You Like It" and "Giving In", helped it sell over 600,000 copies. On the back of the album's success, they were part of the Ozzfest Tour in 2002 – featuring on the Main Stage.
The band followed up with two albums that met with limited success. Insomniac's Dream (2002), an EP, sold only about 50,000 copies, while Unstable (2003) sold about 110,000. Following the release of Unstable, the band lost its guitarist, Mike Ransom, and left Arista shortly before the record company ceased business operations.
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, though it now seems unwarranted. 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 a band dubbed "Midnight Panic".
Adema released their third full-length album, Planets, in the US on April 5, 2005, through Earache Records. Planets featured the band's replacement for Chavez, Luke Caraccioli, who formerly sang in the band "Rewind Yesterday". The first single from Planets, "Tornado," was released in March 2005. The second single, the album's title track, was released in September 2005. Album sales for Planets are higher than their two previous releases [2], and the band's progression from the standard nu metal formula to more rock-orientated grounds is clearly evident.
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 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 the betrayal, Dave and Luke had a rather heated fall out on Adema's official web forum. It was also during this time that Adema caught up with Mark Chavez and according to Dave, the band and Mark are now on good terms. They even got in the talks about getting back together with Mark as their lead singer and even wrote and sung a few songs for a while, but for reasons unknown nothing eventuated.
On March 10, 2006, Adema announced on their MySpace blog that they have hired Bobby Reeves, frontman for Los Angeles band "LEVEL", as their new singer, as has been previously rumored. On August 1, 2006, Former "LEVEL" guitarist Ed Faris was also announced as the new second guitarist of Adema.
Adema are currently producing songs for their new album which will be released soon. Bobby is also doing previous Adema songs performed by Mark and Luke. The band remains unsigned, after only signing a one-record deal with Earache. Tours for Adema will be starting soon with the US followed by Europe.
As of August 3rd Adema Have Posted A New demo of A Song called "Somethin Better" to their MySpace[3] and to their Purevolume site[4]which is the first released recording with the new singer Bobby Reeves and guitarist Ed Faris.
Adema on The Real World
The 10th season of The Real World, The Real World: Back to New York, featured an episode where the cast members were required to pitch an Adema single to radio station K-Rock, although rumors persist that the radio station had already agreed to play the song (since the cast members failed on their first pitch attempt).
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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Singles
| Year | Title | Chart positions | Album | ||
| US Hot 100 | US Modern Rock | US Mainstream Rock | |||
| 2001 | "Giving In" | - | #14 | #16 | Adema |
| 2001 | "The Way You Like It" | - | #15 | #21 | Adema |
| 2002 | "Freaking Out" | - | #36 | #25 | Adema |
| 2003 | "Unstable" | - | #38 | #25 | Unstable |
| 2005 | "Tornado" | - | - | - | Planets |
| 2005 | "Planets" | - | - | - | Planets |
Music Videos
- "Giving In"
- "The Way You Like It"
- "Immortal"
- "Unstable"
- "Tornado"
- "Planets"