Anyone (band)

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Anyone is a band from Southern California led by Riz Story (Rodolpho Ivan Zahler). They released their 2001 self-titled album on Roadrunner Records.

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History

Story (then aged 26), drummer Taylor Hawkins (20), and Jon Davison (21) met in 1992 and formed a band that Story called Blash Meth. Davison left the band, moving to Seattle and joining Sky Cries Mary in 1993 and later Yes. [1] Guitarist Sean Murphy joined at some stage, while the band changed its name to Sylvia. [2] Hawkins joined Sass Jordan's touring band in 1994 and later the Foo Fighters, [1] and Murphy began to work with bands Magdalen and Divinorum, and pursued a solo career. Story recruited Dave "Nipples" Murray on drums and Static on bass, and the band became Anyone in 1995. [2]

In 1996, Anyone's first demo album Rats Live on no Evil Star (a palindrome) was recorded. [3] [ non-primary source needed ] Anyone was described by Roadrunner Records in 2001 as "the most innovative band of the new millennium!" They were offered the biggest record deal in the label's history up to that point. [4] They released their full-length studio debut Anyone in 2001. [2]

Johnny Ransom replaced Murray as drummer in 2002, and both Ransom and Static were replaced in 2004 by Mike Boano as drummer, Miki Black as guitarist and keyboardist, and Miles Martin on bass. [3] [ non-primary source needed ]

Re-emergence

The debut album Echoes and Traces was released worldwide on September 1, 2014, along with a music video for the first single "Beautiful World". [5] [ unreliable source? ] Five songs from the album are featured in the film and soundtrack for Riz Story's motion picture, A Winter Rose. [6] [ non-primary source needed ]

In 2018, it was announced via the band's official website that a full-length documentary about the band would be released in 2019. [7] [ non-primary source needed ] Plans were also announced for the release of a new album entitled On the Ending Earth. [8] [ non-primary source needed ]

Riz Story in concert Riz Story - Live onstage with ANYONE.jpg
Riz Story in concert

In August 2020, Anyone released its third studio album, On the Ending Earth....[ citation needed ]

In January 2021, the band released the single "My Death" as a tribute to David Bowie who previously recorded the song. [9] [ non-primary source needed ]

Music

"Maximum Acid" is the term the press used to describe their sound, as a fusion of hard progressive rock and psychedelia. [10] [ unreliable source? ] Their early sound was described as alternative rock [2] and nu metal. [11]

Discography

Studio Albums

Live Albums

Singles

EPs/Demos

Film

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  1. 1 2 https://www.yesworld.com/2024/11/jon-davison-statement-november-2024/
  2. 1 2 3 4 https://www.allmusic.com/artist/p430986/biography
  3. 1 2 "Bio | Anyoneden.net". anyone. Retrieved 2022-06-16.
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  5. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine : ANYONE ~ Beautiful World (Official Video). YouTube .
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  11. Sendra, Tim. "Seek and Destroy: 16 Nu-Metal Extremes Review". Allmusic . Retrieved 4 January 2022. This compilation from Empire Music indeed features 16 alt-metal tracks from bands who fall into the nu-metal sound.