Christopher Lane Conley (born on February 29, 1980) is an American musician and songwriter/composer, and the lead-singer/rhythm guitarist in Saves the Day. As he is the only remaining original member as well as major artistic contributor, Saves the Day has been referred to as "essentially the Chris Conley show"^[1]. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... February 29 is a day added into a leap year of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... Nassau Street, Princetons main street. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Emo is a genre of rock music. ... Indie rock is a subgenre of rock music often used to refer to bands that are on small independent record labels or that arent on labels at all. ... Power pop is a long-standing musical genre that draws its inspiration from 1960s British and American pop music. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified with the purpose of making music. ... For other uses, see Singer (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Guitar (disambiguation). ... A sunburst-colored Precision Bass The electric bass guitar (or electric bass; pronounced , as in base) is a bass stringed instrument played with the fingers (either by plucking, slapping, popping, or tapping) or using a pick. ... In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. ... Equal Vision Records is a record label based in Albany, New York, specializing (with some exceptions) in the more hardcore or punk-based rock genres. ... When David Geffen sold his Geffen Records to MCA Records he joined Steven Spielberg and Jeffrey Katzenberg to form Dreamworks SKG, with subsidiary DreamWorks Records. ... Vagrant Records is an independent record label, founded by Face to Face manager Rich Egan and friend Jon Cohen in 1996. ... Saves the Day is an indie rock band that was formed in 1997 in Princeton, New Jersey. ... February 29 is a day added into a leap year of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... Saves the Day is an indie rock band that was formed in 1997 in Princeton, New Jersey. ... Saves the Day is an indie rock band that was formed in 1997 in Princeton, New Jersey. ...

Background

Conley was born and raised in Princeton, New Jersey, and began playing the guitar when he was thirteen years old. He says that listening to Led Zeppelin and Aerosmith as a child made him interested in writing and playing music. The first song he ever learned on guitar was Stairway to Heaven ^[2]. Nassau Street, Princetons main street. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... For the bands 1969 eponymous debut album, see Led Zeppelin (album). ... This article is about the band Aerosmith. ... For other uses of Stairway to Heaven, see Stairway to Heaven (disambiguation). ...

Immediately after learning how to play the guitar, he formed a band with a group of classmates at Princeton Day School.^[3] The band was originally titled Indifference, but later renamed the band Sefler. Conley has cited some of his early influences as the Beatles, the Smiths, Billy Joel, Superchunk, the Smashing Pumpkins, Sunny Day Real Estate, Archers of Loaf, Screeching Weasel, Jawbreaker, Gorilla Biscuits and Lifetime^[4]. Princeton Day School is a private coeducational day school located in Princeton Township, New Jersey. ... The White Album, see The Beatles (album). ... The Smiths were an English rock band active from 1982 to 1987. ... William Joseph Martin Billy Joel (born May 9, 1949) is an American singer, pianist, songwriter, composer and musician. ... Superchunk (left to right): Mac McCaughan, Jim Wilbur, Jon Wurster, Laura Ballance. ... The Smashing Pumpkins are an American alternative rock band that formed in Chicago in 1988. ... Sunny Day Real Estate or SDRE was an alternative rock band formed in Seattle, Washington. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... Screeching Weasel was an American punk band from Chicago, Illinois. ... Jawbreaker was a San Francisco punk band with roots in Los Angeles, where members Blake Schwarzenbach and Adam Pfahler attended Crossroads High School together, and New York City, where Schwarzenbach and Pfahler met bass player Chris Bauermeister at New York University in 1988. ... Gorilla Biscuits are a New York straight edge hardcore punk band on Revelation Records, consisting of Anthony Civarelli, Walter Schreifels, Arthur Smilios, Alex Brown and Luke Abbey. ... For the jazz-rock fusion band led by Tony Williams, see The Tony Williams Lifetime Lifetime is an influential melodic hardcore band from New Jersey. ...

Sefler was originally composed of Chris Conley, Bryan Newman and Justin Gaylord. They recorded a 3-track 7" entitled "13 Hours of Everything" one afternoon in a friend's basement. They then recorded a nine-track demo at Trax East Studio in New Jersey. While recording, a friend of the band (and later bassist), Sean McGrath, suggested that they change their name to Saves the Day, which they did. A vinyl EP from Crop Circles. ... Saves the Day is an indie rock band that was formed in 1997 in Princeton, New Jersey. ...

Saves the Day

Saves the Day signed to Equal Vision Records and recorded their first album Can't Slow Down, which was released in 1998 during their first US tour alongside bands Bane and Countervail. Lyrically the album included idealistic dreams, feeling inadequate, honesty and unhappiness, which reflected Conley's life at the time. The style of music is often considered very similar to that of the band Lifetime^[5]. Equal Vision Records is a record label based in Albany, New York, specializing (with some exceptions) in the more hardcore or punk-based rock genres. ... Cant Slow Down is an album by Saves the Day that was released on August 25, 1998. ... Bane, a hardcore punk band, began as a side project between Aaron Dalbec (then of Converge) and Damon Bellardo. ...

In 1999 the band released their second album Through Being Cool. With this album, Conley's lyrics started becoming morbid and corporeal, and the style of music changed into a more pop punk sound. Through Being Cool (1999) is the sophomore release of Princeton, New Jersey-based band Saves the Day. ... Pop punk is used for two separate subgenres of punk rock music: the kind typically found on Lookout! Records, which stray very little from the three-chord formula that The Ramones pioneered, as well as a newer subgenre of melodic, more emotional punk, which includes by bands like NOFX and...

At age 19/20 he started listening to the Beatles and has cited them as the main influence for In Reverie ^[6]. The White Album, see The Beatles (album). ... In Reverie is the fourth full-length, studio album recorded by Princeton, New Jersey-based band, Saves the Day. ...

Conley with Saves the Day have released 4 other albums, lyrically are all considered similar except for In Reverie, which is a more positive album. This is largely due to the fact that there was no turmoil in Conley's life at the time, therefore there wasn't much to vent about as he recalls.^[7]. This lack of turmoil impacted upon Conley's songwriting ultimately resulting in them being released from their major label Dreamworks. In April 2006, Conley made comment in Rolling Stone magazine that Saves the Day's last release Sound the Alarm, is "about the black clouds inside my mind, It was these intense fears and paranoia and diluted thoughts that were eating me alive. It was utter insanity." in regards to the failure of In Reverie and subsequent release from Dreamworks^[8]. For the band of the same name, see Sound the Alarm (band). ... In Reverie is the fourth full-length, studio album recorded by Princeton, New Jersey-based band, Saves the Day. ...

Solo Touring

While there are no plans for any solo recordings, Chris has recently toured throughout the USA, playing acoustic versions of Saves The Day songs.^[9],^[10] Conley, and an army of committed fans recently have posted performances via the bands website[1], the band's official YouTube account and elsewhere on the YouTube site.^[11][2]. He has also been involved in music production, working as a sound engineer and producer on releases by Kid Dynamite and Bob Dylan.^[12] YouTube is a popular video sharing website where users can upload, view and share video clips. ... Kid Dynamite, arguabily the best band of all recorded history, was a Philadelphia-based melodic hardcore band consisting of drummer Dave Wagenschutz, guitarist Dan Yemin, and vocalist Jay Shevchuk, as well as original bassist Steve Farrell and eventual replacement Michael Spider Cotterman. ... This article is about the recording artist. ...

Crohn's disease

Conley suffers from Crohn's disease and is active in bringing awareness to the disease^[13],^[14]. The Saves the Day song "Where are you" was penned highlighting his struggle living with the disease "I have a stomach disorder called Crohn's disease and it was getting really bad when we were getting ready to tour with Weezer. I had to take steroids, which disturbs your emotional state and balance; your equilibrium is thrown off and it makes the lows lower. I happened to be going through a sad period. The overall theme is about taking everything in, the depression, confusion and anxiety, but also the incredible highs."^[15] Crohns disease (also known as regional enteritis) is a chronic, episodic, inflammatory condition of the gastrointestinal tract characterized by transmural inflammation (affecting the entire wall of the involved bowel) and skip lesions (areas of inflammation with areas of normal lining between). ...

Discography (Conley as primary composer)

• Can't Slow Down (1998) on Equal Vision Records
• I'm Sorry I'm Leaving EP (1998) on Equal Vision Records
• Lisa's Birthday Tape (1998) self-released
• Through Being Cool (1999) on Equal Vision Records
• Stay What You Are (2001) on Vagrant Records
• In Reverie (2003) on DreamWorks Records
• Ups and Downs: Early Recordings and B-Sides (2004)
• Bug Sessions Volume One (tour exclusive) (2006)
• Sound the Alarm (2006) on Vagrant Records
• Under the Boards (2007) on Vagrant Records

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Compilations featuring Conley's compositions

• The Rebirth Of Hardcore:1999 on Supersoul Records, Good Life Recordings, Temperance Records (1999) (features "The Art of Misplacing Firearms")
• Punk Uprisings: Incompatible, Vol. 2 (1999) (features "Shoulder to the Wheel")
• City Rockers: A Tribute to the Clash (1999) (features cover of Clash' "Clash City Rockers")
• Equal Visions Records Sampler (2000) (features "Always Ten Feet Tall")
• Vagrant Records: Summer Sampler (2000) (features "Holly Hox, Forget Me Nots")
• Another Year on the Streets (2000) (features "A Drag in D Flat")
• Another Year on the Screen Vol. 1 (2002) (features "At Your Funeral")
• Another Year on the Streets Vol. 2 (2002) (features "Nightingale")
• Welcome To Vagrant Records (2003) (features "At Your Funeral")
• Living Tomorrow Today: A Benefit for Ty Cambra (2003) (features "A Drag in D Flat")
• Another Year on the Streets Vol. 3 (2004) (features "When It Isn't Like It Should Be")
• A Compilation to Beat Cancer (2004) (features "Don't Go Outside")
• Tony Hawk's American Wasteland (2005) (features cover of Dead Boys' "Sonic Reducer")
• Warped Tour 2006 Compilation (2006) (features "The End")

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References

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External links

• Saves the Day official site
• Chris Conley's MySpace Page
• An Audio Interview With Chris
• Skratch Mag Interview
• Sound The Sirens Interview
• Wrank Music Interview
• The Tech Interview
• Aversion Interview
• Subburban Horror Interview