Sally (band)

Infobox musical artist
Name = sally


Img_capt = sally warming up for a performance at [http://www.beatkitchen.com/ the beat kitchen] in June 2006
Img_size =
Background = group_or_band
Alias =
Origin = Chicago, Illinois
Genre = Indie rock
Years_active = 2003–present
Label = Paribus Records
Associated_acts =
URL = [http://sallymusic.com sallymusic.com]
Current_members = Charlie Deets - vocals, guitar
Melissa Neis - bass guitar
Mark Berlin - guitar
Past_members = Jeff Shafar - drums
Hunter Morris - drums
Trip Small - drums
Nick Smalkowski - drums

sally is an American Indie rock band from Chicago, Illinois.

Biography

sally was formed in 2003 by Charlie Deets and Melissa Neis. The two had formerly been romantically involved. Jeff Shafar later joined the band on drums. Neither Melissa nor Jeff had any formal training on their respective instruments prior to the band's formation.

Recording their first album at Gravity Studios in Chicago, Illinois, the band met Mark Berlin, an engineer who later joined the band as a second guitarist.

After a series of drummer changes and EPs, the band recorded their second full length album with Nick Smalkowski on drums called "Long Live the New Flesh", released on Paribus Records in June 2007.

Most of their artwork has been done by Melissa Neis and the majority of their recordings by Mark Berlin.

The band apparently broke up in November of 2007 when they published a lengthy letter of explanation on their Myspace blog. They played a final show at The Empty Bottle in Chicago on November 19th, 2007 minus their drummer Nick Smalkowski. Mostly using drum machines and playing acoustic, the band ended by playing 'racquetball' from their first album with Deric Criss (Aleks and the Drummer) playing drums.

In May of 2008, a cryptic message appeared on the band's Myspace blog:

"i'm not a mak a damia nut."

Over the next couple months, new songs appeared on the page for short periods of time and in September of 2008 the band released a new EP named 'sunday.'

Appearances

Chicago based sally has toured the eastern United States in the summer of 2005 and 2006 playing at venues throughout New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Massachusetts, Ohio, Vermont, Connecticut, Michigan, Iowa, Indiana, Washington DC, and Illinois. [sally [http://sallymusic.com/cms/?itemid=102#102 gigography] ] sally also played at CMJ in November 2006. [ [http://kpsu.org/story/boo_its_me_cmj CMJ 2006 Artist List] ]

Trivia

sally is generally written uncapitalized, as it is intended to reference the verb, and is more easily differentiated from the common female name [Guarino, Mark: "Time Out," "The Daily Herald", 2007-06-14, Section 6, Page 5] .

Discography

# sally (2004) [Beezer de Martelly, [http://adequacy.net/review.php?reviewID=4457 Delusions of Adequacy] 2004-07-21] [Brandon Wetherbee, [http://depaulia.depaul.edu/story.asp?artid=308&sectid=5 Chicago's Top 10 Albums of 2004] 2005-03-08]
# the snow ep (2004)
# god answered my speed (2005) (b-sides digital only release)
# the attrition ep (2005) [Ayo Jegede, [http://www.stylusmagazine.com/review.php?ID=3987 Stylus Magazine] 2006-04-25]
# the picardy third ep (2006) [Ayo Jegede, [http://www.stylusmagazine.com/review.php?ID=3987 Stylus Magazine] 2006-04-25]
# long live the new flesh (2007)
# smoke and mirrors (2008) (b-sides digital only release)
# sunday ep (2008)

References

External links

* [http://www.myspace.com/sally http://www.myspace.com/sally]
* [http://www.sallymusic.com/ Official Website]
* [http://www.sonicbids.com/epk/epk.asp?epk_id=29382 Sonicbids Artist Information]