Bone Palace Ballet: A More Complete Chiodos

Chiodos continue to enjoy tremendous success on the strength of their sophomore album 'Bone Palace Ballet' and the album peaked at #5 on The Billboard Top 200 Chart upon its release. "Bone Palace Ballet," which the band titled after a book of poems by Charles Bukowski, was also sitting on top of the Independent Album chart as well in early 2008. Chiodos, which consists of vocalist Craig Owens, keyboardist/vocalist Bradley Bell, guitarists Pat McManaman and Jason Hale, bassist Matt Goddard, and drummer Derrick Frost, also made a name for themselves on their recent tour with Linkin Park and Coheed and Cambria with their infectious music and energetic live shows.

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Chiodos' debut album 'All's Well that Ends Well' featured a different lineup without lead guitarist Jason Hale and we talked with Matt Goddard and Jason about "Bone Palace Ballet" being a more complete songwriting team with Hale on board.

Bone Palace Ballet A More Complete Chiodos

"Oh yeah, I'd definitely say that. It's a huge new direction. The last album, half of it was done, maybe a little less than half when Jason wasn't even a part of those songs. Nope. So, the new album is more of a complete thought with all of us working on it. It's pretty bad ass."

"We also talked with the band about the amazing chart success and we wondered if that was something the band even followed.

Chiodos Really Surprised By Chart Success

"If I'm looking in a magazine I'll definitely check it out to see what's up there but I was definitely pretty...it was really crazy. Were you surprised? I was really surprised. I was surprised. It's pretty gnarly. That's a very low number and that's good. It's like golf."

As of 2008 "Bone Palace Ballet" has sold over 180,000 copies, clearly exceeding sales of the band's debut. The band is currently on hiatus before starting another round of touring April 11th in Vancouver, British Columbia. Joining them on the western dates are Chiodos' Equal Vision labelmates The Fall of Troy. For the eastern dates in the provinces of Ontario and Quebec, From First To Last will take over The Fall of Troy's spot on the tour which continues until April 25th in Montreal.

Comments

[Comeback Kiddd]

Chiodos? The falll of Troy?? amazing

[The Spoon]

Yeah supposedly they are going to be with Protest the Hero too...an amazing show that i will not be able to see ((

the only thing i kinda dislike is half the lyrics arent even theirs haha

[NightEmbers]

Either way Chiodos and Protest are Bad@$$ cant wait to catch that show

[kryptonite22]

not sure this is front page news really..

[skate_guitar]

Yeah, i'm going to see protest with these dudes and fall of troy on april 14th. how ****ing sweet.

[DirkLance]

Hardcore rock, as annoying as it is sometimes, can't be ignored anymore. Honestly there's a sort of stigma. People are really getting on board with bands like Bullet for my Valentine lately, but other bands get shunned for their style or being "emo". Bands like Atreyu are getting big now after starting as as hxc/metal, and now, albeit a sort of selling out, they make catchier tunes and get on the radio. Same goes for Chiodos, and they'll be around now, so people need to know about them, whether they like the band or not.

And as for Fall of Troy and Protest the Hero...effing awesome and totally different from anything else. Chiodos is not nearly as epic, but they are lucky to be surrounded by such great talent.

[GreenDayUberfan]

DirkLance wrote:

Hardcore rock, as annoying as it is sometimes, can't be ignored anymore. Honestly there's a sort of stigma. People are really getting on board with bands like Bullet for my Valentine lately, but other bands get shunned for their style or being "emo". Bands like Atreyu are getting big now after starting as as hxc/metal, and now, albeit a sort of selling out, they make catchier tunes and get on the radio. Same goes for Chiodos, and they'll be around now, so people need to know about them, whether they like the band or not.

And as for Fall of Troy and Protest the Hero...effing awesome and totally different from anything else. Chiodos is not nearly as epic, but they are lucky to be surrounded by such great talent.

This is true. You can't ignore hardcore and "post-hardcore" anymore. I've always been a fan, and it's cool that it's getting noticed now, but at the same time, I'd rather it not be mainstreamed.

[HeyStoopid]

awesome!

Chiodos are by far one of the best newer bands out there and id kill to see them live!

[HeyStoopid]

GreenDayUberfan wrote:

DirkLance wrote:

Hardcore rock, as annoying as it is sometimes, can't be ignored anymore. Honestly there's a sort of stigma. People are really getting on board with bands like Bullet for my Valentine lately, but other bands get shunned for their style or being "emo". Bands like Atreyu are getting big now after starting as as hxc/metal, and now, albeit a sort of selling out, they make catchier tunes and get on the radio. Same goes for Chiodos, and they'll be around now, so people need to know about them, whether they like the band or not.

And as for Fall of Troy and Protest the Hero...effing awesome and totally different from anything else. Chiodos is not nearly as epic, but they are lucky to be surrounded by such great talent.

This is true. You can't ignore hardcore and "post-hardcore" anymore. I've always been a fan, and it's cool that it's getting noticed now, but at the same time, I'd rather it not be mainstreamed.

exactly..every time i see a band release an album that gets a whole lot of mainstream attention (coheeds new one come to mind) i get nervous that they'll start to become corrupted or something by the success and lose some of what made them great in the first place...

[Vertigo13]

I kno right. there are lots of bands out there like that who get corrupted and start to change their image for the media or whatever. But its the bands that just stick to what they're known for that are the ones that rock.

[zartists.net]

I saw them live last weekend at SXSW, They started out strong on the first song, then went into a terrible acoustic duet with the lead singer and his boyfriend. After that they went back to the harder songs.

They are talented musically, but they need to tone down the keyboards...a lot, and ditch their awful singer, then they might have something.

[rodgab3]

dude i still remember hanging out with chiodos when they were barely starting. ive already seen them 6 times! theyre pretty cool. as for PTH i WAS going to see them but they ditched out the same day i was going to watch them play. it sucked

\m/

[Cied Shredder]

Despite their success I can't get past their terrible vocalist and the absolutely rank image they put off.

[xXChimairaXx]

This band sounds like high school musical on acid.

[notoriousF A T]

i love this chiodos which is pretty weird for me because im not really into that genre of music and there are definitely better vocalists out there than the one they have but man they are awesome

[notoriousF A T]

edit:i love chiodos*

[avenge_me91]

zartists.net wrote:

I saw them live last weekend at SXSW, They started out strong on the first song, then went into a terrible acoustic duet with the lead singer and his boyfriend. After that they went back to the harder songs.

They are talented musically, but they need to tone down the keyboards...a lot, and ditch their awful singer, then they might have something.

boyfriend? haha

chiodos is awesome crag's got an amazing singing voice. admittedly not conventional for a dude but still awesome and that comes across good live too. chiodos ftw

[SchitzoJoe]

Absolutely love Chiodos.

And to Chimaira- you know that High School Musical on acid would be badass. =P

[Infamou$17]

...You call this news? Chiodos? This is bullsh*t. zartists.net has a point though

[garden of grey]

This album is excellent IMO. I didn't like their old stuff, but I have this album and it seems so much more well written. Having more orchestral/piano stuff helped it too.

[MustangMan311]

Horrible, horrible, horrible album. I couldn't even finish it. I have to say, I liked the first one a bit, but this one- come on.

[catchy phrase]

Their first album is pretty great, but this new one is terrible.

[Bristlehead]

SOOO BAAADDDDD

[TheVeneGuy]

I saw chiodos with linkin park and coheed. They kinda bored me.

Checked.

[!normajean!]

i love Chiodos. their first cd was great, but this one is AMAZING!!! i dont care if all you other people think it sucks. its an amazing cd. get over the fact that they changed a little.

its great that theyre getting noticed, but still....i dont want them so sell out and become some other lame mainstream band. that would suck so bad.

[GuitarHero0715]

I saw then Feb. 25.

With Coheed and LP.

I wanted to go and get their autographs but they were giving out autographs during Coheed's set.

And was I gonna miss Coheed? Hell to the nizzo.

I ****ing Love Coheed

[irefuse2notrock]

i saw them live w/ linkin park and c&c. it was ****ing amazing!!! then i got to go and meet the band! jason is so sweet and sext

[Gibson_SG_uzr55]

GreenDayUberfan wrote:



This is true. You can't ignore hardcore and "post-hardcore" anymore. I've always been a fan, and it's cool that it's getting noticed now, but at the same time, I'd rather it not be mainstreamed.

Yes and no to that. I agree with you because I don't want the bands to lighten up too much. Now, having a few radio hooks on your record isn't a bad thing, we all love those catchy songs. But when they really change, that becomes a problem. The part I disagree is I think that as long as a band remains true blue to what they were all along, then there is nothing wrong with them going mainstream, as in really popular. Everyone talks about how they hate seeing their favorite band get huge. Why? What's wrong with seeing the band you support get the credit they deserve, to have that hard work pay off.

As for Chiodos, I like Bone Palace Ballet. It's a little more appealing now that the singer is on pitch.

[FLNagle]

Well, i'm not sure if i like Chiodos or not anymore. i might have completely overplayed their albums. :S

i've seen them live twice, each time was spectacular. i would go a third. their albums just dont seem to capture it as well.

[The Spoon]

Gibson_SG_uzr55 wrote:

GreenDayUberfan wrote:



This is true. You can't ignore hardcore and "post-hardcore" anymore. I've always been a fan, and it's cool that it's getting noticed now, but at the same time, I'd rather it not be mainstreamed.
Yes and no to that. I agree with you because I don't want the bands to lighten up too much. Now, having a few radio hooks on your record isn't a bad thing, we all love those catchy songs. But when they really change, that becomes a problem. The part I disagree is I think that as long as a band remains true blue to what they were all along, then there is nothing wrong with them going mainstream, as in really popular. Everyone talks about how they hate seeing their favorite band get huge. Why? What's wrong with seeing the band you support get the credit they deserve, to have that hard work pay off.

As for Chiodos, I like Bone Palace Ballet. It's a little more appealing now that the singer is on pitch.

I think its sort of a pride thing...like "Oh well i liked this band before everyone else, so im a true fan"

Ive done it a couple times, but while i agree the band should get all the success cuz they deserve it, but theres a small part of you that hopes that they dont get really really big.

[thelastdispatch]

hmmm i miss the days when at-the-drive-in was the real post hardcore... Chiodos.... they're... alright, but nowhere near how it used to be

[fieryfenderz]

i find their music boring and a waste of a recording studio's time

checked.

[omarrodrigez]

I saw them open for C&C once, it was so sloppy and sounded like a bunch of whiny garbled noise.

[JessicaGonzo]

Chiodos are amazing. They owned at sxsw.

[Revalk]

Is this album old news? It'd been out quite awhile. What is this article even about? An album that's been out for a long time doing well? I thought it was generally known that Chiodos is doing well, and therefore they're selling a reflective number of albums. Sweet?

[MusicLover#1]

best band EVER!

[omarrodrigez]

MusicLover#1 wrote:

best band EVER!

No....just no.

[TheDisturbed78]

MusicLover#1 wrote:

best band EVER!

not at all

[MrGuitar123]

MusicLover#1 wrote:

best band EVER!

Yeah if your a 12 year old girl

[metal_666_man]

omarrodrigez wrote:

MusicLover#1 wrote:

best band EVER!
No....just no.

nope they are amazing

[andrew.lobaugh]

Ok first off. Why talk crap about this band? The singer Craig Owens is very cool, cuz he tries to get a new voice style-wise. And Jason Hale. Hes like my fav. guitarsist around. So quit talking crap about this band. Please!!!