Flyleaf Hard Rock Or Pop?

Flyleaf will change colors this weekend switching from pop to rock. The band is set to play Z-100's ZooTopia in New York on Saturday, May 17, and then jet off to Columbus, Ohio for the Heavy Rock extravaganza Rock On The Range. Z-100 will feature artist such as OneRepublic and Miley Cyrus, while Rock On The Range is sporting Alter Bridge, Filter and Stone Temple Pilots, among others.

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The band, minus singer Lacey Mosley, who was suffering from shredded vocal chords, talked about the mindset playing a pop show like Z-100.

Flyleaf On Being Rock Band Z 100

[Pat Seals] "I've heard that it's going to be a shorter amount of time, and I think we are who we are live and we're just going to do it how we're going to do it I guess."

We also asked Flyleaf who they're looking forward to seeing at Rock On The Range.

Flyleaf On Who They Want To See At Rock On Range

[Sameer Bhattacharya] "I think that STP might be playing the day before us, and I think we might be getting there a day early. I think Eddie is mixing them, so I want to try and see 'em." [Pat] "I believe Black Tide is playing pretty early in the day, and they're a cool new band. I think they're going to go far, and I'd like to at least check them out. Sevendust is playing, and they're kind of an older band I look up to a lot."

Flyleaf is having great Top 40 success with the Top 40 hit "All Around Me," but songs like "I'm So Sick" and "Sorrow" were big rock format hits. The band is currently out on the road with Red and Seether.

Comments

[disturbedcalgar]

who cares? Did this really need to be news?

[James_Calalo]

who cares im not amazed with how they played

[life_247]

minus singer Lacey Mosley, who was suffering from shredded vocal chords,

Is it any wonder? You heard this girl?

[MjX_05]

they didn't even play at rock on the range

[Onzaso]

life_247 wrote:

minus singer Lacey Mosley, who was suffering from shredded vocal chords,


Is it any wonder? You heard this girl?

Yeah, she could wail...
Too bad, I guess..

[brendanb36]

Onzaso wrote:

life_247 wrote:

minus singer Lacey Mosley, who was suffering from shredded vocal chords,


Is it any wonder? You heard this girl?


Yeah, she could wail...
Too bad, I guess..

umm how can a singer wail... a singer wailing doesnt sound too apealling unless they have a guitar in their hand

[C1osur3]

I'm pretty sure these guys have never been considered pop...

[Zertuche]

Flyleaf is garbage

[undeaded]

Unless you're Angela Gossow, it's pop.

[C1osur3]

undeaded :
Unless you're Angela Gossow, it's pop.

Unless if you consider all other groups with female vocalists like Lacuna Coil, Otep, etc. to be pop, I don't think so...

Despite the fact that some of their songs may be radio friendly, they're just mainstream rock.

[GuitarSymphony]

pop?
rock?
Who cares.
Trash is trash.

[dirtymexican863]

brendanb36 wrote:

Onzaso wrote:

life_247 wrote:

minus singer Lacey Mosley, who was suffering from shredded vocal chords,


Is it any wonder? You heard this girl?


Yeah, she could wail...
Too bad, I guess..

umm how can a singer wail... a singer wailing doesnt sound too apealling unless they have a guitar in their hand

Wail:
–verb (used without object)
Slang. to express emotion musically or verbally in an exciting, satisfying way.

[JRowe3388]

undeaded wrote:

Unless you're Angela Gossow, it's pop.

She uses distortion with her voice. Fail.

[areese82]

JRowe3388 wrote:


She uses distortion with her voice. Fail.

I don't really like Flyleaf but I doesn't sound like she uses distortion. How do you know this?

[lzrdsixsix6]

everyones entitled to their opinion on flyleaf as to if they like them or not (personally i do like them) but they definitly are not pop.

[tbarrettl]

brendanb36 wrote:

Onzaso wrote:

life_247 wrote:

minus singer Lacey Mosley, who was suffering from shredded vocal chords,


Is it any wonder? You heard this girl?


Yeah, she could wail...
Too bad, I guess..

umm how can a singer wail... a singer wailing doesnt sound too apealling unless they have a guitar in their hand

She makes up for it in actions expressing the song, I heard them and they were great though it may be due to a small venue or I haven't heard better.

[what??]

areese82 wrote:

JRowe3388 wrote:


She uses distortion with her voice. Fail.

I don't really like Flyleaf but I doesn't sound like she uses distortion. How do you know this?

Angela Gossow of Arch Enemy uses distortion on her voice, not the girl from flyleaf.

[invalid_name]

flyleaf rawks.

[myownenemy]

flyleaf is definitely not pop, they're rock, has this guy heard more than 2 of their songs?

[Fred1000000]

They were pop in the first place? Nooo, I think not.

[godberry]

listen to "i'm so sick" then tell me if they are rock or pop. maybe they have played for pop audiences but i don't really even consider them to be that mainstream.

[strat0blaster]

Shredded vocal chords? Man - someone isn't singing right. She'd better be careful before she develops polyps and has to stop permanently.

Aside from that, I don't think I've ever cared less what genre a band is in. So Sick, All Around Me, and Sorrow are about the only good songs off the cd. The rest are milktoast filler.

Anyway - point is music is music. If it's good, call it good. If it's not, call it crap. Are any labels really necessary outside of that?

[Joodan]

If Flyleaf is pop, then you might as well call Avenged Sevenfold jazz. Whoever considers Flyleaf pop for even one song is completely wrong. They are about as hard core as it gets

[AJAX1812]

Agreed Joodan! I hate pop but I listen to Flyleaf a LOT! I've heard them described as "metal", "rock", even "emo", but POP???? What is this guy on??

And she's losing her vocal cords?!? Bummer!!