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CHEVELLE PETE LOEFFLER - GUITAR, VOCALS DEAN BERNARDINI - BASS SAM LOEFFLER - DRUMS Bands often book studio time in remote, isolated locations where the biggest distraction is the refrigerator, and the best way to kill the boredom is to get to work on the task at hand. Multi-platinum Epic recording artists Chevelle took the opposite approach, recording their new album VENA SERA at the Palms Studio in the heart of Las Vegas. There they were flooded with temptation-from the bustling poker tables and ringing slot machines to the flashy Lamborghini lent to them by casino owner Gavin Maloof. "It was a totally different vibe," says Chevelle guitarist, singer and songwriter Pete Loeffler. "It was chaotic and crazy. We'd get up and go work for a while. Then at nine or ten at night, we'd hit a different club or go to a different venue." "We decided to make the experience like a vacation," adds band drummer and Pete's brother Sam Loeffler. "And we were disciplined enough to separate the work we needed to do from the fun we wanted to have." It shows. VENA SERA is Chevelle's catchiest, heaviest, most dynamic and most expressive album to date. Filled with an array of sonic styles and tempos, colored by personal, passionate lyrics, the songs are both a declaration of contempt for the mainstream and a celebration of a counterculture driven by crashing beats and blasting power chords. The first single "Well Enough Alone" starts with chugging guitars and a prolonged howl, and segues into a bipolar blend of angst and euphoria. "I Get It" features jangly guitars and a pulsing dance beat that contrasts with bracing guitars and haunting vocals. Then there are the stormers: "Antisaint" features an abrasive riff and swerves jaggedly between foggy-headed confusion and blunt condemnation. And "Wandered" rides a surging wave from mid-paced ambivalence to pulse-racing conviction. Most of the tracks on VENA SERA were fine-tuned over the last 18 months, and some of the passages were assembled from bits and pieces of old songs that were recorded, but never released. "Some of that stuff was really good, but it was never finished," Pete says. "So I just dug it up and pulled it apart to make the best new songs I could." The Loefflers formed Chevelle in Chicago in 1995. After climbing to the top of the local hard rock scene, the band entered the studio with legendary producer Steve Albini and recorded their debut album Point #1 in 1999. After several high profile tours, Chevelle were signed by Epic Records, and in 2001 they entered the studio to record their second album Wonder What's Next. Propelled by the single "Send the Pain Below," which climbed to #1 on the Mainstream and Modern Rock chart, the album quickly went platinum and Chevelle were one of the main stage attractions at that summer's Ozzfest. The next year, the band released the concert CD and DVD "Live From the Road," and in 2004 they returned to the studio to record their third album This Type of Thinking (Could Do Us In). The disc continued Chevelle's winning streak; "Vitamin R (Leading Us Along)" climbed to #1 on the Mainstream Rock chart and "The Clincher" also received heavy airplay. With VENA SERA, Chevelle has returned stronger and more tightly knit then ever. Not only does the album reveal the band's musical growth, it revels in a renewed sense drive and determination. Chevelle are still an evocative, crushing hard rock band, but they now gleam with solidarity instead of threatening to fall apart at any moment. "While we were working on this album we have gone from a really hard time in our lives to having the time of our lives," Pete says. "Before everything with this band was filled with drama obstacles, and now the road finally looks clear up ahead."
