Hello, everyone!
This is day one of my new blog where I don't really post any news, per say, but I'll just ramble on about my experiences as a newly converted Chevelle fan. What an emotional ride it has been! Here are some of my cherished memories of the band.
Well, I'm not really all that new since I do remember “The Red” from 2002's “Wonder What's Next” era, and of course 2003's “Send The Pain Below”, but I really took on the role as a bonafied Chevellion May of 2017. The real kicker is the finality that followed a long-standing connection which broke down at the end of April 2025 after thirty one years. However, the beginning is the most intriguing part of the whole thing more so than the middle of this cycle.
As I previously explained listening to my first two Chevelle tracks during my adolescence, those two songs were ridiculously overplayed during the band's heyday so I was completely indifferent when the trio hit it big. Also, here's an interesting tidbit if you're into astrology, like I used to be. “The Red” dropped four weeks after I turned seventeen in 2002. There was a lunar eclipse on June 24th, the day after my birthday, at 21 degrees Sagittarius.
I began this cycle just four years after I hit rock bottom in 2013 after a traumatic breakup. I was driving home during a lunch break when “Joyride(Omen)” from 2016’s “The North Corridor ” played on the radio, overdone as usual, but the artist sounded a lot like Muse, as if they remixed “Hysteria” and added a lot of screaming. I was wrong when the DJ from the local rock radio station announced, after several days of enjoying this track, that the band was indeed Chevelle and, not only that, but they're playing on July 19th, 2017 and tickets will sell out soon, no offense Mel Taylor, but I needed a moment to myself to cope with the fact that Chevelle were still a band after I dropped off in 2003. I had my doubts whether that was true or not, but I bought a ticket anyway.
*Speaking of Muse, the second bassist for Chevelle before Kemble took over, Dean Bernardini, learned to play bass to “Absolution” by practicing it over and over again. It's a shame he's gone, I miss him.*
I stayed close to YouTube and Pandora for the next two months listening to every song available trying to come to terms that this was really happening, but it's been a whirlwind even nowadays.
The show itself was wonderful, albeit, the pangs of anxiety and nausea made me super sick as I struggled to eat my dinner before waiting in line to enter the House of Blues. In spite of this small panic attack I had a fabulous time.
So, there's a little story for you about my wild ride converting into a Chevelle fan. Stay tuned, because there's a lot more where that came from. I have so much to share with you.
Below is a clip of the show I went to on July of 2017 at the House of Blues.
