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Silverstein (band)

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Silverstein
Origin	Burlington, Ontario
Genre(s)	Post-hardcore
Years active	2000-Present
Label(s)	Victory Records
Website	Silverstein official site Silverstein official MySpace page
Members
Shane Told Paul Koehler Bill Hamilton Neil Boshart Josh Bradford
Former members
Richard McWalter Craig Stinson William Barker

Silverstein (pronounced Silver-steen) is a band from Burlington, Ontario. The band name was taken from the famous children's author Shel Silverstein.

1 Lineup Changes
2 Record Label Signing
3 Recent Touring
4 Current Developments
5 Lyrical Origins
6 Popular Culture References
7 Members
- 7.1 Current members
- 7.2 Former Members
8 Discography
9 See also
10 References
11 External links

After a couple of lineup changes, the band acquired Billy Hamilton, a local fan who learned of the band's need for a bassist on the Internet message board The 905 Board (an Ontario area outreach board for local musicians). In Christmas of 2001, he joined the band after Told instructed Hamilton as he learned some of the songs. Following a rehearsal on Canadian Boxing Day in 2001, he officially debuted with Silverstein. The next spring, original guitarist Richard McWalter left the band to move to Victoria, British Columbia to study engineering. He was then replaced by Neil Boshart, childhood friend of Shane Told. The new lineup recorded a second EP, When the Shadows Beam, in preparation for their first tour in Eastern Canada.

The band then signed to Victory Records in October of 2002 with a complete lineup as Hamilton attempted to complete his secondary education one semester early. The January after, the band recorded their full-length debut CD When Broken Is Easily Fixed, released on the Victory Records label.

Silverstein's UK And Europe Tour Poster

In 2005 the band performed on the Never Shave Again tour with bands such as Aiden, Hawthorne Heights and Bayside—a tour where Bayside's drummer John "Beatz" Holohan would be killed. In January-February 2006, they toured with the band Simple Plan in Europe. They then toured Canada with the Taste of Chaos Tour, and also toured Europe, Japan, and Australia.

The band toured on the 2006 Vans Warped Tour, in support of their current studio album Discovering the Waterfront and an EP compilation 18 Candles: The Early Years. The Early years compiles the band's first two self-financed EPs with some acoustic and live material as well as single remix of the Discovering The Waterfront hit "Smile In Your Sleep". Discovering the Waterfront was re-released in September 2006 with an extra song, the band's cover of Lifetime's "Rodeo Clown" and a DVD.

In 2006, Silverstein was nominated for a Juno Award in the "Best New Band" category, but lost to Bedouin Soundclash.

In Fall 2006, they headlined The Never Shave Again Tour, along with Aiden, It Dies Today, and He Is Legend. Following completion of their third CD, the band played a few shows in the spring, and then engaged in an all-summer tour with Rise Against. The band toured the United States in Fall 2007 with From Autumn to Ashes is currently on a month-long European tour. In January 2008, the band will tour Australia.

Recently, Silverstein announced that they are going on their first "Cross-Canada" headlining tour starting in late January and ending in early February with Protest the Hero, Ill Scarlett and The Devil Wears Prada.

The band's third full-length Arrivals And Departures, was released on July 3, 2007, and was designated by AP Magazine as one of the most eagerly anticipated CDs of 2007. Mark Trombino (Blink-182, Finch, The Bled) produced the CD. As of early August, the CD had sold 62,000 copies.

Silverstein contributed a new acoustic version of their song 'Red Light Pledge' to the Punk Goes Acoustic 2 compilation, released May 8, 2007 through Fearless Records.^[1]

Silverstein (presumably Told) is listed as a client of Melissa Cross, a voice coach for lead singers.^[2]

Several of the band's key tracks are based upon and derived from previous works. For example:

Forever and a Day recites Shel Silverstein's Where the Sidewalk Ends verbatim.
Your Sword vs. My Dagger is based upon the story of Romeo and Juliet.
The Weak and the Wounded is written around the film Session 9.
Already Dead is based on the novel The Lovely Bones.
Ides of March is based on the assassination of Caeser.

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American Idol contestant Ryan Hart covered their song Smashed Into Pieces during the January 31, 2006 program.Video
Hamilton has a tattoo with a quotation from the poem Hug O' War, by Shel Silverstein. He also has a tattoo of Michael Jackson as a zombie in the 1982 music video "Thriller"
In Bleeds No More, the spoken line "You were the worst thing that ever happened to me..." comes from the movie Fight Club.
In their video for Smile In Your Sleep, the band plays in the Parkwood Estate in a style reminiscent of the murder-mystery Board Game Clue with rooms and weapons as seen in the game. The band each wore shirts related to the characters' color. The same mansion was used in the filming of "Billy Madison".