For the dye, see Evans blue Evans Blue is an alternative rock band from Toronto, Ontario, Canada founded in 2005.

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Origins

Evans Blue came together in early 2005. Five musicians, then in three separate bands, met through a local musician's message board. Lead singer Kevin Matisyn suggested the name, which refers to the dye that is injected into the bloodstream to measure blood volume, which he had read in one of his medical books. The band then caught the attention of producer Trevor Kustiak and his partner Mari Dew, of The Pocket Studios.

They recorded three demo songs, titled Black Hole , Saturnalia and Starlight, all of which were available on their personal MySpace page. At that time, updates on the bands' progress and prose by former lead singer, Kevin Matisyn were periodically given via the MySpace blogs.

The Melody

Evans Blue completed work on their debut album, The Melody and the Energetic Nature of Volume , in November 2005. Their first single, Cold (But I'm Still Here) hit airwaves in December and was later accompanied by a music video. The album was released February 21st, 2006 through Hollywood Records. It spent several weeks in the top 10 on the Billboard Heatseekers Chart and spawned a second single, Over .

In late March 2006, Evans Blue embarked upon their first U.S. tour alongside Taproot. They have since played with bands such as Staind, Alice in Chains, 10 Years, Three Days Grace, Flyleaf and labelmates Breaking Benjamin.

On April 1, 2006, drummer Darryl Brown left without explanation. To cover for his absence the rest of the band worked out acoustic sets to play while they searched for a replacement. Danny D was brought in temporarily from Boston band Dogfight to close out the rest of the tour, which lasted until late October.

The Pursuit

After an eight month stint touring around the United States, Evans Blue returned home and began work upon their second album, The Pursuit Begins When This Portrayal of Life Ends . Danny D left the band and was replaced by Howard Davis.

In March 2007, Evans Blue was nominated for "Best New Band" at the annual Juno Awards.

The first single off of their second album, The Pursuit , hit airwaves May 21, 2007 and was accompanied by a music video, directed by Jesse Ewles. The Pursuit Begins When This Portrayal of Life Ends was released on July 24, 2007. The bands' website was given an overhaul to portray the sounds, images and themes of the new album. In March 2007, Evans Blue recorded acoustic versions of each song from The Melody to be released on DVD. For a limited time, this DVD was included with each purchase of The Pursuit from Best Buy, and contains commentary from lead singer, Matisyn, as well as a making-of documentary for the second album. The FYE version of the album did not include the Unplugged Melody, but instead had two additional tracks.

On July 10th, 2007, Evans Blue kicked off their first head-lining tour, Curbside Confession of a Catastrophe, in Toronto. The rest of the tour stopped across the western United States, with occasional performances in Vancouver, British Columbia. They were accompanied by Framing Hanley, Fair to Midland and Submersed throughout the summer 2007 tour, which spanned through September. After a one month break, the tour kicked off again October 27th 2007. Framing Hanley rejoined the band for the tour, with the additions of Saving Abel and Canadian rockers Neurosonic. This tour ended on December 31st in Houston, Texas, where they introduced a new song, "Good Enough," which would have been released on the upcoming third album. However, since Kevin Matisyn was voted out of the band, the song "Good Enough" has been scrapped.

Future

On July 28, 2008 Kevin Matisyn posted on his MySpace page that he is "Formerly of Evans Blue." This was confirmed by Evans Blue on their MySpace page. Parker Lauzon of the band sent out a Myspace bulletin clarifying that Matisyn was voted out of the band due to his inability to make good decisions for the band. In the bulletin Parker is quoted stating that "We did not choose anyone over him he was simply voted out, not only because of musical differences but business differences as well. He simply was not making good decisions for this band anymore and we as a group have decided to move on."

On August 4, 2008 Matisyn posted a blog on his Myspace page with 15 Evans Blue demos that would have been on the third album, tentatively titled The Stage is Set for the Revival of an Anthem .

Dan Chandler was announced as Matisyn's replacement in February 2009.

Evans Blue have announced through their MySpace that their upcoming self-titled album will be released on June 23, 2009 on iTunes and in a very limited CD release available for sale on the band's site.

The first single "Sick Of It" went to radio on March 23 & went to Itunes March 31st.

Two new songs "Through Your Eyes" & "Buried Alive" have been posted on Myspace April 16.

Subsequently the entire album was posted on Myspace as of June 17

Members

Current

• Dan Chandler - vocals (2009-present)
• Parker Lauzon - guitar (2005-present)
• Vlad Tanaskovic - guitar (2005-present)
• Joe Pitter - bass (2005-present)
• Davis Howard - drums (2007-present)

Former

• Kevin Matisyn - vocals (2005-2008)
• Darryl Brown - drums (2005-2006)

Former Session

• Danny D. - drums (2006)

Discography

Studio albums

Year	Album details	Peaks
		US [1]	US Heat
2006	The Melody and the Energetic Nature of Volume Released: February 21, 2006 Label: The Pocket/Hollywood Format: CD	106	1
2007	The Pursuit Begins When This Portrayal of Life Ends Released: July 24, 2007 Label: The Pocket/Hollywood Format: CD	44	—
2009	Evans Blue Released: June 23, 2009 Label: Sounds + Sights Format: CD + MP3	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or have yet to chart.

Singles

Year	Title	US Main. [2]	US Mod.	Album
2005	"Cold (But I'm Still Here)"	8	28	The Melody...
2006	"Over"	28	—
	"Beg"	—	—
2007	"The Pursuit"	17	32	The Pursuit...
	"Shine Your Cadillac"	—	—
2009	"Sick Of It"	—	—	Evans Blue

DVDs

• The Unplugged Melody (2007)

References

1. Artist Chart History: Albums
2. Artist Chart History: Singles