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ALL ABOUT DEFAULT
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About Default
About Default [21.08.01]
DEFAULT
Dallas Smith does the vocals
Jeremy Hora on the guitar
Danny Craig on the drums
Dave Benedict on bass
A band that will definitely stand out among the newcomers in the Class of 2001, Default is something rare a straight-ahead, riff-driven, Rock band from vancouver. As singer Dallas Smith says, "We’re just four guys who like to Rock". It’s as simple as that.
Default formed in the summer of 1999 when guitarist Jeremy Hora and drummer Danny Craig decided it was time to start a serious band after kicking around the Vancouver music scene for four years. After auditioning several vocalists without success, they were surprised to be approached by their longtime friend Dallas Smith. Dallas had gone to high school with Jeremy and his sister had played in Danny’s first band five years earlier. His musical resume was short, too short. Dallas’ previous band experience amounted to seeing some of Jeremy and Danny’s gigs with their old band and singing along to the radio in his car (when no one was looking). According to Danny, "He just swallowed his pride and said Guys, give me a chance. We had no idea." "We didn’t know he could sing", says Jeremy, "And then it was like, Whoa … where have you been the last four years?" It was a perfect fit. Dallas’s powerful pitch perfect performance, even in the beginning, swept through a magnitude of emotions. Teamed up with the intricate rhythmical experimentalism of the rest of the band, it was a deadly and glorious combination of melody and feeling.
They started working with engineer Joey Moi who brought that first demo featuring Dallas to Chad Kroeger, the guitarist and vocalist of Nickelback. Jeremy and Danny’s old band had opened up a couple of shows for Nickelback so Chad was skeptical until he heard the new music with Dallas on vocals, which impressed him. The group spent the fall of 1999 in the studio with Kroeger at the helm and played around Vancouver as The Fallout giving Dallas his first taste of singing in front of an audience (while not driving).
The next stop for the band was Vancouver radio station CFOX. In January 2000, Chad entered them in the station’s homegrown talent competition. Nickelback had been a winner the previous year. Over 300 groups and artists were in the running for the four spots on the Vancouver Seeds 2000 disc but it was clear The Fallout was a contender after the first listen. The fusion of Dallas’ muscular impassioned vocals and the hook laden, driving guitar rock of the band’s songs made the decision a no brainer. Just as the Seeds cd was going to the manufacturer, The Fallout became Default. The Fallout was an instant success.
CFOX playlisted the song "Deny" and aired the track over 500 times. The response from the audience was immediate. Two runs of the Seeds disc quickly sold out at local retail, Default’s independent release of THE FALLOUT sold over 2000 copies shortly afterwards, and labels from across Canada and the United States started putting offers on the table. TVT Records won out.
Shortly after signing the deal, Dave Benedict joined the group as its new bass player in the summer of 2000. A veteran of a number of Vancouver club bands, Dave’s talent was just what Default was looking for to take them to the next level. Dave is a great bass player.
The four guys now have onething on their mind! Well there gonna get up and go on tour with fellow canadian rokcers Nickleback. This after their highly successful single WASTING MY TIME from the album THE FALLOUT.
THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE IS COURTESY OF DEFAULTS OFFICIAL WEBISTE- WWW.DEFAULTONLINE.COM
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DEFAULT LYRICS
THE FALLOUT
1)Sick & Tired (2:59)
2)Deny (3:57)
3)Wasting My Time (4:29)
4)Slow Me Down (3:23)
5)One Late Night (3:11)
6)Sieze The Day (2:44)
7)Somewhere (3:20)
8)Live A Lie (3:40)
9)By Your Side (2:46)
10)Faded (3:24)
11)Let You Down (3:29)
1. SICK & TIRED
I feel it this tension inside of me
Pressure that's presently pushing down on me
The first time it starts with just you
And I repeating myself but you don't hear me...
I can see what you see
But is it worth it to me
This same old conversation, over and over and over...
I’m just sick and tired of those lies you tell me
You say those same things to me over and over and over
It’s safe to say you surprise
I see right through you this time
But I keep telling you it's over it's over it's over...
You’ve taken these things that belong to me
Twisted so tightly and torn so carefully
The last time it ends with just you and I
Alone in a room with these torn bed sheets...
I can see what you see, and it ain't worth it to me
The same old conversation over and over and over...
I’m just sick and tired of those lies you tell me
You say those same things to me over and over and over
It’s safe to say you surprise
I see right through you this time
But I keep telling you it's over it's over it's over...
You swore I’d regret it
Now thanks to you I can't forget it
Cost of this constant battle won't even miss you at all
Free from this life that you call...
I’m just sick and tired of those lies you tell me
You say those same things to me over and over and over
It’s safe to say you surprised, I see right through you this time
But I keep telling you it's over it's over it's over
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2. DENY
Today I woke up, and you were gone
The whole day wondering what I did wrong
It’s like I’m falling from a mountaintop
My heart keeps pounding and it won't stop...
Can you see this hell I’m living, I’m not giving up...
Will you crawl to me, will you fall with me?
I’ll never crawl to you, I’ve done it all for you...
Well don't deny the hand that feeds you, needs you
Oh God I’d die to try to finally please you...
There goes a piece of me, will I cease to be
I’ve never lied to you, fought bled and died for you...
Well don't deny the hand that takes you, breaks you
Oh God I’d die to try to finally please you...
There she goes and I’m on the ground
I’m on the ground, I’m on the...
Well don't deny the hand that feeds you, needs you
Oh god I’d die to try to finally please you...
Will you crawl to me, will you fall with me?
I’ve never crawled to you, I’ve done it all for you
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3. WASTING MY TIME
I don’t want to see you waiting
I’ve already gone too far away
I still can’t keep the day from ending
No more messed up reasons for me to stay...
Well this is not for real, afraid to feel
I just hit the floor, don’t ask for more
I’m wasting my time, I’m wasting my time
You can’t drop the feeling, there is no reason
Just make the call and take it all
Again oh again...
Months went by with us pretending
When did our light turn from green to red?
I took a chance and left you standing
Lost the will to do this once again...
Well this is not for real, afraid to feel
I just hit the floor don’t ask for more
I’m wasting my time, I’m wasting my time
You can’t drop the feeling, there is no reason
Just make the call and take it all
I’m wasting my time, I’m wasting my time
Again oh again...
I see you waiting, look so lonely
I see you waiting, I see you waiting...
Well this is not for real afraid to feel
I just hit the floor don’t ask for more
I’m wasting my time, I’m wasting my time
You can’t drop the feeling there is no reason
Just make the call and take it all
I’m wasting my time, I’m wasting my time
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4. SLOW ME DOWN
Oh this time is right, oh but I’m wound too tight
Never keep, never sleep, never find all the time
That I need just to stay in line
Got to go, got to throw all the crap to the side
So that I’m never left by the wayside...
Hold on, wait a minute, can’t leave here and then she broke down...
No can’t hold me down, can’t slow me down...
Oh stop stepping in my way, not quite what I thought you’d say
Never find, never mind, never peace God
At least give me strength just for one more try
Got to give, need to live long enough just to say
That I stayed to the end of the big time...
Hold on wait a minute can’t stay here and then she broke down...
No can’t hold me down, can’t slow me down
No never hold me down, never slow me down no...
Never, never, never, never, never, never know
Never slow, you can’t hold me down
Never, never, never, never, never, never know
Never hold, you can’t slow me down
Never, never, never, never, never know, never slow
You can’t hold me down...
Can’t hold me down, can’t slow me down
No never hold me down, never slow me down
No can’t hold me down, can’t slow me down
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5. ONE LATE NIGHT
I’ve been to the edge and back again
And I know all there is to know, it’s a dead end...
Late at night I’ll come waking by just to see what went wrong
Late at night you’ll come crawling back just to steal a piece of me...
I know what the world is made of, I’ve seen it
You don’t have all the answers, keep dreaming...
Late at night I’ll come walking by just to see what went wrong
Late at night you’ll come crawling back steal a piece of me...
Lay down now late at night I’ll come walking by
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6. SIEZE THE DAY
Hey oh well it’s my turn now
You’ve just lost your precious spot somehow
Me I’ll take it all away
No one every dreamed you’d up and walk away...
You’d love to watch me be the throwaway
Just when I can finally seize the day...
Take your self and disappear
You are still no longer welcome here
Fear drives you to act this way
The sum of all you’ve done will be the debt that you pay...
You’d love to watch me be the throwaway
Just when I can finally seize the day
With the fear of losing it to you
I’ll keep it close and finally break on through...
You’d love to watch me be the throwaway
Just when I can finally seize the day
With the fear of losing it to you
I’ll keep it close and finally break on through
Thanks to you
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7. SOMEWHERE
I’ve seen your face somewhere before
I swear could it be, I’ve met you somewhere else?
It’s the way you turn and look at me
Your eyes are different, but they’re much the same...
Have I seen you before?
Heaven told me they took him somewhere, have I seen you before?
Heaven told me they took you somewhere, have I seen you before?
I was with him when he left us
I feel he really never left at all
When I’m looking in this mirror
I see you in me and I feel so proud...
Have I seen you before?
Heaven told me they took him somewhere, have I seen you before?
Heaven told me they took you somewhere, have I seen you before?
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8. LIVE A LIE
I can’t seem to find out what I feel
Burned out dreams of others which I can steal
Take or leave this way I seem to you
It eats right through you, ripped up parts of things I should do
I’ll run around and tell you screaming...
Oh I live a lie, oh I live a lie, oh why even try
I’ve been leaving thoughts below, still I feel I should know...
Still don’t see much of me giving in
Much too strong to live outside these sins
Feeling like I’m taken lightly, think you see right through me
Words of those that still despise me
think it’s eating me you’re dreaming...
Oh I live a lie, oh I live a lie, oh why even try?
I’ve been leaving thoughts below
Still I feel I should know...
When I seem to believe all that I’ve done wrong
You can take all that’s right, I will still move on
Taken all I can give, it seems that I don’t belong
Push me further from this gone on...
Oh I live a lie, oh I live a lie, oh why even try?
I’ve been leaving thoughts below, still I feel I should know
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9. BY YOUR SIDE
I wasn’t myself for so many years
It seemed cold and confused my mind lost in the shadows
When I awoke I could see so much clearer
Held high it seems I won’t be there to hear her...
And I won’t be by your side, no way of knowing
And I won’t be by your side, well I’ll take my chances...
In this place I was left for dead
Held down and mocked by all eyes watching
Now free, well I’ll be standing much taller
What won’t kill me makes me stronger...
And I won’t be by your side, no way of knowing
And I won’t be your side well I’ll take my changes
And I won’t be by your side
I’m free from your chains
And I won’t by be your side
There’s no time to cry
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10. FADED
It hangs on a wall, museum hall
As it calls to passers by
A picture so bright, seen without light
And nobody wonders why
A tired old man, stares at the wall
Said the colour’s blind me, how can he see anything at all
Since he’s got no eyes to see...
It’s not too faded, I still see that colour coming through
It’s not too jaded the more you look the more you see...
Years ticked away colours turned gray
But the man’s still standing there
Once asked him why
He said cause I am the last one here who cares
Told me the mind will show you more
If you only set it free
He closed the doors, I closed my eyes
That’s when I began to see...
It’s not too faded I still see that colour coming through
It’s not too jaded the more you look the more you see
It’s not too faded I still see that colour coming through
It’s not too faded the more you look the more you see
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11. LET YOU DOWN
A world without you here, an unreflecting mirror
His words were so sincere, he left you standing there...
Oh, I’ll never let you down, while I’m still around...
His words were never meant, your one least tear’s been spent
You’ll never be content, in a world as big as this...
Oh, I’ll never let you down, while I’m still around...
When you were lost, who was it who found you?
When you were lost, who was it who found you?
Oh, I’ll never let you down, while I’m still around
Oh, you’ve just been found
Oh, I’ll never let you down
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DEFAULT RULES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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highway to no where
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Tour Dates
Monday, October 1, 2001
House of Blues, New Orleans, Louisiana with Nickelback
Wednesday, October 3, 2001
Stubbs Bar-B-Q, Austin, Texas with Nickelback
Thursday, October 4, 2001
Sunset Station, San Antonio, Texas with Nickelback
Friday, October 5, 2001
The Canyon Club, Dallas, Texas with Nickelback
Saturday, October 6, 2001
The Pavilion, Lubbock, Texas with Nickelback
Sunday, October 7, 2001
The Brickhouse, Amarillo, Texas with Nickelback
Tuesday, October 9, 2001
The Rialto, Tucson, Arizona with Nickelback
Wednesday, October 10, 2001
House of Blues, Las Vegas, Nevada with Nickelback
Thursday, October 11, 2001
The Key Club, Los Angeles, California with Nickelback
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