Dead by Sunrise
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Dead by Sunrise (previously known as Snow White Tan) is the side project of Linkin Park's lead vocalist, Chester Bennington. The name Snow White Tan was speculated to be a reference to the David Bowie track "Ziggy Stardust", which includes the lyrics "Came on so loaded, man/Well hung and snow-white tan", but the band's renaming to Dead by Sunrise by Chester has not been publicly explained.
The album
Background information
The band, which also features Amir Derakh and Ryan Shuck of the band Julien-K, and Anthony "Fu" Valcic, is Bennington's solo endeavor. The Dead by Sunrise album has been recorded in full and was originally slated for a 2006 release, and then an early 2007 release, but due to his commitments to Linkin Park, Chester has put the release on hold until early 2008. Recent news posted by The Pulse of Radio say that Chester Bennington's solo album is still in production and will be finalized sometime during Spring of 2008. Bennington stated in an interview with Rolling Stone that he hopes to put the Dead By Sunrise album in 2009.
Chester performs guitar and keyboard on the album, as well as singing. All extra instrumentalism, programming and production was undertaken by Ryan, Amir, and Fu. The album does not yet have a title, but names have been thrown around previously. It is also said to be a far-cry from the sounds of Linkin Park and draws influence from The Cure, Depeche Mode, and Bauhaus.
Unconfirmed track listing
On Julien-K's official website, a picture was recently posted that shows a potential track listing for the upcoming album. The list contains the following titles (which are most probably just working titles):
- "Morning After" - Confirmed
- "Let Down"
- "My Suffering" - Confirmed
- "Darkness"
- "N2U"
- "Wall of Sound"
- "Instrumental"
- "Fire"
- "Hold Life"
- "20¥2"
- "Give Me Your Time"
- "Introutro"
- "Walking in Circles" - Confirmed
- "Morning After" (Possibly the Julien-K Remix)
In concert
The song "Let Down" has already been played at ReAct Now Music & Relief Hurricane Relief Benefit Concert in Nashville. Also, the song "The Morning After" has been played acoustically live in 2003.
On May 10 Dead By Sunrise performed for the first time ever three songs ("Walking In Circles", "The Morning After", and "My Suffering") from the upcoming album at the 13th anniversary party for Club Tattoo in Tempe, Arizona.